Lowlands-L: Beyond the Pale: A border-crossing guide for language learners
Lowlands-L: Beyond the Pale: A border-crossing guide for language learners

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False Friends
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Words To Avoid
Words to Confuse
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False Friends in English Dialects

 

American English

Non-American English

 

Expression

Meaning

Expression

Meaning

 

       

Contributor

fanny

buttocks, “bottom”

fanny

vulva, vagina

R. F. Hahn

specs

specifications

specs

spectacles

R. F. Hahn

 

Scottish English

Non-Scottish English

 

Expression

Meaning

Expression

Meaning

 

       

Contributor

without

outside

without

(opposite of “with”)

M. W. Morgan

 

American English

Indian English

 

Expression

Meaning

Expression

Meaning

 

       

Contributor

alphabets

alphabetic letter sets

alphabets

letters of an alphabet

M. W. Morgan

fire

dismiss from employment

fire

reprimand (an employee)

R. F. Hahn

homely

plain-looking

homely

good at homemaking

M. W. Morgan

mutton

sheep meat

mutton

goat meat

R. F. Hahn

stay

reside temporarily

stay

reside permanently

R. F. Hahn

 

Hawaiian English

Indian English

 

Expression

Meaning

Expression

Meaning

 

       

Contributor

FOB

fresh off the boat”
(especially newcomers from Mainland USA)

FOB

flyover bridge”
(pedestrian overpass)

M. W. Morgan

 

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