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American or British?

Just a little thread because I was curious about this...
Do you say

Truck or Lorry?

Petrol or Gas?
Car park or parking lot?
Shopping center or Mall?
Nappies or Diapers?
Vacation or Holiday?

Sidewalk or pavement?
Flashlight or Torch?

Garbage or rubbish?
Highway or Motorway?
Elevator or lift?
Recess or break(time)?
Sofa or couch?
Soda or Fizzy drink or pop?
Pants or Trousers?
Cart or Trolley?
Cops or The police?
MORE :
Stick shift or gear stick?
Cotton Candy or Candy Floss?
Chips or french fries?
Anti-clockwise or Counter clockwise?
Rubber or Eraser?
Cellphone or Mobile Phone?
Movie or film?
Trash can or bin?
Shovel or Spade?

Toilet or Rest room or Bathroom or The loo or even The water closet?
Post or mail? (Postman or Mailman)
Ice pop or Popsicle?

Anyone got anymore?

Last edited by DK Levels (Aug 8 2011 8:04:46 am)

RhazzleFrazzle

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Re: American or British?

*insert my tinychat comments here*. we say truck, gas, parking lot,mall, diapers, vacation, sidewalk, flashlight, garbage, highway, elevator, break, sofa, soda, pants, and we dont use trolleys in america.

Chewy

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Re: American or British?

Just a little thread because I was curious about this...
Do you say

Truck or Lorry? BOTH
Petrol or Gas? GAS
Car park or parking lot? PARKING LOT
Shopping center or Mall? BOTH
Nappies or Diapers? DIAPERS
Vacation or Holiday? BOTH
Sidewalk or pavement? SIDEWALK
Flashlight or Torch? FLASHLIGHT
Garbage or rubbish? GARBAGE
Highway or Motorway? HIGHWAY
Elevator or lift? ELEVATOR
Recess or break(time)? BOTH
Sofa or couch? BOTH
Soda or Fizzy drink? SODA
Pants or Trousers? PANTS
Cart or Trolley? WAT
Cops or The police? BOTH

Anyone got anymore?

0176

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Posts: 3,174

Re: American or British?

Truck
Petrol
Parking lot
Shopping center
Diapers
Vacation
Sidewalk
Both
Both
Highway
Elevator
Recess
Sofa
Soda
Pants
Cart
Both

I actually don't know what some of these words mean, since I'm not a native English speaker.

Tachyonic

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Re: American or British?

Truck or Lorry?
Petrol or Gas?
Car Park or Parking Lot?
Shopping Center or Mall?
Nappies or Diapers?
Vacation or Holiday?
Sidewalk or Pavement?
Flashlight or Torch?
Garbage or Rubbish?
Highway or Motorway?
Elevator or Lift?
Sofa or Couch?
Soda or Fizzy Drink (Pop)?
Pants or Trousers?
Cart or Trolley?
Cops or The Police?

The thing is, I go on the computer and chat with some Americans way too much, so my language has became used to some well known American words.

Last edited by Tachyonic (Aug 7 2011 11:22:56 am)

Echo!

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Re: American or British?

Truck
Petrol
Car park
Shopping center
Nappies
Holiday
pavement
Torch
rubbish
Motorway
lift
break time
Sofa
Fizzy drink
Trousers
Trolley
police

Tachyonic

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Re: American or British?

Soda or Fizzy drink?

Please change "Fizzy drink" to Pop.

Tako

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From: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joined: 2015-08-10

Posts: 6,663

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Re: American or British?

I say "Bathroom" instead of "Water closet"

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D-rock2308

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Re: American or British?

we dont use trolleys in america.

We have them in San Fransisco if I remember right.

DK Levels

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Re: American or British?

I say "Bathroom" instead of "Water closet"

Who says water closet?
I'm pretty sure everyone calls it a bathroom...

Oturan

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Re: American or British?

I say   Lorry
Petrol
parking lot
Mall
Nappies
Holiday?
pavemen
Torch
rubbish
Highway
lift
Recess
Sofa
Fizzy drink(or pop)
Trousers
Trolley
The police

Zoey2070

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Posts: 5,504

Re: American or British?

