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Lush 21-10-2017 10:56 PM
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 21-10-2017 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Lush (Post 9665065)
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?

Niamh. 21-10-2017 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Lush (Post 9665065)
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 21-10-2017 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 9665067)
I say footpath too :love:
Must be an Irish thing :laugh:

Withano 21-10-2017 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Lush (Post 9665065)
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

Niamh. 21-10-2017 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Lush (Post 9665070)
Must be an Irish thing [emoji23]
Well I mean it makes sense doesn't it?

JerseyWins 21-10-2017 11:03 PM
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 21-10-2017 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Withano (Post 9665072)
Where are you from? I'd say pavement nearly all the time, but footpath if its muddy like
That's a trail :laugh:

Withano 21-10-2017 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by JerseyWins (Post 9665075)
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 21-10-2017 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Withano (Post 9665077)
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 21-10-2017 11:14 PM
When they're advertising Oreos in the UK do they say Oreo biscuits?

RileyH 21-10-2017 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by JerseyWins (Post 9665088)
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. 21-10-2017 11:15 PM
I think of them as a cookie even though they're technically a sandwich biscuit but that's just me!

Jason. 21-10-2017 11:16 PM
So start and I'm warning you @TS

JerseyWins 21-10-2017 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason. (Post 9665090)
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-generalm...262c5768e9.jpg

RileyH 21-10-2017 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by JerseyWins (Post 9665094)
no bc that's a scone

RileyH 21-10-2017 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason. (Post 9665090)
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/f...s-side-eye.gif

Niamh. 21-10-2017 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RileyHollyoaks (Post 9665095)
no bc that's a scone
It's savoury not sweet plus it's softer

RileyH 21-10-2017 11:21 PM
I'm so confused

JerseyWins 21-10-2017 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by RileyHollyoaks (Post 9665095)
no bc that's a scone
Based on google search this is an American scone:

http://www.thewhistlingkettle.com/in...5666_Small.jpg

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

RileyH 21-10-2017 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by JerseyWins (Post 9665099)
Based on google search this is an American scone:

http://www.thewhistlingkettle.com/in...5666_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 21-10-2017 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by JerseyWins (Post 9665094)
Well, it looks like a scone.

Youtube video

JerseyWins 21-10-2017 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RileyHollyoaks (Post 9665100)
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. 22-10-2017 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 9665005)
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

Crimson Dynamo 22-10-2017 10:17 AM
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


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