A recent example was the word loose, when it should have been lose.
I will stand my ground however, when I am told to use "the Queen's English' rather than "American English."
My english education is U.S. based. The fact that Brits outnumber U.S. ex-pats in Sakon Nakhon is really irrelevant.
I'd consider learning and using the dialect if I'd be residing in Britain. I ain't.
"garbage" don't you mean "rubbish"
garbage was found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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I agree, garbage and rubbish pretty well means the same to us expats. Americans and Brits who have lived overses for any length of time have learned to understand each others meanings. For us long termers we don't peak British nor American English, we speak international English which is a mixture of US, UK, Aussie and New Zealand English so for all you PC correct types please be tollerant.
Have a G'Day
Bob W.
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