Questions for our American friends

[spoonfedmonkey]

Originally Posted by Bovon

There was a Michael Douglas film where he got made redundant, didn't tell anyone, and cracked-up under the strain and ran amok with gun etc.

As an American, I've always found the term "made redundant" quite brutal.

On to my own contribution to this thread: I've lived all over the US (in fact, I've lived all over the world), and the use of "pop", "soda", and "soda pop" is generally (though not completely) regional. But the phrases "carbonated beverage" or "soft drink" only occurs on restaurant menus and airplanes.

Or should I say aeroplane?

I've lived in Germany for fifteen years, so my vocabulary has become a bit Anglicized. I always say "trousers", for instance.

It doesn't make me a bad person.