English-English versus American-English

[rwhite]

Here in New Zealand we use a bit of a combination of phrases It's been so interesting reading through this thread, what a good idea I'd say overall we use more language from Britain, but not everything.

We call our potato chips/crisps chips, but we also call our chips/fries chips (though we call them hot chips if wanting to elaborate).
We use the spelling 'tyres'
We call candy/sweets lollies
Our popsicles/ice lollies are called ice blocks, though we do have a brand of ice blocks called Popsicles
We have our french toast/french bread with either sweet or savoury, I think it depends on the person. I prefer it with salt though!
Oh, oh, and we have McDonalds playlands! There have been some really cool ones over the years...Space themed ones and whatnot. Most McDonalds restaurants you go to, provided they're big enough, will have a play area.

Hmm...I know there are a lot more, but can't think of anything off the top of my head Feel free to ask if you have any questions about how we do things differently xx

 

[tasha41]

^ There are places in the world where McDonald's doesn't have a playland?? I never knew that!!

 

[rwhite]

^ There are places in the world where McDonald's doesn't have a playland?? I never knew that!!

Strangely it would seem that some places in Britain don't, poor kiddies! That's what I gathered from a post I saw a wee while back. I don't know what I would have done without one! Now I'm just showing my age...

 

[tasha41]

^ There are places in the world where McDonald's doesn't have a playland?? I never knew that!!

Strangely it would seem that some places in Britain don't, poor kiddies! That's what I gathered from a post I saw a wee while back. I don't know what I would have done without one! Now I'm just showing my age...

That's insanity!!

But I'd love to work at one without a PlayPlace, I work at one with a PlayPlace and I remember when I first started as I am petite I'd always get volun-told to clean up puke/pee from inside it Now I'm a bit higher in the pecking order and parents are always harassing me to kick kids out that are stirring up trouble

 

[PeanutBean]

I've never seen a playland at MacDonalds but then I also never eat there! lol From the outside all the ones I've seen are pretty much just dives.

 

[thompsonic]

There used to be a Playland in a McDonalds near where I lived... but it was removed and it was tiny. But that is the only one I've ever seen...

 

[PeanutBean]

Here's another, in the US a year's programme is called a season but in the UK it's a series.

 

[MrHenry]

^

Lol, it's also a program! Tehe!

 

[dizzyisacow]

we have playlands in most our macdonalds over here. i use both american and english words depending what i like most! some words used over here by most everyone rather than the greek word (as we are greek speaking)that are english or american are:
chips (to describe crisps) i hate that but they cannot pronounce crisps
bye (said more often than the greek word)
air condition (greek:klimatismos)
computer (greek word is ilektronikos ipologistis)
mall (greek word is emporiko kentro )
sorry (greek:signomi, they hardly EVER use the greek version)
sex (its the same word in greek!)
doughnut (i dont even know the greek word if there is one!)
toilet (greek:toualeta)

thats all i remember,enough boring you all for now!

 

[PeanutBean]

That's really interesting dizzy, I can see some of our words have a Greek origin.

 

[MommyMichele]

OK, I'm sorry! The whole cilantro/coriander thing bugged me! They are from the same plant but they are not the same thing!

https://www.herbalextractsplus.com/cilantro-leaf.cfm
https://premium.asia.cnn.com/FOOD/resources/food.for.thought/herbs/herb.images/coriander.html

Can I confuse you UK ladies some more?

House Coat = Robe
House Shoes = Slippers
dog leash = lead
nob = drawer pull
hemorrhoids I believe you call piles
L&D = Antenatal Ward I think you call it (place where you give birth and recover)
town house is the same, 2 houses connected side by side
duplex = 2 'flat' units one on top the other
low income housing/section 8 = council estates
vacation = holiday
holiday = Christmas, Halloween, etc
suppository (up the lady bits or bum) = a pessie?

How close am I on these?

 

[nightkd]

OK, I'm sorry! The whole cilantro/coriander thing bugged me! They are from the same plant but they are not the same thing!

https://www.herbalextractsplus.com/cilantro-leaf.cfm
https://premium.asia.cnn.com/FOOD/resources/food.for.thought/herbs/herb.images/coriander.html

Can I confuse you UK ladies some more?

House Coat = Robe
House Shoes = Slippers
dog leash = lead
nob = drawer pull
hemorrhoids I believe you call piles
L&D = Antenatal Ward I think you call it (place where you give birth and recover)
town house is the same, 2 houses connected side by side
duplex = 2 'flat' units one on top the other
low income housing/section 8 = council estates
vacation = holiday
holiday = Christmas, Halloween, etc
suppository (up the lady bits or bum) = a pessie?

How close am I on these?

I call my 'house coat' my dressing gown!! (Or goonie in my crazy house ) Confused hubby pretty good!!

We call suppositories the same thing most of the time

xx

 

[blondeNklutzi]

OK, I'm sorry! The whole cilantro/coriander thing bugged me! They are from the same plant but they are not the same thing!

https://www.herbalextractsplus.com/cilantro-leaf.cfm
https://premium.asia.cnn.com/FOOD/resources/food.for.thought/herbs/herb.images/coriander.html

Can I confuse you UK ladies some more?

House Coat = Robe
House Shoes = Slippers
dog leash = lead
nob = drawer pull
hemorrhoids I believe you call piles
L&D = Antenatal Ward I think you call it (place where you give birth and recover)
town house is the same, 2 houses connected side by side
duplex = 2 'flat' units one on top the other
low income housing/section 8 = council estates
vacation = holiday
holiday = Christmas, Halloween, etc
suppository (up the lady bits or bum) = a pessie?

