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Post by phoenixcov on Aug 12, 2019 19:10:34 GMT
I love to read here on 2peas the differences in the way we use different words, so here is a link to a short video that has fun explaining some of those differences. I had chips for tea... with gravy. What are your favourites? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OEehlggPp0
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Post by lucyg on Aug 12, 2019 20:02:01 GMT
Now I want tea. I have a friend here who’s from the UK, although she’s been here for years and is a citizen now. Just listening to her speak makes me want tea. Thanks for the link. I love this entire topic.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 12, 2019 20:02:17 GMT
I love the way Aussie's shorten everything.
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Post by gar on Aug 12, 2019 21:59:13 GMT
Icy pole?? 😄
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Post by gillyp on Aug 12, 2019 22:17:03 GMT
Erm, some of the ice pops we sell are actually called ice poles or ice batons. and in my neck of the woods the ones on a stick are called lolly ices but up here they are ice lollies. We often call the petrol station the garage.
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Post by malibou on Aug 12, 2019 22:23:57 GMT
Well, that launched me down a rabbit hole. Lol. That was fun.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 12, 2019 23:14:37 GMT
That was fun! I love how three countries can have such different words for the same thing. Although Aussies and Poms often use the same words.
A couple of minor things I would pick the Aussie girl up on: That was not a sandwich or sango. A sandwich is made from sliced bread, the thing in the picture was a roll. "Bottle-O" is not used in my state, she must be from Sydney. It's just a bottle shop or grog shop. The most common word for alcohol here is grog, which she didn't mention. Also booze. Never liquor. I don't know why she looked confused at the picture of the train - it's a train station. And we do have underground railway lines/stations, at least in my city. It's called The Loop or The City Loop.
ETA: I just asked DSO, and apparently we DO use the term Bottle-O in this state. He said he used to say it all the time.
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Post by malibou on Aug 13, 2019 0:01:55 GMT
AussieMeg I watched a couple of videos with the same kids, and in one of them she said she is from Melbourne.
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Post by rahnee on Aug 13, 2019 0:33:50 GMT
That was fun! I love how three countries can have such different words for the same thing. Although Aussies and Poms often use the same words. A couple of minor things I would pick the Aussie girl up on: That was not a sandwich or sango. A sandwich is made from sliced bread, the thing in the picture was a roll. "Bottle-O" is not used in my state, she must be from Sydney. It's just a bottle shop or grog shop. The most common word for alcohol here is grog, which she didn't mention. Also booze. Never liquor. I don't know why she looked confused at the picture of the train - it's a train station. And we do have underground railway lines/stations, at least in my city. It's called The Loop or The City Loop. ETA: I just asked DSO, and apparently we DO use the term Bottle-O in this state. He said he used to say it all the time. Another Melbourne girl here. I agreed with most things. We don't use Bottle-O. I always thought that was English. Its a Bottle Shop and yes, we buy grog or booze although I've been known to call it alcohol. That is definitely a roll, not a sandwich. And I agree, nothing confusing about train. If I am going into the city, it is likely that we will go through The Loop. We don't use Petrol Station ourselves. It's always Servo. Macca's is actually a Trademarked name here. If I google Macca's it comes up with the McDonalds website. The website says 'Find a Macca's restaurant'. I have the MyMaccas app on my phone so I can order my coffee online. Another one that I found odd when in the US was cordial. We had access to the concierge lounge and they served cordials at night. I had to go and look at what this was as cordials are something that my kids would drink. ie: liquid flavouring mixed into water. Here it was Kahlua, Grand Marnier, Amarula and Cognac.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Aug 13, 2019 0:43:45 GMT
Erm, some of the ice pops we sell are actually called ice poles or ice batons. and in my neck of the woods the ones on a stick are called lolly ices but up here they are ice lollies. We often call the petrol station the garage. we in my family can a gas station the garage, too. I grew up with that. My mother was very English. Her dad wasn’t Austrian at all.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Aug 13, 2019 1:14:38 GMT
Minced meat, tinned fruit, lay the table, buggy, pram, boot (car) - just a few I just asked my kid. He knew them all but then again, we ARE his parents, lol
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 13, 2019 2:17:36 GMT
I don't know if it is truly used or not, but I've always wanted to add "bloody hell" to my usual vocabulary.
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Post by birukitty on Aug 13, 2019 2:29:37 GMT
I've always loved this and it's why I love reading books written by Irish authors, English (British) authors, and Australian authors. This started for me as a young teen and it's always been fascinating to me how we all speak the basic language (English) and yet we have different words for the same object. For me as a reader it made me feel closer to the world the author is trying to convey. Maeve Binchy one of my favorite Irish authors is wonderful at this. Her early novels are the ones I like best and when I'm reading them I feel as though I am right there-in 1950's Ireland.
