wot other differences in food names can you think of between u.k and u.s.a , like tea being high tea and not a drink, and chips/ fries!!
2006-10-31 09:45:21 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
UK / USA
crisps / chips
Fa*gs/cigarettes
Lorries/ Trucks
Lifts/Elevators
Prams/Strollers
Aerobar/Bubblebar
bangers/sausages
mash/potatoes
puddings/breads or sausages
pasties/tarts
tarts/danish
nappies/diapers
serviette/napkin
napkin/femine hygene pads
prawns/shrimp
snog/kiss
dole/welfare
bugger/anal sex (sorry about that one)
knocked up/knocked on someone's door or "rang"
up the duff/knocked up
Rang/telephoned
rubber/eraser
johnny/rubber
loo/john
to pull/hook up
chat up/hit on
cheeky/smart alec
dead cert/no brainer
bugger up/screw up
back of beyond/boonies
trainers/sneakers
nicked/nabbed or ripped off
pissing down/cats and dogs
Bob's your Uncle/Done deal
Mobile/Cell phone
note/bill (money)
2006-10-31 09:55:45 · answer #1 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coriander - Cilantro
Rocket - Arugila
Courgette - Zucchini
Aubergine - Eggplant
Prawns - Shrimp
King Prawns - Jumbo Shrimp
Spanner - Monkey Wrench
Nappies - Diapers
Pavement - Sidewalk
Biscuits - Cookies
Mobile phone - Cellphone
Bum - Fanny
Mince - Ground Beef or Hamburger
Exhaust - Muffler
Bum Bag - Fanny Pack
Vest Top - Tank Top
Trousers - Pants
Suspenders - Garter Belt
etc etc....
2006-10-31 09:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by katy1pm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the fish and chip shops found it to be the best paper to wrap the food in without it becoming too soggy. But they had to stop because health and safety thought the ink was not a good thing to eat should it run into the food. The paper they use today is exactly the same paper that newspapers use to print on, but just doesn't have ink on it!
2016-05-22 21:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Castor Sugar : Powdered Sugar
Tomato Sauce : Ketchup
cuppa : cup of hot tea
tea : early evening meal or snack
snog : kiss
nick : steal
bubbler : water fountain
skiving class : ditching class
lift : elevator
f a g : cigarette
2006-10-31 09:49:33 · answer #4 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pudding. British make a pudding cooked in a steam bath. [Americans: see See the movie Scrooge for a demonstration on how to cook a plum pudding]. We eat creamy pudding made with milk [homemade is anyway] with flavors and a thickener.
We yanks would call the UK version cake. You would call our pudding pavlova, and float meranges in it.
2006-10-31 10:43:58 · answer #5 · answered by riversconfluence 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somehow, although some people started out giving you food names, they've gone on to other things like pavements & buildings. English name for them would be stupid, American name would be ****!
2006-10-31 10:08:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
courgette is known as zucchini in usa excuse the spelling
2006-10-31 20:21:12 · answer #7 · answered by malcolm w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usa car hood
uk bonnet
2006-10-31 09:52:54 · answer #8 · answered by cowboyupalready 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
biscuits vs cookies.
2006-10-31 10:06:59 · answer #9 · answered by tera_duke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
crisps-potato chips
2006-10-31 09:49:10 · answer #10 · answered by gizmo-570 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