We are at a loss for words sometimes!
Americans call cottenwool (the white soft stuff you use to clean your face etc) COTTON
Cotton, in SA,UK & Oz, is what you use to sew up garments with. In America, you call it THREAD.
In South Africa we call Comforters,- Duvets, in OZ they are DOONAS. I now realise that comforters are the same as Duvets in the USA.
Jelly in SA,UK and OZ is the stuff you make your kids, to eat with ice cream. In the USA, you call it jello.
You also use the word jello.We call it JAM, made from fruit to spread it on your toast
Biscuits to us are sweet round things, that you bake, with bits of chocolate, raisins etc.,
Biscuits that are not sweet are 'savoury biscuits'. But you have different biscuits. They are not sweet (USA)
Lollies, cookies are SWEETS, kids like to eat
goldwing wears t-shirts and nylons. We call nylons things women put on their legs, eg: pantihose except, separate. My mind boggles.
At a loss 4 words!
At a los
2007-09-09
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