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Welcome Miia. I don't mind helping with your questionnaire.
Since you're talking about taboo expressions though, it might be a good idea to put it in one of the less-used forums (like "looking for writers") with an initial post saying that there are taboo expressions and anybody who might be sensitive to this type of thing can skip that thread and not be offended.
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Hi, Miia. I'd be glad to help, too. I'm from New York, which is somewhere between the US and the UK, if that's alright.
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New York moved out into the Atlantic??
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Well, it *is an island off New Jersey.
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New York moved out into the Atlantic??
linguistically, it's always been there!
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<<Well, it *is an island off New Jersey.>>
Only since New Jersey was lopped off of it.
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I'm in. Send me a PM. Fair warning: my *offensive gauge is busted. 
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What about Canadian English? It isn't American, and it isn't British. In the dialectic continuum, we are the ones who understand both sides (and have a double ration of swear words, bonus!) Can Canadians play, Miia?
Incidentally, do you know the difference between a Canadian and an American? The difference is, the Canadian knows the difference.
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> The difference is, the Canadian knows the difference.
thus also demonstrating delightful appreciation of irony! :)
PS I think there's a difference between dialectal and dialectic, at least on this side of the pond (he says carefully...)
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you mean something such as this, mav?
I nearly didn't add this post, because it didn't seem to add anything to the dialectic of the forum...
;)
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