British and American English: Revision history

24 December 2015

• curprev 08:5808:58, 24 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,183 bytes +26‎ →‎-euse
• curprev 08:4208:42, 24 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,157 bytes +78‎ →‎-euse

23 December 2015

• curprev 15:1715:17, 23 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 58,141 bytes −5‎ →‎-euse

20 December 2015

• curprev 12:2012:20, 20 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,146 bytes +67‎ revert row, rong

18 December 2015

• curprev 22:5722:57, 18 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 58,178 bytes +99‎ →‎Vocabulary
• curprev 22:5422:54, 18 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,172 bytes +93‎ →‎Vocabulary

14 August 2015

• curprev 13:3513:35, 14 August 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 58,146 bytes +67‎ hail, hail, the gang's all here!
• curprev 13:3213:32, 14 August 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 58,079 bytes +115‎ are crocodiles to be found in tower blocks?

7 August 2015

• curprev 11:3711:37, 7 August 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,964 bytes +68‎ i scratched my head over this, but am just following the letter of the law....

31 July 2015

• curprev 22:2422:24, 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 19:2419:24, 30 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,884 bytes −43‎ →‎Vocabulary: rm alias/aka, not applicable

29 July 2015

• curprev 16:4116:41, 29 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,927 bytes +21‎ we use it too
• curprev 16:2116:21, 29 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,906 bytes +34‎ →‎Vocabulary: crosswalk not used in BrE

26 July 2015

• curprev 22:1822:18, 26 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,872 bytes +42‎ what about "tuck" by itself? is it still used

24 July 2015

• curprev 16:2416:24, 24 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,830 bytes +26‎ →‎Vocabulary: underscoreline

13 July 2015

• curprev 21:3421:34, 13 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,804 bytes +282‎ →‎Vocabulary: better?
• curprev 17:4017:40, 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 19:3019:30, 9 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,764 bytes +38‎ →‎Other spellings: clarinetttist

1 July 2015

• curprev 14:2114:21, 1 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,726 bytes +204‎ removed groundnut/peanut as per discussion

30 June 2015

• curprev 04:3104:31, 30 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 57,749 bytes +80‎ →‎Vocabulary
• curprev 04:2704:27, 30 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ m 57,669 bytes +1‎ →‎Vocabulary

29 June 2015

• curprev 22:3422:34, 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 20:5220:52, 29 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,668 bytes +33‎ →‎Vocabulary: drank-droving
• curprev 13:3413:34, 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 21:4921:49, 27 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,583 bytes +61‎ →‎Vocabulary: or car park without the hyphen

22 June 2015

• curprev 23:0623:06, 22 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,573 bytes +51‎ →‎Vocabulary: cock-up
• curprev 23:0323:03, 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 23:0123:01, 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 14:4114:41, 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 14:3614:36, 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 09:0209:02, 20 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,469 bytes +20‎ →‎Vocabulary

19 June 2015

• curprev 19:1519:15, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,449 bytes +300‎ →‎-ise and -ize
• curprev 19:1119:11, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,395 bytes −2‎ →‎Vocabulary
• curprev 19:0819:08, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,397 bytes +2‎ →‎Other spellings
• curprev 19:0519:05, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,395 bytes +2‎ →‎Other spellings
• curprev 19:0319:03, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,393 bytes +140‎ →‎Other spellings: 4 -yse/-yze words
• curprev 17:2017:20, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,253 bytes +104‎ →‎-ise and -ize
• curprev 17:1417:14, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,075 bytes −103‎ →‎-ise and -ize: ??
• curprev 03:5203:52, 19 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 57,285 bytes +107‎ →‎Other spellings

18 June 2015

• curprev 12:0012:00, 18 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,178 bytes +29‎ →‎Other spellings: phony/ey

17 June 2015

• curprev 09:5409:54, 17 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,152 bytes +3‎ →‎Other spellings

15 June 2015

• curprev 14:0814:08, 15 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,149 bytes +296‎ →‎Vocabulary: snug, snuggery, snog
• curprev 05:2205:22, 15 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 57,018 bytes +62‎ →‎Vocabulary

14 June 2015

• curprev 22:4022:40, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,956 bytes +103‎ removed a brit. word not in common usage
• curprev 13:4313:43, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,986 bytes +133‎ →‎Vocabulary: not one but TWO roundabouts!
• curprev 13:3513:35, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,906 bytes +30‎ →‎Vocabulary: didicoy -- this is a new one to one
• curprev 13:3213:32, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,876 bytes +23‎ →‎Vocabulary: rates and local taxes

11 June 2015

• curprev 18:2418:24, 11 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,853 bytes +718‎ →‎Vocabulary: hard grafting
• curprev 17:5717:57, 11 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,812 bytes +46‎ →‎Vocabulary: tearaway -- juvenile delinquent is too strong a term, I think
• curprev 17:5317:53, 11 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,766 bytes +34‎ →‎Other spellings: artefact -- I hadn't realized there was a difference