Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:07 pm
'Candy' - sweets
'Season' - series
'Cookies' - biscuits
Anyone else find this sh*t annoying?
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'Season' - series
'Cookies' - biscuits
Anyone else find this sh*t annoying?
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Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:09 pm
'Fanny pack' - bum bag
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:11 pm
Mom. Mum. And yes, annoying.
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:12 pm
I've given up the fight re; season v series. But biscuit is a hill I will die on.
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:14 pm
Cell phone- mobile phone
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:14 pm
Biscuits- scones
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:14 pm
Gas- petrol
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:16 pm
Theatres- cinema
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:19 pm
Vacation - Holiday
Silverware - cutlery
Sidewalk - Pavement
Boot-trunk
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5wSw3IWRJa0
Silverware - cutlery
Sidewalk - Pavement
Boot-trunk
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5wSw3IWRJa0
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:24 pm
Joint, something the British eat on a Sunday. Yanks smoke it
Fag, we smoke it, yanks poke it
Fag, we smoke it, yanks poke it
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:34 pm
I always get a bit irked when I hear people calling takeaway 'takeout'.
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:39 pm
Calling the shitter a "bathroom" should get you straight to hell.
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:58 pm
Freeway- Motorway
Parking Lot - Car Park
Parking Lot - Car Park
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:08 pm
School - shooting range.
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:13 pm
Anyways - anyway
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:20 pm
Jelly-jam
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:21 pm
Fries-chips
Chips- crisps
Chips- crisps
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:29 pm
In US at the moment. Democracy seems the strangest Americanism
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:32 pm
I could care less about math.
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:47 pm
Fawcett = tap
Drapes = curtains
Sidewalk = pavement
Drug store= chemist
Do they speak English, or what?
Drapes = curtains
Sidewalk = pavement
Drug store= chemist
Do they speak English, or what?
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:58 pm
Spellings eg tires, favor, center, theater, harbor, Biden spelt Brandon.
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:01 pm
Anthem of Hope is a Space Cadet
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:13 pm
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:43 pm
Hood - Bonnet
Re: Americanisms
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:44 pm
Molly = MD/pingers.
Apartment = flat
Calling everyone bro
Upward infections
Like as a filler word.
And all the ones I do without even realising it, playing my own part in the gradual obliteration of real English.
Apartment = flat
Calling everyone bro
Upward infections
Like as a filler word.
And all the ones I do without even realising it, playing my own part in the gradual obliteration of real English.