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Prompted by the Grey v Gray debate. I have always been intrigued by the way in which language evolves. For example - when did the spelling of grey change to gray and why? Will American English be a seperate language one day? Why are there so many different regional accents in Britain? and why do Americans that I have met in the States think I'm Australian even when I'm sober! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif
Many of the American words are also used in Britain. Some of the words are just changes in spelling. AMERICAN - BRITISH Airplane - Aeroplane Aluminum - Aluminium Apartment - Flat Appetizer - Entree, Starter Archeology - Archaeology Baked Potato - Jacket Potato Bathroom - Loo, The Toilet Band-Aid - Elastoplast Bank Teller - Cashier Bedspread - Similar to a Eiderdown and Duvet Billion - Trillion Bleachers - Terrace Braces (for teeth) - Brace Call me (on the phone) - Ring me Can - Tin Candy - Sweets Catalog - Catalogue Chapstick - Lip Balm Check - Cheque Checkers - Draughts Chips - Crisps Cigarette - Fag http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Closet (bedroom) - Wardrobe Clumsy - Cackhanded Collect Call - Reverse Charge Call Color - Colour Cookie - Biscuit Cotton Candy - Candy Floss Commercial - Advertisment Cracker - Savoury biscuit Crib - Cot Cross Walk - Zebra Crossing, Pedestrian Crossing Crossing Gaurd - Lollipop Man/Woman Cupcake - Fairy Cake Curb - Kerb Dessert - Afters, Pudding Detour - Diversion Diaper - Napkin, Nappy (we don't wipe our mouth with a napkin http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ) Drugstore - Chemist Duplex - Semi-Detached House Eggplant - Aubergine Elevator - Lift Emergency Room - Casualty or Accident & Emergency A&E Eraser - Rubber http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Expensive - Dear Faucet - Tap Favorite - Favourite Fire Department - Fire Brigade Flashlight - Torch A Flirt - Tart Freeway (Expressway) - Motorway, Carriageway Garbage Man - Dustman Garter Belt - Suspenders Gasoline - Petrol Gizzards - Offal Golashes - Wellingtons, Wellies Gray - Grey http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Hamburger Bun - Bap Honor - Honour Hood (car) - Bonnet Horny - Randy House (one story) - Bungalow Humor - Humour Hungry - Peckish Jail - Gaol Jello - Jelly Jelly - Jam Jewelry - Jewellery Kiss (passionate) - Snog Ladybug - Ladybird Line - Queue Living Room - Lounge Lawyer - Barrister, Solicitor Leash (Dog) - Lead Licens Plate - Number Plate Liquor store - Off License, Offy Mail - Post Mailbox - Postbox Mail Carrier - Postman, Posty Maneuver - Manoeuvre Math - Maths Mold - Mould Movie - Film Movie Theater - Cinema Napkin - Serviette Nudist - Naturist On/Off Ramp - Slip Road Oven - Cooker Overalls - Dungarees Overpass - Flyover Pacifier - Dummy Pants - Trousers Paper Towel - Kitchen towel, Kitchen Paper Parade - Carnival Parking Lot - Car Park Period - Full Stop (I won't even try to explain what a period means to us http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Pharmacist - Chemist Picnic Basket - Picnic Hamper Pie Crust - Pastry Base Plastic Wrap - Clingfilm Private school - Public school (now how did this happen? http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ) Public School - State school Pajamas - Pyjamas Purse - Handbag Raincoat - Mackintosh Realtor - Estate Agent Rent (to) - Hire Robe - Dressing Gown Rubber - Condom Sand Box - Sand Pit Sandwich - Butty, Sarny Santa Claus - Father Christmas Sell - Flog Shopping Cart/Basket - Trolley Sidewalk - Pavement Sir - Squire, Guv'nor (I don't think so!) Sneakers -Trainers, Plimsolls,Pumps Soccer - Football Spelled - Spelt Stroller - Pram, Pushchair Styrofoam - Polystyrene Suspenders - Braces (only women wear suspenders! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ) Sweater - Pullover, Jumper Take-Out - Take-Away Talk Show - Chat Show Traffic Jam - Tailback Thumb Tack - Drawing Pin Tic Tac Toe - Noughts and Crosses Tire - Tyre Toothpick - Cocktail Stick Track Housing - Housing Estate Trailor - Caravan Trash - Rubbish Trailor Trash - Tottenham Hotspur http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif Trash Can - Bin, Dustbin (the one outside) Truck - Lorry Trunk (car) - Boot Tuxedo - Dinner Jacket Umbrella - Brolly Undershirt - Vest Underwear - Pants, knickers http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif 'Nice pants' is NOT a compliment. Vacation - Holiday Vest - Waistcoat Wallet (Woman's) - Purse Washcloth - Flannel Windshield - Windscreen Yard - Garden Zee (letter) - Zed Zip Code - Post Code Zucchini - Courgette ------------------ http://www.wheatsheaf.freeserve.co.uk/roastspurs.gif Save Chip - Don't let Sarah win! Official Titterer of the Laughing Hyenas |
Too true Donut. It is most assuredly a language in development that given isolation and time would definitely move to a dialect and then language.
