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At 5/22/07 03:31 PM, Haruko-san wrote:

At 5/22/07 03:27 PM, WadeFulp wrote:

I'm confused. Am I right or wrong about the British calling it petroleum
My guess comes from the local gas station called the "BP" which means British Petroleum.

Long story short-we call it petrol

No one calls it 'petroleum'

Not sure why anyone thinks we eat 'Freedom fries' instead of chips, I always thought freedom fries is what 'rednecks' call chips/fries.

Cookie - Biscuit
Jelly - Jam
Drapes - Curtains
Apartement - Flat
Gas(as in what you put into a car) - Petrol
Yarn - Um...thread?
Tic-Tac-Toe - Naughts and crosses
Popsticle - LOLLIPOP!!!!!
Ass - Arse?
French-fries - Chips
Soda - um, coke?
Checkers(board game) - Draughts
Band-Aid - Plaster
Diaper - Nappy
pacifier - Dummy
elevator - Lift
eraser - Rubber
Trunk(as in car) - Boot
trash can - Bin
sidewalk - Pavement

DONE

At 5/22/07 03:53 PM, SirMan wrote: Cookie - "crumpet?"

OMG!! A crumpet is like a waffle, nothing like a cookie

Apartement - "Condomenium"

What?

Trunk(as in car) -" laurie" i dont know the spelling

If you meant 'Lorry' that's English for truck

Right, seeing as how i'm British myself, I think i'll take a crack at this. (If I get any wrong, please deport me)

Cookie

Biscuit, although we still call them cookies sometimes.

Jelly

Ermm...Jam?

Drapes

Curtains

Apartement

Flat

Gas(as in what you put into a car)

Petrol

Yarn

Ermm....Wool?

Tic-Tac-Toe

Xs(ies) and Os(ies).

Popsticle

Lolly

Ass

Arse

French-fries

Chips

Soda

Depends on the brand, most likely coke.

Checkers(board game)

Draughts

Diaper

Nappy

pacifier

Dummy

elevator

Lift

eraser

Rubber

Trunk(as in car)

Boot

trash can

Bin

sidewalk

Footpath

At 5/22/07 03:16 PM, mranarchy wrote:

Cookie

Biscuit

Jelly

Jello

Drapes

Curtains

Apartement

Flat?

Gas(as in what you put into a car)

Petrol

Yarn

?

Tic-Tac-Toe

9 square

Popsticle

Ice Cream

Ass

Buttocks?

French-fries

French Fries

Soda

Cola

Checkers(board game)

Scotland :D
IDK the rest. The ones I know are from british friends.

Does anyone else find this really confusing?

We call what you say are potato chips; crisps.

At 5/22/07 04:18 PM, WadeFulp wrote: stuff

We call them crisps, because they're crispy.

At 5/22/07 04:18 PM, WadeFulp wrote: Big block of writing

Oh yeah-I wanted to saw this actually

chip(In original English)=Nice thick chunk of deep fried potato
French fry=little wet piddily floppy thing out of deep fried potato
but then 'chip' in american means 'crisp' over here...you're right Wade-this must be confusing for the yanks-but with our American-TV-tuned-minds teh Britishers get it all

:mwahhah

WHAT THE FUCK IS A COOKIE!?!?! lol

Serously this is like asking a a fireman if he is scared of fire.

Ask some British terms and phrases. That would be funny.

Any American that tells me what a boot is that you don't put on your feet gets a shiny new penny!

At 5/22/07 04:06 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: Right, seeing as how i'm British myself, I think i'll take a crack at this. (If I get any wrong, please deport me)

Tic-Tac-Toe

Xs(ies) and Os(ies).

By which you mean Naughts and Crosses right?

Soda

Depends on the brand, most likely coke.

I doubt that is what the topic starter was thinking of, but you are right that we call them by the brand name more often than not. Fizzy drinks? Pop? I don't know exactly what he was getting at.

sidewalk

Footpath

Pavement...

The ship is that way ----->

At 5/22/07 04:18 PM, WadeFulp wrote: BTW, this crap is always interesting to me...

We would call potato chips 'crisps' in the UK. I'm not entirely sure why we call fries 'chips' either, though I guess it is to do with them being chip shaped, even if they aren't crispy all the way through.

As a Brit living in the States I have noticed a lot more difference than I realised- when I first got here people couldn't understand me through a combination of my accent and particular words and phrases I use. After nearly 10 months I still say 'queue', and 'bin' etc.

