Different words for the same things depending on which country you're in.
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lauraemily84 wrote: »Haha love this thread! So bum is called fanny in America ?? Haha sorry I'm confused !! In U.K. Spite is a brand of lemonade with lime
I use the term bum or butt. But my kids will laugh hysterically if I use the work "fanny" in front of them.0 -
KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
I grew up drinking coke. Sometimes it was root beer, orange, grape or 7-up. All coke!2 -
markrgeary1 wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
I grew up drinking coke. Sometimes it was root beer, orange, grape or 7-up. All coke!
Even Pepsi and RC Cola are "Coke"??2 -
KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".4 -
KeithWhiteJr wrote: »markrgeary1 wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
I grew up drinking coke. Sometimes it was root beer, orange, grape or 7-up. All coke!
Even Pepsi and RC Cola are "Coke"??
You would call a Pepsi a Pepsi, but you might say "does any want a coke?" Even if you only had Pepsi and Sprite to offer them. Or you might go out to get a Coke (like you out for coffee)and no one orders coke everyone gets a different flavors.2 -
KeithWhiteJr wrote: »I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
Or calling all vacuum cleaners "Hoovers". I don't vacuum, I do the hoovering... even though mine is a Shark not a Hoover!1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Yes. If you call soft drinks "pop", have Tim Horton's near you and eat poutine, you might as well be in Canada.
I was born and raised in Southern California - soft drinks are "soda", there's not a Tim Horton's anywhere to be found and I'd never even heard of poutine (or cheese curds, for that matter) until I visited Michigan for the first time. And a "Double Double" isn't a coffee drink, it's a burger from In-n-Out Burger.
Well now, we need to know his stance on beer and maple syrup before declaring him Canadian. Oh, and if he rides his Polar bear to work.
I haven't seen him apologize for anything yet either. So there's that to consider.
That's the wonderful thing about living in the US in a Great Lakes state: We get the Tim's, the poutine option in restaurants, the opportunity to talk and drink beer like a Canadian if we want to, and we don't have to apologize for anything, 'cos we're 'murican.
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#MURICA!!!2
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I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
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Christine_72 wrote: »I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
Chips, with cheese curds and a gravy on top. It's a Canadian dish...we had some piping hot and fresh, so good (but bad at the same time) . Ive seen some poor replications in aus using cheddar cheese.1 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
Chips, with cheese curds and a gravy on top. It's a Canadian dish...we had some piping hot and fresh, so good (but bad at the same time) . Ive seen some poor replications in aus using cheddar cheese.
Chips as in French Fries for those in the US/Canada lol0 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
Chips, with cheese curds and a gravy on top. It's a Canadian dish...we had some piping hot and fresh, so good (but bad at the same time) . Ive seen some poor replications in aus using cheddar cheese.
Sounds delish!KeithWhiteJr wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
Chips, with cheese curds and a gravy on top. It's a Canadian dish...we had some piping hot and fresh, so good (but bad at the same time) . Ive seen some poor replications in aus using cheddar cheese.
Chips as in French Fries for those in the US/Canada lol
Chips(hot) is what you get from the fish n chip shop, french fries are from Mcdonalds or Hungry Jacks. Hungry Jacks in Australia- Burger King in America.0 -
I consider hoagies and subs to be different types of sandwiches. A hoagies has one single patty of meat across the length of the sandwich and most often involves pizza sauce.contingencyplan wrote: »
Sub/Submarine sandwich: Depending on where you're from in the US it can also be called a Grinder, a Hoagie, or a Hero sandwich.
Hahahahaaaaa!!!!!! You just won the internet!!contingencyplan wrote: »
Finally, what most people in the country refer to as Cheaters are, in a relatively small yet densely populated pocket in the northeast, called Patriots.
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A bum is someone who won't work. Only used for "butt" when being silly of deliberately polite.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »lauraemily84 wrote: »Haha love this thread! So bum is called fanny in America ?? Haha sorry I'm confused !! In U.K. Spite is a brand of lemonade with lime
I use the term bum or butt. But my kids will laugh hysterically if I use the work "fanny" in front of them.
Touché...but...still no...KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
With the exception of puffs, Kleenex is the only known brand name of facial tissue and I don't think there is another name brand name for bandages other than bandaid.
With contenders like Pepsi, Dr Pepper, 7up, mt dew, etc., it's more like calling all motor vehicles "Fords" even if they're actually Chevys and Chryslers.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
Or calling all vacuum cleaners "Hoovers". I don't vacuum, I do the hoovering... even though mine is a Shark not a Hoover!
