chibi_steph18
|
Language differencesSometimes you guys confuse me, so I went looking for a site that had words the UK uses and words the USA uses for the same definition. Here is some of what I found:
FOOD
what you eat with milk, tea or coffee - UK: biscuit, USA:cookie
what you put on bread - UK: jam, USA: jelly
a gelatinous dessert - UK: jelly, USA: jell-O
crunchy thin-sliced fried potatoes - UK: crisps, USA: chips
fried stick-shaped potatoes - UK: chips, USA: french fries
a large vessel for juice or water - UK: jug, USA: pitcher
sweet things given to children to rot their teeth - UK: sweets, USA: candy
rolled up cake with jam / jelly in the middle - UK: Swiss roll, USA:jelly roll
a sugary liquid like honey - UK: treacle, USA: molasses
flavoured ice on a stick - UK: lolly, USA: popsicle
soft long green vegetable - UK: marrow, USA: squash
meat passed through a device that breaks it up into little pieces - UK: mince, USA: ground meat
cereal made from oats, sugar and milk - UK: porridge, USA: oatmeal
Swiss cereal made from oats - UK: muesli, USA: granola
fluffy sweet item for children - UK: candy floss, USA: cotton candy
One Word - Two meanings (UK, USA)
Asian - UK: person of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi origin, USA: person of Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Philippino origin
Ass - UK: a donkey, USA: human posterior
Bathroom - UK: A room containing a bath or shower, USA: A room containing a toilet
Bill - UK: Amount to pay for a service, USA: a piece of paper currency ((we use bill for paying for stuff, too))
Bomb - UK: success, USA: disaster ((unless you say something was 'the bomb' then its good, lol))
Buns - UK: sticky cake, USA: human posterior
Bum - UK: human posterior, USA: unemployed, down-and-out
Caucasian - UK: person from the Caucus republics: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, USA: white person
Fags - UK: cigarette, USA: male homosexual
Fanny - UK: external female sex organs, USA: human posterior
Hamper - UK: Picnic basket full of food, USA: basket for dirty clothes
Homely - UK: pleasant, USA: ugly
Knickers - UK: worn under trousers or dress by women, USA: trousers that end between the knee and ankle
Mad - UK: not sane, USA: angry
Mean - UK: stingy, USA: aggressive
Pants - UK: worn under trousers, USA: worn over underwear
Pissed - UK: drunk, USA: angry
Public school - UK: Fee-paying school, USA: state school
Rubber - UK: implement to erase pencil marks, USA: Male contraceptive (condom)
Semi - UK: Semi-detached house, USA: tractor-trailer
Smart - UK: well-dressed, USA: clever
Tea - UK: drink served hot with milk, USA: drink served cold with lemon
Thong - UK: casual footwear item, USA: Female underwear
Tramp - UK: unemployed, down-and-out, USA: derogatory term for a female of "easy virtue"
Wash up - UK: wash dishes after a meal, USA: wash face and hands
It seems the USA has more names for the human posterior, lol. Yay, we win! lmao
|
knewlove
|
PMSL @ Steph you sound like me when I first started out years ago on sites with these 'cheeky moos' I made a post quite similar on another site and found slang sites all over the net to help with the interpretations  Now I'm just down right 'chuffed' with the whole lot and pretty familiar with what the 'crikey' they are on about!
Seriously tho, if you have any questions with interpreting just ask I'll prob be able to help ya out if not, someone else will for sure...that's how we learn 
|
chibi_steph18
|
Thanks  Haha, the other day I was talking to a friend from Australia, and he was telling me he was making jelly, so I was confused and asked him 'how?' and he said with instant jelly packets..in my mind I was thinking "I thought jelly took a while to make, what with the preserves and fruit and whatnot that goes into it.." and so I said "wow, i'd rather just buy jelly already made at the store rather than make it myself" Lmao, I guess now I know he probably was talking about Jell-O instead of jelly as I think of it...
|
knewlove
|
yup more than likely Jelly to us is the same as Jam but in a more liquid form.
But I bet you could still put Jell-O on toast tho!
|
chibi_steph18
|
It'd jiggle its way off, though...wouldnt stay on for very long at all, lol.
|
Serenity
|
Great stuff Steph, although a thong in the UK is the same as the US, an item of underwear. I used to look in  , when in American films you'd here them refer to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, ..especially as our jelly is your jello...it sounded disgusting....all is clear now lol
|
|
|
|