America versus UK

Those versions of wife beaters are CREEPY, hahahahahahahahahaha
 
Oh god, I moved to the US from the UK in the summer and half the time I feel like nobody understands me hahaha. I am gradually training my american husband to say things the British way ;) mwahaha. Poor LO is going to be so confused when he finds out everything mummy says is wrong...

ETA: I miss UK streets sooooooooo much. Like achingly much :( There is nothing like them here. The shops are either in indoor malls or places that look like industrial estates. I can't wait to walk down bustling British high streets again.
 
I got taught at GCSE history that the Americans started calling 'sweaters' jumpers because the day Wall Street crash happened lots of people jumped off buildings wearing sweaters so they started calling them jumpers instead lol! The schooling system REALLY confuses me! In the UK there's playgroup, nursery, reception, infants, primary, comprehensive, college then university but America is different?

Preschool - age 4
Elementary school - kindergarten - 5th grade (age 5 - 10)
Middle school / junior high - 6th - 8th grade (11 - 13)
High school - 9th - 12th (14 - 18)
College and University are essentially the same. We also have trade or technical schools. Colleges tend to offer 4 year + degrees and tech schools offer 2 year degrees.

Some elementary schools go up to 8th grade, skipping the middle school. Some go to 9th. There's a lot of variables.

Canadian schooling is different, I always found that odd.
 
Someone was asking about UK housing.

Here we have terraced housing: (common on large estates or in more central areas)

https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01109/PF-terrace-houses_1109768c.jpg

Semi detached houses: (very common in suburb areas)

https://images.zoopla.co.uk/e1ef80b0a12a862f1df5a49653a071966bdbfb27_645_430.jpg

Detached houses: (found in suburbs or more in the sticks. Normally more expensive!!)

https://www.winchestersproperty.com/_images/style/2008.05.17_21-56-19Detached.jpg
 
A levels are qualifications that you get at 18, you spend the two years after your GCSE's (which you get at 16 at the end of high school) working towards your Alevels. You need them (or equivilant) to go on to University x

I have the dumbest question ever: Were the OWLs in Harry Potter based on your A levels? I've been wondering that since I've seen mention of them on BNB.
 
No they are based on our GCSE's I think since he was 15 when he took them. NEWTS would be A levels. However we dont get T (troll) as a grade :haha: Just a standard A* to F or U (ungraded)
 
Also I have to say it isnt dumb, its one of my favourite bnb questions ever :) You made me smile at 2.25am when I cant sleep, I thought that was impossible.
 
Also I have to say it isnt dumb, its one of my favourite bnb questions ever :) You made me smile at 2.25am when I cant sleep, I thought that was impossible.

One of my favorite things about forums is that you can ask questions you'd never ask otherwise for fear of looking like a moron. :haha:
 
The terraced housing and semi detached homes look like what we would call townhomes. They're more common in city type areas.

They look like this:
https://images.apartmentfinder.com/phototmp/photos_nt/27901/4E25D445-DF7E-4CE3-9E14-78227DD0BD87.jpg
https://www.ryvenco.com/images/community/e8b29466.jpg

Regular large (detached) homes are more common. My home is 2800 sq ft and 4 bedrooms/3 bathrooms which is pretty typical. This is what a common house looks like here (no idea who that is in the photo btw). :haha:

https://fromthebedside.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/img_1720.jpg
 
We would call your second picture a townhouse. Haha, so complicated isnt it?
 
Do you guys say ketchup or red sauce? I heard both when I was in the UK, is it a regional thing?
 
Red sauce, ketchup and tomato sauce are all commonly used in the uk:thumbup:
 
I say ketchup or tomato sauce. I think the red sauce is because we have HP sauce that a lot of people refer to as brown sauce.
 
Tomato sauce here is exclusively the stuff you put on pizza. If I said "Can I have some tomato sauce for my fries?" people would think I was disgusting. :haha:
 
Hahaha. I really like these threads, the differences always make me giggle.
 
Yeah we say ketchup or catsup, I say ketchup as the other is just weird haha tomato sauce is for pizza or pasta.
 
I know a few off the top of my head having lived in the UK and US.
Car park= parking lot
Trolley= shopping cart
Car boot= car trunk
Salad cream = salad dressing
Garage= gas station
Petrol= gas
 
The terraced housing and semi detached homes look like what we would call townhomes. They're more common in city type areas.

They look like this:
https://images.apartmentfinder.com/phototmp/photos_nt/27901/4E25D445-DF7E-4CE3-9E14-78227DD0BD87.jpg
https://www.ryvenco.com/images/community/e8b29466.jpg

Regular large (detached) homes are more common. My home is 2800 sq ft and 4 bedrooms/3 bathrooms which is pretty typical. This is what a common house looks like here (no idea who that is in the photo btw). :haha:

https://fromthebedside.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/img_1720.jpg

I hate you Americans for your 'normal' sized houses!!!
 

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