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american words as per english.....
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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such as..................................
elevator.....lift
trunk........boot
chips........crisps
line.........queue
suds.........beer
gas..........petrol
What else can you think off.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Mom is mum, store is the shop, couch is the sofa.
I personally use more American terms than English  "
Aren't you part South African too, if I remember rightly? I only ask cos my ex was brought up in SA & he uses a fair few American terms too, like Mom, ATM instead of cash machine, thongs instead of flip flops & pants instead of trousers. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Mom is mum, store is the shop, couch is the sofa.
I personally use more American terms than English
Aren't you part South African too, if I remember rightly? I only ask cos my ex was brought up in SA & he uses a fair few American terms too, like Mom, ATM instead of cash machine, thongs instead of flip flops & pants instead of trousers."
Yes i am, very well remembered plus whereby love and my friends are mostly American too. I've always done it, English words are weird to me lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Mom is mum, store is the shop, couch is the sofa.
I personally use more American terms than English
Aren't you part South African too, if I remember rightly? I only ask cos my ex was brought up in SA & he uses a fair few American terms too, like Mom, ATM instead of cash machine, thongs instead of flip flops & pants instead of trousers.
Yes i am, very well remembered plus whereby love and my friends are mostly American too. I've always done it, English words are weird to me lol "
Where I live even * |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Mom is mum, store is the shop, couch is the sofa.
I personally use more American terms than English
Aren't you part South African too, if I remember rightly? I only ask cos my ex was brought up in SA & he uses a fair few American terms too, like Mom, ATM instead of cash machine, thongs instead of flip flops & pants instead of trousers."
Underwear as is pants in American words, though bra I use them same |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"As one of the few Americans around here....what do you call soda pop?"
In scotland pop is known as ginger.. any flavour is still called a bottle of ginger or a can of ginger |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"As one of the few Americans around here....what do you call soda pop?"
We've always called it "fizz". Also:-
cell phone - mobile (Germans call them a "handy"!) |
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"What gets my back up is brits using American spellings of words like.
labor
neighbor
favorite.
 I do that too, it confuses the heck out my kids "
Color
Program
While instead of whilst
Center instead of centre  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Diaper & Fall and lots of 'Americanisms' were English first.
My least favourite (favorite) is 'cookie'. It's a fucking biscuit
Noooo, it's a cookie  "
biscuit 
and I still haven't got over Marathons becoming Snickers |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What gets my back up is brits using American spellings of words like.
labor
neighbor
favorite.
I do that too, it confuses the heck out my kids
Color
Program
While instead of whilst
Center instead of centre "
Yep, use those as well |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Diaper & Fall and lots of 'Americanisms' were English first.
My least favourite (favorite) is 'cookie'. It's a fucking biscuit
Noooo, it's a cookie
biscuit
and I still haven't got over Marathons becoming Snickers "
No, definitely cookie |
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"Sidewalk is pavement"
And pavement is a road ( though not used so much in the US nowadays .
And it's logical ; " pavement is a surfaced ( paved road as opposed to dirt road)
Sidewalk is path for walking at the side of the road;
Biscuit derives from the French " bis cuit" - twice cooked, because original biscuits were baked, then cooked (dried out) again to make them crisp;
" cookies" derives from the Dutch " koek" - little cake; so " cookies" were originally softer biscuits. |
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Was talking to an American about this.
His favourite was instead of "Can I have a cigarette?" the old "Can I bump a fag?"
Haha! Say that in Brighton! "
When I first started working in the UK (Highlands), a patient turned to me with a heavy Scottish accent and said "I need a fag!". I did a double take and thought " WTF??" lol |
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"and they're CRISPS, not chips"
Except that " chips" in UK used to be fried slices of potato( round), if cut very thin, so they went very crisp, and were " crisp chips"
The square "chips" were introduced into the UK after WW1, as they were already a French/ Belgian dish, and were adopted by soldiers in France and Belgium during the war ( hence the US term French fries. )
So the US " chip" for Crisps derives from the UK " crisp chip". |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"and they're CRISPS, not chips
No they are potato chips
I'm never having lunch with you
Ahh that's not fair, I'm not English so you can't blame me "
in that case you're forgiven.
But it's still a biscuit - we made them before they did |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"and they're CRISPS, not chips
No they are potato chips
I'm never having lunch with you
Ahh that's not fair, I'm not English so you can't blame me
in that case you're forgiven.
But it's still a biscuit - we made them before they did "
I'm sure you did, still a cookie though |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"American football - shit 
Laughed way too much at this "
I'll agree American football games take soo long. You can go to the bathroom, grab a soda and a hotdog, come back and nothing has changed  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Diaper & Fall and lots of 'Americanisms' were English first.
