4) Grotto. What it sounds like to Americans: a cold, wet, slimy sea cave. What it means to Brits: the place where you meet Santa 🎅

Oh absolutely!! Good one

A classic

Working on a list here, if anyone has more!

3) Devolved. In the UK devolution/devolved powers means to the governments of individual countries within the UK, like the devolved government of Scotland for example. To an American, sounds like you’re insulting one’s intelligence or talking about cavemen.

2) Warden. This one might be specific to certain unis, but basically means an RA (Resident Assistant). Sounds like a jailer to Americans.

(To be clear, the fear was that I should never go to sea because anything would make me sick. I’m sure I’d feel rotten in a big sea but I’ve proved to myself I can function fairly normally in 2-3m waves which is a huge victory!)

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I feel your pain from the other end of the spectrum!