Sunday, September 28, 2008

Watch that English!

Another crazy thing about coming to England is all the strange words and phrases. My math teacher (they call it maths) says "Chop-chop, get along now!" if he thinks some of us are going too slow. I also heard some of my friends talking about large amounts of "quid", which was a slang word for pounds (as in money). My math teacher always talks about "getting those good marks" which meant "getting those questions right". Here is a list of American to British translations:
American ----------------------------------------------English
football -------------------------------------------------- American football
pants --------------------------------------------------- trousers
tape ----------------------------------------------------- sticking plaster
treadmill -------------------------------------------------running machine
game -----------------------------------------------------match
friend -----------------------------------------------------mate
underwear ------------------------------------------------pants
trunk -----------------------------------------------------boot
soccer ----------------------------------------------------football
thanks ----------------------------------------------------cheers
custom (like custom software)------------------------------bespoke

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