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by JoeAltmaier 3923 days ago
Here's another one: In New Zealand they say "they are different to us" instead of the American "they are different from us". Always trips me up. Arbitrary I suppose; any preposition will do because the comparison is in thought-space not physical space.
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"different to" is the normal form in British English too, although you hear both.