UK vs. US words

[JerseyWins]

https://image.slidesharecdn.com/m1americanversusbritish-140317002210-phpapp02/95/american-versus-british-2-638.jpg?cb=1395016069

Are any of these inaccurate?

[JerseyWins]

YOU CALL COOKIES BISCUITS? Then what do you call a biscuit?

http://www.cookingmaniac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/buttermilk-biscuit-1.jpg

[Morgan.]

Pretty much.

[RileyH]

YOU CALL COOKIES BISCUITS? Then what do you call a biscuit?

http://www.cookingmaniac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/buttermilk-biscuit-1.jpg

they're scones aren't they?

[Morgan.]

YOU CALL COOKIES BISCUITS? Then what do you call a biscuit?

http://www.cookingmaniac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/buttermilk-biscuit-1.jpg

A biscuit is like a Jammie Dodger or Custard Cream. A cookie is like a chocolate chip cookie if you catch my drift?

[RileyH]

also chips are the big fat ones and fries are the skinny ones that you get from maccies

[ChristmasNeeve]

In Ireland we call trousers pants as well but all the others are the same as the UK

[JerseyWins]

I say literally everything on the right side. :joker: A few on the UK side I've never even heard of before / are shocking to me lol.

[RileyH]

I say literally everything on the right side. :joker: A few on the UK side I've never even heard of before / are shocking to me lol.

Which ones? :laugh:

[JerseyWins]

A biscuit is like a Jammie Dodger or Custard Cream. A cookie is like a chocolate chip cookie if you catch my drift?
I think I get it @ custard cream but that'd still be a cookie in the US. :think:

[Jason.]

Biscuits and cookies are different.

Custard creams or a Digestive is a biscuit whereas Maryland, Oreos or anything that's round with chocolate chips a cookie.

We don't call everything a biscuit in the same way Americans do with cookie. :joker:

[user104658]

Biscuits and cookies are different.

Custard creams or a Digestive is a biscuit whereas Maryland, Oreos or anything that's round with chocolate chips a cookie.

We don't call everything a biscuit in the same way Americans do with cookie. :joker:

Oreos are quite blatantly not cookies... they are biscuits...

[ChristmasNeeve]

I say literally everything on the right side. :joker: A few on the UK side I've never even heard of before / are shocking to me lol.Oh also we don't call knickers/undies pants

[Jason.]

Oreos are quite blatantly not cookies... they are biscuits...

Oh, so you're Mrs. Right are you?

[user104658]

https://www.browneyedbaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/soft-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies-15-754-300x300.jpg

These (and similar variations) are cookies... anything else (including oreos! :hmph: ) is a biscuit.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Oreos are quite blatantly not cookies... they are biscuits...I agree, I'd only call a chocolate chip cookie a cookie [emoji23]

I had American biscuits with gravy in the states, they're delicious

[user104658]

Oh, so you're Mrs. Right are you?

Yes

[JerseyWins]

Which ones? :laugh:
Lorry (although when I think about it now I've heard it before), 'rubbish bin' - I didn't know rubbish was literally a substitute for trash/garbage in the UK lol, courgette & spanner I've literally never heard before, and gas = petrol you'd never really hear that in the US although it makes sense and a few gas stations do go by the name of "___ Petrol or Petroleum" :laugh:

Also, you'd call this thing a torch? https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/414bfVfv8mL._SX342_.jpg

[JerseyWins]

Oh also we don't call knickers/undies pants
Oh ok, yeah this one was really odd to me as well. :joker:

[ChristmasNeeve]

Lorry (although when I think about it now I've heard it before), 'rubbish bin' - I didn't know rubbish was literally a substitute for trash/garbage in the UK lol, courgette & spanner I've literally never heard before, and gas = petrol you'd never really hear that in the US although it makes sense and a few gas stations do go by the name of "___ Petrol or Petroleum" [emoji23]

Also, you'd call this thing a torch? https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/414bfVfv8mL._SX342_.jpgTorch is so much easier than flash light

[JerseyWins]

