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Old 01-12-2022, 05:33 PM   #31
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Never heard anyone in the US say "rug" when they meant carpet. Must be regional?
I was just being lazy, couldn’t think of another good synonym - floor covering is more accurate but sounds silly to me.
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Old 01-12-2022, 05:47 PM   #32
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Nothing trips me up. English is not my native language and I don't even notice any regional differences; it's all English to me.
Spotting the differences is fun

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Old 01-12-2022, 05:59 PM   #33
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Never heard anyone in the US say "rug" when they meant carpet. Must be regional?
Might be East coast (where I grew up). To me, Rug was something smaller than a full area covering. We used to lay upon a Throw rug in front of the TV (over a Hardwood floor). There are Rugs alongside my bed (Again HW floors) that are nice on bare feet while I find my slippers
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Old 01-12-2022, 06:35 PM   #34
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Mentions of "football" always trip me up no matter which country because I'm never sure whether they're referring to football/soccer or American football.
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Old 01-12-2022, 06:53 PM   #35
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Mentions of "football" always trip me up no matter which country because I'm never sure whether they're referring to football/soccer or American football.
Let us not forget that Australia and Canada also have their own football games. I'm still not sure if Aussie rules football has any rules other than eyes gouged out must be handed back at the end of the match.
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Old 01-12-2022, 07:02 PM   #36
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I get tripped up by "waggon," "pavement," "[specific noun] [general noun]," "of + [participle]," where I'd use "to + [infinitive]," dangling adverbs, etc.
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Old 01-12-2022, 08:26 PM   #37
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Let us not forget that Australia and Canada also have their own football games.
It's worse than that. What is considered to be "football" depends on the state you live in. In NSW, it is Rugby League and Victoria it is Aussie rules. The other states fall one way or the other. The "real" Football association (the one with the round ball that is actually kicked and not carried like all the other footballs) has been trying to claim the name back and stop the use of "soccer", but, all it is doing is adding confusion.

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I'm still not sure if Aussie rules football has any rules other than eyes gouged out must be handed back at the end of the match.
From memory, Aussie rules claim to have the first codified set of rules. But, I don't know if handing back eyes is part of the rules. I've never followed it and don't understand the game at all as I grew up in NSW and hence football is Rugby League, but, my sons played round-ball Football and followed that, so I'm just confused.
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Old 01-12-2022, 08:35 PM   #38
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I've just been reminded of another tiresome example of craven capitulation to coca-colonization in language: Reading Detective Kubu 3 which is set in Botswana and written by 2 South Africans. Both countries use Celsius for temperature and yet the book has a Motswana saying "it must be well over a hundred degrees out there". Not only does this annoy me because of forcing to find out what that temperature IS, it's annoying because it's not something the character WOULD say. Dollars to donuts the authors WROTE Celsius but the publishers changed it for that same audience who would be confused by seeing "Mum" not "Mom"
I grew up reading a lot of English books and watching a lot of English TV. I remember complaints in them about "heatwaves", which I didn't really think was anything unusual. Until I discover they were talking about, maybe, 25C for a few days. Which is what I consider to be a nice day. A heatwave here would probably mean the minimum temperature for a few days was 25C.
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Rug - UK blanket, US carpet. Though I’ve been told elsewhere that the UK usage is outdated now, not really used any more. Still, I seem to come across it in mysteries all the time. When they pull a rug out o’ the boot. (And not one of those with a body rolled inside)
Rug is used in the UK for carpeting and blankets. However, on it's own, it's usually a small carpet.

Lap rug: small size blanket used to put over one's legs while seated. Can be quite light-weight compared to the full-size blanket put on a bed. Tends to be decorative as well as it usually lives in the sitting room and hence is on public view.
Hearth rug: small piece of carpet placed in front of the fire place. Given the probability of sparks, it's cheaper to replace a hearth rug than the main carpet for the room. With central heating, this usage is in decline.
Bed side rug: small piece of carpet placed beside the bed to keep your feet warm until you find your slippers.
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Old 01-13-2022, 04:02 AM   #40
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Until I discover they were talking about, maybe, 25C for a few days. Which is what I consider to be a nice day. A heatwave here would probably mean the minimum temperature for a few days was 25C.
Here in the Netherlands, a 'heatwave' is defined as at least 5 successive days with a maximum temperature of over 25C, of which at least 3 have a maximum temperature of over 30C.

Nothing special for you lot down under, I guess
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Never heard anyone in the US say "rug" when they meant carpet. Must be regional?
How about rug when referring to a hairpiece?
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Old 01-13-2022, 06:27 AM   #42
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Here in the Netherlands, a 'heatwave' is defined as at least 5 successive days with a maximum temperature of over 25C, of which at least 3 have a maximum temperature of over 30C.

Nothing special for you lot down under, I guess
Friends in Perth (WA, not Scotland) mentioned temps in the mid 40s last week, so 30 would no doubt be a refreshing cold snap for them
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How about rug when referring to a hairpiece?
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"Shined" instead of "shone" always trips me up and dumps me out of the story. Ditto, an author dropping double consonants - gravely and gravelly do NOT mean the same thing and why should I have to guess meaning from context.
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"Shined" instead of "shone" always trips me up and dumps me out of the story.
Shift happens. My 1013.75% unscientific gut feeling is that "shone" is fading fast, "shined" turning up in online sources I would not have expected to see it
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