English Words That Are Different in the UK and USA

rents.:

Sandwich-Masta:

British say "second name" and Americans say "middle name," I think.

I've always said middle name omgno:
I've never met anyone that calls it a second name :XD

In America it's anchor, but in the UK we say newsreader/presenter :file:

Ack. I knew I should have researched that before posting it...

Sandwich-Masta:

I don't recall hearing "bum" used as a synonym for "butt" by my fellow Americans, at least not very often. I wouldn't doubt that it's in use, but it seems to be more of a British thing.

Maybe it's regional?
I mean, I know Tom Green wrote and song "The Bum Bum Song".
We say 'bum' here or 'bum bum'.
Like, I usually just say 'ass' instead, but it's definitely not uncommon for me to hear it in the Midwest. Or from my best friend who lives in Texas and grew up in California/New Mexico.

freeway // highway
lift // elevator
taxi // cab
chemist // drugstore
colour // color (my teacher used to correct me every time i wrote 'colour' "that's not correct!" not correct my ass)
petrol station // gas station
i always liked british english more ^_^

germfree:

freeway // highway
lift // elevator
taxi // cab
chemist // drugstore
colour // color (my teacher used to correct me every time i wrote 'colour' "that's not correct!" not correct my ass)
petrol station // gas station
i always liked british english more ^_^

I say taxi more than I say cab, I don't know anyone who says cab really. :file:
PS. watch your capitalization.

panic at the disco:

I say taxi more than I say cab, I don't know anyone who says cab really. :file:

I say cab!
And so do quite a few other people I know.
I hear both.

The difference in cursewords make me laugh.
Never ever have I heard anyone around me ever say wanker.
When I hear it in movies it makes me laugh.
:tehe:

Oh that's one.
Is it cursewords or swearwords, or what?

I call them swearwords :tehe:

I always use the word "pants" as an insult and whatnot because the English call pants our underwear, whereas American's call them trousers. It's so confusing :lmfao

AMERICAN GUIDE!
Pants

Undies, Panties, Underwear, Undergarment


:cute:

:tehe:

^:lmfao That's so great. :XD "Ba-donka-donk." :lmfao

I laughed at how he didn't know any of them.
:tehe:

I saw that clip a while ago. I laughed so much at "Ba-donka-donk", wtf kind of word is that? :lmfao:

Don't we say ketchup over here as well (here being Britain)? Because of heinz, tomato ketchup.

viajera:

The difference in cursewords make me laugh.
Never ever have I heard anyone around me ever say wanker.
When I hear it in movies it makes me laugh.
:tehe:

Oh that's one.
Is it cursewords or swearwords, or what?

I think wankers an amazing one, but I lost a whole group of friends thanks to it.
There is also twat, twit, tazzock, pollock, numpty... the list goes on. And also ass. Over here it's the donkeys cousin. We say arse. And I don't know if thats classed a swearword over here...

viajera:

:tehe:

Hugh Laurie is such a legend :lmfao.
I had no idea flossing meant showing off in America :cheese:.
Although I didn't know any of the American words tbh :XD

When one of my friends went to L.A. she said she used the word 'bugger' in public and everyone stared at her like she was mad :XD

Something Sweet:

I think wankers an amazing one, but I lost a whole group of friends thanks to it.
There is also twat, twit, tazzock, pollock, numpty... the list goes on.

Those words sound like gibberish.

Also we have "sodding" and "bloody", which are used as sort of less-harsh cursewords.
I've never really heard an American equivalent of them.

panic at the disco:

Something Sweet:

I think wankers an amazing one, but I lost a whole group of friends thanks to it.
There is also twat, twit, tazzock, pollock, numpty... the list goes on.

Those words sound like gibberish.

They're definitely English (:

To that list I can add tit, wazzock and tosspot.

^ There's also tosser aswell :file:

I just found this, which is basically all the best British slang words and their explanations :XD

I don't get Cockney rhyming slang at all.
:grr:
It rather frustrates me when I'm watching British films and they just use it over and over and over, while I'm just sitting on my sofa going....omgno: