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by papa_bill

since I started watching the *Britcoms* on National Public Television. I find, though, a wide variety of dialects, some of which are virtually unintelligible to me, and apparently some other Brits.

But the variations in spelling come to mind, many of which show up often on this blog. So what's correct here is wrong across the Pond. Where's the room for standardization there?

by hal 9000

The Yanks screwed things up and whatever the POMs use is right.

Mind you if you are ever offered a Gordie Kiss run like hell it hurts far less. ;)

Col

by ansugisalas

I got to candidates for something painful, called a kiss:
a) The glasgwegian kiss. What the swedes refer to as "danskskalla" - a daneskull.
b) Far more horrifying... Hershey's kisses.

Which direction is more correct?

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