Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 but might use if they did...? I just discovered "articulated lorry" anyone wanna keep this going...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 pedestrian precinct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Chips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Trunk - Boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 13 minutes ago, Mr Standfast said: Chips "Chips" is still used over here in the former British Empire, but "French fries" and "fries" are more common. car trunk / boot flashlight / torch glasses / spectacles or specs wrench / spanner P.S. My parents were British, so I grew up with a lot of these weird terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VbFolly Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Pavement / sidewalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 (edited) Charity shop - thrift store Riding - Horse back riding Edited September 22, 2023 by Mr Standfast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Posted September 22, 2023 Author Share Posted September 22, 2023 (edited) residents of SE US with Southern accent = true Southerners ranchers in Florida = cracker cowboys descendants of early Florida British settlers = crackers Edited September 22, 2023 by Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 hoarding - billboard Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Ore Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Zebra crossing -- white stripes on the street marking a pedestrian crossing. Allen Walker Read's class in British English and lexicography at Columbia University. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Ass/arse... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 (edited) lift - elevator bobby - policeman https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/british-american.php Edited September 23, 2023 by Ed Rooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 When American guests said that they wanted to wash up before we went to the pub they seemed confused when we said we were going to leave it to the morning. Fanny and fag need watching as does anybody named Randy. (' hi I'm randy' can seem a little forward) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 A fanny is your butt and a fag is a cigarette in the UK. Randy means horny. Wash up? Don't know that one, Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 25 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said: A fanny is your butt and a fag is a cigarette in the UK. Randy means horny. Wash up? Don't know that one, Ian. Fanny in UK is not your butt! Female and at the front 😀 They wanted the bathroom to freshen up, we thought they meant wash the dirty dishes after the meal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooth Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) shopfront - storefront telly - TV air con - AC. not to be confused with "con air", the united states government airline used to transport hundreds of thousands of prisoners and illegal/unauthorized/undocumented persons each year. Edited September 24, 2023 by sooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 🤪 Non capisco l'inglese, a quanto pare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Richards Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 faucet - tap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) fender - bumper rest room - toilet Edited September 24, 2023 by M.Chapman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Nappies - diapers baby buggy - Pram cookies - biscuits zucchini -courgettes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Innings - inning (baseball/cricket). Not strictly relevant to alternative words (though the first two might morph into official words one day 🤣) - other differences you will hear in everyday life: UK: Would you like fries with that? US: Dyawa fries wiya? UK: How can I help? US: Huccanulp? UK: It's on the corner of Fourth Street and Third Street. US: 4th and 3rd, (Attitude) UK: We are major players in the world US: We are the world Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 5 hours ago, Betty LaRue said: baby buggy - Pram I have seen old photos of me in my pram (and very cute I looked too!), but I think prams have had their day. The biggest manufacturer of prams in UK went out of business a few years ago. UK parents now seem to use various designs of foldable buggies; nobody wants a big pram taking up so much room in the hall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I remember getting a Pedigree pram for when our daughter was born. It had cream coloured body with green hood. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 (edited) On 22/09/2023 at 19:23, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg said: I just discovered "articulated lorry" Usually shortened to artic. One of the more commonly mispronounced words spoken as 'arctic', second only to 'could of'. Edited October 3, 2023 by Avpics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Avpics said: Usually shortened to artic. One of the more commonly mispronounced words spoken as as 'arctic', second only to 'could of'. Searching for artic in AoA, I get Artic Monkey's. Two for the price of one. Searching for artic on Alamy gets me the same monkeys; terns; wolves; foxes; artic & antartic; fishing; frozen cake and squirrels. But indeed the odd tram; lorry and the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center. 26,806 images in all. Never knew the first c could be mute. Oops is that another one: Mute <> Silent? Or is Silent just PC and has Mute been canceled? Oh canceled <> cancelled is definitely one but just spelled differently not a totally different word. More along organize <> organise. wim edit: if I had anything Arctic, I would definitely include the keyword artic. 😁 Edited October 2, 2023 by wiskerke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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