a great way to get involved
American English vs Aussie English vs the Queens English
I don't really count the Aussies as they just shorten perfectly good words such as barbeque to barbie
With the aim of avoiding such fraught linguistic ambiguities, I have produced, below, a list of the British words along with their American equivalents. God save the Queen!
Wellies: Rubber boots
Newsagent: Newsdealer
Candy floss: Cotton candy
Flat: Apartment
Bum bag: Fanny pack
Holiday: Vacation
Victoria sponge: Sponge cake
Fairy cake: Cup cake
Marquee: Tent
Mobile: Cell phone
Films: movies
Trainers: sneakers
Pram: stroller
Redundancy: severance package
Braces: suspenders
Football: soccer
Jumble sale: rummage sale
Letter box: mail slot
Pharmacy: drug store
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Comment by Jaime Vicente Ruiz on April 7, 2012 at 9:59
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Can you tell me where the loo is?
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Comment by Chris Knight on April 5, 2012 at 18:31
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fanny : ... (ok, maybe not that one)
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Comment by CCF Beijing on April 5, 2012 at 18:28
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More? Ok....
booking- sports penalty
noughts and crosses- tic-tac-toe
Beeb- BBC
ironmongery- hardware store
parky- cold
nutter- crazy person
bodge- bad repair job
aggro- trouble
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cling film- food wrap
duvet- quilt
flannel- washcloth
bairn- baby
dummy- pacifier
gaffer- boss
crumpet- attractive woman
gearstick- stickshift
services- rest stop
bangers- sausage
jelly- Jell-O
bevvy- alcoholic drink
local- the village pub
shandy- beer and lemonade
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You missed a couple, Richard:
Rubber: Eraser
Boot: Trunk
Bonnet: Hood
Galoshes: Rubber boots
MacIntosh: Raincoat
Tarmac: Asphalt
Bangers: Sausages
Chips: French (Freedom) Fries
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Yaaay ... A war between British English, American English, and Prison English !!
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Comment by Richard Roman on April 2, 2012 at 22:51
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The Lords Prayer in Cockney!
Hello Dad
Up there in good ol' heaven
Your name is well great and holy and we respect you guv!
We hope we can all have a butcher's at heaven
And be there as soon as possible
And we wanna make you happy guv!
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Comment by Jack Field on April 2, 2012 at 22:33
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All you poms and yanks have got it all ginger. Aussie english is crackerjack. You know it, I know it. Just look which bloke taught the king how to speak. Yeah thats right, a bloody Aussie. You're all a bunch a peanuts - spare me.
Now sit down, shut up and have a pot ya little girl.
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I posted a photo today.
The guy on the left is Jon Walsh (same last name as me) who lives in Siping.
Walsh was originally an English name until about 1100 A.D....now the Walshs
are mostly in Ireland. Jon Walsh is from Newcastle.
Anyway, I digress...
On to your blog post. I am always amazed how different American-
English and British-English are. I actually have a British-English dictionary
that I bought. It is a LONELY PLANET guide....and there are A LOT of
entries! It also mentions Welsh and some others. Pretty interesting.
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"England and America are two countries separated by a common language".
George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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