>>>>Glad to be of help. I just hope that those of us using English English are not going to be told that it is "best practice" to use the American spelling.
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>>>Is that what we call a "zinger"?:-)
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>>If you mean a wisecrack, then yes, if not, then I should get an American-English dictionary to help in translation. (Maybe it would have an alternative to tantamount, which another American English user found unusual)
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>You got it. I know that there are a number of phrases (colloquialisms) that should probably be included in an English-American/American-English dictionary. My son spent some time in the London area and has mentioned some of them. Of course, there are various "dictionaries" for regions of the US< bg >. For example, an oft used phrase in Georgia is:
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>Howsyermomanem?
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>Which translates to:
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>How is your mother and her family?:-)

My main client is in Scotland, so my requirement is English-Scots/Scots-English (that's English as spoken in Scotland not Gaelic, BTW), with pronounciation guide.