Different words for the same things depending on which country you're in.
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Food related: a big hunk of meat that Americans (and others) call a roast can also be referred to as a joint in some areas of UK (I think my FB friend is in Scotland). He kept talking about this "joint" he bought, and I'm all like, mmmmkay....thinking he's going to do drugs, lol.4
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Rubber ---> condom in Canada1
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nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Oh my. I was working internationally and we were having a similar conversation about different word meanings. The looks on the girls faces when I used the phrase "sitting on your fanny watching the boob tube." It was all kinds of fun!
LOL Thank you Wikipedia, for explaining that Americans call boob tubes 'tube tops'
Actually, we used the term boob tube to refer to televisions.
Yes, but what we call boob tubes you call tube tops.
I get it. I misinterpreted your previous post.
So up the girls interpreted the saying as siting on their kitty staring at their rack.
haha yes! Sorry for confusion but I'm laughing as I imagine their faces when you said it LOL!2 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Oh my. I was working internationally and we were having a similar conversation about different word meanings. The looks on the girls faces when I used the phrase "sitting on your fanny watching the boob tube." It was all kinds of fun!
LOL Thank you Wikipedia, for explaining that Americans call boob tubes 'tube tops'
Actually, we used the term boob tube to refer to televisions.
Yes, but what we call boob tubes you call tube tops.
I get it. I misinterpreted your previous post.
So up the girls interpreted the saying as siting on their kitty staring at their rack.
Sounds like interesting fun
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CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Oh my. I was working internationally and we were having a similar conversation about different word meanings. The looks on the girls faces when I used the phrase "sitting on your fanny watching the boob tube." It was all kinds of fun!
LOL Thank you Wikipedia, for explaining that Americans call boob tubes 'tube tops'
Actually, we used the term boob tube to refer to televisions.
Yes, but what we call boob tubes you call tube tops.
I get it. I misinterpreted your previous post.
So up the girls interpreted the saying as siting on their kitty staring at their rack.
haha yes! Sorry for confusion but I'm laughing as I imagine their faces when you said it LOL!williams969 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Oh my. I was working internationally and we were having a similar conversation about different word meanings. The looks on the girls faces when I used the phrase "sitting on your fanny watching the boob tube." It was all kinds of fun!
LOL Thank you Wikipedia, for explaining that Americans call boob tubes 'tube tops'
Actually, we used the term boob tube to refer to televisions.
Yes, but what we call boob tubes you call tube tops.
I get it. I misinterpreted your previous post.
So up the girls interpreted the saying as siting on their kitty staring at their rack.
Sounds like interesting fun
I'm laughing remembering it!1 -
in canada we have so many different flavors of potato chips0
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nutmegoreo wrote: »Rubber ---> condom in Canada
we call erasers rubbers here, but the youngins also call condoms rubbers1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »Rubber ---> condom in Canada
Both, for me, it's more a register variation, than a regional one. My nephews may talk about rubbers. But their teachers talk about condoms.0 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Oh my. I was working internationally and we were having a similar conversation about different word meanings. The looks on the girls faces when I used the phrase "sitting on your fanny watching the boob tube." It was all kinds of fun!
LOL Thank you Wikipedia, for explaining that Americans call boob tubes 'tube tops'
Actually, we used the term boob tube to refer to televisions.
Yes, but what we call boob tubes you call tube tops.
I get it. I misinterpreted your previous post.
So up the girls interpreted the saying as siting on their kitty staring at their rack.
I got some interesting looks when I lived in the UK and told some friends I was wearing pants and thongs to a party (instead of trousers and flip flops...)
does the US have toasted sandwiches? or are they called grilled cheese?
we have toasted sandwiches (pressed) or jaffles (squished together in a machine that seals the edges and holds the filling in)3 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Oh my. I was working internationally and we were having a similar conversation about different word meanings. The looks on the girls faces when I used the phrase "sitting on your fanny watching the boob tube." It was all kinds of fun!
