This or that

[tcmsecretuseid]

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. 

[imastawka]

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@gleee58 wrote:

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@imastawka wrote:

I believe, ahem, cough, Baby Boomers use the term 'togs'

I know I do

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Is it a Queensland thing?

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       Wash ya mouth out!

[gleee58]

Like Cossies are a NSW thing  😄

And bathers are Victorian   😄

[ten*teeny*tiny*toes]

If you google a duchess it wont tell you what it is in Queensland. They must have made it up.

I think its a dressing table.....but dressing table also sounds stupid I guess

We had soo much trouble moving up here with the lingo.

[cherry*135]

Used to call swimsuits 'togs' when I was a child (long time ago, in NZ)

A duchess sounds grand - set of drawers with a mirror attached? or just set of drawers . Tall set of drawers was a tallboy.

[lionrose.7]

I just call the dressing table the Dresser

[ten*teeny*tiny*toes]

I think it has a mirror (the duchess) ...a tallboy is just a set of drawers but I grewup not knowing that 

[imastawka]

Never heard of a duchess.

But if they look like these ones,  I'm impressed

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=duchess+dresser&biw=1131&bih=558&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=06o...

[debra9275]

There is one word that I really love hearing Americans say .. It's boooeeee as in life buoy. Australians pronounce it life boy, same spelling as the U.S. but totally different pronunciation and I just like it 😃


The American version of barracking for a team, has a totally different meaning here ( and I'm not saying it) 😃

[imastawka]

I was taught to say 'boooey' too.   Got laughed at as an adult,

so use 'boy' now

*sigh

[debra9275]

I like the sound of booey better stawks, lol