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  • Kirsty_UK
    Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
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    I'm northern UK and I've never ever called trousers "pants", nor have I heard anyone say that... :S
    Also call a bread roll a bread cake....
    Also, a bun is a small cupcake... not bread!!!

    The pants is the american version.

    I'm from yorkshire/derbyshire. And we call a cupcake type thing a bun like you (usually an iced bun), if it's bread, we'd call it a roll. Bread buns tend to be the ones you stick burgers in.
  • sunshine79
    sunshine79 Posts: 758 Member
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    if a handbag is a purse, what do americans call actual purses that you keep money in?

    I think they call it a pocket book? I think....????
  • evenidomhnaill
    evenidomhnaill Posts: 50
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    other differances

    check= bill
    blinkers= indicators
    A brew= cup of tea
    Buggy= pushchair or pram
    money= yoyo's, dough, dosh
    fall= autum
    pavement=footpath
  • britachu
    britachu Posts: 157
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    if a handbag is a purse, what do americans call actual purses that you keep money in?

    A wallet.
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
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    if a handbag is a purse, what do americans call actual purses that you keep money in?

    A wallet.

    Is that for men and women? In the UK, men use wallets and women use purses to keep their money in. Or, in my partner's case, pockets! :laugh:

    Those cats in your av are gorgeous!
  • LimeyTart
    LimeyTart Posts: 303 Member
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    if a handbag is a purse, what do americans call actual purses that you keep money in?

    A wallet.

    Is that for men and women? In the UK, men use wallets and women use purses to keep their money in. Or, in my partner's case, pockets! :laugh:

    Those cats in your av are gorgeous!


    Yep, many women use it as well.
  • ilsie99
    ilsie99 Posts: 259
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    I'm northern UK and I've never ever called trousers "pants", nor have I heard anyone say that... :S
    Also call a bread roll a bread cake....
    Also, a bun is a small cupcake... not bread!!!

    The pants is the american version.

    I'm from yorkshire/derbyshire. And we call a cupcake type thing a bun like you (usually an iced bun), if it's bread, we'd call it a roll. Bread buns tend to be the ones you stick burgers in.

    Wait, so a cupcake is a bun, and a roll is cake?! My head just exploded
  • maria1993
    maria1993 Posts: 112
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    any dessert food = pudding or pud

    That explains why toward the end of Pink Floyd Another Brick In the Wall the teacher says "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding.How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"

    I was always like, pudding?.. Whats so special about pudding? But if its any dessert, I understand it
  • girlface68
    girlface68 Posts: 11 Member
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    I love that Loot in the boot, I think I may borrow that....:happy:
  • marber
    marber Posts: 118 Member
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    In Yorkshire so we have buns and breadcakes in this house as well.

    another one for the mums - dummy = pacifier

    and for the sporty hockey here involves grass, a ball and a short curved stick that can only be right handed and you cannot do a backhand. We have to say Ice Hockey not just hockey.
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
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    if a handbag is a purse, what do americans call actual purses that you keep money in?

    A wallet.

    Is that for men and women? In the UK, men use wallets and women use purses to keep their money in. Or, in my partner's case, pockets! :laugh:

    Those cats in your av are gorgeous!

    Women put wallets in their purses.
    Or you could say women put their purses in their handbags...which just sounds weird to me.
  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
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    This is interesting! Thanks for posting!
  • Fesse
    Fesse Posts: 611
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    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!

    Thanks for mentioning Canada!! Some of these we use in the Maritimes!! Cheers
  • BettyMargaret
    BettyMargaret Posts: 407 Member
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    boot = trunk (of a car)

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

    Loot in the boot?
    ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!
  • BettyMargaret
    BettyMargaret Posts: 407 Member
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    if a handbag is a purse, what do americans call actual purses that you keep money in?

    A wallet.

    Is that for men and women? In the UK, men use wallets and women use purses to keep their money in. Or, in my partner's case, pockets! :laugh:

    Those cats in your av are gorgeous!

    Women put wallets in their purses.
    Or you could say women put their purses in their handbags...which just sounds weird to me.
    lol... unless it's just for coins, then it's called a change purse!
  • BettyMargaret
    BettyMargaret Posts: 407 Member
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    I have never laughed so hard at a post! STILL laughing @ loot in the boot!
  • zojo78
    zojo78 Posts: 29 Member
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    Aubergine = eggplant
    Fringe = bangs
  • milaxx
    milaxx Posts: 1,122 Member
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    arugula = rocket
    sweater = jumper
  • zojo78
    zojo78 Posts: 29 Member
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    i always wondered what broil meant. I assumed it was close to boiling something

    Me too! When Bob and Jill suggested broiling chicken I just thought that sounds disgusting!!! Finally I know what they're on about!! Lol
  • ilsie99
    ilsie99 Posts: 259
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    Oh also, doesn't bangers = sausage?

    Also, could someone please tell me what the heck spotted d*ck is?!

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