Different words for the same things depending on which country you're in.
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In Australia we say ta a lot which is the shortened version of thanks or thank you and use the term fortnight often to refer to two weeks time.0
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paperpudding wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »
A salad roll - ie a bread roll filled with things like lettuce ,tomato, cucumber,cheese - what would you call it in other places?
A veggie sub.
Just to throw a wrench (is that an Americanism?)..... "slippers" (or slippahs) in Hawaii is flip-flops (or, what I called thongs when I grew up in Michigan)
Ok.
Ive never heard anyone hear refer to a salad roll as a veggie sub here - sub is only used for subway (the food chain) , not as a general term.
Someone said they would call it a cheese sandwich - a cheese sandwich would be just cheese here (and probably butter/marg) - if it has lettuce tomato cucumber etc it would be a salad sandwich - a sandwich meaning between 2 pieces of bread. As distinct from a salad roll, meaning same fillings in a roll.
To me, what Australians call a "roll" (and I'm starting to call it that too) is a "bun".
And I don't call lettuce, tomato etc. in a bun "salad" ... that's just random toppings of some kind.
I grew up in Alberta, Canada and there vegetables aren't mentioned in a meal. A meal is meat or possibly something like eggs or cheese. For example ...
"What are we having for dinner?"
"Roast beef"
What? Is that it? No veggies? Well, of course there will be some, but they're not important.
So ... a bun with a few random veggies and cheese ... would be a cheese sandwich or perhaps a cheese bun.
Here, however, veggies actually do get a mention!
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The dating system is different in aus - we put the date first, then month, then year. (UKis the same)
We count differently too
101 = one hundred AND one
120 = one hundred AND twenty
(pretty sure Americans miss out the AND)0 -
Hi,
After watching a marathon day of "The British Baking Show" on PBS - I wonder what "castor sugar" is.........is it granulated sugar?
Thanks,
Melanie0 -
MelanieBinnall wrote: »Hi,
After watching a marathon day of "The British Baking Show" on PBS - I wonder what "castor sugar" is.........is it granulated sugar?
Thanks,
Melanie
Yes - but slightly finer. We have sugar, which you'd put in coffee, castor sugar, which is slightly finer, dissolving better for baking, and icing sugar (confectioners sugar, super fine)
Unless.... Your Confectioners sugar is our castor sugar, and our icing sugar is your powdered sugar.... That makes more sense!?0 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »MelanieBinnall wrote: »Hi,
After watching a marathon day of "The British Baking Show" on PBS - I wonder what "castor sugar" is.........is it granulated sugar?
Thanks,
Melanie
Yes - but slightly finer. We have sugar, which you'd put in coffee, castor sugar, which is slightly finer, dissolving better for baking, and icing sugar (confectioners sugar, super fine)
Unless.... Your Confectioners sugar is our castor sugar, and our icing sugar is your powdered sugar.... That makes more sense!?
We have super fine granulated sugar that is called ... super fine sugar. Then icing sugar is called powdered sugar or confectioners sugar. That's different and it has a bit of cornstarch in it.
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »MelanieBinnall wrote: »Hi,
After watching a marathon day of "The British Baking Show" on PBS - I wonder what "castor sugar" is.........is it granulated sugar?
Thanks,
Melanie
Yes - but slightly finer. We have sugar, which you'd put in coffee, castor sugar, which is slightly finer, dissolving better for baking, and icing sugar (confectioners sugar, super fine)
Unless.... Your Confectioners sugar is our castor sugar, and our icing sugar is your powdered sugar.... That makes more sense!?
We have super fine granulated sugar that is called ... super fine sugar. Then icing sugar is called powdered sugar or confectioners sugar. That's different and it has a bit of cornstarch in it.
So castor sugar is your super fine sugar.
Our icing sugar can be "pure icing sugar", or "icing mixture" which has cornstarch.0 -
By the way, the Sub sandwich did not originate with the Subway food chain. Sub, which is short for Submarine, has been around a lot longer than the food chain (~1910).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_sandwich2 -
By the way, the Sub sandwich did not originate with the Subway food chain. Sub, which is short for Submarine, has been around a lot longer than the food chain (~1910).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_sandwich
Never crossed my mind that anyone would think that.
