It's called a shovel here, but it's called a Spade over there. It's called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone over there, but it's called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone over here. What different names are given to recognizable stuff? Anything really.
Maths/ Math Aubergine/ Eggplant Pavement/ Sidewalk Beetroot/ Beets Draughts/ Checkers Dummy/ Pacifier Sweets/ Candy Petrol/ Gas Obviously the ones on the left are correct, and the ones on the right are American.
candy floss ~ cotton candy trolley ~ Shopping cart chips ~ french fries crisps ~ potato chips fizzy drink ~ soda/pop/cola bill ~ check
UK - Tap/US - Faucet UK - Bonnet/US - Hood UK - Boot/US - Trunk UK - Cutlery/US - Silverware UK - Courgette/US - Zucchini UK - Saloon/US - Sedan UK - Nappy/US - Diaper I stand to be corrected, but I think Americans tend to refer to our current season (Autumn) as The Fall. We don't say The Fall in the UK.
Chesterfield - couch/sofa Gasbar - gas/petrol station Mickey - (??? It's 13oz of alcohol) {FYI: a 'mickey' in the States is a roofie} Eavestrough - (I have no idea what people call them? Eaves, gutters, roof gutters...?) 24 (pronounced as two-four) - 24 beers I guess? Garborator - garbage disposal (the kind that goes in your sink) Wicket - cashier's window/ticket counter Pencil Crayon - coloured pencils, colouring pencils Bachelor apartment - studio, 1R, bachelor pad... Icing sugar - powdered sugar Hydro - Electricity Chocolate bar - candy bar All the words on the left are commonly used in Canada. And please, someone, what do you call 'eavestroughes'?
Bin - Garbage Can Durry - Ciggarette Servo - Service Station Bottle-O - Liquor store Grog - Liquor Vacuum Cleaner - Hoover Telly - Television Bum Bag - Fanny Pack Air Con - Air Conditioner Bicky - Biscuit Bikey - Biker Bathers - Swimming Suit Boardies - Boardshorts Trackies / Tracky Dacks - Tracksuit pants Brekky - Breakfast Budgy Smuggler - Speedos Chewie - Chewing Gum Footy - Aussie Rules Football Footpath - Sidewalk Herb (We pronounce like her b... because there's a H in it.) Hungry Jack's - Burger King (There was already a chain called Burger King in Adelaide so Burger King was forced to change to something else so they called themselves Hungry Jack's) Jelly - Jell-O Jam - Jelly Macca's - McDonald's Basically, Aussies are lazy so we made everything easy and quick to say lol.
Yup, we're in the middle of Fall right now. Barely anyone uses autumn. It's my little sister's middle name though, and I like it better than fall personally. Other than that, you people have some strange language :lol:
Thongs -flip flops Undies/Knickers/Jocks/Chundies etc -Thong Boulder Holders - Bra Budgie Smugglers -Speedos
deke vs juke girl guides vs girl scouts?? pencil crayons vs coloured pencils????? parkade vs parking garage soda cracker vs saltine serviette vs napkin
I don't know about many in English, but there are tons with Quebec and France! Qc/Fr Mitaines/Mouffles (Mittens) Tuque/Bonnet Char/Voiture (car) Liqueur/Soda Boîte/Carton (box) This leads to some funny misunderstanding because some of those words have other meanings in Quebec.
UK - Lift/US - Elevator UK - Motorbike/US - Motorcycle UK - Rubbish/US - Garbage or Trash UK - Christmas/US - The Holidays (or just Christmas). UK - Mobile phone/US - Cell phone UK - Sanitary towel/US - Sanitary napkin (this one always makes me laugh because I imagine restaurants putting them out on the tables). UK - Buggy/US - Stroller UK - Fringe/US - Bangs (hair) UK - Trainers/US - Sneakers UK - Post box/US - Mailbox UK - Skip/US - Dumpster UK - Pants/US - Underwear UK - Trousers/US - Pants UK - Toilet or Bathroom/US - Restroom UK - Ladybird/US - Ladybug UK - Rubber/US - Eraser UK - Chemist/US - Drugstore UK - Supersize meal portion/US - Regular meal portion
My sister's been to New York and commented on this - that the portions of food were much larger than we're used to here Which brings me onto this.. UK clothing - xl/US clothing - xxl.. Sorry guys..
In some parts of Greece when they mean bathroom, they say "meros" which means "place". In other parts of Greece, they say "toaleta" which means "toilet". I learned this when I asked where's the "meros" and they didn't know I meant toilet. ---------- Post added 30th Oct 2015 at 06:13 PM ---------- Eh, to be fair, we also say bathroom. Probably more often than we say restroom. The Holidays is typically just a more politically correct thing that people try to say to mean all the holidays close to December 25th (like New Years, Hanukkah, Kwanza, etc.), but I guess we sometimes use holidays and Christmas interchangeably. The rest seem about right. Especially the last one.