British and American English: Revision history

31 July 2015

• curprev 21:2421:24, 31 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,896 bytes −31‎ according to a long NTY article today, "roundabouts", which have no traffic lights, unlike "traffic circles," are now sweeping the States, and that word itself is being used

30 July 2015

• curprev 18:2418:24, 30 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,884 bytes −43‎ →‎Vocabulary: rm alias/aka, not applicable

29 July 2015

• curprev 15:4115:41, 29 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,927 bytes +21‎ we use it too
• curprev 15:2115:21, 29 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,906 bytes +34‎ →‎Vocabulary: crosswalk not used in BrE

26 July 2015

• curprev 21:1821:18, 26 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,872 bytes +42‎ what about "tuck" by itself? is it still used

24 July 2015

• curprev 15:2415:24, 24 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,830 bytes +26‎ →‎Vocabulary: underscoreline

13 July 2015

• curprev 20:3420:34, 13 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,804 bytes +282‎ →‎Vocabulary: better?
• curprev 16:4016:40, 13 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,803 bytes +39‎ to sum it up, I can no longer do sums in my head

9 July 2015

• curprev 18:3018:30, 9 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,764 bytes +38‎ →‎Other spellings: clarinetttist

1 July 2015

• curprev 13:2113:21, 1 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,726 bytes +204‎ removed groundnut/peanut as per discussion

30 June 2015

• curprev 03:3103:31, 30 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 57,749 bytes +80‎ →‎Vocabulary
• curprev 03:2703:27, 30 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ m 57,669 bytes +1‎ →‎Vocabulary

29 June 2015

• curprev 21:3421:34, 29 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,668 bytes +33‎ don't think I've ever seen a hyphen here; I suppose it could be argued thusly "he incurred a drunk-driving charge" who the hell knows?
• curprev 19:5219:52, 29 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,668 bytes +33‎ →‎Vocabulary: drank-droving
• curprev 12:3412:34, 29 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,635 bytes +113‎ looks like a lot of our former contributors have scarpered fer one reason or another

27 June 2015

• curprev 20:4920:49, 27 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,583 bytes +61‎ →‎Vocabulary: or car park without the hyphen

22 June 2015

• curprev 22:0622:06, 22 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,573 bytes +51‎ →‎Vocabulary: cock-up
• curprev 22:0322:03, 22 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,522 bytes +373‎ →‎Vocabulary: St. Martin's summer -- this not 100% precise, as Brits also use the phrase Indian Summer
• curprev 22:0122:01, 22 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,483 bytes +14‎ →‎Vocabulary: have removed "rates" -- 'Merka, our localities say "water rates", for instance, so there IS a clear distinction between taxes and rates

20 June 2015

• curprev 13:4113:41, 20 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,545 bytes +12‎ →‎Vocabulary: didn't know that dab could also be used as a stand-alone noun
• curprev 13:3613:36, 20 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,533 bytes +64‎ icing is also commonly used in the States; I myself say frosting, but many don't; also added "jobbing" as in a Gilbert reference to a "jobbing gardener"
• curprev 08:0208:02, 20 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,469 bytes +20‎ →‎Vocabulary

19 June 2015

• curprev 18:1518:15, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,449 bytes +300‎ →‎-ise and -ize
• curprev 18:1118:11, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,395 bytes −2‎ →‎Vocabulary
• curprev 18:0818:08, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,397 bytes +2‎ →‎Other spellings
• curprev 18:0518:05, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,395 bytes +2‎ →‎Other spellings
• curprev 18:0318:03, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,393 bytes +140‎ →‎Other spellings: 4 -yse/-yze words
• curprev 16:2016:20, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,253 bytes +104‎ →‎-ise and -ize
• curprev 16:1416:14, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,075 bytes −103‎ →‎-ise and -ize: ??
• curprev 02:5202:52, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 57,285 bytes +107‎ →‎Other spellings

18 June 2015

• curprev 11:0011:00, 18 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,178 bytes +29‎ →‎Other spellings: phony/ey

17 June 2015

• curprev 08:5408:54, 17 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,152 bytes +3‎ →‎Other spellings

15 June 2015

• curprev 13:0813:08, 15 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,149 bytes +296‎ →‎Vocabulary: snug, snuggery, snog
• curprev 04:2204:22, 15 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 57,018 bytes +62‎ →‎Vocabulary

14 June 2015

• curprev 21:4021:40, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,956 bytes +103‎ removed a brit. word not in common usage
• curprev 12:4312:43, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,986 bytes +133‎ →‎Vocabulary: not one but TWO roundabouts!
• curprev 12:3512:35, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,906 bytes +30‎ →‎Vocabulary: didicoy -- this is a new one to one
• curprev 12:3212:32, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,876 bytes +23‎ →‎Vocabulary: rates and local taxes

11 June 2015

• curprev 17:2417:24, 11 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,853 bytes +718‎ →‎Vocabulary: hard grafting
• curprev 16:5716:57, 11 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,812 bytes +46‎ →‎Vocabulary: tearaway -- juvenile delinquent is too strong a term, I think
• curprev 16:5316:53, 11 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,766 bytes +34‎ →‎Other spellings: artefact -- I hadn't realized there was a difference

10 June 2015

• curprev 15:0815:08, 10 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,732 bytes +202‎ →‎Vocabulary: added traveller (Brit. spelling)

30 May 2015

• curprev 03:4503:45, 30 May 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 56,688 bytes +96‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

27 April 2015

• curprev 04:1704:17, 27 April 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 56,592 bytes +1‎ →‎Other spellings
• curprev 04:1604:16, 27 April 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 56,591 bytes +61‎ →‎Other spellings
• curprev 04:1404:14, 27 April 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 56,530 bytes +395‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

23 April 2015

• curprev 11:4111:41, 23 April 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 56,424 bytes +64‎ →‎Other pronunciations: brosher bro-shure

21 April 2015

• curprev 14:5614:56, 21 April 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,360 bytes +225‎ →‎Vocabulary: changed lay-by defs fer 'Merkins

19 April 2015

• curprev 21:1221:12, 19 April 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,361 bytes +226‎ →‎Vocabulary: lay-by -- I think that there's another 'Merkin term, but I can't quite pull it outta my old brain at the moment

18 April 2015

• curprev 21:4221:42, 18 April 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,331 bytes +196‎ →‎Vocabulary: musketry