"Across the Pond" is a British idiom, meaning "the English speaking people 'over there'." Many Anglophilic Americans, myself included, do use the expression as well.
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Originally Posted by mrbanana
I've just thought of another thing that sound odd to my ears, and that's the American pronunciation of the name Craig, which on a number of shows always sounds like Greg with a C at the front instead of a G, rather than "Crayg" with a long vowel sound. I don't know how that came about.
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I would expect the name to rhyme with Greg, dreg, beg, etc.
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Originally Posted by issybird
Dove instead of dived makes this American's ears bleed.
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I've seen reference to "dove" being the technically correct form in the States, but it sounds a bit highfalutin' to me -- I'd say "dived", too. Then again, I prefer "pleaded' to "plead" and "snuck" to "sneaked".