[PW] Common word in British English shorter than American?

[Adrian Smith]

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Adrian


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Subject: [PW] Common word in British English shorter than American?


Just a quick one - 

Which common word in British English is shorter than its similarly spelt
counterpart in American English?

The only one I can think of is perhaps that Americans oftens use of
instead of have...  as in "He would of seen that".  But this can't be
correct...  Any ideas?

Matt
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