🌍 American vs British · vocabulary
mail vs post
Letters and parcels sent and delivered through the postal system.
American
mail
“Did the mail come yet? I'm expecting a package.”
British
post
“Has the post come yet? I'm expecting a parcel.”
Good to know
Americans call it 'mail' and the British call it 'post', and the verbs differ too ('mail a letter' vs 'post a letter'). Note the British service is the Royal Mail, so 'mail' isn't absent there, just less common as the everyday noun.
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