# What Britishisms most baffle Americans? What Americanisms most baffle Brits?

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Here’s a whole thread on one particular point of confusion:

> [@Minced beef vs. ground beef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minced-beef-vs-ground-beef/1012326):
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> A yahoo on Yahoo is insisting ground beef and minced beef are different things. I can see his point; but in England, what we (USians) call ‘ground beef’ is called ‘minced beef’ there. So UK Dopers: Do you see a difference between ‘minced beef’ (or ‘mince’) and ‘ground beef’?

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