American slang and words are easy for me buy ngl I had to look up what Americans call paracetamol for a fic recently to make sure it was accurate 😭
2026-05-29 11:50:58
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erin 🐞 :
The second I see “maths” in a fic it takes me RIGHT out
2026-05-29 17:35:14
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Emmaline 🍉 :
Once read a fic set in America where the characters worked in Massachusetts and lived in Kansas
2026-05-29 16:02:09
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k𓅓 :
idk but i once read a spiderverse fic where miles called his mom mum so i think they should
2026-05-29 10:38:46
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✨ Peri ✨ :
Read a fic where Tim drake decided to make a ‘cheese toastie with beans’ and that threw me so bad
2026-05-29 14:08:27
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chai :
i had to look up the american word for ‘the landing’ today. it’s just the upstairs hallway btw
2026-05-29 01:28:18
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Will :
As a Brit, I’m just picking up things as I go ngl. Like theatre is theater? And mould is mold?? And centre is center?? Apparently??
2026-05-29 08:45:59
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malaikah⋅˚₊‧ ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅ :
"american grade equivalent uk" is a frequent search of mine
2026-05-29 17:05:29
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Janelleieio :
Arse always takes me out
2026-05-29 12:45:40
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reese!! :p :
just finished reading a published book set in america and they repeatedly kept calling tank tops vests
2026-05-29 14:04:55
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Anna :
i was reading a fanfic yesterday where ilya rozanov referred to his team as “lads” and i was so thrown off
2026-05-29 05:25:03
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Ambrose ✖️🚬StanXeno'sMalewife :
read a fic about two american characters, and one of them was talking about how the other wore "size 42 shoes". i think you mean size 9
2026-05-29 14:41:58
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𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚒 𖹭's 𝙳𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗 :
I like u can tell the author is British it makes me giggle
2026-05-29 01:31:17
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casper :
I kept getting confused while I was reading this fanfic because the words they were using just weren't american and then they said something about going to maths class and I realized what happened LMAO
2026-05-29 04:30:38
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lucyy :
I can't lie I just swap mum with mom and the rest they'll just have to overlook
2026-05-30 06:31:44
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Goopy 🇳🇿 :
this comment section is making me realise i should stop trying to write like an american and instead just put “author is british” in the tags 😭
2026-06-09 00:43:34
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🦋B.Happy🦋 :
“Take away” vs “take out” when referring to grabbing food and referring to math as “maths” or mom as “mum”. Each throw me for a loop especially when the story is so good
2026-05-29 23:42:36
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lesbiandarthmaul :
gang I once read a fic set in america with american characters and they were getting christmas crackers with the paper crowns for christmas 😭 i feel like thats one of the more famous and lighthearted differences between our countries. had they never seen an american christmas movie??
2026-05-29 10:23:43
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Thatchronic_reader :
Tbf I think there’s so much more American media that we just sort of know a lot of the basics anyway
2026-05-29 08:48:59
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Emma Kinzian :
My favorite was the fic I read set in Chicago where the characters loved swimming in the 'ocean'
2026-06-14 23:30:49
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Draconic Deity Designs :
Read an avengers fic where Tony Stark pulled a “torch” out and was baffled because I didn’t know Brits used it as another word for flashlight at the time. I was like why tf does iron man have a torch?????????? Where did he get it from and how is it lit???
2026-05-30 04:27:23
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I need sleep :
I read a fic once where an American character called their friend mate and it and it made me so mad 😭
2026-05-29 03:11:22
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