I didn't even know hoovering was a word except for the one time I heard it used as a euphemism for scarfing down food...0 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »
A bum is someone who won't work. Only used for "butt" when being silly of deliberately polite.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »lauraemily84 wrote: »Haha love this thread! So bum is called fanny in America ?? Haha sorry I'm confused !! In U.K. Spite is a brand of lemonade with lime
I use the term bum or butt. But my kids will laugh hysterically if I use the work "fanny" in front of them.
Touché...but...still no...KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
With the exception of puffs, Kleenex is the only known brand name of facial tissue and I don't think there is another name brand name for bandages other than bandaid.
With contenders like Pepsi, Dr Pepper, 7up, mt dew, etc., it's more like calling all motor vehicles "Fords" even if they're actually Chevys and Chryslers.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
Or calling all vacuum cleaners "Hoovers". I don't vacuum, I do the hoovering... even though mine is a Shark not a Hoover!
I didn't even know hoovering was a word except for the one time I heard it used as a euphemism for scarfing down food...
Sorbent.... And Elastoplast. A bandage to me is a long white thing you wrap around whatever body part is wounded/sprained. I'd call the thing you stick on a cut a "sticky plaster" if I didn't say bandaid.0 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »
A bum is someone who won't work. Only used for "butt" when being silly of deliberately polite.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »lauraemily84 wrote: »Haha love this thread! So bum is called fanny in America ?? Haha sorry I'm confused !! In U.K. Spite is a brand of lemonade with lime
I use the term bum or butt. But my kids will laugh hysterically if I use the work "fanny" in front of them.
Touché...but...still no...KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
With the exception of puffs, Kleenex is the only known brand name of facial tissue and I don't think there is another name brand name for bandages other than bandaid.
There is Curad and Nexcare. I buy those more often than Bandaids, but I usually call them bandaids.
With contenders like Pepsi, Dr Pepper, 7up, mt dew, etc., it's more like calling all motor vehicles "Fords" even if they're actually Chevys and Chryslers.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
Or calling all vacuum cleaners "Hoovers". I don't vacuum, I do the hoovering... even though mine is a Shark not a Hoover!
I didn't even know hoovering was a word except for the one time I heard it used as a euphemism for scarfing down food...
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »
A bum is someone who won't work. Only used for "butt" when being silly of deliberately polite.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »lauraemily84 wrote: »Haha love this thread! So bum is called fanny in America ?? Haha sorry I'm confused !! In U.K. Spite is a brand of lemonade with lime
I use the term bum or butt. But my kids will laugh hysterically if I use the work "fanny" in front of them.
Touché...but...still no...KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
With the exception of puffs, Kleenex is the only known brand name of facial tissue and I don't think there is another name brand name for bandages other than bandaid.
With contenders like Pepsi, Dr Pepper, 7up, mt dew, etc., it's more like calling all motor vehicles "Fords" even if they're actually Chevys and Chryslers.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
Or calling all vacuum cleaners "Hoovers". I don't vacuum, I do the hoovering... even though mine is a Shark not a Hoover!
I didn't even know hoovering was a word except for the one time I heard it used as a euphemism for scarfing down food...
Sorbent.... And Elastoplast. A bandage to me is a long white thing you wrap around whatever body part is wounded/sprained. I'd call the thing you stick on a cut a "sticky plaster" if I didn't say bandaid.
I've never heard of sorbent or elastoplast.
Plaster to me is a building material/cast material.1 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »I didn't even know hoovering was a word except for the one time I heard it used as a euphemism for scarfing down food...
That's true, I've heard it used in that sense too. "Scarfing" was a new one to me when I moved here, but I'm used to it now.0 -
KeithWhiteJr wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
Chips, with cheese curds and a gravy on top. It's a Canadian dish...we had some piping hot and fresh, so good (but bad at the same time) . Ive seen some poor replications in aus using cheddar cheese.
Chips as in French Fries for those in the US/Canada lol
In the US, chips come in a bag and are flavored with BBQ, Salt and Vinegar or Cheddar and Sour Cream. What is a "Fish n Chip Shop"? I assume that's a restaurant that specializes in making a fish fry that is sitting on top of french fries?0 -
KeithWhiteJr wrote: »What is a "Fish n Chip Shop"?
Oh, you poor thing - you don't know what you're missing!
Walking into a proper British chippy is to be hit with one of the best smells in the world...
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Carlos_421 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »
A bum is someone who won't work. Only used for "butt" when being silly of deliberately polite.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »lauraemily84 wrote: »Haha love this thread! So bum is called fanny in America ?? Haha sorry I'm confused !! In U.K. Spite is a brand of lemonade with lime
I use the term bum or butt. But my kids will laugh hysterically if I use the work "fanny" in front of them.
