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    I was in the States a couple of weeks ago ( funeral ) and got talking about construction to my Nephew , who is a carpenter over there . We had to constantly query each other's terminology because of the different names they have for almost everything it seems now . They call a skirting board a base board , timber is lumber , Tarmac is blacktop , plaster board is drywall etc etc.
    It seems the two variations of the language are separating irrevocably .
    Add your examples of the different words used that you are aware of , this could be a long thread .

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    english:fizzy drinks American: soda

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    • #3
      a fork lift is called a tow motor.....petrol is gas....

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      • #4
        tap/faucet
        mobile/cellphone

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          Lift = Elevator
          Waistcoat = Vest
          Hooker (Rugby Player)= Prostitute
          The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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            Biscuit = Cookie
            Aubergine = Eggplant
            Chemist = Drug Store
            The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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            • #7
              car's.....bonnet = hood.....boot = trunk...

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                Queue = Line
                Post = Mail
                The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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                • #9
                  Pram/buggy - stroller

                  Footpath - sidewalk.
                  UP THE DUBS!!!

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                  • #10
                    courgette -zucchini
                    rubbish - trash/garbage

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                      nappy-diaper

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                      • #12
                        Bum Bag = Fanny Pack
                        The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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                        • #13
                          Shout = yell or holler

                          picture house = movie theatre

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                            Originally posted by bojangles View Post
                            Shout = yell or holler

                            picture house = movie theatre
                            you're showing your age there Bo - does anyone call a cinema a "picture house" these days

                            funnily enough, there's a cinema chain over here called "picturehouses", apparently; i'd never heard of them
                            Last edited by KatieMorag; 21-12-2017, 07:40 PM.

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                              Bill = Check / Cheque
                              Caravan = Trailer
                              Draughts = Checkers
                              The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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