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Why they drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway.

Why there is braille on the ATM of a drive through bank....

Your turn.

Why do our American friends insist on calling a mobile phone a cell phone ? Why do they insist on bastardising the English language? A cell is what you have when you get locked up in prison.
      The above question is being asked in a jocular spirit and is not aimed at causing an international incident

Don't be so apologetic BD - they've mangled our language to oblivion.

I mean what the hell is a "daiper"?  Where did you get that word from?

If nappie is good enough for us then why change it ? Diaper sounds as if its of Dutch origin? (scuse me if I don't bother to look it up)
                    Must dash,I just have to call Mrs bigdog on her mobile....bye.

What's another word for synonym?

Whilst I agree that a synonym can be "a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language", I don't believe you can use that argument here.

Americans never use the word "nappy" to mean something to catch baby poo.  We never use the word "daiper".  So therefore although they are technically synonyms for each other, they form no practical usage whatsoever when comparing British and US English.

You would have been better citing the example of "sidewalk" and "pavement".  To an American, the pavement is a road surface, not an area to the side for walking on.British people do not use the word "sidewalk" and so in British English they are not really synonyms.  In America they have distinct meanings and are therefore not synonyms.

Mr Anal (synonym for pedantic git).