Different words for the same things depending on which country you're in.
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CurlyCockney wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »
Followed by shag (tobacco) whilst listening to shags (birds...of the feathered kind)?
Brilliant. :laugh:0 -
cerise_noir wrote: »Those who have ever been to Uni or are in Uni in Australia would know what 'arvos' is.
I'm just getting through page 1. I take it someone has mentioned the different meanings of "shag?"
Have a shag on the shag with a shag?livingleanlivingclean wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »ConnieT1030 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »Haha those 80s picture jumpers, my mum made me lots of them! We called those dresses with bib and straps 'tunics' when I was at infant school.
omg, you Brits make babies go to school? O.o
lol. Must be what US would call elementary, or grade school. (usually ages 5-11 or so) That's the thing about the US, we have like 7 words for everything, and only some of them are shared by different regions of the country.
Nursery School 2-4
Infant School 5 -7
Junior School 7 - 11
Secondary School 11 - 16 (I think the minimum leaving age has been raised since I went!)
I think they're all called 'years' now - Year 1, Year 2 etc. We only called them 'years' at grammar school, and they only counted whilst we were at that school (they're carried over from earlier schools now).
In Australia we have
Kindergarten (and sometimes pre-kindergarten)
Pre-primary
Primary school (year/grade 1-6)
Highschool (year/grade 7-12. Sometimes year 7-9 is called middle school)
University - we don't do "college" like in the US
Interesting. I see things have changed since I've gone to school in Australia (Queensland to be exact).
Kindergarten/Preschool at the age of 5.
Primary School (Grade 1-7, typically ages 6-12)
High School (Grade 8-12, typically ages 13-17)
Then either college (such as TAFE) or University. Colleges can be referred to as residential colleges which are a part of some universities (eg, McGregor residential college is a part of USQ).
That's exactly how it is in S.A0 -
I also had to google what Cilantro was, as far as i can tell it's another word for coriander which is what we call it here.0
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Christine_72 wrote: »I also had to google what Cilantro was, as far as i can tell it's another word for coriander which is what we call it here.
In cooking usage, I've understood cilantro to be the leafy part, and coriander to be the seed, but it's all the same plant. Seems like I've seen the seeds-for-growing (as opposed to those bought as a spice ingredient) sold under both names.
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Christine_72 wrote: »I also had to google what Cilantro was, as far as i can tell it's another word for coriander which is what we call it here.
My friend in NYC said that it's only cilantro when it's the leaves - the seeds are still called coriander. He's never cooked anything in his life though, so I don't know if he's correct!2 -
hehe thanks for confirming @AnnPT77!0
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CurlyCockney wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I also had to google what Cilantro was, as far as i can tell it's another word for coriander which is what we call it here.
My friend in NYC said that it's only cilantro when it's the leaves - the seeds are still called coriander. He's never cooked anything in his life though, so I don't know if he's correct!
yep, he is correct.
edit: i just call it "soapy horrible disgusting plant"3 -
CurlyCockney wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »ConnieT1030 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »Haha those 80s picture jumpers, my mum made me lots of them! We called those dresses with bib and straps 'tunics' when I was at infant school.
omg, you Brits make babies go to school? O.o
lol. Must be what US would call elementary, or grade school. (usually ages 5-11 or so) That's the thing about the US, we have like 7 words for everything, and only some of them are shared by different regions of the country.
Nursery School 2-4
Infant School 5 -7
Junior School 7 - 11
Secondary School 11 - 16 (I think the minimum leaving age has been raised since I went!)
I think they're all called 'years' now - Year 1, Year 2 etc. We only called them 'years' at grammar school, and they only counted whilst we were at that school (they're carried over from earlier schools now).
In Australia we have
Kindergarten (and sometimes pre-kindergarten)
Pre-primary
Primary school (year/grade 1-6)
Highschool (year/grade 7-12. Sometimes year 7-9 is called middle school)
University - we don't do "college" like in the US
We have colleges within universities, and colleges that are just colleges. The more I try to explain British English the more I'm realising how much stuff we just seem to 'know', without questioning why LOL!
Colleges in Canada offer diplomas and certificates, and will offer the first couple years towards a degree. To obtain a degree, you need to attend a University here (at least in Alberta, I don't know about the other provinces).
ETA: We also have technical institutes which offer more trades type training, as well as other certifications.0 -
rainbowbow wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I also had to google what Cilantro was, as far as i can tell it's another word for coriander which is what we call it here.