I recently read an Australian sci-fi YA novel called, "Tomorrow, When the War Begins" which was later made into a movie. In the beginning of the book there is a page of vocabulary that came in very helpful with a list of words in English that are converted to Australian like for chickens it said, chooks. It came in really handy while reading that book.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 13, 2019 4:10:54 GMT
Another one that I found odd when in the US was cordial. We had access to the concierge lounge and they served cordials at night. I had to go and look at what this was as cordials are something that my kids would drink. ie: liquid flavouring mixed into water. Here it was Kahlua, Grand Marnier, Amarula and Cognac. Really?! That could have been disastrous! I know in the US they call cordial Kool-Aid, but I didn't realise they also use cordial as an alcoholic drink. I don't know if it is truly used or not, but I've always wanted to add "bloody hell" to my usual vocabulary. Oh yes, it's definitely used all the time here, and in the UK too I'm pretty sure. In the beginning of the book there is a page of vocabulary that came in very helpful with a list of words in English that are converted to Australian like for chickens it said, chooks. It came in really handy while reading that book. Haha yep, in fact I am cooking a roast chook tonight. And I might pop in to see my dad and pick up some chook eggs later. AussieMeg I watched a couple of videos with the same kids, and in one of them she said she is from Melbourne. How weird, then, that she didn't know we have 4 underground train stations in the dead centre of Melbourne CBD called the City Loop. Like, literally every train on every single train line coming from the north, south, east and west goes through the city loop.
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Post by AllieC on Aug 13, 2019 6:28:42 GMT
I don't know if it is truly used or not, but I've always wanted to add "bloody hell" to my usual vocabulary. Yes definitely used all the time
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Post by gar on Aug 13, 2019 7:14:55 GMT
Erm, some of the ice pops we sell are actually called ice poles or ice batons. and in my neck of the woods the ones on a stick are called lolly ices but up here they are ice lollies. We often call the petrol station the garage. Never heard that term in my life...how funny Nad yes, garage is definitely a frequently used alternative.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Aug 13, 2019 7:54:13 GMT
I don't know if it is truly used or not, but I've always wanted to add "bloody hell" to my usual vocabulary. Truly used. I use it when the occasion arises. That was fun! Bless the little English boy's cotton socks for not knowing why off-licences are called that. It's because pubs (public houses) need a licence to serve alcohol to be consumed on the premises. Pubs are also called licensed premises. Shops that sell alcohol but don't have a licence to serve it are called off-licences. I lived in Perth and there were lots of Bottle-Os. I was there 2 years though, and I never heard anyone talk about icy poles.
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Post by gillyp on Aug 13, 2019 8:15:31 GMT
I don't know if it is truly used or not, but I've always wanted to add "bloody hell" to my usual vocabulary. As others have said, it’s a very well used exclamation. When I was growing up my mother considered it on a par with other swear words and would have a fit if any of us siblings used it. Now, imo, it’s at the same level as OMG or a startled What??!! Mother would be appalled to know I use Hell Fire as an exclamation too.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2019 8:44:38 GMT
Yes, a petrol station is often called a garage but I also take my car to the garage for repairs. Some garages ( for repairs) have a petrol station but not always. There are many stand alone petrol stations.
The building, as in the video is called a cinema for films ( movies) but is a theatre if it's a live show.
Pickles can be onions,gherkins or anything that has been pickled in vinegar but we normally say pickled onions,pickled gherkins Pickles on it's own,to me ,is usually a mixture of diced vegetables that is brown in colour such as Branston Pickle. We also, to confuse the matter. have chutney which some also call pickles!
Suspenders here are what the previous generation held their stockings up with. Braces can be for your teeth, for an injury or to hold your trousers (pants) up.