How close am I on these?

hemorrhoids made me laugh. when I first saw piles on here I was like "piles of what?"

I would call a duplex two houses connected side by side or one on top of the other, but a townhouse is two houses connected side by side that are more than one story. I don't know if that is correct, but that is typically how they are listed in the real estate section here.

 

[nightkd]

^ Haha! I actually remember thinking that when I was younger... I just thought "How would you pile something on your bum?"

 

[MommyMichele]

OK, I'm sorry! The whole cilantro/coriander thing bugged me! They are from the same plant but they are not the same thing!

https://www.herbalextractsplus.com/cilantro-leaf.cfm
https://premium.asia.cnn.com/FOOD/resources/food.for.thought/herbs/herb.images/coriander.html

Can I confuse you UK ladies some more?

House Coat = Robe
House Shoes = Slippers
dog leash = lead
nob = drawer pull
hemorrhoids I believe you call piles
L&D = Antenatal Ward I think you call it (place where you give birth and recover)
town house is the same, 2 houses connected side by side
duplex = 2 'flat' units one on top the other
low income housing/section 8 = council estates
vacation = holiday
holiday = Christmas, Halloween, etc
suppository (up the lady bits or bum) = a pessie?

How close am I on these?

hemorrhoids made me laugh. when I first saw piles on here I was like "piles of what?"

I would call a duplex two houses connected side by side or one on top of the other, but a townhouse is two houses connected side by side that are more than one story. I don't know if that is correct, but that is typically how they are listed in the real estate section here.

I live in a townhouse and we only have one story. The only reason we are considered a townhouse, is because the other unit is not over ours like a duplex. They are sticklers for things like that around here.

Definition of Duplex House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplex_house
Definition of Townhouse https://www.yourdictionary.com/townhouse

Sorry if I come off like a bossy cow! I'm in a very odd mood today!

 

[lozzy21]

A sepository (sp?) is for up the bum and a pessary is for your vjj

 

[MommyMichele]

A sepository (sp?) is for up the bum and a pessary is for your vjj

I was wondering about that because it's suppository for both here.

 

[blondeNklutzi]

OK, I'm sorry! The whole cilantro/coriander thing bugged me! They are from the same plant but they are not the same thing!

https://www.herbalextractsplus.com/cilantro-leaf.cfm
https://premium.asia.cnn.com/FOOD/resources/food.for.thought/herbs/herb.images/coriander.html

Can I confuse you UK ladies some more?

House Coat = Robe
House Shoes = Slippers
dog leash = lead
nob = drawer pull
hemorrhoids I believe you call piles
L&D = Antenatal Ward I think you call it (place where you give birth and recover)
town house is the same, 2 houses connected side by side
duplex = 2 'flat' units one on top the other
low income housing/section 8 = council estates
vacation = holiday
holiday = Christmas, Halloween, etc
suppository (up the lady bits or bum) = a pessie?

How close am I on these?

hemorrhoids made me laugh. when I first saw piles on here I was like "piles of what?"

I would call a duplex two houses connected side by side or one on top of the other, but a townhouse is two houses connected side by side that are more than one story. I don't know if that is correct, but that is typically how they are listed in the real estate section here.

I live in a townhouse and we only have one story. The only reason we are considered a townhouse, is because the other unit is not over ours like a duplex. They are sticklers for things like that around here.

Definition of Duplex House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplex_house
Definition of Townhouse https://www.yourdictionary.com/townhouse

Sorry if I come off like a bossy cow! I'm in a very odd mood today!

Lol, that works. I just know that the duplex listings in the real estate sections in newspapers and internet around here are for side by sides usually with two story side by sides listed as townhouses. Like I said, probably not correct, but that's how things are done, at least in the town I live in.

 

[PeanutBean]

OK, I'm sorry! The whole cilantro/coriander thing bugged me! They are from the same plant but they are not the same thing!

https://www.herbalextractsplus.com/cilantro-leaf.cfm
https://premium.asia.cnn.com/FOOD/resources/food.for.thought/herbs/herb.images/coriander.html

Can I confuse you UK ladies some more?

House Coat = Robe
House Shoes = Slippers
dog leash = lead
nob = drawer pull
hemorrhoids I believe you call piles
L&D = Antenatal Ward I think you call it (place where you give birth and recover)
town house is the same, 2 houses connected side by side
duplex = 2 'flat' units one on top the other
low income housing/section 8 = council estates
vacation = holiday
holiday = Christmas, Halloween, etc
suppository (up the lady bits or bum) = a pessie?

How close am I on these?

Yes I say dressing gown, house coat is kind of old fashioned. Some people do say robe though.
Nob is actually knob. lol
Give birth in a labour ward, antenatal is for before the birth and apart from scans mostly carried out at the local doctor's surgery.
I agree with blondeNklutzi about the town house, traditionally they are usually at least three stories. The image will have a basement too.
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/17/2f/da/belvedere-town-house.jpg
a more modern definition of a town house is just one in the centre of town! Two houses attached are semi-attached, more than two are a terrace. Town houses are also terraced.
Pessary for insertion in ladies' bits, suppository for up the bum.

 

[MommyMichele]

I wasn't trying to argue. It seems townhouse has a varying definition depending on where you are from. I know the units I live in are called townhouses and they've been here since before WWII. We live in the oldest section of town and with the newer power lines (post WWII) there's no room to go up. We used to live in a Duplex, with another unit above us, just couldn't deal with that!

I've been on a cleaning spree today and was wondering what you UK ladies call cleanser? Like cleaning product. Do most UK residents have the washer/dryer thingy in the kitchen? Ours if just off the kitchen in a little room of it's own with the furnace and water heater.