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nicole6598 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:13:26 PM)
LOL Manda we call them cardi's here too. Nope only "older" people or those from England, Ireland etc call them anoraks or parkers. We call them jackets or coats. Didn't Barry Manilow write that Band-aid song? We dont' call them sweaters really they are just jumpers. Or windsheeter (sp?) is another word we use. Oh and we say "lollies" which is equal to candy/sweets

nicole6598 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:14:36 PM)
LOL Sorry Sarah about the "f" word [:D]

HisCovenant -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:14:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: nicole6598 Didn't Barry Manilow write that Band-aid song? Yup.

HisCovenant -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:15:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: nicole6598 Oh and we say "lollies" which is equal to candy/sweets We call hard candy on a stick a lollypop. [:D] That's the closest we come to that.

AussieMum -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:17:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HisCovenant We call it a bathroom... if it doesn't have a tub or shower, then it's a "half bath." Even I think that's nutty! Or it could be a "Powder Room" without the bath/tub. The toilet is the flushable cache pot, not the room. [;)] Ahhhh.....and I always thought a "half bath" was an ensuite bathroom. Thank you for the clarification [:)] Another one I thought of. We do the "washing" [washing dirty clothes] in the "laundry". But you do the laundry in the laundry room. [:D]

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:18:27 PM)
quote: Didn't Barry Manilow write that Band-aid song? If you're talking about 'Do they know it's Christmas?' NO![:D] It was written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. quote: Oh and we say "lollies" which is equal to candy/sweets Nope, lollies can be sweets, but generally have a cardboard stick in them to hold. Lollies can also be frozen and will have a wooden stick to hold them.

creationtalk -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:19:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: agapetos quote: And I always wondered about the American terms 'scones' and 'biscuit'. They're pretty much the same thing. American 'biscuits' are what the Brits call 'scones'. Mind you, some Yanks call 'em dumplings too[&:] scones are (usually) a sweet bread that is fried on both sides. Sometimes it is savory (potato scones--mashed potatoes, spices, and egg, fried). Scones are similar to pancakes, but generally from a doughy batter rather than a liquid batter. biscuits are a bread made with baking powder for levening instead of yeast, they are baked. dumplings are similar to biscuits, but they are cooked in a soup or stew.

AussieMum -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:20:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: agapetos Lollies can also be frozen and will have a wooden stick to hold them. We call them ice-blocks or icey poles.

HisCovenant -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:20:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: AussieMum Another one I thought of. We do the "washing" [washing dirty clothes] in the "laundry". But you do the laundry in the laundry room. [:D] Maybe I've read too many british novels (odds are [8\|],) but I've heard of doing the "washing" in the "laundry"... but I'm more likely to say it the other way.

nicole6598 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:21:23 PM)
we call the lollies with sticks "lollipops" LOL Aga nooo, not THAT band-aid song [:D]

AussieMum -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:21:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: creationtalk dumplings are similar to biscuits, but they are cooked in a soup or stew. Pretty sure we all agree on this one. [;)]

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:22:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HisCovenant We call it a bathroom... if it doesn't have a tub or shower, then it's a "half bath." Even I think that's nutty! Or it could be a "Powder Room" without the bath/tub. The toilet is the flushable cache pot, not the room. [;)] In the house where I grew up, the bath/basin was in a separate room, the toilet was next door. So if you'd asked for the bathroom, we'd have thought you wanted to wash your hands and shown you to the bathroom - and then you'd have had nowhere to pee!! [8D]

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:24:03 PM)
quote: LOL Aga nooo, not THAT band-aid song Well goodness woman, you need to say which band-aid song[sm=rollingeyes.gif]

HisCovenant -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:24:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: creationtalk scones are (usually) a sweet bread that is fried on both sides. Sometimes it is savory (potato scones--mashed potatoes, spices, and egg, fried). Scones are similar to pancakes, but generally from a doughy batter rather than a liquid batter. I've never heard of that... the scones we have down south are like biscuits... sometimes with fruit bits cooked in them... and usually only served in tearooms. We had a friend from New Zealand who got confused by "biscuits." Apparently, "biscuits" there are "cookies."

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:25:28 PM)
quote: So if you'd asked for the bathroom, we'd have thought you wanted to wash your hands and shown you to the bathroom We'd have sent you up 2 flights of stairs[:D]

AussieMum -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:26:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: manda59 quote: ORIGINAL: HisCovenant We call it a bathroom... if it doesn't have a tub or shower, then it's a "half bath." Even I think that's nutty! Or it could be a "Powder Room" without the bath/tub. The toilet is the flushable cache pot, not the room. [;)] In the house where I grew up, the bath/basin was in a separate room, the toilet was next door. So if you'd asked for the bathroom, we'd have thought you wanted to wash your hands and shown you to the bathroom - and then you'd have had nowhere to pee!! [8D] Same situation here Manda.....and I have heard of a few of my US friends when travelling here were stuck in that very predicament!! [sm=eek.gif]

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:26:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: nicole6598 Nope only "older" people or those from England, Ireland etc call them anoraks or parkers. We call them jackets or coats. Actually, we call some people 'anoraks' too. [:D][:D] From the Wikipedia entry on "anorak (slang)": quote: In Britain, people who wear anoraks in their social life are often stereotyped as trainspotters or persons with unimaginative and dull pastimes/hobbies. In slang an anorak is a person, typically a man, who has unfathomable interest in arcane, detailed information regarded as boring by the rest of the population, and who feels compelled to talk at length about this information to anyone within earshot.

HisCovenant -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:26:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: AussieMum quote: ORIGINAL: agapetos Lollies can also be frozen and will have a wooden stick to hold them. We call them ice-blocks or icey poles. Our word for those are "popcicles."

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:27:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HisCovenant I've never heard of that... the scones we have down south are like biscuits... sometimes with fruit bits cooked in them... and usually only served in tearooms. Btw, what we call biscuits, you call cookies. [8\|]

HisCovenant -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:28:38 PM)
It's a wonder we can communicate at all. [;)]

Memaw. -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:29:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: manda59 quote: ORIGINAL: Memaw. Only hoity toity people call it bathroom tissue, the rest of us call it toilet paper.[:D] I bet you don't also call it loo roll though (or even bog roll!!) as we do in the UK??!![8D] Nope but Rick calls it "butt wipe". Funny true story: Years ago when youngest DD was almost 3, we were at a restaurant and she got pretty messy. I reached into my purse to get a baby wipe to clean her face. She yelled out very loudly, "Don't use the butt wipe on my face!"[&:] I wanted to just crawl under the table and hide.[:D]

nicole6598 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:32:50 PM)
yeah we call them biscuits here too, not cookies, although that word does appear too. There is this add at the moment for pay tv it has things like "fart beans" for baked beans and things like that, very funny :) Aussie Mum, where are you from? North, East, South or West?

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:32:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HisCovenant It's a wonder we can communicate at all. [;)] hehehehehe I have a dear friend up in Maine, and he and I talk for about half an hour each Saturday and Sunday evening. You would likely not be at all surprised at all the times he says to me "WHAT did you just say?" lol It's mostly the slang he doesn't get. Though once I told him that after we finished talking I was going to wash up .......... and he went all quiet and then said he didn't need to know that. It was only on pressing him a little that I found out that to him washing up meant washing myself, whereas to us it means washing the dishes!!

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:34:21 PM)
I saw Oreo cookies in my local supermarket yesterday.... never seen them there before...

HisCovenant -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:35:03 PM)
Did you think... hmmm...Oreo biscuits? [;)]

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