My friend in NYC said that it's only cilantro when it's the leaves - the seeds are still called coriander. He's never cooked anything in his life though, so I don't know if he's correct!
yep, he is correct.
edit: i just call it "soapy horrible disgusting plant"
I remember reading somewhere that some people have an olfactory receptor gene which makes cilantro (and some other things, apparently) taste like soap to them. It does help explain why some consider it disgusting while others find it delicious. I can't get enough of the stuff, I put it all over most Mexican foods and some Asian foods.0 -
paperpudding wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »As a Canadian who moved to Australia in 2009 ... I had to learn a whole new language. My first year here I was constantly coming home and asking my husband what on earth certain terms meant. But I'm almost fluent now.
arvo
barrack
bluey
chook
etc. etc.
Even "bring a plate" still sounds weird to me.
Good Arvo to you, what footy team do you barrack for. We had a roast chook for dinner last night, might get chilly later so will have to the throw the bluey on.
I gave up the durries/*kitten* 12mths ago, good thing as I always drank too much goon juice when i smoked. Might have a barbie later
Over here we "cheer" or "root" for a team.
I understand that "rooting" for a team would have a quite different meaning in Australia.
Yes - a VERY different meaning.
True story - there was an american lady, not long out here, whose son was same age as mine and played in same basketball team.
This lady used to barrack very enthusiatically - somebody asked her if she alsways go that excited - Oh yes, she says , I root for all his basketball team and his football team and....
She did not know why we all burst into laughter.
Sorry, I'm not getting this other meaning of "root". Is it something that can be printed in a public space? Please tell.
Australian slang, widely used throughout the country - means same as universal word starting with F and rhyming with duck.
Thanks. Really amazing how language varies.1 -
MeanderingMammal wrote: »"Normal" football is called Soccer in America. American football looks more like Rugby to me, but I never got that clarified.
American football bears not much more than a passing resemblance to rugby and vice-versa. They're both rough contact sports involving an oddly-shaped ball, but that's about where the similarities end. Rugby and Aussie Rules Football seem to be much more similar.
The sport I've never been able to figure out is Cricket. Oddly fascinating, but completely alien to most Americans.
Cricket, the only sport where the game goes on for days and nobody wins.
That's the traditional version. A lot of modern cricket is the shortened version which fits in to one day, and the rules are set to ensure a winner.1 -
I live in Alberta and degrees are offered by both colleges and universities. The two are distinguished by the range of degrees offered. We even have a University College.
http://www.kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/who-we-are/facts/0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »The one that got me forever was "jumper." I only read it in stories and could not figure out what it meant. US translation = sweater.
Bunny Hug. It's regional within Saskatchewan.
But a Bunny Hug is a hooded sweatshirt, not a knitted sweater, right? Americans would call that a hoodie.
I think most of Canada calls it a hoodie as well.
Only the uncouth young fella's wear "hoodies"
I call them hooded Jumper.
Shag/Bonk/Root = Sex
Footpath - sidewalk
Chemist - Pharmacy
Posty- Postman
Take away - Take out
We say "we're going to the shops" for every store, grocery, clothes etc
Breakfast
Lunch
tea
As for cricket.. 5 frickan days my husband has commandeered the tele (tv), and because of rain it's going to end up a draw. He has explained the rules to me a million times, and there's still certain things that just make no sense!
"going to the shops" - where I live, a shop refers to a very small retail outlet, owned and operated by one or two persons perhaps. Not typically self-help, but you ask for what you need and its handed to you over the counter.
Anything bigger is a supermarket, convenience store, just a plain store, pharmacy, hardware, etc.2 -
Skyblueyellow wrote: »skinnygirl4u wrote: »U.S./Canada
candy bar/chocolate bar
trash/garbage
gutter/eavestrough
railing/bannister
I'm in the US and I say chocolate bar, garbage and bannister, but not eavestrough.
I say soda and not pop. We do have scones here as well. I live in an area that was originally settled by the Germans.
Also, I "use the restroom".
I use the term restroom, too. For some reason, it drives my 14 year old crazy. So now I make sure to do it more.
But why is it a "restroom"? You don't go there to rest!!
I go there to rest! It is a place I'm allowed to go and lock the door behind me to keep the dog and kids out!7 -
I live in Alberta and degrees are offered by both colleges and universities. The two are distinguished by the range of degrees offered. We even have a University College.
http://www.kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/who-we-are/facts/
We have a University College Hospital http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/ourservices/ourhospitals/uch/pages/home.aspx0 -
I live in Alberta and degrees are offered by both colleges and universities. The two are distinguished by the range of degrees offered. We even have a University College.
http://www.kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/who-we-are/facts/
Interesting. Can you tell I've only looked at specific institutions?0 -
To be fair many of our colleges serve as feeder institutions to the university.0
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I live in a place originally settled by the Dutch and Germans, some call us Pennsylvania Dutch. We have some very interesting phrases that people who are honest-to-goodness PA Dutch use on the regular:
Red up=clean up
mox nix=that is irrelevant
dippy eggs=over easy eggs
kutz=vomit
doplich=clumsy
rutsching=wiggling around, squirming
spritzing=lightly raining
outen the lights=turn off the lights
offish rag=dish towel
fressin=snacking, looking around for things to eat
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To be fair many of our colleges serve as feeder institutions to the university.
