I continue to be amazed at the little things that can be different between the US and UK. Living here for about 5 months, (plus 5 months in 2007), I feel I've learned many of the terms and phrases: "Are you all right?" meaning "How are you?", "brolly" for "umbrella", "hair bobble" for "hair tie" or "hair elastic"... etc. But yesterday, when I was preparing picture cards for a therapy task, I had trouble finding the picture that went with the word "CARAVAN". So I asked someone (not a coursemate, not someone I'd ever met, but I didn't have much of a choice and she was really nice about it), and it turns out that what the Brits call "caravan" we call "trailer." (Brits, etc.: This is what a caravan is to me.) Or this one,
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