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and to any Dutch speakers on the board. The underground system in London is run by London Underground Limited and their logo 'LUL' is plastered up all over the place. Now why would a Dutch friend of mine find that so hilariously funny. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ------------------ http://www.wheatsheaf.freeserve.co.uk/roastspurs.gif Save Chip - Don't let Sarah win! Official Titterer of the Laughing Hyenas |
AMERICAN - New Zealand Airplane - Airplane Aluminum - Coke cans Apartment - A Uni Students home Appetizer - Fish and Chipshttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Archeology - stuff we dont understand Baked Potato - The chips in fish and chips Bathroom - The Pisser Band-Aid - Sticky Strip Bank Teller - Checkout Chick Bedspread - Dooner Billion - Too Much Fuckin Money Bleachers - Deck Braces (for teeth) - Shit Collectors Call me (on the phone) - Gimme a yell Can - Can Candy - Lollies Catalog - Rubbish Chapstick - Lip Balm Check - Check Checkers - Naughts and Crosseshttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/tongue.gifhttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Chips - Chips Cigarette - Durry Closet (bedroom) - Wardrobe Clumsy - Retarded (not offending disabled ppl) Collect Call - Collect Call Color - Colour Cookie - Biscuit Cotton Candy - Candy Floss Commercial - More of that damn crap on again Cracker - Cracker Crib - Cot Cross Walk - Zebra Crossing, Pedestrian Crossing Crossing Gaurd - Lollipop Man/Woman Cupcake - Cupcake Curb - Curb Dessert - Dessert Detour - Short cuthttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gifhttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif Diaper - Turdwipes Drugstore - Chemist Duplex - Sounds like Durex condoms Eggplant - Eggplant Elevator - Sex-o-matic Emergency Room - Emergency Room Eraser - Rubber http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Expensive - SHIT! Faucet - Tap Favorite - Favourite Fire Department - Fire Department Flashlight - Torch A Flirt - Skank Freeway (Expressway) - Freeway Garbage Man - Garbo Garter Belt - Cant say no one wears them Gasoline - Petrol Gizzards - Offal Golashes - Gumbootshttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif Gray - Grey http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Hamburger Bun - Hamburger Bun (what the hell kinda name is a bap?) Honor - Honour Hood (car) - Bonnet Horny - Horny House (one story) - Uni Student Househttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Humor - Humour Hungry - Starved Jail - Jail Jello - Jelly Jelly - Jam Jewelry - Jewellery Kiss (passionate) - Deep throat Ladybug - Ladybird Line - Queue Living Room - Lounge Lawyer - Servants of the Devil Leash (Dog) - Leash Licens Plate - Number Plate or Liscense plate Liquor store - Boozer Mail - Mail Mailbox - Postbox Mail Carrier - The guy whos having an affair with the lady of the house Maneuver - Manoeuvre Math - Maths Mold - Mould Movie - Movie Movie Theater - Cinema Napkin - Serviette or Napkin Nudist - Weirdo On/Off Ramp - On/Off Ramp Oven - Oven, Stove Overalls - Overalls Overpass - Overpass Pacifier - Pacifier Pants - Pants Paper Towel - Paper Towel Parade - Traveling Freakshow Parking Lot - Car Park Period - Full Stop (I won't even try to explain what a period means to us http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Pharmacist - Chemist Picnic Basket - Picnic Basket Pie Crust - Pastry Base Plastic Wrap - Gladwrap Private school - Private school Public School - Public school Pajamas - Pyjamas Purse - Handbag Raincoat - Raincoat Realtor - More servants of Satan Rent (to) - Hire Robe - Dressing Gown Rubber - Condom Sand Box - Sand Pit Sandwich - Sandwich Santa Claus - Father Christmas Sell - Sell Shopping Cart/Basket - Trolley Sidewalk - Footpath Sir - Sir Sneakers -Sneakers Soccer - Soccer Spelled - Spelt Stroller - Pram, Pushchair Styrofoam - Polystyrene Suspenders - Braces (only women wear suspenders! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ) Sweater - Jumper or sweater Take-Out - Take-Away Talk Show - Talk Show Traffic Jam - Traffic Jam Thumb Tack - Drawing Pin Tic Tac Toe - Noughts and Crosses Tire - Tyre Toothpick - Toothpick Track Housing - Housing Estate Trailor - Caravan Trash - Rubbish Trailor Trash - ? Trash Can - Bin, Dustbin (the one outside) Truck - Truck Trunk (car) - Boot Tuxedo - Tuxedo Umbrella - Umbrella Undershirt - ? Underwear - Undies, Knickers Vacation - Holiday Vest - Vest Wallet (Woman's) - Purse Washcloth - Cloth Windshield - Windscreen Yard - Garden Zee (letter) - Zed or Zee Zip Code - Zip Code Zucchini - Big long green thing ok so it is alot of slang but we arnt par of the empire no morehttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gifhttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/tongue.gif ------------------ http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/No.../azurewolf.gif http://www.tvdance.com/bush-gore/3anew.gif "I was born of darkness. My fathers eyes closed before mine opened. I am not of this world or the other, and I have the right to be what I am..." |