So they go to college, then when they want to study for a specific career then the move on to somewhere like Yale?
Everything i know about the US is learnt from American movies lol which as we all know are true to life
Speaking of American movies/shows.. I don't watch any Aussie tv shows and very rarely watch movies made here, cos they're usually low budget crap. Not all, but most...
All my faves are American. I can't do British shows either, as for some reason they are depressing to me.. Sorry you guys over the pond
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CurlyCockney wrote: »ConnieT1030 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »Haha those 80s picture jumpers, my mum made me lots of them! We called those dresses with bib and straps 'tunics' when I was at infant school.
omg, you Brits make babies go to school? O.o
lol. Must be what US would call elementary, or grade school. (usually ages 5-11 or so) That's the thing about the US, we have like 7 words for everything, and only some of them are shared by different regions of the country.
Nursery School 2-4
Infant School 5 -7
Junior School 7 - 11
Secondary School 11 - 16 (I think the minimum leaving age has been raised since I went!)
I think they're all called 'years' now - Year 1, Year 2 etc. We only called them 'years' at grammar school, and they only counted whilst we were at that school (they're carried over from earlier schools now).
The American system seems to be Kindergarten or Pre-School, followed by Year / Grade 1 to 12. The British system or variations of it go Reception, Infants A and B, Classes 1 to 4 in Primary School, then First Form through to Fifth Form at most Secondary Schools, with a Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth at the better ones. It isn't an exact match, as the American system finishes at 17 years old, while the other system is 16 years at the end of Fifth Form, or 18 after the two Sixth Form years.0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »I also had to google what Cilantro was, as far as i can tell it's another word for coriander which is what we call it here.
In cooking usage, I've understood cilantro to be the leafy part, and coriander to be the seed, but it's all the same plant. Seems like I've seen the seeds-for-growing (as opposed to those bought as a spice ingredient) sold under both names.
That was what I thought too.
And I was just recently informed by my husband that if either appeared in a meal, he would not eat it.1 -
CurlyCockney wrote: »ConnieT1030 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »Haha those 80s picture jumpers, my mum made me lots of them! We called those dresses with bib and straps 'tunics' when I was at infant school.
omg, you Brits make babies go to school? O.o
lol. Must be what US would call elementary, or grade school. (usually ages 5-11 or so) That's the thing about the US, we have like 7 words for everything, and only some of them are shared by different regions of the country.
Nursery School 2-4
Infant School 5 -7
Junior School 7 - 11
Secondary School 11 - 16 (I think the minimum leaving age has been raised since I went!)
I think they're all called 'years' now - Year 1, Year 2 etc. We only called them 'years' at grammar school, and they only counted whilst we were at that school (they're carried over from earlier schools now).
The American system seems to be Kindergarten or Pre-School, followed by Year / Grade 1 to 12. The British system or variations of it go Reception, Infants A and B, Classes 1 to 4 in Primary School, then First Form through to Fifth Form at most Secondary Schools, with a Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth at the better ones. It isn't an exact match, as the American system finishes at 17 years old, while the other system is 16 years at the end of Fifth Form, or 18 after the two Sixth Form years.
The American system is preschool followed by Kindergarten though preschool/Kindergarten are not mandatory in every state. You have grade school (K-5, sometimes K-6), junior high/middle school (usually 6-8) and then high school (9-12). Most people will graduate at the age of 18, though some will be 17 and some 19 because of the cut-off dates for enrollment. Grades 9-12 are just called freshman year, sophomore year, junior year, and senior year.0 -
CurlyCockney wrote: »ConnieT1030 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »Haha those 80s picture jumpers, my mum made me lots of them! We called those dresses with bib and straps 'tunics' when I was at infant school.
omg, you Brits make babies go to school? O.o
lol. Must be what US would call elementary, or grade school. (usually ages 5-11 or so) That's the thing about the US, we have like 7 words for everything, and only some of them are shared by different regions of the country.
Nursery School 2-4
Infant School 5 -7
Junior School 7 - 11
Secondary School 11 - 16 (I think the minimum leaving age has been raised since I went!)