Touché...but...still no...KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
With the exception of puffs, Kleenex is the only known brand name of facial tissue and I don't think there is another name brand name for bandages other than bandaid.
With contenders like Pepsi, Dr Pepper, 7up, mt dew, etc., it's more like calling all motor vehicles "Fords" even if they're actually Chevys and Chryslers.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
Or calling all vacuum cleaners "Hoovers". I don't vacuum, I do the hoovering... even though mine is a Shark not a Hoover!
I didn't even know hoovering was a word except for the one time I heard it used as a euphemism for scarfing down food...
Sorbent.... And Elastoplast. A bandage to me is a long white thing you wrap around whatever body part is wounded/sprained. I'd call the thing you stick on a cut a "sticky plaster" if I didn't say bandaid.
I've never heard of sorbent or elastoplast.
Plaster to me is a building material/cast material.
I'd guess Elastoplast would be pretty well understood to be the same thing as a bandaid here (Australia), though bandaid would be the most common term that I hear.
Kleenex isn't commonly used, most people I know would use tissue instead. Sorbent the brand is pretty well known I think but I'd think of toilet paper first before facial tissues.
Kleenex and Hoover as generic terms come across to me as UK terminology. I expect that most people who grew up in Aus would say tissue and vacuum (though there are lots of Brits here so that can vary) .... but would use bandaid as a generic term.
You would never hear coke as a generic term here - if someone offered me a coke, I expect it would be a Coke branded drink and nothing else. A general offer would be "would you like a soft drink?" Though I can't see that being used much either, not in my life anyway - someone would more likely say "would you like a drink" then go on to give some suggestions like "beer, wine, something soft... juice, lemonade or a coffee/tea" etc.
I love this language stuff, it's fascinating! I have pretty frequent discussions about terminology and location based dialect at work as it relates to Auslan (Australian Sign Language) which has it's own dialects.... I often pick up signs that are different to the ones I know... even common (and important!) stuff like wine and coffee and chocolate has different signs depending on where you are. And that's a whole different language to ASL (American sign language), I don't get much of that at all, especially the finger spelling.
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KeithWhiteJr wrote: »markrgeary1 wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
I grew up drinking coke. Sometimes it was root beer, orange, grape or 7-up. All coke!
Even Pepsi and RC Cola are "Coke"??
You would call a Pepsi a Pepsi, but you might say "does any want a coke?" Even if you only had Pepsi and Sprite to offer them. Or you might go out to get a Coke (like you out for coffee)and no one orders coke everyone gets a different flavors.
I'll do this in restaurants here in Australia ... "I'd like a diet coke".
I don't care if it is Pepsi or Coke or some generic brand, and in fact, if all they had was a diet ginger ale, I'd take that.
But as soon as I say "I'd like a diet coke", they get a very concerned look on their faces and I get ... "Ohhhh ... um ... I'm really sorry, we don't have diet Coke. We only have diet Pepsi."
Oh good ... so you do have what I asked for then.
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Christine_72 wrote: »I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
Hot chips with cheese curds and gravy.
Guaranteed to pile on 5 lbs just looking at it.livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
Chips, with cheese curds and a gravy on top. It's a Canadian dish...we had some piping hot and fresh, so good (but bad at the same time) . Ive seen some poor replications in aus using cheddar cheese.
Oh yes ... I've seen the cheddar cheese thing too. That's just not right.
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KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
Chips, with cheese curds and a gravy on top. It's a Canadian dish...we had some piping hot and fresh, so good (but bad at the same time) . Ive seen some poor replications in aus using cheddar cheese.
Chips as in French Fries for those in the US/Canada lol
In the US, chips come in a bag and are flavored with BBQ, Salt and Vinegar or Cheddar and Sour Cream. What is a "Fish n Chip Shop"? I assume that's a restaurant that specializes in making a fish fry that is sitting on top of french fries?
You're in the Great Lakes area and you don't know what a fish and chips shop is?
Battered fish on top of or beside hot chips!0 -
KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
Chips, with cheese curds and a gravy on top. It's a Canadian dish...we had some piping hot and fresh, so good (but bad at the same time) . Ive seen some poor replications in aus using cheddar cheese.
Chips as in French Fries for those in the US/Canada lol
In the US, chips come in a bag and are flavored with BBQ, Salt and Vinegar or Cheddar and Sour Cream. What is a "Fish n Chip Shop"? I assume that's a restaurant that specializes in making a fish fry that is sitting on top of french fries?
In Australia - same as in Britain - a small non-chain fast food place which sells mainly (cooked) fish and chips. Usually they have a few other cooked things like hamburgers for sale too, and drinks and ice creams.
