>>And of course, as I think Tamar pointed out some months ago, everyone your side of the Atlantic seems to say "different than" rather than "different from".
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>Yeah, well, you guys say "brelly" and "boot" and "torch" for umbrella, trunk and flashlight. Whassup with that?! <g>

It's "brolly" for umbrella. I rarely say that - probably a word from the Raj in India. I think you'll find that back in the days of horse-drawn carriages you guys referred to the "boot" too. As for torch, well mine doesn't flash at all, unless I quickly turn it on and off repeatedly, whcih I don't think is the primary purpose of it.

BTW we still call telephone poles "telegraph poles".