I think they're all called 'years' now - Year 1, Year 2 etc. We only called them 'years' at grammar school, and they only counted whilst we were at that school (they're carried over from earlier schools now).
The American system seems to be Kindergarten or Pre-School, followed by Year / Grade 1 to 12. The British system or variations of it go Reception, Infants A and B, Classes 1 to 4 in Primary School, then First Form through to Fifth Form at most Secondary Schools, with a Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth at the better ones. It isn't an exact match, as the American system finishes at 17 years old, while the other system is 16 years at the end of Fifth Form, or 18 after the two Sixth Form years.
Thanks for the explanation! My school had lower sixth, upper sixth and secretarial sixth. Had I been better at maths I would have asked why we only had 3 sixths ;-)
That's another difference though, we have maths and US has math.1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »To be fair many of our colleges serve as feeder institutions to the university.
So they go to college, then when they want to study for a specific career then the move on to somewhere like Yale?
Everything i know about the US is learnt from American movies lol which as we all know are true to life
Speaking of American movies/shows.. I don't watch any Aussie tv shows and very rarely watch movies made here, cos they're usually low budget crap. Not all, but most...
All my faves are American. I can't do British shows either, as for someone reason they are depressing to me.. So you guys over the pond
No, you can do 1-2 (usually 2) years at a community college, then transfer to the Uni for the final 2 years of the degree. Our degree programs are 4 years unless you already have a degree.1 -
As an american, I was baffled when the cheap flippy sandals were no longer called thongs. They were when I was a pool rat in high school! Of that, I am sure.
(they were also called flip flops. but "thongs" were more like G strings or T strings etc. not thongs)
Yeah, there definitely was a time when those sandal thingies were called thongs in the US, and I don't know when or why that changed. My teenage daughter had never heard them called thongs before, and only thought of a thong as the underwear. Poor kid came home from her job at Walmart and told me that she threw up in her mouth a little when a severely obese old man asked her where he could find "black leather thongs".
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Christine_72 wrote: »To be fair many of our colleges serve as feeder institutions to the university.
So they go to college, then when they want to study for a specific career then the move on to somewhere like Yale?
Everything i know about the US is learnt from American movies lol which as we all know are true to life
Speaking of American movies/shows.. I don't watch any Aussie tv shows and very rarely watch movies made here, cos they're usually low budget crap. Not all, but most...
All my faves are American. I can't to British shows either, as for someone reason they are depressingto me.. So you guys over the pond
From what I understand in Victoria and Tasmania, there's ...
Kindergarten/Preschool at the age of 5.
Primary School (Grade 1-7, typically ages 6-12)
High School (Grade 8-10 or 11, typically ages 13-15 or 16)
Then either college which is the equivalent of Canada's Grades 11 and 12, or maybe just 12.
Then a person can go on to vocational college (such as TAFE) or to University.
Even once we get up to the Master's level it is different from the way Canada did it when I was there. In Canada it was Bachelor's ... Master's. Nothing in between. Here, I can do it that way, or take it in stages (which I've done) to get my Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and then Master's.
In Canada, it's ...
Kindergarten/Preschool at the age of 5.
Elementary School (Grade 1-6, typically ages 6-11)
Middle School (Grade 7 - 9, typically ages 12 - 14)
High School (Grade 10 - 12, typically ages 15-18)
Then you go on to college. There are vocational colleges or pre-university colleges. I've been to both. If you go the pre-university route, you attend the college for a year or two, then transfer to the university to finish your 4-5 year degree.1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »To be fair many of our colleges serve as feeder institutions to the university.
So they go to college, then when they want to study for a specific career then the move on to somewhere like Yale?
Everything i know about the US is learnt from American movies lol which as we all know are true to life
Speaking of American movies/shows.. I don't watch any Aussie tv shows and very rarely watch movies made here, cos they're usually low budget crap. Not all, but most...
All my faves are American. I can't to British shows either, as for someone reason they are depressingto me.. So you guys over the pond
From what I understand in Victoria and Tasmania, there's ...
Kindergarten/Preschool at the age of 5.
Primary School (Grade 1-7, typically ages 6-12)
High School (Grade 8-10 or 11, typically ages 13-15 or 16)
Then either college which is the equivalent of Canada's Grades 11 and 12, or maybe just 12.
Then a person can go on to vocational college (such as TAFE) or to University.
Even once we get up to the Master's level it is different from the way Canada did it when I was there. In Canada it was Bachelor's ... Master's. Nothing in between. Here, I can do it that way, or take it in stages (which I've done) to get my Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and then Master's.
In Canada, it's ...
Kindergarten/Preschool at the age of 5.
