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Originally Posted by crich70
I've always thought it was, "I'm enrolled in college" here in the states though I do concede the point that many colleges are part of universities.
I remember a thread sometime back where there was a good deal of discussion about differences between America and England in terms of word choice. It was very interesting as I recall.
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I think in America the word "university" is a bit more arbitrary. University and college are usually interchangeable, except possibly in the case of community colleges.
In the UK, "college" usually means what we would consider the latter half of high school (6th form, in the UK, typically for students 16-18 years old).
When I'm talking to my UK friends, or even my NZ friends, I tell them "I'm in university," not college. And it's phrased similarly to "going to hospital," with no "the."
Also, emergency hospital is not "ER" in the UK. It's "A&E" (Accident and Emergency).