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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26087241, member: 10461&quot;]Meat pies are typically referred to<i> as pot pies </i>in the US (or at least my section of it).</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the divide between Aussie and American English, I just watched a documentary on the Belle Gibson scandal, and twice the interviewees used the word “spruiking”, which was utterly unknown to me.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.superlinguo.com/post/167169630205/spruiking-this-good-aussie-word/amp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.superlinguo.com/post/167169630205/spruiking-this-good-aussie-word/amp" rel="nofollow">I had to look it up</a>.&nbsp; (And wouldn’t have known how to spell it for the Google search, if not for closed-captioning.)</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- Sorry for the digression.&nbsp; Resume Augustus/crocodiles/ancient coins topic.</p><p><br /></p><p>PPS- You just inspired me to pop a frozen beef pot pie in the microwave.&nbsp; For breakfast, which is a bit unconventional, but I don’t care.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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