English to English translator

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!!!

if a handbag is a purse, what do americans call actual purses that you keep money in?

A wallet.

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!

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!

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.

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

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....????

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*.