I had American biscuits with gravy in the states, they're delicious
Yes :clap1: :clap1: :clap1:

[ChristmasNeeve]

Oh ok, yeah this one was really odd to me as well. :joker:They do in the UK but not Ireland. I would also say mom rather than mum like the US, mum sounds very English to me

[LukeB]

I had American biscuits with gravy in the states, they're delicious

:eyes: what is this

[RileyH]

why would you have biscuits with gravy

[ChristmasNeeve]

:eyes: what is thisThey're kind of like very soft savoury scones

[RileyH]

Also, you'd call this thing a torch? https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/414bfVfv8mL._SX342_.jpg

yes

[Withano]

Do Americans have post boxes? I dont think theyre the same as a mail box?

[JerseyWins]

yes
Then what do you call this?

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/elderscrolls/images/9/93/TESV_Torch.png/revision/latest?cb=20120619180715

Do Americans have post boxes? I dont think theyre the same as a mail box?
Yeah there's mail box & PO box

[ChristmasNeeve]

Do Americans have post boxes? I dont think theyre the same as a mail box?I think they have both things that are called mail boxes

[RileyH]

Then what do you call this?

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/elderscrolls/images/9/93/TESV_Torch.png/revision/latest?cb=20120619180715

a stick with fire on it x

[smudgie]

They do in the UK but not Ireland. I would also say mom rather than mum like the US, mum sounds very English to me

:shocked: don't you say Mammy.
I love Mammy and I am not even Irish.

[Withano]

Then what do you call this?

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/elderscrolls/images/9/93/TESV_Torch.png/revision/latest?cb=20120619180715


Yeah there's mail box & PO box

https://www.themailbox.com/ui/assets/images/the-mailbox-be-the-diff.png

Whats this called? This isnt the same as a UK postbox

[Lostie!]

a stick with fire on it x

:joker::joker:

[Withano]

a stick with fire on it x

:joker:

[ChristmasNeeve]

:shocked: don't you say Mammy.
I love Mammy and I am not even Irish.Yeah we say mammy too lol mostly younger kids do, my son calls me mammy :love: but my daughter calls me mom

[smudgie]

Then what do you call this?

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/elderscrolls/images/9/93/TESV_Torch.png/revision/latest?cb=20120619180715


Yeah there's mail box & PO box

Torchlight.
We have torchlight processions over here.

[James]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTy8kwspZ7bmv_QQMMazhNqo5HrJo3sY kdjDH-3aojIFV36oGzlqnLNv8J-

Tap, rather than faucet.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Icepop-green.jpg/250px-Icepop-green.jpg

Ice lolly.

[JerseyWins]

a stick with fire on it x
:joker: :joker: :joker:

https://www.themailbox.com/ui/assets/images/the-mailbox-be-the-diff.png

Whats this called? This isnt the same as a UK postbox
A mailbox

What's a UK postbox look like?

[ChristmasNeeve]

https://www.themailbox.com/ui/assets/images/the-mailbox-be-the-diff.png

Whats this called? This isnt the same as a UK postboxBut they call a post box a mail box as well I think

[smudgie]

Yeah we say mammy too lol mostly younger kids do, my son calls me mammy :love: but my daughter calls me mom

My daughter calls me Mammy, always, my son lets it slip out now and then:joker:

[Withano]

I'm so confused. What a language barrier.

[James]

Then what do you call this?

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/elderscrolls/images/9/93/TESV_Torch.png/revision/latest?cb=20120619180715


Yeah there's mail box & PO box

Torch, I think, but it does the same thing as a electrical one?

[ChristmasNeeve]

My daughter calls me Mammy, always, my son lets it slip out now and then:joker:I mainly call my mom mom but sometimes mammy - usually when I'm after a favour [emoji14]

[Withano]

:joker: :joker: :joker:


A mailbox

What's a UK postbox look like?

