help an american get the uk lingo :)

[mafiamom]

do crisps = chips
do chips = french fries
do biscuits = cookies?

lol anything else should know

 

[Lettuce]

Yup, thats pretty much right! Tho our biscuits are often harder than cookies. x

 

[Chocoholic123]

do crisps = chips
do chips = french fries
do biscuits = cookies?

lol anything else should know

Ha ha, yes you are right!

 

[MrsG-L]

You are correct

 

[tjw]

cookies are biscuits with choc chips in them
normal biscuits are still biscuits though x

 

[jellytot3]

Lol, funny post!
We do have french fries here though, chips are just thicker cut.
Cookies are like what "tjw" just said, biscuits with chocolate chips in.
x

 

[Lynda09]

In the UK pants are underwear ie knickers whereas in America pants refer to trousers get it lol.

Lynda

 

[jellytot3]

In the UK pants are underwear ie knickers whereas in America pants refer to trousers get it lol.

Lynda

Lol yeh, and fanny in the US is a bottom isnt it?!
Whereas here...its the front bit, hehe x

 

[Miss Boo]

And we call diapers nappys

 

[Bumpontherun]

.....and in the UK a potty is a little plastic bucket your toddler sits on when they are learning not to wear nappies not a toilet that an adult would sit on

 

[sequeena]

In the UK pants are underwear ie knickers whereas in America pants refer to trousers get it lol.

Lynda

Lol yeh, and fanny in the US is a bottom isnt it?!
Whereas here...its the front bit, hehe x

I always cry with laughter when I hear Americans say fanny... hilarious!!!

 

[Vicki_g]

Butties = sandwiches
Dummy = pacifier
Purse = handbag (our purse is the little one you put your money in!)

 

[MMonroe8]

Butties = sandwiches
Dummy = pacifier
Purse = handbag (our purse is the little one you put your money in!)

I have to admit - "dummy" was the only one that threw me off!

 

[Jess812]

Purse = handbag (our purse is the little one you put your money in!)

Oh yes i remember this from when i was on holiday

Our purse are small for your money. Our handbags are the large bags we put everything else in when going out

Also i remember you refer medicine for all your tablets, creams, an cough medicine you take. To us medicine is usually like the cough mixture you take or liquid medicine
Okay heres a few more American = UK ones i remember
apartment = flat
band-aid = plaster
chopped beef = mince
cookie = biscuit
diaper = nappy
fries = chips
gas = petrol
highway = motorway
jello = jelly
jelly = jam
motor home = caravan
movie theater = cinema
pants = trousers
potato chips = crisps
soccer = football


This is fun!

 

[momma2be2011]

Ok, so can someone tell me what lucozade is. I keep seeing it on here!

 

[Becky9384]

Whats a cot bed?? We have cribs and bassinets. Great idea for this thread... sometimes I read and i just guess lol...

Might not be UK but whats
Lo
Do

 

[Becky9384]

Pram??

 

[Maid Marian]

Ok, so can someone tell me what lucozade is. I keep seeing it on here!

It's a fizzy drink, with caffeine in it. People often drink it for a burst of energy. https://www.lucozade.com/index.html

 

[tanya]

Lucozade is a soda, it's sortof an energy drink but with loads of sugar rather than caffiene, a cot bed is what you would call a crib, but which can be turned into a small toddler bed when for between crib and big bed.
Lo is 'little one' not sure of do?

 

[momma2be2011]

Ok, so can someone tell me what lucozade is. I keep seeing it on here!

It's a fizzy drink, with caffeine in it. People often drink it for a burst of energy. https://www.lucozade.com/index.html

Ah! So it's an energy drink! Kind of like Red Bull?