Cookie - Biscuit (though we also have squidgy cookies)
Jelly - Jam with No Bits!
Drapes - curtains
Apartement - Flat
Gas(as in what you put into a car) - petrol (or diesel in my case)
Yarn - wool
Tic-Tac-Toe - noughts and crosses
Popsticle - lolly
Ass - Ass/Arse
French-fries - chips
Soda - Fizzy pop!
Checkers(board game) - Draughts
Band-Aid - plasters
Diaper - nappy
pacifier - dummy
elevator - lift
eraser - rubber
Trunk(as in car) - boot
trash can - bin
sidewalk - pavement/path

You forgot the one especially for Newgrounds:
cigarettes - fags

English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England!

Seriously, I and just about everyone i've ever had any contact with calls it a Footpath. But that's likely because I live in Northern Ireland.

At 5/22/07 04:11 PM, Madferit wrote:

Jello

It's Jam

Yarn

?

Wool

Tic-Tac-Toe

9 square

Naughts and Crosses

Ass

Buttocks?

Yeah or bum, arse

French-fries

French Fries

Chips

Soda

Cola

Or soft drink

At 5/22/07 03:16 PM, mranarchy wrote: Cookie

Biscute.

Jelly

Drapes

Apartement

Gas(as in what you put into a car)

Yarn

Tic-Tac-Toe

Popsticle

Ass

French-fries

Soda

Checkers(board game)

Band-Aid

Diaper

pacifier

elevator

eraser

Rubber

Trunk(as in car)

trash can

sidewalk

I could go on...but thats enough-no cheating now!

Ok, that's all I know. This is pretty hard.

Being British myself, I will state the british alternatives of all these words, or, at least, the words I know the alternatives of.

Cookie - Biscuit
Drapes - Curtains
Apartement - Flat
Ass - Arse
French-fries - Crisps
Soda - Sparkling water or fizzy drinks I think
Checkers(board game) - Chess?
Diaper - Nappy
elevator - Lift
eraser - Rubber
Trunk(as in car) - Boot
trash can - Dustbin
sidewalk - Pavement

I think our words are better, and don't argue bitches, because we made the fucking language. :>

Okay I think we need some new ones. Try these:

Truck
Faucet
Wrench
Asphalt
Attorney
ATM
Baby carriage
Baked potato
Ball point pen
Bathrobe
Casket
Couch

Trash=Rubbish
Fag=cigarette
Loo=Crapper

That's just about all I know

heres one i need too ask all you Americans.

Why do you call football soccer? because when i've watched your version of football, there isn't much kicking involved, it's more like rugby isn't it.

Truck
Faucet - Tap...or maybe pipe.
Wrench - Don't we use this word too?
Asphalt - Dunno
Attorney - Errrr...Solicitor?
ATM - Bank machine
Baby carriage - Pram?
Baked potato - ...I'm pretty sure we say the same as those American peoples.
Ball point pen - Biro metinks.
Bathrobe - Night gown?
Casket - Coffin?
Couch - Sofa

At 5/22/07 03:16 PM, mranarchy wrote:

Cookie

Biscut

Jelly

Jam

Apartement

Flat

Gas(as in what you put into a car)

Petrol

At 5/22/07 03:39 PM, Dodge68 wrote: Biscuit
Flat
Naughts and Crosses
Plaster
Dummy
Lift
Rubber
Boot

while playings naughts and crosses i used a rubber to clean the board, afterwords i ate a cookie in my flat and afterwords we played plaster.

you silly brits

At 5/22/07 04:42 PM, fahrenheit wrote:

afterwords we played plaster.

you silly brits

How can you 'play plaster?' Plaster means Band-Aid...

At 5/22/07 03:23 PM, Haruko-san wrote:

At 5/22/07 03:16 PM, mranarchy wrote:

Jelly
Gas(as in what you put into a car)
Ass

Jam
Petroleum
Arse
Those are the only ones I know for sure.

hey haruko-san whats up...have not seen you in 4 weeks...I thinks

At 5/22/07 04:18 PM, WadeFulp wrote: BTW, this crap is always interesting to me. Hehe So if we call them French fries, and the UK calls them chips, what does the UK call what we call potato chips?

Crisps. It's shorter, it generally suits what they are. We do actually have French fries though, but our view on a French fry is just a thing, long, more crispy chip.

Truck- Lorry

Faucet- Tap

Wrench- Spanner

Asphalt- Tarmac! just remembered :).

Attorney- Lawyer

ATM- Cash Point, I think.

Baby carriage- Pram

Baked potato- Jacket Potato

Ball point pen- Biro

Bathrobe- Dressing gown.

Casket- Coffin

Couch- Sofa