Tyke Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Named after Leslie Hore-Belisha (1st Baron Hore-Belisha), UK transport minister from 1934-1937 Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Naomi2002 said: My head hurts! I guess traffic in London can be a real zoo! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 11 hours ago, daveb said: I guess traffic in London can be a real zoo! 🤣 🤣 🤣 And no surprise to find it includes fantastic beasts! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 13 hours ago, Midland Tyke said: Named after Leslie Hore-Belisha (1st Baron Hore-Belisha), UK transport minister from 1934-1937 Wonder what we'll be calling by the name Shapps in years to come? 😵 Link to post Share on other sites
Jugo Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 @GingerRose I’m an ESL teacher so I’ve had to learn both British English and American English! Here’s some: Anti-clockwise = counter Appetiser = starter Boot = trunk Candyfloss = cotton candy Crisps = chips Chips = fries Drawing pin = thumbtack Flat = apartment Football = soccer Plait/s = braid/s Holiday = vacation Number plate = license plate Post = mail Oven glove = oven mitt Shopping trolly = shopping cart Public school = state school Lift = elevator Link to post Share on other sites
njosnavelin Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 There is great book on this subject called, "That's The Way It Crumbles" It also discusses how British English is slowly loosing some of its English in favor to the American English. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 In the UK, Public School is a fee paying school, sometimes called a Private or Independent School - but never a state funded school. Public & Private in this context are the same, not opposite. Nuts, I know! "The term ‘public’ actually refers to the fact that in 1868 a small group of boys’ schools were given independence from the Crown, church or government in favour of management by a board of governors." Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 14 minutes ago, njosnavelin said: There is great book on this subject called, "That's The Way It Crumbles" It also discusses how British English is slowly loosing some of its English in favor to the American English. That would be "in favour of", [similar to, and different from...] .. and I will stand my ground until my last breath! 😉 Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Don't forget, both British English and American English, as well as other variations on English all around the world, have evolved over time. Each has retained some of the older stuff from England and each has changed in different ways, too. I find it all very fascinating. Link to post Share on other sites
J. van Deijck Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 On 12/9/2020 at 3:15 AM, TheRister said: Footpath = Sidewalk I believe the British word for it is pavement, but English is not my native language, so I'm more familiar with British words, though. Not 100%, but like 75%. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 5 hours ago, Jelle van der Lee said: I believe the British word for it is pavement, but English is not my native language, so I'm more familiar with British words, though. Not 100%, but like 75%. Yes. Footpath is usually associated with an unmade track for walkers. Link to post Share on other sites
N.lilibet1115 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 On 12/8/2020 at 6:14 PM, GingerRose said: Trainers=Tennis Shoes This can also depend where you are in the USA, in New England area usually we say Sneakers Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 21 minutes ago, N.lilibet1115 said: This can also depend where you are in the USA, in New England area usually we say Sneakers I've always wondered, why is that? I understand Tennis Shoes (a bit sportist, but nevermind!) Is it because they're good for sneaking up on people?! Link to post Share on other sites
Rockblossom Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 26 minutes ago, Naomi2002 said: Is it because they're good for sneaking up on people?! Not far off! The term was first used in the USA, sometime in the 1880s, because the rubber soles were so much quieter than the leather-soled shoes. Link to post Share on other sites
J. van Deijck Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 12/9/2020 at 12:55 AM, Nowhere Girl said: On 12/9/2020 at 12:14 AM, GingerRose said: Offie=Bodega What's that? Never seen or heard any of these words... Alcohol shop, if I'm not wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
Libellule Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Diary = planner is probably one of my favourites. When I was a student in the UK my lecturer told us to put a certain date in our diary and I was so confused and wondering why she assumed we all kept one, or wanted us to take note of that information there. To me a diary had always meant a personal journal. Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 You mean Samuel Pepys' diaries were just planners? Link to post Share on other sites
J. van Deijck Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 On 12/11/2020 at 1:26 AM, Midland Tyke said: Yes those in America know this as Aluminum foil. Whilst over here it's Aluminium foil. I've no idea why or when America dropped the second i. So many elements end in 'ium' (Sodium, Caesium, Barium, Cadmium, Potassium just off the top of my head) but only Aluminium seems to have been singled out for surgery. Why? My question related to that: what and where is called "tin foil"? I've heard it a couple of times already. Link to post Share on other sites
