British/American Translations

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Alice came up with this- what an awesome idea!

let's see...I'm gonna try to transcribe what John Oliver was saying...oof, I love it so much I'm gonna record it...
well, in the meantime:
American- candy
British- sweets
thx, Kay!

Tempe Arizona

I want sticky toffee pudding! do you Brits know what that is?

doctor5cap

yo...if you guys call "english muffins" muffins, what do you call regular muffins?


^english muffins...


^muffin muffins...

Courtneytastic

^^^ Good question.

Plain cupcakes?

monday94ear

QUOTE (Felster @ Jul 19 2007, 04:51 PM)

yo...if you guys call "english muffins" muffins, what do you call regular muffins?

in america? or england?

target35ghost

QUOTE (Tempe Arizona @ Jul 19 2007, 10:37 PM)

I want sticky toffee pudding! do you Brits know what that is?

Of course we do!!! We're not that prehistoric lol. I love sticky toffee pudding, but it's a little suicidal for a diabetic...

QUOTE (Felster @ Jul 19 2007, 10:51 PM)

yo...if you guys call "english muffins" muffins, what do you call regular muffins?

We had this conversation before, with Andy, remember?? And we didn't know. We don't really have english muffins here.. (I know, that seems so dumb, doesn't it?) we just have normal muffins as far as I know. Actually I might have seen regular muffins labeled as American Muffins, but I may have just made that up...

Right, the translations I can think of right now:

British / American

Pavement / Sidewalk
Lift / Elevator
Bonnet (of a car) / Hood (of a car)
Boot (of a car) / Trunk (of a car)
Motorway / Freeway

I can't remember any more at the moment...

Courtneytastic

Crisps / Chips (if I'm correct)
Chips / Fries

target35ghost

^^ Ooooh yeah, good one!

Also -
Fish Fingers / Fish Sticks

Edit - I just saw your little sub-title thing to this thread - awww, Sally! You're so sweet (candyish? lol)

dollarflame6

oo! Funny story about that chips one- my friend went to the UK for vacation and ordered chips and got fries instead and was all confused...actually, that's not all that funny...well, it was in the telling, hehehe.
apartment / flat

football / soccer

bloody / um...damn?...That must totally be made up on tv, but just thought I'd add it

blimey/ um...gosh!...That must totally be made up on tv, but just thought I'd add it too

jolly / very....see above

oh!! arse! also probly made up, I think

and spot of tea....I think I got all of these from John Oliver making fun of American's stereotypes on The Daily Show...

oh! I thought of a real one!
petrol / gas
post / mail
rubber / eraser
barrister / lawyer
biscuit / cookie
jam / jelly though we sometimes uses jam too...I forget when
film / movie we say film when talking about old ones, I think



Oh! This one my friend told me. I don't know if I should believe her.
Pants / underwear
so that
trousers / pants

lol! you're more candyish, Alice

target35ghost

Hahahaha!

Bloody and arse are both used regularly here (arse is just ass in American. We also say 'arsehole'). NO ONE except Ron Weasley and my friend Jack ever say blimey. Lol. But it's a very english thing to say. I dunno what Americans say instead of bloody.... I guess it's like a dumbed down version of 'fucking' as an adjective.

Surfer Rosa

hi speaking about pastry, I was reading Gormenghast and every now and then someone says something about scones....could anyone tell me how do you say "scones" in the US? Is it "scones" too? and what type of pastry is a scone exactly?

Rosa

Surfer Rosa

oops, you aren't speaking about muffins any more...my bad..."bloody" translates to "freaking" I think ....(I'm stepping on very thin ice as I don't speak either american nor english english...I think)

target35ghost

QUOTE (Tabetha @ Jul 19 2007, 11:39 PM)

barrister / lawyer
Pants / underwear
so that
trousers / pants

lol! you're more candyish, Alice

Oh yeah - isn't barrister something like prostitute in the states? I can't remember exactly but there's something like that, right? And we use lawyer as well.

Yep that's right. Pants means underwear here (so when I get all squealy about Damian's red pants, my friends think I've been doing something naughty and stalkerish lol).

women60banana

Bippie / hoodie

QUOTE (Surfer Rosa @ Jul 19 2007, 06:48 PM)

hi speaking about pastry, I was reading Gormenghast and every now and then someone says something about scones....could anyone tell me how do you say "scones" in the US? Is it "scones" too? and what type of pastry is a scone exactly?

Rosa

Scones =

dollarflame6

HAHAHA!!! I love that red pants story! You know what would be awesome? If during a UK concert, Damian started talking about his red pants during banter time.

That's so funny that only a Harry Potter character and your friend actually say blimey!

Prostitute? Hm, I've never heard that one. Whore, lady of the night...hehe....


Rosa, scones...you mean the originally Irish pastry? If that's what you mean, then yeah, still scones.

Surfer Rosa

Aha thanks now I'm sure I've never had one of those...

target35ghost

QUOTE (mixtape @ Jul 19 2007, 11:58 PM)

Bippie / hoodie

I have NEVER heard of bippie in my life. I was under the impression that we said hoodie too...

Also, Sally - when Damian says pants over here, it's not so bad Most Brits understand most American words, pants being one of them. There're so many American movies and tv shows that we're used to it all. It's just that it doesn't register coming from someone in an English accent lol.

Surfer Rosa

hey I remember one

knickers/panties

someone once told me she threw a pair of knickers at a concert and it made me wonder why on earth will she throw shoes (it sounded like "sneakers" to me LOL ) at a singer...

women60banana

QUOTE (Electra @ Jul 19 2007, 07:06 PM)

I have NEVER heard of bippie in my life. I was under the impression that we said hoodie too...

Really? Hm. I guess Graham Norton is a liar.

Surfer Rosa

hmm... Bippie / hoodie ...nope, I'll have to look both of them at the urbandictionary...

dollarflame6

QUOTE (Electra @ Jul 19 2007, 07:06 PM)

Also, Sally - when Damian says pants over here, it's not so bad Most Brits understand most American words, pants being one of them. There're so many American movies and tv shows that we're used to it all. It's just that it doesn't register coming from someone in an English accent lol.

aaaaw! that stinks!
And I had a whole comedy sketch in my head where someone would go to a British store and say, "Excuse me, where are the ladies' pants?" And then boom! hilarity ensues. And ooo! It would be men's pants because the person would be George Bush! ooo! And it would be even funnier than his "fool me once" comment! And the salesperson would be Mrs. Slokum! ooo! And it would be a movie starring Steve Carrel! And it would go down in cinematic history.
aw, now that's sad.