So here some between UK and USA :))

UK:     Starter

USA:    Appetizer

UK:     Aubergine

USA:    Eggplant

UK:     Courgette

USA:    Zuchinni

UK:     Squash

USA:    Marrow

UK:     Swede

USA:   Rutabega  (I dont even know how to pronounce this lol)

UK:     Coriander

USA:   Cilantro

UK:     Semi-Skimmed

USA:   Two Percent Milk

UK:     Sirloin steak

USA:   Porterhouse steak

UK:     Icing Sugar

USA:   Powdered Sugar

UK:     Mince Meat

USA:   Ground Beef

UK:     Prawns

USA:   Shrimp

              

Don’t order a pudding either. You have to order a dessert. To Americans, pudding is a type of dessert, not a generic name for one.



Id better stop now lol

1. pandemiclaughter likes this
2. whatshewanted likes this
3. sadomillerchism likes this
4. girl-detective likes this
5. pantstrovich likes this
6. pantstrovich said: I’ve never heard of squash referred to as marrow. I grew up in the US and now live in Australia, which uses a lot of UK English. Looking at Wikipedia, I think you just mixed up USA and UK here.
7. redjeep likes this
8. themirrorsmagicsights likes this
9. rsmallbone likes this
10. shorterexcerpts reblogged this from isay and added:

    Also, “rooting” means something totally different in Aussie English than it does in USA English. I imagine this is by...

11. shorterexcerpts likes this
12. isay reblogged this from xntrek and added:

    This could come in handy…

13. isay likes this
14. zengiraffe likes this
15. amassofhumanity likes this
16. elegantescapism likes this
17. do-over likes this
18. puffypie likes this
19. mathcat345 likes this
20. trinilikesalt likes this
21. penbleth said: Northern Ireland calls the larger yellow fleshed item a “turnip” and the small white fleshed one a “swede”. The mainland GB names them the other way round. Also, NI - scallions, GB - spring onions. I presume the Yanks get their name for them from us.
22. xntrek reblogged this from fistaphobia and added:

    Prawns are the large buggers, shrimp are the wee buggers. I can only assume this was part of the infamous Texan ego that...

23. hananah-bread likes this
24. southcongressavenue reblogged this from fistaphobia
25. medhba likes this
26. hellonurse likes this
27. pangea3210 likes this
28. poonraider likes this
29. ampbsl likes this
30. isitsafe likes this
31. poonraider reblogged this from fistaphobia and added:

    Prawns and shrimp are not the same thing. GOOD DAY SIR.

32. fistaphobia reblogged this from wasbella102
33. fistaphobia likes this
34. disastrocat likes this
35. zuisidle likes this
36. henriv1966 likes this
37. paul-cooper likes this
38. dilution said: Hrm. There has been some awkward moments when one has not remembered the correct expression for US or UK thing. “Fag break, anyone”. :D
39. dilution likes this
40. mennatroush likes this
41. persephonesunset said: root-uh-begguh or roooooooo-tuh-bayguh
42. self-xpression likes this
43. jbe200 reblogged this from apostrophe9
44. jbe200 likes this
45. radon-t reblogged this from wasbella102
46. radon-t likes this
47. chasingtailfeathers said: And I’m from Texas. We have words the rest of the USA does not. LOL. I made my first trip to London in May. We entertained each other. :)
48. ruhjsuz likes this
49. apostrophe9 reblogged this from wasbella102
50. nafsaid likes this
51. Show more notesLoading...