![]() ![]() The table below lists some of the more common differences. Not only are different words used to refer to the same things, but to add to the confusion, the same words will refer to different things. This is particularly true of terminology related to automobiles, trains and other moving vehicles, most of which were developed well after British and American English began to diverge. Oscar Wilde, in "The Canterville Ghost" wrote "We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language". ↑ The British term would typically be "paraffin" however International Harvester uses "kerosene" in the name, so the American term is retained.↑ Pneumatic tyres were first used by LGOC buses in 1925.↑ While slightly different in function, the North American term is Caboose. ![]() ↑ Simply called the Phantom until the Phantom II came out in 1929.↑ Not an error, the same shot used in episode 2.04 appears again in episode 2.07.
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