British vs American terms

Even thought we speak the same language there seems to be many different terms for similar items. I thought A thread on translations would benefit both sides. Here goes;


British / American

Earth ( point ) = Ground

binnacle = instrument cluster ?

bloke = dude ?

bonnet = hood

bottom sump = oil pan

brake disc = brake rotor

change out = replace

Lass = Girl

roundabout = traffic circle



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Bait

Yes, I am trying to think of some as well, I do find it strange the differences between the two countries, even though we are suppose to be both speaking english.

The bloke one, nope we are still blokes here too, thought it was the USA that was dude..

We also have

Lass = Girl

If anyone gets puzzled by any tech word I use, post here and ask, one of us will be able to translate it back.

My fav is roundabout. I have no idea how to spell it, but they are fun to drive around. I wish we had some here in the States.

if you ever get your rover to moab, ut. great 4 wheeling plus they have a roundabout. Its awesome!

I can't believe you lot don't have roundabouts!

I've never heard anyone call a sump a 'bottom sump' either, its just a sump.

Only in Northern England do they call a girl a lass, you'd be surprised at how many accents and language dialects are in the UK.

I'd be mightily impressed with any American who could hold a conversation with a Georgie (pronounced 'jor-di').

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ORIGINAL: HAMROVER

I can't believe you lot don't have roundabouts!

I've never heard anyone call a sump a 'bottom sump' either, its just a sump.

Only in Northern England do they call a girl a lass, you'd be surprised at how many accents and language dialects are in the UK.

I'd be mightily impressed with any American who could hold a conversation with a Georgie (pronounced 'jor-di').

I remember having a conversion with a Scottish Soldier when I was doing some military training in Northern England. I could not understand a word he was saying. I simply smiled and nodded my head. Heck, there are some people with such strong accents over here that I have a problem understanding.

Cheers!!

round about = traffic circle ?

A traffic circle in the States is the intersection of 5 or more roads. They create A circle so drivers can drive around the circle until the road they want to take comes up.

The same ?

roundabout, not limited by the number of intersections, (we can have them on three roads or more)

They come in different forms too, we have the mini roundabout, which is a small bump in the middle of the intersection, which you have to drive around, but is low hieght so the Heavy Goods Vehicles can drive over them, due to turning space provided, also Land Rovers can drive over them without any problems, though in a normal car you feel the bump as you go over.



We have roundabouts everywhere here, never heard of it called a traffic circle though...

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ORIGINAL: Bait

round about = traffic circle ?

A traffic circle in the States is the intersection of 5 or more roads. They create A circle so drivers can drive around the circle until the road they want to take comes up.

The same ?

Traffic circles are the same as round abouts. There are just 20X more of them in the UK!

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ORIGINAL: MiniManiac

Traffic circles are the same as round abouts. There are just 20X more of them in the UK!

They are introducing them more to the US as they have realised they cause less congestion and less accidents

Got it !

they have those roundabouts in washington, dc (not many, most have a monument in them such as George Washington riding a horse) kinda hard to get around when you are used an intersection.

Roundabout-Sudden death
Shaggin' a bird-you'll have to figure this one out on your own..
Nackered-tired/really tired
desk-a recording studio control board,what we just call the" board"
wanker-dumb ass
double enda(er)-you'll again have to get this one on your own(I don't want to get kicked out)
Knob-(yeah,think about it)
Motor-a car

I'm in a band and my producer is British,he recorded Bowie,Iron Maiden,Queen,etc.So I get alot of this every day,I just moved to Atlanta from 100 miles away so I could record more with less driving and I bought a house in his neighborhood.
There are alot of different dialects in the U.K. but they all sound funny when they say "Poo",I don't know why.

If you're interested the band is here....myspace.com/godlovestragedy

So, he didn't explain w**ker to you then... I am sure dumb ass does not mean the same thing..

Lets just say it means, to play with ones self a lot, because you do not have any lady friends...

Trainers - Sneekers
Nappy - Diper

or my language - Bristolian Dictionary - Click Here

Well, I live in NJ and we have a LOT of circles here. Can't say they are all that good for congestion in many cases, however...

How about these:

British/American

Fag/Cigarette
Boot/Trunk
Cheers/Thanks, bye, cheers
Bloody Hell/Many meanings in American

I also picked up some good ones in Australia:

Breakie/Breakfast
Cheers/Same as above
Sunnies/Sunglasses

I'll go now...cheers!

mexico's most important phrase according to my buddy michael

una mas cerveza por favor-one more beer please

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ORIGINAL: 05LandRover

mexico's most important phrase according to my buddy michael

una mas cerveza por favor-one more beer please

Mexican beer :drool:

isi!

I live in a relatively small town in the US (Pop 200K or so) and they have started building those in the city here. I expect more wrecks until people get used to them but they do seem to make alot of sense. I have a good friend here that is from the UK and my favorite one that he has come up with is "bum a fag"! I almost fell out when he said that the first time. Of course, that means borrow a cigarette.

where do you live? 200,000 is twice midland's size.

Some of my favorite Brit-speak is the rhyming slang. I've always found it truly bizzare that you can get things like:

china=friend/pal

If I recall correctly, it runs something like this: mate>plate>china.

I also remember studying dialects in college for theater. Listening to the tape of the Yorkshireman was pretty mind-numbing.

i dont think that a class about british slang coud be that bad..i played hockey with a kid from GB...he had an accident, and said things from time to time that seemed unusual...but i had a roommate who took a class on ebonics...and he used it all the time...THAT was annoying.

what about....
pop - soda
chips - fries
path - sidewalk
pund - dollar, obviously
telle - tv.set
mobile - cellphone

The Queen's english tends to be more accurately descriptive than American.

Sticky tape / Scotch tape
Car Park / Parking lot
queue / line

cheers!