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Posted 08 December 2008 - 07:50 PM
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Posted 14 December 2008 - 02:04 AM
crazy4laptops said:
one more- same word in both countries, the brits just say it weird
Aluminum - us
the brits say
Al-ooo- men- e-um
Aluminum - us
the brits say
Al-ooo- men- e-um
It's also spelled differently there...
Aluminium (pronounced al-yoo-min-ee-um)
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Posted 14 December 2008 - 10:06 AM
Coastie... It was really early in the morning, and there was absolutely nothing to do, so I decided to go through all of the threads that had any relevance to any problems that I had experienced, and I run across British - American English differences, so you know that I just had to poke my nose in...
!http://forums.pcworld.com/legacyimages/
1!
A few more...
American: ass / UK: bum
American: hood (on a car) / UK: bonnet
American: trunk (on a car) / UK: boot
American: cigarette / UK: fag (that one probably got many Brits in trouble here)
American: wrench / UK: spanner
American: truck / UK: lorry
American: suspenders / UK: braces
American: line (i.e. at Walmart checkout) / UK: queue
American: baking soda / UK: bicarbonate of soda, or bicarb
American: eraser / UK: rubber (another potential troublemaker)
American: hamburger / UK: mince
American: baby carriage / UK: pram (short for perambulator)
American: french fries / UK: potato chips (or just chips... as in fish and chips)
American: chips / UK: crisps
American: vacation / UK: holiday
American: gas (gasoline) / UK: petrol (petroleum)
American: goodbye / UK: cheerio or tata
That's about all I can think of for now, but I'm sure that more will pop into my head as soon as I post this.
!http://forums.pcworld.com/legacyimages/
1!
A few more...
American: ass / UK: bum
American: hood (on a car) / UK: bonnet
American: trunk (on a car) / UK: boot
American: cigarette / UK: fag (that one probably got many Brits in trouble here)
American: wrench / UK: spanner
American: truck / UK: lorry
American: suspenders / UK: braces
American: line (i.e. at Walmart checkout) / UK: queue
American: baking soda / UK: bicarbonate of soda, or bicarb
American: eraser / UK: rubber (another potential troublemaker)
American: hamburger / UK: mince
American: baby carriage / UK: pram (short for perambulator)
American: french fries / UK: potato chips (or just chips... as in fish and chips)
American: chips / UK: crisps
American: vacation / UK: holiday
American: gas (gasoline) / UK: petrol (petroleum)
American: goodbye / UK: cheerio or tata
That's about all I can think of for now, but I'm sure that more will pop into my head as soon as I post this.
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Posted 14 December 2008 - 10:18 AM
mcbarker said:
Coastie... It was really early in the morning, and there was absolutely nothing to do, so I decided to go through all of the threads that had any relevance to any problems that I had experienced, and I run across British - American English differences, so you know that I just had to poke my nose in...
!http://forums.pcworld.com/legacyimages/
!http://forums.pcworld.com/legacyimages/
1!
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A few more...
American: ass / UK: bum
American: hood (on a car) / UK: bonnet
American: trunk (on a car) / UK: boot
American: cigarette / UK: fag (that one probably got many Brits in trouble here)
American: wrench / UK: spanner
American: truck / UK: lorry
American: suspenders / UK: braces
American: line (i.e. at Walmart checkout) / UK: queue
American: baking soda / UK: bicarbonate of soda, or bicarb
American: eraser / UK: rubber (another potential troublemaker)
American: hamburger / UK: mince
American: baby carriage / UK: pram (short for perambulator)
American: french fries / UK: potato chips
American: chips / UK: crisps
American: vacation / UK: holiday
American: gas (gasoline) / UK: petrol (petroleum)
American: goodbye / UK: cheerio or tata
That's about all I can think of for now, but I'm sure that more will pop into my head as soon as I post this.
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Hey mcb, A lot of that I was aware of but didn't pop into my head at the time. French fries, though are generally shortened to Chips as in Fish and Chips. There is a particular kind kind of wrench that we refer to here in the States as a spanner ( Used for connecting fire hoses). A couple of the items youlisted were previously covered in an earlier post. While stationed in New York, I met a bunch of Governesses from the UK, so got pretty used to the "Brit Speak". :D I ended up dating one of them, who was from Glasgow. OOPs, I don't know if they consider Scotland as part of the UK or not. I know that the Irish Republic is somewhat independent.
