Thread: How do Americans feel about UK spelling?
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Old 09-08-2010, 02:04 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
Okay, what do the British call "suspenders"-- "galluses"? That is the term my grandmother (who just turned 90) uses for them.
Braces. If you mean the things worn over the shoulders to hold up ones trousers.

A cautious person might be described as having "belt and braces".
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