And bloody hell is used ( often) here as a swear word. I wouldn't be happy if DD's used bloody hell but I wouldn't be so shocked/offended as I would be if they used the F word. We consider the f word far more offensive than the US do. It's just below the C word here really. I would be horrified if my DD's used the F word.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Aug 13, 2019 10:34:37 GMT
Yes, a petrol station is often called a garage but I also take my car to the garage for repairs. Some garages ( for repairs) have a petrol station but not always. There are many stand alone petrol stations. The building, as in the video is called a cinema for films ( movies) but is a theatre if it's a live show. Pickles can be onions,gherkins or anything that has been pickled in vinegar but we normally say pickled onions,pickled gherkins Pickles on it's own,to me ,is usually a mixture of diced vegetables that is brown in colour such as Branston Pickle. We also, to confuse the matter. have chutney which some also call pickles! Suspenders here are what the previous generation held their stockings up with. Braces can be for your teeth, for an injury or to hold your trousers (pants) up. And bloody hell is used ( often) here as a swear word. I wouldn't be happy if DD's used bloody hell but I wouldn't be so shocked/offended as I would be if they used the F word. We consider the f word far more offensive than the US do. It's just below the C word here really. I would be horrified if my DD's used the F word.Yes to all that. The bold part depends on where you come from. I am the same as you - I was brought up not to use the F word and don't like hearing others use it. But I have Scottish friends who use it as a filler - every few words. I've asked some of them about it, and it sounds regional. To them, it isn't particularly offensive, and "everybody does it". And we (UK) happily use the word for a female dog to describe mean people and unkind behaviour. It's no more offensive to us than calling someone a cow, a donkey or a snake-in-the-grass. "Pig" is a more offensive term these days. I was surprised when I joined a different American message board and the female dog word was actually censored, but OMG and blaspheming wasn't. I would have thought that religious swearing was more frowned-upon.
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Post by phoenixcov on Aug 13, 2019 12:20:37 GMT
That was a batch not a sandwich/sarnie and we can get an iced lolly from a garage and some booze from the Offy/?Off licence. Oh yes freecharlie you can say bloody hell in all situations, I do, it is one of my favourite expressions.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2019 13:45:20 GMT
Being pissed seems to have very different meanings in the UK and US.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2019 13:48:03 GMT
Being pissed seems to have very different meanings in the UK and US. It does in the UK too depends if you're drunk or angry
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Post by lesley on Aug 13, 2019 13:59:40 GMT
I loved ice poles when I was younger! And we all enjoy an ice lolly occasionally, anything from a Calippo to a Magnum (but not a Cornetto which is only ever a Cornetto.)
As to Scottish people and the F word; my own experience is that younger people tend to use it a lot more, and they can be from any social class. Very few of my own friends use it regularly, whereas my DS and his friends use it constantly, but only amongst themselves, rarely in front of me. And if they do say it in front of me, they tend to apologise. Because I have very tender ears. 😂
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Post by gar on Aug 13, 2019 14:00:32 GMT
Being pissed seems to have very different meanings in the UK and US. It does in the UK too depends if you're drunk or angry Pissed off is angry for me, as opposed to pissed/drunk.
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Post by jennyap on Aug 13, 2019 14:04:38 GMT
It does in the UK too depends if you're drunk or angry Pissed off is angry for me, as opposed to pissed/drunk. Exactly! Never heard anyone use pissed for angry, only for drunk (also known as legless, blotto, hammered, and probably a few others I can't call to mind right now).
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Post by johnnysmom on Aug 13, 2019 14:14:26 GMT
And bloody hell is used ( often) here as a swear word. I wouldn't be happy if DD's used bloody hell but I wouldn't be so shocked/offended as I would be if they used the F word. We consider the f word far more offensive than the US do. It's just below the C word here really. I would be horrified if my DD's used the F word. I too want to use 'bloody hell', thinking people here in the midwest US would think I'd lost my mind though Dh says the C word is used all the time in the UK, I told him he's wrong.....I now have confirmation that he's wrong, thank you.
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Post by grammadee on Aug 13, 2019 14:17:15 GMT
I am surprised that no one pointed out that the southern biscuit (eaten with gravy) is like a scone. In Canada we call those baking powder biscuits or just biscuits. (the sweet flat baked treats are cookies, here)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2019 14:20:00 GMT
It does in the UK too depends if you're drunk or angry Pissed off is angry for me, as opposed to pissed/drunk. It is to me too but I hear more and more people just saying they're pissed about something leaving out the off as in "I'm really pissed that she did that" I asked someone at work a while ago what was wrong with Amy and the answer I got was " Oh she's pissed at Mark for something he did earlier"
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Post by gar on Aug 13, 2019 14:21:06 GMT
And bloody hell is used ( often) here as a swear word. I wouldn't be happy if DD's used bloody hell but I wouldn't be so shocked/offended as I would be if they used the F word. We consider the f word far more offensive than the US do. It's just below the C word here really. I would be horrified if my DD's used the F word. I too want to use 'bloody hell', thinking people here in the midwest US would think I'd lost my mind though Dh says the C word is used all the time in the UK, I told him he's wrong.....I now have confirmation that he's wrong, thank you. He is I do my fair share of swearing but that's a word I never say.
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