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owlfish at 11:57pm on 25/09/2006
owlfish at 11:57pm on 25/09/2006I just read Diana Wynne Jones's The Ogre Downstairs for the first time, and learned a bit of English English in the process.
Person A steps on Person B's foot rather hard. Person B forgives Person A, but adds...
(if American) "You owe me for that."
(if British) "I owe you for that."
The economy of retribution is entirely reversed over here.
Person A steps on Person B's foot rather hard. Person B forgives Person A, but adds...
(if American) "You owe me for that."
(if British) "I owe you for that."
The economy of retribution is entirely reversed over here.
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