English to British Translation


	English to British Translation

sip1988

11-25-2006 10:55 PM

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english. british

sip1988 says:

Funny

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11-25-2006 11:08 PM

coconutshell

I'd have thought that they'd put 'netball' alongside 'basketball'....

And not to mention 'sidewalk' and 'pavement' and 'suspenders' and 'braces.'

11-26-2006 9:51 AM

anonymology

Funny, although many of them are wrong.

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