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英国人到了美国发现,其实英美英语大不相同呢! Problems with American English When cars drive in a circle,do they go around a “traffic circle” or a “roundabout”?The first choice sounds strange to me,as we don’t say it in Britain,but I’ve made Americans laugh for minutes at a time just by saying “roundabout” before. Irish author George Bernard Shaw is believed to have said,“England and America are two countries separated by the same language.”This idea might seem strange,but I think of it whenever I have this type of communication problem with my friends from across the Atlantic.