Truck
Gas
parking lot
Mall
Diapers
Vacation
Sidewalk
Flashlight
Trash
Highway
Elevator
Recess
couch?
pop
Pants
Cart
Both.
Stick shift
Cotton Candy
french fries?
Counter clockwise?
Eraser?
Cellphone
Both
Trash can
Shovel or Spade?
Toilet/Rest room/Bathroom
mail
Popsicle?

American.

Last edited by Zoey2070 (Aug 7 2011 4:15:13 pm)

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Oturan

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Re: American or British?

I say   Lorry
Petrol
parking lot
Mall
Nappies
Holiday?
pavemen
Torch
rubbish
Highway
lift
Recess
Sofa
Fizzy drink(or pop)
Trousers
Trolley
The police

Echo!

Guest

Re: American or British?

Soda or Fizzy drink?

Please change "Fizzy drink" to Pop.

I never say "pop"

D-rock2308

Guest

Re: American or British?

Soda or Fizzy drink?

Please change "Fizzy drink" to Pop.

I never say "pop"

That's all I hear anyone say.

treejoe4

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Re: American or British?

Just a little thread because I was curious about this...
Do you say

Lorry
Petrol
Car park
Shopping center
Nappies
Holiday
pavement
Torch
rubbish
Motorway
lift
break(time)
couch
Fizzy drink
Pants
Trolley
police

But your always wrong about how to say scone XD

Last edited by treejoe4 (Aug 7 2011 12:09:10 pm)

D-rock2308

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Re: American or British?

Flashlights=/= Torch. Torch involves fire....

o_O

DK Levels

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Re: American or British?

Flashlights=/= Torch. Torch involves fire....

o_O

You do get British people who say 'Torch' and they mean a flashlight, I googled torch and pictures of a flashlight came up.
Im guessing you're thinking of an ancient/old torch but okay

Tako

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From: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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Posts: 6,663

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Re: American or British?

I say "Bathroom" instead of "Water closet"

Who says water closet?
I'm pretty sure everyone calls it a bathroom...

Oh, well, you know,

They said that in Harry Potter once.

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Pyromaniac

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Re: American or British?

I wonder what started this thread.. hmm. NO credit to me D:

Last edited by Pyromaniac (Aug 7 2011 12:45:11 pm)

DK Levels

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Re: American or British?

^ It was you and Brawler actually
Anyways, EDIT : Added 12 more

DryKirby

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Posts: 687

Re: American or British?

I don't want to run through all of them, but I mostly say the American words. I call these ice pops though.

Last edited by DryKirby64 (Aug 7 2011 2:37:08 pm)

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treejoe4

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Re: American or British?

I say everything the british way, americans say things weird

JadElClemens

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From: Colorado, USA

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Posts: 4,559

Re: American or British?

Truck or Lorry? Former = F
Petrol or Gas? Latter = L
Car park or parking lot? L
Shopping center or Mall? L
Nappies or Diapers? L
Vacation or Holiday? They're not necessarily synonymous
Sidewalk or pavement? F
Flashlight or Torch? F
Garbage or rubbish? F
Highway or Motorway? F
Elevator or lift? F
Recess or break(time)? L
Sofa or couch? Both
Soda or Fizzy drink(or pop)? F
Pants or Trousers? F
Cart or Trolley? F
Cops or The police? Both

I say "Bathroom" instead of "Water closet"

Who says water closet?

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EDJ

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Re: American or British?

Water Closet (WC) is actually very common in Netherlands, France, etc to use.

Truck or Lorry?
Petrol or Gas?
Car park or parking lot?
Shopping center or Mall?
Nappies or Diapers?
Vacation or Holiday?
Sidewalk or pavement?
Flashlight or Torch?
Garbage or rubbish?
Highway or Motorway?
Elevator or lift?
Recess or break(time)?
Sofa or couch?
Soda or Fizzy drink(or pop)?
Pants or Trousers?
Cart or Trolley?
Cops or The police?
MORE :
Stick shift or gear stick? never use it
Cotton Candy or Candy Floss? never use it
Chips or french fries?
Anti-clockwise or Counter clockwise?
Rubber or Eraser?
Cellphone or Mobile Phone?
Movie or film?
Trash can or bin?
Shovel or Spade?
Toilet or Rest room or Bathroom or The loo or even The water closet?
Post or mail? (Postman or Mailman)
Ice pop or Popsicle?

Is the first option American and the second British?