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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 9, 2020 16:21:24 GMT -5
The UK has lorries, the US has trucks (although it’s not uncommon to see “trucks” used here). That reminded me to answer a question I'd had about this. I thought maybe 'Lorry' was a brand of maker possibly but the great google gives this answer: "Lorry is a word which originated in the north of England. It meant a four-wheeled low flatbed horse-drawn vehicle."U.S. cars have a hood. U.K. autos have a bonnet. U.S. cars have a trunk. U.K. autos have a boot. I dunno, do they still call tires 'tyres' anywhere? Separated by a common tongue! |
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 9, 2020 19:53:00 GMT -5
In the US, to "table an issue" means that we aren't going to talk about it now.
In the UK, to "table an issue" means that we are going to talk about it now.
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 9, 2020 20:38:14 GMT -5
U.K. has Marmite. U.S. .......... doesn't.  Of course Australia has Vegemite which was immortalized in a song by Men At Work. ... In the UK they have Marmite, in the US we have ipecacs. In Australia they have Vegemite, in the US we have taste buds. Subway did, veeerrrryy briefly try a Vegemite sub; guess how that went? |
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 9, 2020 20:44:41 GMT -5
In the US we had hillbilly music, in the UK they have the Wurzles.
In the UK, John Cleese got divorced from his wives and stayed friends, in the US he got divorced, fleeced and would happily see her burning on a spit.
In the UK, they have Monty Python reruns; in the US, we have Monty Python reruns. Actually, that worked out pretty well as we traded Terry Gilliam to the UK and got John Cleese and Eric Idle in exchange.
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 9, 2020 20:45:10 GMT -5
ps The UK can keep Ruby Wax; we don't mind.
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Post by spoon on Dec 9, 2020 22:38:05 GMT -5
In the US, we had Jersey Shore. In the UK, they still have Geordie Shore, which is apparently on its 21st season.
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 9, 2020 23:37:03 GMT -5
In the UK they have Marmite, in the US we have ipecacs. That sounds a bit like "carbona not glue".  U.S. has Dennis The Menace and Ruff.  U.K. has Dennis The Menace and Gnasher.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2020 7:17:54 GMT -5
The U.S. has airbases. The U.K. has stations (I think I prefer USAF airbase over RAF station, it sounds right).
The U.S. has railroads, the U.K. has railways.
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Post by Dizzy D on Dec 10, 2020 8:14:58 GMT -5
U.S. has ski mask, U.K. has balaclava (saying as somebody neither US or UK, so it might be that they are used differently)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2020 8:47:55 GMT -5
In the US, they have police academies. Over here, they are called...erm, I’m not quite sure. But I’ve never heard the term “police academy” used over here.
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Post by badwolf on Dec 10, 2020 9:31:06 GMT -5
In U.K. they have Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, in U.S. we have Drive-by Truckers.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Dec 10, 2020 11:54:56 GMT -5
In the UK, they have Hugh Laurie, in the US, well, I guess they have Hugh Laurie, too.
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Post by mikelmidnight on Dec 10, 2020 12:18:02 GMT -5
In the UK, what you use to erase pencil marks in called a 'rubber.'
In the UK, when you hang around for a quick alcoholic drink you're having a 'quickie.'
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 10, 2020 12:23:15 GMT -5
In the UK, they use "rubbers" to erase mistakes; in the US, they use them to prevent them from occurring.
In the US, suspenders are worn to hold up your pants, in the UK, suspenders are likely to lead to pants coming off.
In the US, pants are worn as outerwear; in the UK, pants are worn under your trousers.
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 10, 2020 12:38:40 GMT -5
In the States, if you're pissed, you're ticked off; in the UK, you're drunk.
Re: rubbers. Maybe 25 years ago, Speech was still a required half-year class for graduation in the school where I taught. Most kids took it as freshmen. Now, we have always had quite a few exchange students (all of whom had graduated and were delaying college to do the program) were also placed in those classes as it was hoped that it would be a worthwhile experience for both the exchange students and the frosh.
So one year,into a class of barely pubescent freshmen walks a beautiful 19-year-old Dutch girl named Esther. All the kids were agog; the boys were simply dumbstruck. As if making speeches in front of 30 kids weren't frightening enough, now they're looking at a 100 per cent actual model-type woman amongst them for 50 minutes a day.
It didn't help matters when in her "get-to-know-you speech in Week 1, Esther confesses that she'd not been aware when she had first arrived in August that fe,ales could not sunbathe topless. She had assumed she could and was instructed by the lifeguards to put her top back on.
I wish I'd had drool buckets ready for the lads, who were, shall we say, unwilling to stand up right away after her speech.
A few days later, during a quiz, Esther raised her hand and asked if anyone had a rubber she might use. The freshman boys -- and the girls -- almost lost their sht.
Talk about your teachable moments.
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