Unnecessarily large pic of one.
https://kniftonholdingcourt.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/buxton_anonymous_box-1879.jpg

Theres usually a couple hundred in a town that the public use instead of small individual ones outside houses

[ChristmasNeeve]

Torch, I think, but it does the same thing as a electrical one?Yeah this

[JerseyWins]

Unnecessarily large pic of one.
https://kniftonholdingcourt.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/buxton_anonymous_box-1879.jpg

Theres usually a couple hundred in a town that the public use instead of small individual ones outside houses
Oh, I'd still call that a mail box but I think some people may call it a post box or drop box. Post office mail box :joker:

Looks pretty different though lol.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-InPLGwscHB0/Tn_zOKprRpI/AAAAAAAAHrg/HwgR2JGx1Vk/s1600/lunapic_131696787491602_2.jpg

[ChristmasNeeve]

Unnecessarily large pic of one.
https://kniftonholdingcourt.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/buxton_anonymous_box-1879.jpg

Theres usually a couple hundred in a town that the public use instead of small individual ones outside housesOurs are the same except they're green :hee:

[James]

Unnecessarily large pic of one.
https://kniftonholdingcourt.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/buxton_anonymous_box-1879.jpg

Theres usually a couple hundred in a town that the public use instead of small individual ones outside houses

Those are good, late collection times 6:00pm and 0:00. A lot of the ones here were put back to about 9 in the morning.

[Withano]

Oh, I'd still call that a mail box but I think some people may call it a post box or drop box. Post office mail box :joker:

Looks pretty different though lol.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-InPLGwscHB0/Tn_zOKprRpI/AAAAAAAAHrg/HwgR2JGx1Vk/s1600/lunapic_131696787491602_2.jpg

Oh yeh, I guess these are the same as postboxes. I'll let your internet image off this time, but I'll be waiting to readily scrutinise the next one.

Ours are the same except they're green :hee:

Can't go wrong with green, strong choice.

[Withano]

Those are good, late collection times 6:00pm and 0:00. A lot of the ones here were put back to about 9 in the morning.

Yeah mine too. God knows where this postbox is. Imagine a postman saying he cant go to the pub, he's on the late shift! What a world.

[Lush]

I remember being in a group convo on MSN back in the day, and all the Americans said sidewalk, the British people said pavement and they made fun of me because I said footpath :joker:

[RileyH]

I remember being in a group convo on MSN back in the day, and all the Americans said sidewalk, the British people said pavement and they made fun of me because I said footpath :joker:

:laugh2:

why footpath?

[ChristmasNeeve]

I remember being in a group convo on MSN back in the day, and all the Americans said sidewalk, the British people said pavement and they made fun of me because I said footpath :joker:I say footpath too :love:

[Lush]

I say footpath too :love:
Must be an Irish thing :laugh:

[Withano]

I remember being in a group convo on MSN back in the day, and all the Americans said sidewalk, the British people said pavement and they made fun of me because I said footpath :joker:

Where are you from? I'd say pavement nearly all the time, but footpath if its muddy like http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/38/72/2387253_b5027f19.jpg

[ChristmasNeeve]

Must be an Irish thing [emoji23]Well I mean it makes sense doesn't it?

[JerseyWins]

Yes sidewalk! Ha footpath, that's a new one for me too. :joker: Also isn't pavement kinda broad since all kinds of ground can be considered pavement? :shrug:

Do you have another word for street/road too?

[JerseyWins]

Where are you from? I'd say pavement nearly all the time, but footpath if its muddy like http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/38/72/2387253_b5027f19.jpg
That's a trail :laugh:

[Withano]

That's a trail :laugh:

Who was it that said "America is the only country that couldn't translate English into English without making mistakes"! Cos this is why!

[JerseyWins]

Who was it that said "America is the only country that couldn't translate English into English without making mistakes"! Cos this is why!
:joker:

You might be right on this one tbh because by definition I think a trail would be more like footprints left behind.

[JerseyWins]

When they're advertising Oreos in the UK do they say Oreo biscuits?

[RileyH]

When they're advertising Oreos in the UK do they say Oreo biscuits?

no, they say 'wonder if I gave an oreo'

not 'wonder if I gave an oreo biscuit'

[Jason.]

