on โ10-04-2015 12:58 PM
Okay.
I'm assuming it is okay to post about the different names of everyday things.
I couldn't remember what the Australians call a valance. It's a pelmet. I just learned that one last year.
What else?
Trunk-boot
cilantro-coriander
Pullover sweater- jumper?
undershirt-vest?
cookie-bikkie?
Do you call potato chips-crisps?
We call rubber sandals-thongs in California. lol. Weirdly enough, we call those string undies, thongs, too. It can get confusing.
I once told a Scottish friend that she could borrow my thongs, if she wanted to go to the pool. She gave me a look of horror.
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on โ10-04-2015 01:21 PM
Candy = Lollies or sweets if you are English
Trash can = rubbish bin
on โ10-04-2015 01:21 PM
And your fanny is very different than our fanny.
on โ10-04-2015 01:22 PM
Too right! Geelong scallops were a ha'pence each........
on โ10-04-2015 01:24 PM
Hi TCM--read the thread thats gone-went to post.--strange.
The screen went pink---something like---warning
You havnt the resources to recover this thread-then went back to
Community Spirit---------and it was gone...........................................Richo.
on โ10-04-2015 01:34 PM
@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:What triggered the poofing?
I had two crumpets for a late tea this arvo........bonzer tucker
well....the thread didn't go as the OP expected PMSL
i guess it went a bit "off topic" ROTFL
on โ10-04-2015 01:47 PM
Maybe the Americans who responded were too nice. ๐
on โ10-04-2015 01:51 PM
Pocketbook = Clutch
Play your cards close to your vest = play your cards close to your chest
I could care less = I couldn't care less
Buns = bottom or backside
Ass = a.r.s.e
Why do you serve potato chips with sandwiches? A bit wierd IMO.
on โ10-04-2015 01:53 PM
After watching a few of Jay Leno's "Man in the Street" interviews, many Americans are clueless about America........they can name Bieber's latest whingeing, but they think Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" is where he lived after the Civil War.
on โ10-04-2015 01:56 PM
Why do you serve potato chips with sandwiches? A bit wierd IMO.
That's only at places like Subway........upper-class joints give you a choice, fries, baked, or mashed.......
on โ10-04-2015 02:06 PM
@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:Why do you serve potato chips with sandwiches? A bit wierd IMO.
That's only at places like Subway........upper-class joints give you a choice, fries, baked, or mashed.......
No, I've read it in novels, people eating at home, and it has been on Everybody loves Raymond a couple of times. I assumed it was common.
I mean potato crisps, not real potato chips. I know real chips are served with everything whether ordered or not.