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oh YES ! When I used to get roped into watching " Upstairs , Downstairs ''...or " Are YOu Being Served " ---- with my parents, I couldn't wade thru the thick accent of the actors . Somehow, my parents seemed to be enjoying it.
But I love the Scottish accent like Sean Connery. You go, Sean!

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the word 'fanny' has a slightly different meaning UK/US.
Another one is 'fag'.

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As an Aussie I have often said the Brits were the only people in the world to invent a language and then not be able to speak it.
Cross the road and they speak differently, but then so do Yanks from different states.
In The Great South Land we all speak the same so no one can understand us.
Did you know Australia is the only continent on earth where you can travel the entire area without a passport or visa and use the one currency and speak the one language use the one drivers licence and pay taxes to the one government. There are no border post except at international airports, way to go.

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Yes. That's what subtitles are for (-:

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One example of a word which can have a different meaning in the UK is 'shag'. In America it refers to a bird, but in the UK it can be used as a verb with a completely different meaning altogether.

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