Hi! Clueless American over here (who wishes we spelled things The Cool Way with u's and such). While we do "prepare" and "study", I think the other most common word would be "review" for tests/quizzes/etc. I remember being puzzled when I first stumbled across revise in the British sense, actually (oh, UK Harry Potter books. so unintentionally educational. I learned about biscuits actually being cookies.) Over here, it's mostly used in the sense of "revise this essay, then re-submit it, I know it can be better" rather than "go look over your notes".
it is occasionally puzzling when I find a random Britishism in my Supernatural/J2 fic ("flat" for apartment, anyone saying bloke ever, etc" but it's pretty much ok except for dialogue. It's always v weird to read J2 fic from various places, because I actually am from Texas (originally. I left as soon as possible. eurgh 110 F in the summers do not want) so hearing certain bits of Northern/Eastern US or UK localisms are always a bit strange.
also, on a further studying note, we "take" exams, rather than "sit [for] them". I dunno if that's just a Canadian thing, or if y'all did that too, but I figured it's worth a mention.
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it is occasionally puzzling when I find a random Britishism in my Supernatural/J2 fic ("flat" for apartment, anyone saying bloke ever, etc" but it's pretty much ok except for dialogue. It's always v weird to read J2 fic from various places, because I actually am from Texas (originally. I left as soon as possible. eurgh 110 F in the summers do not want) so hearing certain bits of Northern/Eastern US or UK localisms are always a bit strange.
also, on a further studying note, we "take" exams, rather than "sit [for] them". I dunno if that's just a Canadian thing, or if y'all did that too, but I figured it's worth a mention.