English to English translator

ilsie99

UK US

Crisps = chips
Biscuits = cookies
Chips = fries
1 stone = 14 lbs

Any others?

FabOma08

I love that! English to English!

Jenscan

boot = trunk (of a car)

hockeymom95

Great! I love it.

ilsie99

boot = trunk (of a car)

So what's the equivalent of junk in the trunk?

Loot in the boot?

Jorra

courgette = zucchini

BryanAir

Here is a good list.

Jenscan

boot = trunk (of a car)

So what's the equivalent of junk in the trunk?

Loot in the boot?

LOL!!!

justsummie

@Bryans- LOVE it especially "rooty tooty point and shooty"

mgis11

boot = trunk (of a car)

So what's the equivalent of junk in the trunk?

Loot in the boot?

LOL! absolutely cracked me up :laugh:

sue26

1 cup 8oz
21/2 cups 1 english pint
160z 1 american pint 20oz ! english pint
knickers panties
pants trousers

bjohs

My personal favorite: eraser (US) = rubber (UK)

kr3851

My personal favorite: eraser (US) = rubber (UK)

It's rubber in AUS too. I love getting out my rubber.

Fanny is a weird one. Apparently in the US it's your back bum, whilst here in AUS it's your front bum. Fanny pack makes me laugh constantly cos I imagine it sitting right there. How awkward.

shoshi68

Elevator = Lift
Toilet/Restroom/Washroom = Loo

millerll

I have no doubt that many an international incident has been caused by our British neighbors asking their unwary American friends if they could bum a *kitten*.

Becca_007

bump

mandie26

being a canadian who is both dating an englishman & having lived in the UK (and moving back soon!)....i've got a little list!

north america (gotta include canada :P) ---> UK

nap = kip

5-6pm meal (supper, dinner, etc.) = tea (yes, tea can refer to actual tea and dinnertime...utterly confusing!)

elevator = lift

ciggarette = *kitten* (or just ciggarette, but *kitten* is also used alot)

bathroom, washroom = toilet, loo or WC "bathroom or washroom" rarely/never used.

toilet paper = toilet roll or loo roll

paper towel = kitchen roll

sleeping in = lie in

oat cake/oat bar = flapjack

cookie = biscuit (actually, my boyfriend insists that cookies and biscuits are 2 different things)

generally idiotic type of person (jerk, moron, *kitten*, etc) = tosser, wanker, etc

f**k off = bugger off

*kitten* that! = bugger that!

picking up ladies = out on the pull/pulling

making fun of/ mocking = taking the piss, taking the mickey,

a joke = pisstake

are you kidding me?! = are you having a laugh?

informal hello "hey", "hi" = you alright?

something really great = lush, gorgeous, looooovely, etc

coffee with milk = flat white (actually more of aussie thing, but it's catching on in the UK). also, generally people order a latte or a cappucino and not a coffee anyways....

underwear = knickers or pants (yes, pants)

pants = trousers

aw, isn't that adorable, cute, endearing = awwww blesss!

big weekend breakfast = full english

sneakers = trainers

coffee maker = "um, we use a cafetiere!" (french press)

the boys = the lads

hiking = "um....do you mean....walking..in ...a forest?"

car = a contraption half the size of 99% of north american cars. cramming and squishing will occur.

gasoline/gas = petrol

diaper = nappy

yard sale/ estate sale = car boot sale

trunk (of a car) = the boot

cilantro = coriander

zucchini = courgette

any dessert food = pudding or pud

mixed greens = salad (if it's an actual type of salad, you refer to it as such..."nicoise salad", etc

bacon sandwich = bacon sarnie, bacon butty, bacon bap. generally, breakfast sandwiches can be called "butty" or "bap"

french fries between two pieces of bread (yes, a french fry sandwich) = chip butty

beer = lager, ale, beer

movie theater/theatre = cinema

highway = motorway





.....and, that's all I can think of off the top of my head!

frostiegurl

Lemon-Lime soda/pop= Lemonade

Chocolate Milk= Milkshake

Hot tea= Brew

sandwich= sarnie (along with the previous list)

yard= garden

living room= lounge

lies= porkies

Oishii

Go off = go bad

Love bite= hickie

The problem, I find, is that as a Brit who once watched too many North American and Australian dramas, I understand most of what other English speakers are saying, but if I want others to understand me I have to edit what I'm going to say in my head in advance.

NeuroticVirgo

LOL I Love this! I remember having some of my UK MFP friends always saying they wanted Biscuits, and at first I was like "wow they really like biscuits"...then I saw something about them with milk...and it finally hit me "OH ya...drrr...cookies!"

suzycreamcheese

aubergine - eggplant


Id like to know what the Uk equivalent of 1 cup is

gemco

also, depending on where you are in the UK trousers can be pants too.

and don't get us started on what bread rolls are called.

suzycreamcheese

also, depending on where you are in the UK trousers can be pants too.

and don't get us started on what bread rolls are called.

cupcakes - FAIRY CAKES

suzycreamcheese

half of those things are not UK versions of american things, theyre just annoying ways of saying something. I cringe if someone says AWWW BLESS

suzycreamcheese

porkies is just cockney rhyming slang, its not what most people would say, although most people would understand it

TheGoktor

The yard thing always makes me stop and think because in the UK, a yard is a paved or concreted utility area! Or it's a courtyard!

I have no doubt that many an international incident has been caused by our British neighbors asking their unwary American friends if they could bum a *kitten*.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

US --> UK

Sidewalk = pavement
Bandaid = a plaster
Drugstore = chemist
Sweater = jumper
Vest = waistcoat
Undershirt = vest
Pocketbook = purse?? (unsure about this one!)
Purse = handbag
Suspenders = braces
Biscuit = scone (from what I can make out, it seems to be a cobbler-type food)
Candy = sweets
Jelly = jam
Jello = jelly
Check = restaurant bill
Broil = grill (confuses the heck out of me!)
Grill = griddle???
Jelly roll = Swiss roll
Private school = public school (my partner lived in Rye as a child but was sent back to England to go to public school - apparently confused the heck out of some of his US chums!)

half of those things are not UK versions of american things, theyre just annoying ways of saying something. I cringe if someone says AWWW BLESS

I agree! And I have never heard of wishy-washies ....that just sounds like baby talk to me!

jenfunfur

haha the great british bread roll debate, is it a batch? cob? roll? the list could go on forever i've had so many arguements about this

suzycreamcheese

i always wondered what broil meant. I assumed it was close to boiling something

suzycreamcheese

ITS A ROLL, unless its a for a burger, then its a bun.

suzycreamcheese

i have NEVER heard of windscreen wipers being called wishy washies in all my days LOL

BerryH

No it's not, it's a bap! Unless it's got chips or bacon in, then it's a buttie.
Edit: Unless it's crusty, then it's a roll...

US --> UK

Suspenders = braces
Faucet = tap
Trash = rubbish

I couldn't get the water to run in my American friend's bathroom. "Hey the tap doesn't work!" I shouted. "The what?" she replied. "The tap, you know, the thing the water comes out of. "Oh faucet!" she said. So I forced it and it came off in my hand...