Alejandrogynous Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 26 minutes ago, Jelle van der Lee said: My question related to that: what and where is called "tin foil"? I've heard it a couple of times already. I'm in the midwestern US and we call it tin foil. It's the same thing. Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Before aluminum foil came along there actually was a similar product made of thin sheets of tin, used in a similar manner for similar reasons. That was the original tinfoil and the name lingers on (maybe because it's shorter). Kind of like some people still sometimes say grocery store (vs supermarket) or icebox (vs fridge/freezer). Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Alien Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 On 12/9/2020 at 4:03 AM, GingerRose said: Offie short for Off license Which in America is a Bodega ( liquor store that also sells snacks, candy, like a rest stop or gas station store) I’m an American and I live in the UK and I’ve never heard either of these. 😂 A bodega to me is where you buy a newspaper and the world’s shittiest “coffee” on your way to work and there’s a slightly grumpy looking cat that’s never been brushed but you still pet them on your way out after paying (cash only because the card reader is broken) the man who looks like he lost the will to live 20 years ago but has to support the family. A liquor store is a shop that sells alcohol. They come in two varieties: Shady cramped little buildings that only severe alcoholics are brave enough to go into and huge brightly lit stores where the employees can give you recommendations on anything from the cheapest light beers to the finest imported wines to the most unique spirits. I’m from a state where the only place you can buy alcohol from is a liquor store so you can’t just buy it from Walmart or something. I haven’t actually ever seen an off license here since there’s just no real need for them. We just buy alcohol at the local supermarkets. I’m not a big drinker and my in-laws drink a lot less than the average British family so I haven’t even heard much mention of an off license other than in the occasional off handed joke. Link to post Share on other sites
J. van Deijck Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 15 hours ago, Alejandrogynous said: I'm in the midwestern US and we call it tin foil. It's the same thing. 15 hours ago, daveb said: Before aluminum foil came along there actually was a similar product made of thin sheets of tin, used in a similar manner for similar reasons. That was the original tinfoil and the name lingers on (maybe because it's shorter). Kind of like some people still sometimes say grocery store (vs supermarket) or icebox (vs fridge/freezer). Okay, that explains a lot to me I've heard only one person using "tin foil", but it has left me intrigued. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 25 minutes ago, Jelle van der Lee said: Okay, that explains a lot to me I've heard only one person using "tin foil", but it has left me intrigued. My parents called it tin foil. My brother still does. Not sure what I call it (I'm no cook!) but when I think about it I probably say just Foil - can't go wrong! Link to post Share on other sites
Rare Aztec Whstling Chickn Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 While I may hear tin foil now and again, a quite common name now is alfoil. Link to post Share on other sites
J. van Deijck Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Alfoil is what I've never heard Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Jelle van der Lee said: Alfoil is what I've never heard Me neither. I'm guessing it's an Australianism. Makes me think of this: Link to post Share on other sites
dgt Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 In the US, when some (usually imagined) people with paranoid tendencies pull out the foil to fashion and don metal "hats" to keep the radio waves (or aliens or the CIA, etc.) from reading their thoughts, I've never heard those called aluminum foil hats -- those are always called "tin foil hats" in the stereotype, even when all else '-foil' is aluminum and "tin foil" in anachronistic. -UTFTD Link to post Share on other sites
banana monkey Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 1/1/2021 at 12:21 PM, Jugo said: @GingerRose I’m an ESL teacher so I’ve had to learn both British English and American English! Here’s some: Public school = state school I always used to find that one most confusing since in the UK a public school often refers to the highest/poshest type of private (usually boarding) school. ie the type the ones the children of high celebrities and the royal family go to. Will be interested in this thread, since the pandemic I seem to be coming across more security stuff using american isms. ie - when you have to verify you are not a robot it asks you to select the crosswalks for example. The first time I had that I was like err what the heck is a crosswalk! There are a few more examples like that I cant think of atm. Link to post Share on other sites
Rare Aztec Whstling Chickn Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 8 hours ago, banana monkey said: ie - when you have to verify you are not a robot it asks you to select the crosswalks for example. The first time I had that I was like err what the heck is a crosswalk! There are a few more examples like that I cant think of atm. Does anyone else call these zebra crossings? Link to post Share on other sites
Undecided2 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 17 hours ago, Comrade Tal said: Does anyone else call these zebra crossings? Yes but only a zebra crossing if theres the white stripes painted on the tarmac. Honestly I usually just call them crossings in real life unless they are the pelican style proper zebra crossings. Link to post Share on other sites
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