Tony Summers wrote:
>
> It's not just the spelling that's changed.
>
> Different words : Pavement / Sidewalk.  Grill / Boil
>
> Grammar : Write to me / Write me.
>
> Warfare : A cockup / Friendly Fire
>
> Drink : Bitter / Beer (actually Lager)

All of the above are understandable and more a matter of common
usage than real differences, BUT grill / boil?

Do the English say "grill" when they mean to put something in water
and cook it?  Certainly when they put something in a frying pan to
cook they don't say "boil it?

Nick D.