Americans refer to England as being...

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Title:	Americans refer to England as being...
Answer:	Across the pond

Explanation:	This comes from hundreds of years ago when America was a colony of England. Colonists would say jokingly that England was 'across the pond' instead of 'across the Atlantic Ocean' since England was actually not just across a pond, but thousands of miles away.
English > Popular Expressions > Holidays / Travel

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Average Rating		4.2
# of votes		18
# of Garbage Votes		0
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Rating: 4

February 28, 2010

bahar

Rating: 5

November 21, 2009

Guest

Rating: 5

November 3, 2009

Nadia S.

Rating: 5

July 3, 2009

it was excellent marielle. very good explanation of the expression
Instead of "Across the pond", in Spanish we say "laguna"

cecile

Rating: 5

April 26, 2009

Guest

Rating: 3

April 10, 2009

Sara

Rating: 4

February 25, 2009

Instead of "Across the pond", in Spanish we say "cruzar el charco"

Guest

Rating: 4

January 14, 2009

Instead of "Across the pond", in we say "arabic"

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