This is another regional thing within the US: sub, hoagie, grinder, hero, etc.
http://www.thekitchn.com/hoagies-heroes-subs-and-grinders-whats-the-deal-with-these-sandwich-names-222944
I grew up with sub (pre Subway) and then when I was in college in MA people kept talking about grinders and I was initially puzzled (but figured it out).0 -
I'd call a roll/sandwich with cheese and salad a cheese salad roll/sandwich.
A US gyro is a UK doner kebab.0 -
CurlyCockney wrote: »I'd call a roll/sandwich with cheese and salad a cheese salad roll/sandwich.
A US gyro is a UK doner kebab.
Ah, I've wondered what that is occasionally. (I have an unfortunate association in my mind with Donner party, so will stick to gyro!) ;-)0 -
Interesting. A gyro/doner kebab is a Donair in Canada.0
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lemurcat12 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »I'd call a roll/sandwich with cheese and salad a cheese salad roll/sandwich.
A US gyro is a UK doner kebab.
Ah, I've wondered what that is occasionally. (I have an unfortunate association in my mind with Donner party, so will stick to gyro!) ;-)
I've eaten a doner and wondered what it is! I mean, what animal is shaped like that?! (I'm kidding, I know it's mushed up stuff).
US ground beef is UK beef mince.
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CurlyCockney wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »I'd call a roll/sandwich with cheese and salad a cheese salad roll/sandwich.
A US gyro is a UK doner kebab.
Ah, I've wondered what that is occasionally. (I have an unfortunate association in my mind with Donner party, so will stick to gyro!) ;-)
I've eaten a doner and wondered what it is! I mean, what animal is shaped like that?! (I'm kidding, I know it's mushed up stuff).
US ground beef is UK beef mince.
And that reminds me of the first time I visited Australia.
The shop had meat pies for sale, and I asked what the meat was.
"It's meat", said the girl.
"Yes, but what kind?"
"Meat. Just meat."
"Right ... but is it beef or lamb or pork or ... "
"I don't know, it's just meat."
And I got that at several places before someone finally told me that it would be beef mince, possibly with a bit of lamb thrown in.0 -
CurlyCockney wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »I'd call a roll/sandwich with cheese and salad a cheese salad roll/sandwich.
A US gyro is a UK doner kebab.
Ah, I've wondered what that is occasionally. (I have an unfortunate association in my mind with Donner party, so will stick to gyro!) ;-)
I've eaten a doner and wondered what it is! I mean, what animal is shaped like that?! (I'm kidding, I know it's mushed up stuff).
US ground beef is UK beef mince.
And that reminds me of the first time I visited Australia.
The shop had meat pies for sale, and I asked what the meat was.
"It's meat", said the girl.
"Yes, but what kind?"
"Meat. Just meat."
"Right ... but is it beef or lamb or pork or ... "
"I don't know, it's just meat."
And I got that at several places before someone finally told me that it would be beef mince, possibly with a bit of lamb thrown in.
Some curry houses around here sell two types of curry - lamb or "meat" :-/0 -
We had an exchange student from Australia stay with us (in the US). One day I told her we were having pot pie for dinner, and she first looked confused and then her face lit up. Come dinner time she was disappointed when the pot pies were chicken and veggies with a pastry crust. Apparently she thought it was some sort of pie made with pot (marijuana/cannabis).
Both my husband and I are police officers, so I'm not sure why that thought even crossed her mind. Hehe. She did enjoy the pot pie though, and she said it's like a flimsy version of the Australian meat pie. 4 -
CurlyCockney wrote: »I'd call a roll/sandwich with cheese and salad a cheese salad roll/sandwich.
A US gyro is a UK doner kebab.
I've (US) thought of a gyro as having sliced meat - that's what I usually see here. But I see folks on this thread citing ground meat/mince.
There's some standard middle-eastern ground-meat-lump thing people here eat, but I can't recall the name of it. (What the heck do I know - I'm a vegetarian. But some of the friends I dine with like gyros.
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My kids find fannypack the most hilarious one
In UK that would be bumbag. Or in really posh places travel pack.
fanny is entirely different here!0 -
harribeau2012 wrote: »My kids find fannypack the most hilarious one
In UK that would be bumbag. Or in really posh places travel pack.
fanny is entirely different here!