I'm impressed Donut. You did a lot of work on this. It reminds me of a discussion I had with a couple of people from England that I was working with in Yemen. Somehow in a conversation I used the word "aluminum", and they burst out laughing. We ended up having a somewhat intense debate (no, not argument) about the proper pronunciation of it .. was it "Aluminum"? Or "AluminIum"? We were both insistent that we were right. I'm a better than average speller (usually http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif ) and so I knew I was correct. It was my first experience with the differences that occur between American English, and British English. Canadian English is different in some ways from both too.
Thanks for posting this Donut. I found it very interesting. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ------------------ http://www.paulbunyan.net/mnssc/bili.gif Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness. Happy Member of Fast Fourward. |
Donut how can billion and trillion mean the same thing? I dont care where you are billion and trillion are two very different things.
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Cheers and applause, Donut and AzureCutie ! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/bubbles.gif
Now I would like to know, aside from words, are there expressions that differ from American to British to Australian to ... ? http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Go back to your pen and paper, guys ! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif ------------------ http://fc1ddq.free.fr/stan2.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/ninja1.gif The world is my oyster ! And now I have the knives to open it ... [This message has been edited by Moiraine (edited 05-22-2001).] [This message has been edited by Moiraine (edited 05-22-2001).] |
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We consider a billion to be one million millions (1 x twelve 0's). In America a billion is one thousand millions (1 x nine 0's) What we call a billion, you call a trillion. What you call a billion we call a milliard. My head hurts http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ------------------ http://www.wheatsheaf.freeserve.co.uk/roastspurs.gif Save Chip - Don't let Sarah win! Official Titterer of the Laughing Hyenas |
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Just about the most extreme example I've heard is that here you can sit on a dyke and have a fag quite innocently.....http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif
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hey all you European people out there. I'll write you a check for a billion dollars, if you'll write me a cheque for a trillion! Just don't deposit it until I say it's ok.
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What pisses me off is when you cheap new zealanders make up words and use em in scrabble! ITS CANDY NOT LOLLYS DAMMIT! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif
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10^6 -> Miljoen / Million / Million 10^9 -> Miljard / Milliard / Billion 10^12 -> Biljoen / Billion / Trillion 10^15 -> Biljard (toch?) / Billiard / ? 10^18 -> Triljoen / Trillion Am I right? BTW 1 mol is 6.022*10^23 somehow that was the most funny chemestry lesson in the whole year but nobody seems to understand that BTW What Lul means? Well a lul is what seperateds males from females and males have one and females get one. ------------------ http://www.phpshop.net/images/rikard/rikard2.gif <A HREF="http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/NonCGI/Forum10/HTML/000743-3.html" TARGET=_blank>Help me create A Fantasy Realm with your imagination </A> |
Donut,
It's not just limited to the US-UK ,in the southern US we spell it grey, colour ( at least until recently). Southern culture prefered the Oxford dictionary to the Webster's. thats where the Americanized spellings come from originaly. As you can tell from my posts I don prefer any dictionary http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif ------------------ http://www.123imagehost.com/images/b...arrissig02.gif "the memories of a man in his old age, are deeds of a man in his prime" |
Rikard,
in USA, 10^15 = quadrillion and 10^18 = quintillion. Others: 10^21 = sextillion 10^24 = septillion 10^27 = octillion 10^30 = novillion 10^33 = decillion and somewhere in there is a google. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Actually, I think the definition of a "google" is 10^100. http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/saz1.gif [This message has been edited by Sazerac (edited 05-23-2001).] |
Hi all, I'm back online. Thanks for a great day at the football Donut, and we won't talk about the tragedy of the following weekend. Going back to the original list, toilet was paired with bathroom. I don't recall seeing any signs for either on my 3 day visit to the states - all the signs said "Rest Rooms" http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif.
