Jan1305: This is the term used for English as written, spoken and taught in the rest of the world, regardless for example of whether one lives in Canada (which is linguistically lumped with North America) or Southern Ireland, which is not part of Great Britain.
A good dictionary will give both British and American English definitions of a word, and use the term BrE or AmE as a reference.
Which words do you know of are different but mean the same, and has it ever caused communication problems here on this International forum?
Full stop (British English, period American English).
A full stop is what you come to at a stop sign. Or the smokys gonna get you.
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