my hubby=husband is a new zealander and I am australian. Allan says togs, i say bathers, for swimming. he says jandles, i say thonges for sandles. he says jersey, i say jumper for sweater. he says hoover the carpet i say vacuum the carpet. I sure that thier is more but i cant think of any.
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Language differences
- Thread starter oz'smum
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I grew up in Jacksonville.....definitely not a retirement destination.
oh and heres another
UK-motorway US- highway
UK-motorway US- highway
You just made me think of few US terms that have never made sense to me:
Parkway = highway/motorway - road usually with multiple lanes that cars travel to get from one place to another.
Driveway = little road/pavement usually from street to private residance. It is where you park.
Parkway = highway/motorway - road usually with multiple lanes that cars travel to get from one place to another.
Driveway = little road/pavement usually from street to private residance. It is where you park.
I don't know if anyone has visited Pittsburgh latey, but I think we even use different words than the rest of the U.S.A. When we "read up" a room we mean clean it! We go "Dahntahn" instead of Downtown, we "worsh" a load of clothes, "Yinz" is the Pittsburgh equivelent of "y'all", if there is ice on the road we say it's "slippy", a "gumban" is a rubber band, and here we call soda, "pop", and a telephone pole is a "tele pole"!
Here's another one! (Ryan and I noticed in his spotlight thread!)
US - Diaper = UK - Nappy
US - Diaper = UK - Nappy
