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Originally Posted by DanaC
I keep having to do a slight mental adjustment each time the subject of 'public schools' comes up  In England, a public school is a private school, they are synonymous. What Americans call a 'public' school, we call a state school. |
If someone used the term 'state school' around here, I'd assume it was a euphemism for juvenile detention.
"Two countries divided by a common language".