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by titanomachy 19 days ago
He means not exclusively British English
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Lio 19 days ago
Then he should probably say that.

Almost no words are exclusively "British English" as it is the original and oldest dialect of the language.

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actionfromafar 19 days ago
Both are equally old ;)

JK ... but American English retain many older features of English which British English since modified.

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