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Here's another for the list;
American/British baby carriage/pram P.S. I always spelled grey g r a y until I started using spell checkers in documents. Apparently, the spell checker insists it is g r e y. My own ancient Webster's dictionary (copyright 1947~it was my dad's) lists gray as the color resulting from blending black and white and grey as the British spelling of gray. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif Moni ------------------ http://members.aol.com/lasttrueprincess/images/ltp4.gif |
a fag in the US is a homosexual male.
A dyke in the US is a homosexual female. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif MOni ------------------ http://members.aol.com/lasttrueprincess/images/ltp4.gif |
A fag is a cigarette and a dyke is a damn (wall to hold back water). With all the recent flooding lately around my area, we had a pretty good news blunder on one of our local TV stations. The reporters exact words were "I am standing here along the Red River where dozens of men are trying to fill a dyke that opened up this morning" http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif I guess he didn't know that no matter how many men there were, that dyke was not going to be satisfied http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif
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It always gives me pleasure to contribute to the lessening of transatlantic misunderstanding. At the moment, as I type out this message, I am holding a fag in my left hand........( stop sniggering at the back!) http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif
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LOL Mouse!
I hold my fags with my left hand too so I have one that smells good in order to be able to pet the ■■■■■. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif (GET YOUR MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER! ONE OF MY CATS HAS A BREATHING PROBLEM AND SHE CHOKES ON THE SMELL OF SMOKE!!!) http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Moni ------------------ http://members.aol.com/lasttrueprincess/images/ltp4.gif |
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After your done smoking a fag, what do you do with the butt?
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Hey, you guys got me in trouble for laughing so hard. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif
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Moiraine, yes there are uniquely Aussie terms words and phrases that differ from both British and American English.
Donut, I'd imagine it difficult, but expose to a foriegn countries media seems to facilitate comprehension of, rather than mimicry of the countries language. Singaporean English is very different to the thick southern Irish accent for example. I've actually had to translate English for English for my compatriot lecturers and another time a Spainiard when they couldn't understand "Singlish". Azurewolf/Caleb, in Oz we call some types of candy/sweets/bonbons "lollies" too. A "lolly" is also an easy catch in cricket. A sitter. ------------------ I am the walrus!.... er, no hang on.... http://www.animfactory.com/animation...ing_lg_clr.gif A fair dinkum laughing Hyena! |
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Just make sure you're wearing your rubbers when you go out into the gutter searching for a used fag!
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Hmm, publicly sucking on a fag could get you in big trouble in the US, but sucking on an old fags butt in the street.........GAWD, it don't bear thinking about.
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American/British(and Aussie)
Trunk (car)/Boot It is for exactly this reason that all diplomacy should be couducted in the universal language. Pig Latin! "Ive-gay e-may ome-say oilay oray I-ay ill-way uke-nay ooo-yay ack-bay ooo-tay ee-thay tone-say age-ay." See? Much better! ------------------ Gaelic |
Mouse, LoA, BK, Saz, Charlie!
Ow! Stop it! Laughing at all these made me choke on the smoke from my flaming fag! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Moni ------------------ http://members.aol.com/lasttrueprincess/images/ltp4.gif [This message has been edited by Moni (edited 05-23-2001).] |
Quite correct Charlie, George Michael was in fact arrested in California for that same thing! Must have a been a language mix-up. Geeze I hope Elton John doesnt come over here and errr "screw"up his fags and butts
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And of course, Canada is a mix of British and American terminology and spelling.
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I like the different accents and meanings of english words. I would be really bored if there was no diversity. Change is definately good definately definately http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif
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