Having gone to an International school when i was a nipper, I am pretty clued up on Amerilish and the differences between English and American.
I thought it would be fun (ok, maybe not fun..but interesting?) to start a thread on the differences incase i've missed some.
There is the obvious ones...
American: chips
English: crisps. (Chips in England are fries.)
American: Movie theatre
English: Cinema or pictures
American: Bathroom
English: Toilet/loo/bog
American: Eraser
English: Rubber
American: Cigarette
English: Fag (although that does have more than one meaning in both countries)
American: Trash/Garbage
English: Rubbish
American: Cellphone
English: Mobile phone
American: Pacifier
English: Dummy
American: Sidewalk
English: Pavement
American: Sneakers
English: Trainers (Irish: runners)
American: Faucet
English: Tap
American: Vacation
English: Holiday
American: Soccer
English: Football
and so on.....
Pants in England are worn underneath your trousers, just like American panties. While the British may understand what you mean if you speak of 'my baggy pants,' they will likely find the mental image this conjures amusing.
The funniest one I find is American: fanny which means bum (i believe?) but fanny in English is the female reproductive organ. I still giggle when I hear American tourists talking about their fanny packs.
Anyone got any other weird or wondrous ones?
I thought it would be fun (ok, maybe not fun..but interesting?) to start a thread on the differences incase i've missed some.
There is the obvious ones...
American: chips
English: crisps. (Chips in England are fries.)
American: Movie theatre
English: Cinema or pictures
American: Bathroom
English: Toilet/loo/bog
American: Eraser
English: Rubber
American: Cigarette
English: Fag (although that does have more than one meaning in both countries)
American: Trash/Garbage
English: Rubbish
American: Cellphone
English: Mobile phone
American: Pacifier
English: Dummy
American: Sidewalk
English: Pavement
American: Sneakers
English: Trainers (Irish: runners)
American: Faucet
English: Tap
American: Vacation
English: Holiday
American: Soccer
English: Football
and so on.....
Pants in England are worn underneath your trousers, just like American panties. While the British may understand what you mean if you speak of 'my baggy pants,' they will likely find the mental image this conjures amusing.
The funniest one I find is American: fanny which means bum (i believe?) but fanny in English is the female reproductive organ. I still giggle when I hear American tourists talking about their fanny packs.
Anyone got any other weird or wondrous ones?