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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

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I have learned how slavery came into this country, how it grew; and I also know something about what is called State Rights.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
For example, few men remember that when the Constitution was adopted, "State rights" was not mentioned in that instrument.
Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress|Various
Being in the Constitution, the State rights provision is as valid as any other amendment.
Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress|Various
We are correctly told that the ancient doctrine of State rights ended at Appomattox.
Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress|Various

The extreme State-Rights party in the South resolved not to submit to it, but to prepare the people for forcible resistance.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864|Various