Water vs Waters -=- why does UK pluralize it? And, which US things are odd to you?

[LeeLouClare]

Pantyhose are called tights here and it depends on what type you buy as whether it's considered sexy. Stockings clip onto your underwear and only goes 3 quarters of your legs. Then they are clipped on to a suspender belt - its a more old fashioned underwear style that's kept in fashion because it's sexy

 

[LeeLouClare]

Also mince pies - at christmas its a pie filled with berries and rum - and you can buy the mince meat as they call it seperate so you can make your own pies
It confused me when I worked at a supermarket as people would ask for mince meat and I didn't know which one they meant lol
I say this because an american I once met didn't know what I meant - I thought you guys did them though.

 

[hunni12]

I do get the dates thing mixed up here because when i look at people due dates I can get really confused..like mines is 01/06/2013, but in the UK it would 06/01/2013 so it's very easy to get it confused lol

 

[Mrs.A]

I just wanted to comment on 'queuing'... Across the pond you 'stand in line'... The term queue comes from an old British naval term where the sailors would stand in line and plait the man's hair in front of him each morning. Very random!

I can appreciate the difference between local dialects and slang words. I'm originally from liverpool and my DH is what we would term as a 'woolly back' - meaning he is not from liverpool.. The term woolly back comes from the docks where men carried bales of sheep's wool off the ships - the true woolly backs were scousers so I don't know why we use it to describe the contrary now?!

PS I love hearing different accents too!

 

[Beankeeper]

Isn't Band Aid a brand?
Oh yeah, and I find it amusing when Americans use golf as a verb, ie "do you like to golf?", we would say "do you like to play golf?", so play is the verb.

 

[Sushai]

Isn't Band Aid a brand?
Oh yeah, and I find it amusing when Americans use golf as a verb, ie "do you like to golf?", we would say "do you like to play golf?", so play is the verb.

Yes band aid is a brand. In Australia, the original word for band aid is plastic strips (yet it's funny that most people don't know this). But people find it easier calling it by the brand.

 

[carlyjade86]

Pacifiers are Dummies over here. And Onsies are Vest. Onesie over here is a new word and mostly refers to adult all in one sleep suits!
The list is endless... Mind u, being welsh, we chuck our own words in too that aren't used by brits anywhere else! Like Chopsy = Cheeky, someone who backchats. And Cwtch = Cuddle!

 

[mommy0629]

Yes, the other term for frontage road is a "feeder" road....it what we call it in Tx!

We must be boring here in the NE because we just call it an "on ramp" or "off ramp"

 

[DragonflyWing]

Yes, the other term for frontage road is a "feeder" road....it what we call it in Tx!

Another one is "service road." I never realized there were so many terms for the same thing!

 

[Bean66]

peanut butter and jelly is actually peanut butter and JAM in the UK haha!

and sodas being pop to us in the uk

and candy being sweets/chocolate

Im from canada we call it peanut butter and jam .. or thats what everyone around where i live says anyway.... i've honestly never had one before in my life its strange! lol most kids grew up on pb & j sandwhiches lol

Jelly and Jam are two different things, though very similar. Jelly is jam with all the solids strained out. Kinda like the difference between juice and an all-fruit smoothie. Personally I prefer jam. It's definitely more popular in Canada than jelly.

Is jam like preserves?

Jam is a type of preserve. Marmalade being another. Its mushed up fruit boiled with pectin (a gelling agent) and canned. Really fun and easy to make.

Yeah Jam is a preserve but very different to Jelly accept jelly is fruit flavoured. It's a wobbly gelatin desert.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbm...afari&tab=wi&q=jelly&sa=N&biw=320&bih=356#i=4

 

[lemongrass]

peanut butter and jelly is actually peanut butter and JAM in the UK haha!

and sodas being pop to us in the uk

and candy being sweets/chocolate

Im from canada we call it peanut butter and jam .. or thats what everyone around where i live says anyway.... i've honestly never had one before in my life its strange! lol most kids grew up on pb & j sandwhiches lol

Jelly and Jam are two different things, though very similar. Jelly is jam with all the solids strained out. Kinda like the difference between juice and an all-fruit smoothie. Personally I prefer jam. It's definitely more popular in Canada than jelly.

Is jam like preserves?

Jam is a type of preserve. Marmalade being another. Its mushed up fruit boiled with pectin (a gelling agent) and canned. Really fun and easy to make.

Yeah Jam is a preserve but very different to Jelly accept jelly is fruit flavoured. It's a wobbly gelatin desert.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbm...afari&tab=wi&q=jelly&sa=N&biw=320&bih=356#i=4

Your link just takes me to google, maybe different country, that's why? Anyways, I've made both and jelly is pretty much the same thing it has just had all the fruity bits strained out with cheesecloth so it's like jam made with just the juice.

 

[Bean66]

Not in the UK.

This is UK Jelly! You made it with a mould.

 

[daisydoo]

The one Ive never understood is calling a fringe 'bangs'!!! I read lots of american fiction when I was little and never knew what bangs were!!! xx

 

[Kitsch]

I know of an american that got creeped out by the local butcher selling "faggots" he thought the guy was selling gay men.

Also the fag/ cigarette thing is funny too.

The dates thing has always bugged me and so has the spelling, so many people on the internet have told me I can't spell because I put "colour" or "armour" and I have to explain - I'm just English!

And yes jelly in the UK is jam and what we call jelly you guys call jell-o I believe?

What is frozen yoghurt? Is that just ice cream???

 

[lemongrass]

Not in the UK.

This is UK Jelly! You made it with a mould.

OH! We call that jell-o. Which is branding but I don't think there are any other brands that make that here. So what do you call our jelly? Are they both called jam?

 

[Bean66]

Not in the UK.

This is UK Jelly! You made it with a mould.

OH! We call that jell-o. Which is branding but I don't think there are any other brands that make that here. So what do you call our jelly? Are they both called jam?

I'm not sure. Maybe both Jams? Thinking about it we do use Jellies your your terms occasionally. You can buy recurrent jelly and mint jelly. These are quite set but come in a jar. Oh you can also get quince jelly. So maybe we do use the term/meaning a bit. But if you said Jelly to a UK person they'd think your Jell-o.

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Hahah yupp your jelly is def our jello! So technically pb and jelly is pb and jam haha

 

[lemongrass]

frozen yogurt is- frozen yogurt! Often frozen in bars of vanilla flavour and then blended with fruit. So yummy! I sometimes make my own with greek yogurt- in the fridge and then adding frozen raspberries and it freezes the yogurt.

 

[Mum21boy1girl]

Ive actually never seen Jelly in Australia (the american jelly) all of what we have are Jams, all with preserves, when i was a kid i would have loved american jelly as i hated the 'bits' in the jam lol

wow i didnt realize states were so different to each other here in the US, i will have to remember that as we just moved to TX from CA!

 

[Mum21boy1girl]

Theres alot of things that expats complain about when moving to the US, but there are 2 things i love about america, and thats grape and cherry flavoured everything lol Australia lacks those flavours lol i love grape soda, grape jelly, grape juice, love cherry coke, cherry candies, etc