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Braintree is also a town near Boston in the United States:

No way! I had assumed it was too silly for North America, like Pratts Bottom or Twatt

There's also a Braintree in Massachusetts, outside of Boston. It's the last stop on the MBTA's red line.

United States dollars are the de facto global currency. I can see a British person converting pounds to US dollars writing for a global audience.