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hennypenny Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 2:47 AM |
Meridith wrote: biscuit= cookie
I was going to add this one too, but you beat me to it. |
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weirdmom Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 3:30 AM |
cigarette - fag
eraser - rubber
When in North America really really make sure to use the NA term! |
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minnmess Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 4:16 AM |
weirdmom wrote: cigarette - fag
eraser - rubber
When in North America really really make sure to use the NA term!
in ottawa there is a newstand called Fags and Mags.
fancy dress- costume |
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Meridith Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 5:30 AM |
weirdmom wrote: cigarette - fag
eraser - rubber
When in North America really really make sure to use the NA term!
I have a friend whom I met in college that's from Sweden. One day in class she asked for a rubber. Everyone just looked at her with a funny look wondering why she was asking for a condom in the middle of class. |
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deebee Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 10:25 AM |
post - mail
lift - elevator |
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lilly Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 10:33 AM |
hrmph, I came here to check on my profile (stupid lazy TWT!!)... and then I just couldn't ignore this topic, because in my very first semester at university, we had to memorise a whole list of AE - BE words, and I still don't know if they're 100% correct...
e.g. (AE - BE):
hood - bonnet
trunk - boot
muffler - silencer
shocks - absorbers.
sidewalk - pavement
vacation - holiday
fall - autumn
sponge bag - toilet bag (?)
candy - sweets
diaper - nappy
elevator - lift
railroad - railway
streetcar - tram/tramway
"to knock someone up" (... ... ...)
and the use of the word "pudding" must have confused thousands of American tourists travelling in the UK...
plus this - my all-time favourite text on the internet ;) :
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~evans/stuff/americans_in_uk.html
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 10:37 AM |
Arse - Fanny
Knackers/Bollocks(Bollix in Ireland) - Balls
Dubz |
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minnmess Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 2:00 PM |
lilly wrote: muffler - silencer
sponge bag - toilet bag (?)
and the use of the word "pudding" must have confused thousands of American tourists travelling in the UK...
silencer sounds like what a mobster would put on his gun when killing someone. What is a toilet bag?? And pudding confuses me.
Ya. Fanny doesnt mean arse/ass here. I think given the British influnce, we figured it that it means...lady bits, not bum. |
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lilly Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 3:19 PM |
minnmess wrote:
silencer sounds like what a mobster would put on his gun when killing someone. What is a toilet bag?? And pudding confuses me.
according to my list, a toilet bag is a washbag/sponge bag/the thing you put toiletry-stuff in when you go on a holiday ;)
seriously, studying English is like studying two languages. why is it "driving licence" in the UK, but "driver's license" in the US? And isn't it a mix of both in Canada (driver's licence?)?
that pudding dilemma has been discussed before, I think. Over here, it's the same thing it is in North America, and the British approach to "pudding" still confuses me. same goes for "mince pies" (it doesn't help that they call the filling mincemeat). |
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minnmess Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 3:34 PM |
lilly wrote: minnmess wrote:
silencer sounds like what a mobster would put on his gun when killing someone. What is a toilet bag?? And pudding confuses me.
according to my list, a toilet bag is a washbag/sponge bag/the thing you put toiletry-stuff in when you go on a holiday ;)
ooh, a toiletry bag |
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lilly Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 3:38 PM |
minnmess wrote: lilly wrote: minnmess wrote:
silencer sounds like what a mobster would put on his gun when killing someone. What is a toilet bag?? And pudding confuses me.
according to my list, a toilet bag is a washbag/sponge bag/the thing you put toiletry-stuff in when you go on a holiday ;)
ooh, a toiletry bag
err, yes, exactly! and now I remember reading "sponge bag" in a British children's book... I guess my professor made that list in the 1960s and it's all wrong now... hrmph... |
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mili Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 3:41 PM |
| I was just about to add that sponge bag sounds more British. |
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AbsGinger Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 4:07 PM |
minnmess wrote: AbsGinger wrote: Sneakers/trainers
or in canada...running shoes!
in Fr |
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AbsGinger Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 4:08 PM |
minnmess wrote: AbsGinger wrote: Sneakers/trainers
or in canada...running shoes!
in France : des baskets |
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AbsGinger Posted Sat 24 Apr, 2010 4:08 PM |
minnmess wrote: AbsGinger wrote: Sneakers/trainers
or in canada...running shoes!
in France : des baskets |
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