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curb vs. kerb #1 (permalink) Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:52 am   curb vs. kerb		  
Hi,

Is the word "kerb" still used in modern English or has it been replaced by "curb"?
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curb vs. kerb #2 (permalink) Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:54 am   curb vs. kerb		  
Look the two up in a British edition of some Oxford dictionary, and you'll see that in the UK the two spellings indicate different meanings.

In the US, it's all "curb".
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