I know, same here lol I can't picture what a "fannypack" could be if used in the Australian/British way I didnt think people used bumbags/fanny packs anymore?? 1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »What about tipping. It seems in America tipping is a common practice, I've never seen it done here.
In the US, the wait staff are paid less than minimum wage, and the rest is made up by tips. It is expected. It used to be 15 percent, but I think it is now at least 18 to 20 percent. It depends on location some times.
We have a large population of Canadian "winter visitors" (aka "snowbirds") in our town, and they tip very sparsely, if at all. Apparently from what I understand, wages for wait staff are much higher in Canada and they don't understand the custom of (or reasoning behind) tipping in the U.S.
Wage laws vary from state to state, but in Arizona, if a person works in a position which receives tips they're not even required to be paid minimum wage. State law says they can be paid up to $3/hr less than minimum wage (current minimum for tipped employees is $5.05/hr.)
Local people in the service industry have a standing joke - "Know what the difference is between a snowbird and a canoe? A canoe will tip once in a while."
I'm not Mr. Etiquette or anything, but it's my understanding that the customary tip (in the U.S.) is between 15% - 20%. If I get reasonable service I always tip 20%; if it's excellent service I'll tip 25%.
Wait staff in Canada are paid okay. Above minimum wage which is often over $10/hour. Still it is customary to tip about 15%. If the service was poor we tip less, or not at all. If the service was good it is 15% to 25%. About.
I have to admit I have skipped tipping a few times while travelling in the USA while I rarely do it in Canada. I tend to like Canadian service better.... That just doesn't sound good. Sorry. As a Canadian I'm big into manners and politeness.
We also tip for hair cuts, cab drivers, door men, bell boys, and sometimes newspaper deliverers or cleaning staff, around holidays.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »By the way, the Sub sandwich did not originate with the Subway food chain. Sub, which is short for Submarine, has been around a lot longer than the food chain (~1910).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_sandwich
Never crossed my mind that anyone would think that.
This is another regional thing within the US: sub, hoagie, grinder, hero, etc.
http://www.thekitchn.com/hoagies-heroes-subs-and-grinders-whats-the-deal-with-these-sandwich-names-222944
I grew up with sub (pre Subway) and then when I was in college in MA people kept talking about grinders and I was initially puzzled (but figured it out).
Well, no, even from Australia I didnt think Subway made up the term sub - but veggie sub is a term used by Subway here to describe one of their products - it isnt a generic term used by everyone else to denote a salad roll
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CurlyCockney wrote: »I'd call a roll/sandwich with cheese and salad a cheese salad roll/sandwich.
A US gyro is a UK doner kebab.
I've (US) thought of a gyro as having sliced meat - that's what I usually see here. But I see folks on this thread citing ground meat/mince.
There's some standard middle-eastern ground-meat-lump thing people here eat, but I can't recall the name of it. (What the heck do I know - I'm a vegetarian. But some of the friends I dine with like gyros. ).
Doner is Turkish, Gyro is Greek. Same thing though. The Doner meat is minced and seasoned, then compressed into the meat stack, which then roasts. The outer layer is sliced off to go into the Pita.
So, sliced, minced meat. Normally lamb, but sometimes beef or chicken.0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »harribeau2012 wrote: »My kids find fannypack the most hilarious one
In UK that would be bumbag. Or in really posh places travel pack.
fanny is entirely different here!
I know, same here lol I can't picture what a "fannypack" could be if used in the Australian/British way I didnt think people used bumbags/fanny packs anymore??
I do - for times when it is inconvenient to have a handbag and I dont have big enough pockets - eg at dog obedience training - my car keys, dog poop bags ,dog treats go in it and I am hands free.
Also when travelling, those little belt bags you put under your clothes to keep cash,passport, credit card safely - aren't they bum bags??
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MeanderingMammal wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »I'd call a roll/sandwich with cheese and salad a cheese salad roll/sandwich.
A US gyro is a UK doner kebab.
I've (US) thought of a gyro as having sliced meat - that's what I usually see here. But I see folks on this thread citing ground meat/mince.
There's some standard middle-eastern ground-meat-lump thing people here eat, but I can't recall the name of it. (What the heck do I know - I'm a vegetarian. But some of the friends I dine with like gyros. ).
Doner is Turkish, Gyro is Greek. Same thing though. The Doner meat is minced and seasoned, then compressed into the meat stack, which then roasts. The outer layer is sliced off to go into the Pita.
