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As a Brit who lived in the US for roughly ten years, I knew most of them... which I guess is unsurprising. I didn't know albuterol, we called that ventolin when I was a kid. I also didn't know kwanza and manicotti, I guess those are due to the Italian and Jewish cultural influences in the US.
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Which big supermarket only stocks cheddar?
Probably one in a country that exited their trade bloc full of countries known for a variety of cheeses.
I was surprised to find the word "to abseil" being known in the UK. It clearly is of German origin and used literally (eg. to descend a mountain on a rope = Seil) as well as figuratively (to sneak out of an unpleasant situation).
There are also a lot of „expedition“ related words (e.g. Rucksack) that made their way to Japanese.
IIRC the Germans did a lot of expeditions/Mountaineering in the Himalaya, etc. and I assume that this is how these words transferred to English/Japanese.
I was surprised to find the word "to abseil" being known in the UK. It clearly is of German origin and used literally (eg. to descend a mountain on a rope = Seil) as well as figuratively (to sneak out of an unpleasant situation).
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cheese variety such as the Italian provolone Provolone seems to be a fairly 'American' cheese. I almost never see it anywhere in Europe, even in stores that otherwise have a wide selection of quality French and Italian cheeses. In the US it's far more of a staple cheese. I've also noticed that at least some cheese sold as "Provolone" in the US isn't actually from Italy, something which would not be allowed in Europe.
> Provolone seems to be a fairly 'American' cheese. It's definitely quite common in Italy (together with the smaller "provola"), but not so much in other EU countries. > I've also noticed that at least some cheese sold as "Provolone" in the US isn't actually from Italy This doesn't surprise me... I hear that there is also plenty of "Parmesan-like" cheese sold in US supermarkets too (not sure how good or bad it resemb…
Is acetaminophen not available OTC in the UK? I am baffled by the disparity otherwise.
Is acetaminophen not available OTC in the UK? I am baffled by the disparity otherwise.
We call it paracetamol. You will also find Aspirin is rarely used OTC here.
And at that looks like acetaminophen is the "adopted" (made up) name -- huh.
The chemical name is N-acetyl-para-aminophenol, which explains why I see it called "APAP" in medical contexts.