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Most common things that mean something different if in England versus USA
15.08.2010
Here is a list of common things that kids picked up on as different from US on our first day
Chips are French Fries
Crisps are potato chips
Biscuits are cookies
Rubbish is trash
Queue is line
Pounds is dollars (plus a multiplier about 1.55)
Pence is cents
Additional words we've noticed
Overground is train above ground
Underground or tube is the subway or train underground
"Mind the...." means "watch out for" - commonly used as "mind the gap" (between train and platform)
Lift is elevator
Bobby is police
Car park is parking lot
Jaywalk means you can get sued by drivers if they hit you (drivers have right of way here so look right, left, right - not left, right, left!)
Lemonade is sprite
Water is sparkling unless you request still
White coffee is coffee with cream
Bacon is ham
Crispy streaky bacon is bacon
Posted by agilsenan 13:37 Archived in England Tagged family_travel
Hi Alicia,
I enjoyed both your commentaries!
Glad all is well and good thing Allan M knew his way to Maureen's!
Will look forwarde to more updates!
15.08.2010 by Mary