"Gord Beaman" ) wrote

Similar to the very different meanings in the UK and North
America of the word 'root' as in "All the girls in the stands
were rooting for their team".

Quite legal and admirable in NA, not quite so in the UK...

And as for the different meanings of "table" as in "tabling a
motion"...

Means to shelve or postpone discussion in the US, but means to get on
with the discussion in the UK. Hence there's an urban legend about a
US-UK meeting bogged down in arguing over whether a vitally important
item should be tabled - the UK contingent couldn't understand why the
US contingent didn't want it tabled (discussed) and t'other side
couldn't work out why the UK contingent wanted it tabled (shelved)....