So, sliced, minced meat. Normally lamb, but sometimes beef or chicken.
Sounds like a yiros?
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CurlyCockney wrote: »I'd call a roll/sandwich with cheese and salad a cheese salad roll/sandwich.
A US gyro is a UK doner kebab.
I've (US) thought of a gyro as having sliced meat - that's what I usually see here. But I see folks on this thread citing ground meat/mince.
There's some standard middle-eastern ground-meat-lump thing people here eat, but I can't recall the name of it. (What the heck do I know - I'm a vegetarian. But some of the friends I dine with like gyros. ).
Those are called koftas1 -
MeanderingMammal wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »I'd call a roll/sandwich with cheese and salad a cheese salad roll/sandwich.
A US gyro is a UK doner kebab.
I've (US) thought of a gyro as having sliced meat - that's what I usually see here. But I see folks on this thread citing ground meat/mince.
There's some standard middle-eastern ground-meat-lump thing people here eat, but I can't recall the name of it. (What the heck do I know - I'm a vegetarian. But some of the friends I dine with like gyros. ).
Doner is Turkish, Gyro is Greek. Same thing though.
Reminds me of when and friend and I were taking the overnight train from Istanbul to Ankara back when I was 24. We were hanging out in the dining car talking to this guy who was all excited to show off the Turkish specialties, like raki and white cheese. We thought (but did not say, of course), oh, ouzo and feta!1 -
paperpudding wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »harribeau2012 wrote: »My kids find fannypack the most hilarious one
In UK that would be bumbag. Or in really posh places travel pack.
fanny is entirely different here!
I know, same here lol I can't picture what a "fannypack" could be if used in the Australian/British way I didnt think people used bumbags/fanny packs anymore??
I do - for times when it is inconvenient to have a handbag and I dont have big enough pockets - eg at dog obedience training - my car keys, dog poop bags ,dog treats go in it and I am hands free.
Also when travelling, those little belt bags you put under your clothes to keep cash,passport, credit card safely - aren't they bum bags??
Yeah, that's what I call bum bags. I can see the need for them at dog obedience and such.
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Eeewww... I can never unsee that mansack!
My lovely husband uses a black leather bumbag when we go travelling. Which I don't think looks that great, but he likes it for carrying small amounts of cash etc (not valuable stuff).
Re tipping- I certainly see (and occasionally do it) here in Australia, but the difference is that here it's optional. I tip if the food or service or something is over and above what I expect. Normally I don't tip because I think we pay a pretty fair price already in restaurants, taxis, haircuts etc and I don't feel that it's my job to make up for a low salary paid by an employer. In fact, in Perth I know we pay more in restaurants, pubs, coffee shops etc (compared to when I travel to Sydney in particular) so I tip rarely.
I try and remember to do it when I'm overseas though, as I know the culture and the wages are very different, but I definitely resent having to tip when I don't get good service.
Most of the terms discussed here aren't that unfamiliar to me - I think I've hung around on international forums to have picked up quite a few of them along the way. Things like courgette/zucchini, coriander/cilantro etc.
The one that still gets me the most though is the term "to bonk" - meaning to run out of energy during a race. That definitely stills means "to have sex" in my vocab and doing that mid race sounds like a heap of fun, though pretty damn unlikely!
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pebble4321 wrote: »Re tipping- I certainly see (and occasionally do it) here in Australia, but the difference is that here it's optional. I tip if the food or service or something is over and above what I expect. Normally I don't tip because I think we pay a pretty fair price already in restaurants, taxis, haircuts etc and I don't feel that it's my job to make up for a low salary paid by an employer. In fact, in Perth I know we pay more in restaurants, pubs, coffee shops etc (compared to when I travel to Sydney in particular) so I tip rarely.
I try and remember to do it when I'm overseas though, as I know the culture and the wages are very different, but I definitely resent having to tip when I don't get good service...
It's definitely optional in the U.S. (except for some restaurants which will automatically add a "gratuity" to the bill, usually for larger parties of, say, six or more people) - I'd call it "optional, but expected".
RE: the bolded, it's not uncommon here for people to leave a one cent tip for poor service. Putting down a penny for a tip is a way of clearly showing that you were dissatisfied with the service.0
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