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

[Domel, Julie E]

I may be late jumping into this one, but the Americanism referred to
below isn't "would of" but rather "would've," a contraction for "would
have" (at least that's what I mean when I use it). The same applies to
"could've" and "should've."

We like our contractions, y'all.

Julie
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Borg, Matthew
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 3:57 AM
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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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