LOL Thank you Wikipedia, for explaining that Americans call boob tubes 'tube tops'
Actually, we used the term boob tube to refer to televisions.
Yes, but what we call boob tubes you call tube tops.
I get it. I misinterpreted your previous post.
So up the girls interpreted the saying as siting on their kitty staring at their rack.
I got some interesting looks when I lived in the UK and told some friends I was wearing pants and thongs to a party (instead of trousers and flip flops...)
does the US have toasted sandwiches? or are they called grilled cheese?
we have toasted sandwiches (pressed) or jaffles (squished together in a machine that seals the edges and holds the filling in)
As an american, I was baffled when the cheap flippy sandals were no longer called thongs. They were when I was a pool rat in high school! Of that, I am sure.
(they were also called flip flops. but "thongs" were more like G strings or T strings etc. not thongs)1 -
jumper - sweater
trackpants - sweatpants
nappy - diaper
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I've got friends in the north of England that call trousers 'pants', but to me 'pants' are underwear.0
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Oh my. I was working internationally and we were having a similar conversation about different word meanings. The looks on the girls faces when I used the phrase "sitting on your fanny watching the boob tube." It was all kinds of fun!
LOL Thank you Wikipedia, for explaining that Americans call boob tubes 'tube tops'
Actually, we used the term boob tube to refer to televisions.
Yes, but what we call boob tubes you call tube tops.
I get it. I misinterpreted your previous post.
So up the girls interpreted the saying as siting on their kitty staring at their rack.
I got some interesting looks when I lived in the UK and told some friends I was wearing pants and thongs to a party (instead of trousers and flip flops...)
does the US have toasted sandwiches? or are they called grilled cheese?
we have toasted sandwiches (pressed) or jaffles (squished together in a machine that seals the edges and holds the filling in)
Might be a regional thing, but in the Southwestern US (where I've lived my entire life), those have always been called "turnovers" or "paninis".0 -
CurlyCockney wrote: »
OMG that was hilarious. That guy could been Australian, he used the exact same terminology as us.
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Jumper= pull over dress thinglivingleanlivingclean wrote: »jumper - sweater
trackpants - sweatpants
nappy - diaper
trackpants=yes sweatpants
nappy= yes, diaper
Southwestern US (but I travel A LOT, so I could be skewed)0 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »jumper - sweater
trackpants - sweatpants
nappy - diaper
Dummy - pacifier0 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Oh my. I was working internationally and we were having a similar conversation about different word meanings. The looks on the girls faces when I used the phrase "sitting on your fanny watching the boob tube." It was all kinds of fun!
LOL Thank you Wikipedia, for explaining that Americans call boob tubes 'tube tops'
Actually, we used the term boob tube to refer to televisions.
Yes, but what we call boob tubes you call tube tops.
I get it. I misinterpreted your previous post.
So up the girls interpreted the saying as siting on their kitty staring at their rack.
I got some interesting looks when I lived in the UK and told some friends I was wearing pants and thongs to a party (instead of trousers and flip flops...)
does the US have toasted sandwiches? or are they called grilled cheese?
we have toasted sandwiches (pressed) or jaffles (squished together in a machine that seals the edges and holds the filling in)
Might be a regional thing, but in the Southwestern US (where I've lived my entire life), those have always been called "turnovers" or "paninis".
we have turnovers - but they are generally puff pastry squares, filled and folded in to a triangle (like an apple turnover). and our panini is a type of long flat bread roll that would be toasted/pressed0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »
OMG that was hilarious. That guy could been Australian, he used the exact same terminology as us.
That's Michael McIntyre, a comedian I sometimes love and sometimes loathe (even during the same performance).1 -
CurlyCockney wrote: »I've got friends in the north of England that call trousers 'pants', but to me 'pants' are underwear.
for me (sw us) pants are what you wear on the outside to work or school, BUT, I'm also comfortable with trousers and slacks.
And for me: underwear, yes, but I'm also comfortable with gotch or knickers for underwear. Which my grandmother called "unmentionables".0
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