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Poutine ... incidentally, not pronounced quite as 'brightly' as it looks. Even I don't get it right and I'm Canadian, but it is something more like 'poot-an', I think.
Fish and Chips
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@KeithWhiteJr I can confirm the southern usage of "coke" as stated by @dnarules. I am just north of Atlanta, and if someone offers you a coke, you say what kind. LOL! It could be a coke, it could be a sprite, Mr. Pibb or even a Pepsi
Also in the south, we call shopping carts "BUGGIES." If you travel deep into Appalachia you will find some folks that will refer to a paper grocery bag as a "POKE" or a poke sack. Enough vegetables picked from your garden to serve at a meal is called a "MESS." "Yonder" a directional term. "Yuns" is a group of people, "You'nes maybe? "A little piece" is a used to measure distance.
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KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I don't know what poutine is, but every time i see that word i think of a bum, or butt/fanny depending where you're from
Chips, with cheese curds and a gravy on top. It's a Canadian dish...we had some piping hot and fresh, so good (but bad at the same time) . Ive seen some poor replications in aus using cheddar cheese.
Chips as in French Fries for those in the US/Canada lol
In the US, chips come in a bag and are flavored with BBQ, Salt and Vinegar or Cheddar and Sour Cream. What is a "Fish n Chip Shop"? I assume that's a restaurant that specializes in making a fish fry that is sitting on top of french fries?
Here is a menu for the usual fish n chip joint, most of them also sell rotisserie chicken/Roast chicken too. You also get tubs of salad, like pasta, greek, tabouli, seafood etc.
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pebble4321 wrote: »Kleenex and Hoover as generic terms come across to me as UK terminology. I expect that most people who grew up in Aus would say tissue and vacuum (though there are lots of Brits here so that can vary) .... but would use bandaid as a generic term.
Hoover probably is but I'm not sure about Kleenex - I only became familiar with that as a generic term when I emigrated. In the UK it would just be "a tissue". Bandaids/bandages are plasters - again, I didn't hear them called either until I moved. A bandage to me is, like someone else said, the long fabric strip you'd wind around a limb , not a little strip of plastic that covers a cut. 0 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »
A bum is someone who won't work. Only used for "butt" when being silly of deliberately polite.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »lauraemily84 wrote: »Haha love this thread! So bum is called fanny in America ?? Haha sorry I'm confused !! In U.K. Spite is a brand of lemonade with lime
I use the term bum or butt. But my kids will laugh hysterically if I use the work "fanny" in front of them.
Touché...but...still no...KeithWhiteJr wrote: »KeithWhiteJr wrote: »Cool that you started this:
Canada - US
pop - soda
burger - dinner plate
poutine - "who the *kitten* puts cheese curds on fries???"
double-double (coffee with double sugar, double cream)
Timmy's - Dunkin' Doughnuts
Canada - Australia
fifty-fifty (10% cream)
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more with this list...
I live in the US and everyone here uses the term "Pop" for soft drinks. If someone says "Soda" they are usually read the riot act lol. Also, who calls a burger a "Dinner plate"? I have never heard that term!
Personally I'm a Large black coffee kinda guy, but, every morning my wife gets a Double Double when we go to Tim Hortons. There is 1 Dunkin' near me (not close enough to walk to) and 5 Timmys within a bike ride to my house.
We also have a poutine restaurant downtown that is extremely popular.
Am I living in some kind of weird Canadian version of the US and nobody told me?
Nope, I am in NC (from FL) and I do not use the term pop ever. I say soda, or use the word coke in a general way.
I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
With the exception of puffs, Kleenex is the only known brand name of facial tissue and I don't think there is another name brand name for bandages other than bandaid.
With contenders like Pepsi, Dr Pepper, 7up, mt dew, etc., it's more like calling all motor vehicles "Fords" even if they're actually Chevys and Chryslers.KeithWhiteJr wrote: »I have never heard of using the word "Coke" for all soft drinks. That seems so weird to me. It would be like calling all fast food restaurants "McDonalds".
It's like calling all facial tissue "kleenex" or all bandages "bandaids".
Or calling all vacuum cleaners "Hoovers". I don't vacuum, I do the hoovering... even though mine is a Shark not a Hoover!
I didn't even know hoovering was a word except for the one time I heard it used as a euphemism for scarfing down food...
Well no, because nearer all soft drinks are owned by Coke or PepsiCo. Coke own Sprite, Fanta and a lot of others. Pepsi owns 7up, Mountain Dew etc etc. So technically all soft drinks are Coke (or Pepsi, I guess)0
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