My least favourite (favorite) is 'cookie'. It's a fucking biscuit "
So what do you call biscuits?
--you do have biscuits & gravy, I hope!? |
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"Counterpain = duvet (I think)
Counterpane is an obsolete word for bed spread from teh olden days. Bill Bryson taught me that! "
In England by the way.. So dunno if it's an American word or not but doubtful as Bill Bryson is American and he came over to England way back when and a woman in a B&B said something about a counterpane and he didn't know what it was |
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"Faggot Something nice for dinner"
Lol
I've never understood the US predilection for saying 'erb, instead of herb.
It's not as if Americans say 'omer Simpson has to go the 'ospital on account of 'is 'omosexuality.
There's no rhyme or reason to it that I can see |
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By *aitinkCouple
over a year ago
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"Highway = motorway
Aka freeway. maybe a highway is a dual carriageway ?"
A dual carriageway is a 'divided highway'. They use highway much as we will use (and misuse) road.
The equivalent to our motorway is freeway or turnpike (toll road) and also Parkway (motorway with no trucks, aka lorries) - Parkways have lower bridges so trucks don't fare well. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"such as..................................
elevator.....lift
trunk........boot
chips........crisps
line.........queue
suds.........beer
gas..........petrol
What else can you think off.
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Sneakers - trainers      |
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By *aitinkCouple
over a year ago
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"Faggot Something nice for dinner
Lol
I've never understood the US predilection for saying 'erb, instead of herb.
It's not as if Americans say 'omer Simpson has to go the 'ospital on account of 'is 'omosexuality.
There's no rhyme or reason to it that I can see"
For much the same reason that they insist on calling Paris Paree. Remember that 50% of America used to be French. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Eggplant = aubergine
Props = respect
Aluminum = it's aluminium!!!!!
Nucular = nuclear
My fave Americanism though came from that great American leader George Dubya when he said of the French that he could never trust a country that didn't have a word for 'entrepreneur'! |
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By *errygTV/TS
over a year ago
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when i was in the states i asked a barman where i could get some fags he looked at me in total surprise. monkey wrench spanner, garter belts= suspenders, braces= suspenders,thats confusing . hickey = love bite |
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Depending on the local accent;
"Mrrrrrrrrrr" for Mirror
And confusingly;
"Trrrsts" for Tourists or Terrorists.
When I lived there I spent ages trying to work out where "Merlin" was, until I discovered it was Maryland.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Eggplant = aubergine
Props = respect
Aluminum = it's aluminium!!!!!
Nucular = nuclear
My fave Americanism though came from that great American leader George Dubya when he said of the French that he could never trust a country that didn't have a word for 'entrepreneur'! "
It's on the Internet so it must be true....seriously don't believe everything u read! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"such as..................................
elevator.....lift
trunk........boot
chips........crisps
line.........queue
suds.........beer
gas..........petrol
What else can you think off.
rock stone
bungalow condo
pants trousers
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"Restroom/Bathroom/Comfort Stop.= Toilet/Lavatory.
Why are they so scared, of saying Toilet, when "shit", seems to be an everyday term of conversation."
I do have fun with this; when my American freinds ask for the bathroom; especially as I don't have a bath, just showers, " sorry, you won't be able to have a bath; you can have a shower"
" no I need the BATHROOM"
" Oh , you need a shit? Toilet is there...." |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What gets my back up is brits using American spellings of words like.
labor
neighbor
favorite.
I do that too, it confuses the heck out my kids
Color
Program
While instead of whilst
Center instead of centre "
Program is a verb, programme is a noun |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"American football - shit
Laughed way too much at this
I'll agree American football games take soo long. You can go to the bathroom, grab a soda and a hotdog, come back and nothing has changed "
Why would you keep food and drink in the bathroom. Or do you mean go to the toilet then get a and a pie |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"American football - shit
Laughed way too much at this
I'll agree American football games take soo long. You can go to the bathroom, grab a soda and a hotdog, come back and nothing has changed
Why would you keep food and drink in the bathroom. Or do you mean go to the toilet then get a and a pie"
Haha, it's so that when the consession stand has run out at the end of the 3rd quarter and you know you will still be there for ages you can still have food
Yes go to the restroom then grab the snacks. |
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"Gurney - always thought it was a face pulling competition. 
This made me laugh out loud!
Color - colour "
I tend to spell colour as color due to having to use it in programming and it has become habit now. Those pesky Americans messing with my English |
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