"Roo"t is Australian, but I find if I say it like that, especially when it comes to routers, people either burst out laughing or correct me, because their small minds are trapped in the gutter.

But it is so true that we naturally use some American and some British words and others are just interchangeable.

Like we use Truck not Lorry, but we use Boot not Trunk and lolly rather than candy. We do know what they all mean though and we don't really get hung up on it.

The one I'm never sure of is when it comes to things we sit on. Couches, setis, armchairs, etc. I have no idea which country uses what.

Thanks for the link. I also think I remember there being a ffew britpickers on the Sherlock BBC comm, so I may call on them.

Btw, I am reading the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle works and I am thoroughly wrapped in them. How can I have never read them before? \o/