List Of British Words Not Widely Used In The United States ...
Abbreviation of 'articulated lorry' (US: semi, semi-trailer truck, tractor-trailer).  et cetera (e.g. whilst grocery shopping) (Britain and US:  [Driving While Intoxicated]; OWI [Operating While Intoxicated]) driving licence  ... Read Article
Wikipedia:Reference Desk Archive/Language/April 2006 ...
In french, "Le diable bat sa femme et marie sa fille" (and marries his daugter) : sale temps (bad weather)! (fr:WK) --DLL 19:14, 3 April 2006 (UTC)  My favourite usenet abbreviation is the Spanish d, short for de. Jameswilson 23:17, 5 April 2006 (UTC)  ... Read Article
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