Weird word that. Died out of usage in England hundreds of years ago and thus never got exported to any other part of what was the British Empire but lives on here. Although we'd all say we speak English, it's one of a number of words we use in our version of English (Hiberno English) that aren't used anywhere else in the world. Others are:
Press (as in cupboard)
Bold (as in a badly behaved kid)
Footpath (pavement in England, sidewalk in America)
Grinds (as in extra lessons)
Runners (English call them trainers, yanks call them sneakers)
Delph (as in plates)
Minerals (soft drinks)
Use any of them to an English speaker from anywhere other than Ireland in the context we do and they wouldn't have a notion what you're on about.
Tomorrow's boring lesson: The "I before E except after C" myth