Elementary School (Grade 1-6, typically ages 6-11)
Middle School (Grade 7 - 9, typically ages 12 - 14)
High School (Grade 10 - 12, typically ages 15-18)
Then you go on to college. There are vocational colleges or pre-university colleges. I've been to both. If you go the pre-university route, you attend the college for a year or two, then transfer to the university to finish your 4-5 year degree.
I was always confused by the difference between college and university. Then I hear people talk about giving up a low end job and going back to school, and they seem to mean college or university.0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »To be fair many of our colleges serve as feeder institutions to the university.
So they go to college, then when they want to study for a specific career then the move on to somewhere like Yale?
Everything i know about the US is learnt from American movies lol which as we all know are true to life
Speaking of American movies/shows.. I don't watch any Aussie tv shows and very rarely watch movies made here, cos they're usually low budget crap. Not all, but most...
All my faves are American. I can't to British shows either, as for someone reason they are depressingto me.. So you guys over the pond
From what I understand in Victoria and Tasmania, there's ...
Kindergarten/Preschool at the age of 5.
Primary School (Grade 1-7, typically ages 6-12)
High School (Grade 8-10 or 11, typically ages 13-15 or 16)
Then either college which is the equivalent of Canada's Grades 11 and 12, or maybe just 12.
Then a person can go on to vocational college (such as TAFE) or to University.
Even once we get up to the Master's level it is different from the way Canada did it when I was there. In Canada it was Bachelor's ... Master's. Nothing in between. Here, I can do it that way, or take it in stages (which I've done) to get my Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and then Master's.
In Canada, it's ...
Kindergarten/Preschool at the age of 5.
Elementary School (Grade 1-6, typically ages 6-11)
Middle School (Grade 7 - 9, typically ages 12 - 14)
High School (Grade 10 - 12, typically ages 15-18)
Then you go on to college. There are vocational colleges or pre-university colleges. I've been to both. If you go the pre-university route, you attend the college for a year or two, then transfer to the university to finish your 4-5 year degree.
I was always confused by the difference between college and university. Then I hear people talk about giving up a low end job and going back to school, and they seem to mean college or university.
Yes ... college is usually a place where you'll take an 18-month Business Administration course or a 6-month Welding course or something like that. You get practical skills which can get you into a decent job.
University is a place where you'll get a degree. You'll get theoretical knowledge which may or may not get you into a decent job depending on the area you've chosen.
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Christine_72 wrote: »To be fair many of our colleges serve as feeder institutions to the university.
So they go to college, then when they want to study for a specific career then the move on to somewhere like Yale?
Everything i know about the US is learnt from American movies lol which as we all know are true to life
Speaking of American movies/shows.. I don't watch any Aussie tv shows and very rarely watch movies made here, cos they're usually low budget crap. Not all, but most...
All my faves are American. I can't to British shows either, as for someone reason they are depressingto me.. So you guys over the pond
From what I understand in Victoria and Tasmania, there's ...
Kindergarten/Preschool at the age of 5.
Primary School (Grade 1-7, typically ages 6-12)
High School (Grade 8-10 or 11, typically ages 13-15 or 16)
Then either college which is the equivalent of Canada's Grades 11 and 12, or maybe just 12.
Then a person can go on to vocational college (such as TAFE) or to University.
Even once we get up to the Master's level it is different from the way Canada did it when I was there. In Canada it was Bachelor's ... Master's. Nothing in between. Here, I can do it that way, or take it in stages (which I've done) to get my Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and then Master's.
In Canada, it's ...
Kindergarten/Preschool at the age of 5.
Elementary School (Grade 1-6, typically ages 6-11)
Middle School (Grade 7 - 9, typically ages 12 - 14)
High School (Grade 10 - 12, typically ages 15-18)
Then you go on to college. There are vocational colleges or pre-university colleges. I've been to both. If you go the pre-university route, you attend the college for a year or two, then transfer to the university to finish your 4-5 year degree.
I was always confused by the difference between college and university. Then I hear people talk about giving up a low end job and going back to school, and they seem to mean college or university.
Yes ... college is usually a place where you'll take an 18-month Business Administration course or a 6-month Welding course or something like that. You get practical skills which can get you into a decent job.
University is a place where you'll get a degree. You'll get theoretical knowledge which may or may not get you into a decent job depending on the area you've chosen.
I'm in the US. From what I understand here, universities are somewhat large institutions with multiple colleges (college of engineering, college of nursing, college of natural sciences, etc). But there are smaller 4 year colleges, including many of the liberal arts schools.
In FL, many of the two year community colleges became four year state colleges where you could get a bachelor's degree.
I've always found it somewhat confusing.0
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