English to English translator
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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.0 -
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....????0 -
other differances
check= bill
blinkers= indicators
A brew= cup of tea
Buggy= pushchair or pram
money= yoyo's, dough, dosh
fall= autum
pavement=footpath0 -
if a handbag is a purse, what do americans call actual purses that you keep money in?
A wallet.0 -
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!0 -
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.0 -
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 exploded0 -
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 it0 -
I love that Loot in the boot, I think I may borrow that....:happy:0
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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.0 -
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.0 -
This is interesting! Thanks for posting!0
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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!! Cheers0 -
boot = trunk (of a car)
So what's the equivalent of junk in the trunk?
Loot in the boot?0 -
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.0 -
I have never laughed so hard at a post! STILL laughing @ loot in the boot!0
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Aubergine = eggplant
Fringe = bangs0 -
arugula = rocket
sweater = jumper0 -
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!! Lol0 -
Oh also, doesn't bangers = sausage?
Also, could someone please tell me what the heck spotted d*ck is?!0
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