English to English translator

boot = trunk (of a car)

Here is a good list.

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

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

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.

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*.

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!

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.

aubergine - eggplant


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

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

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

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

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

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...