I think of them as a cookie even though they're technically a sandwich biscuit but that's just me!

[Jason.]

So start and I'm warning you @TS

[JerseyWins]

I think of them as a cookie even though they're technically a sandwich biscuit but that's just me!
They're technically this?

https://images-gmi-pmc.edge-generalmills.com/0df65cbd-06d9-4271-949a-dc262c5768e9.jpg

[RileyH]

They're technically this?

https://images-gmi-pmc.edge-generalmills.com/0df65cbd-06d9-4271-949a-dc262c5768e9.jpg

no bc that's a scone

[RileyH]

I think of them as a cookie even though they're technically a sandwich biscuit but that's just me!

https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/IGeNzkZZXkQ4amZ4mKmiTWA5ptg/fit-in/240x240/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2015/01/26/884/n/3019466/dbb44b07c7573309_tyra-banks-side-eye.gif

[ChristmasNeeve]

no bc that's a sconeIt's savoury not sweet plus it's softer

[RileyH]

I'm so confused

[JerseyWins]

no bc that's a scone
Based on google search this is an American scone:

http://www.thewhistlingkettle.com/info/uploads/featured-images/iStock_000021435666_Small.jpg

Which I think would be a harder, sweet version of a biscuit if that's what I think it is.

[RileyH]

Based on google search this is an American scone:

http://www.thewhistlingkettle.com/info/uploads/featured-images/iStock_000021435666_Small.jpg

Which I think would be a harder, sweet version of a biscuit if that's what I think it is.

that looks digusting

[James]

They're technically this?

https://images-gmi-pmc.edge-generalmills.com/0df65cbd-06d9-4271-949a-dc262c5768e9.jpg

Well, it looks like a scone.

d_87_p5Lafw

[JerseyWins]

that looks digusting
Yeah I don't eat US scones (I may have once or twice without knowing it was called a scone) but biscuits >>>>>

US Biscuits are soft, buttery, savory... a lot of people like adding either honey or gravy to them and I don't mind that but I actually just like them most when they're plain, they're that good.

[Natalie.]

They do in the UK but not Ireland. I would also say mom rather than mum like the US, mum sounds very English to me

I say mom too, every one I know does

[Christmas Dynasnow]

most American words like pants and sidewalk were actually used here first and have changed but have stuck in America due to America being a much, much younger country

[Jay28jay2]

A biscuit is like a Jammie Dodger or Custard Cream. A cookie is like a chocolate chip cookie if you catch my drift?

Exactly

[Jamie89]

I'd never heard the Jam/Jelly one before, I thought americans said jam? What do they call jelly?

[ChristmasNeeve]

I'd never heard the Jam/Jelly one before, I thought americans said jam? What do they call jelly?Jello I think

[Peppermint]

I thought boot was tailgate :suspect:

[Peppermint]

I say mom too, every one I know does
Yeah lots of people from the West Midlands say mom (I do too)

[ChristmasNeeve]

I thought boot was tailgate :suspect:Boot is definitely trunk and bonnet is hood

[RileyH]

I say mam :)

[Peppermint]

also chips are the big fat ones and fries are the skinny ones that you get from maccies
I'd call them both chips, I never say fries :laugh:

[Jamie89]

Jello I think

Ooooh yeah. I think I thought they said jam because of the Friends episode :laugh:

[Peppermint]

Boot is definitely trunk and bonnet is hood
I think tailgate is just used for trucks rather than cars actually :think:

[ChristmasNeeve]

I think tailgate is just used for trucks rather than cars actually :think:I only ever heard tailgate used as in to drive really close behind someone, is it the bumper or something?

[Peppermint]

I only ever heard tailgate used as in to drive really close behind someone, is it the bumper or something?
Yeah it says:
A tailgate, or sometimes the hatch, is a hinged board or door at the rear of a vehicle that can be moved up or down during loading and unloading. Also called a tailboard, it is commonly found in pickup trucks or hatchback vehicles.