English is English is English. No?

Living in the UK, I found that writing for an American market is not easy. A while ago, my character went to the bathroom to pee. She used the cubicles. My American writing partner Julie had a right old giggle. In the United States, cubicles are those partitioned office spaces, and that's it.

I'm to write "stalls."

Now it was my turn to split my sides. To me, stalls are exclusively those vegetable carts/tables you find at the market, and I dare any American to pee in those!

Also, if you're American, don't let a Brit fall in love with you. She/he might end up completely "potty" about you. Yep, that too raised a riotous laugh from Julie. She prefers "nuts about you."

Every time I think I'm getting the hang of US English, along comes another case of English-but-not-English.

Sigh.