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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2008, 11:00:26 PM » |
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Watch/Listen to CNN or BBC.
Harry Potter or American Pie.
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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2008, 01:13:16 AM » |
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1st off, i'm not an english language teacher...
just noticed these from my farang friends, an american (with a new jersey twang), an englishman from lancashire, and a scot from glasgow..
pronunciation..
the name 'Eddie': (AE) eh-dee; (BE) eh-deh
'bouy': (AE) boi; (BE) boo-wee
others..
trailer truck (AE) = lorry (BE)
insane/crazy (AE) = daft (BE)
boys (AE) = lads (BE)
spelling:
program (AE) = programme (BE)
center (AE) = centre (BE)
jewelry (AE) = jewellery (BE)
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2008, 10:59:06 AM » |
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"you lot" = all of you
"anti-clockwise" = counter clockwise
"arse" = a**; buttocks
"bangers" = some kind of sausage; also their loving nickname for Bangkok [whereas Chiang Mai would be Changers, Singapore would be Singers, etc.]; Americans might christen Bangkok "The Big Mango" [referencing NY, The Big Apple]
"barrister" = lawyer
"bloke" = fellow; guy
"bobby" = police
"bollocks" = b****hit
"chamber pot" = urinola [Tagalog]
"curriculum vitae" [CV] = resume
"dodgy" = unreliable
"draughts" = beer; or cold gust of wind
"fag" = cigarettes
"fanny" = woman's intimate part; in AmE it's the buttocks! so be careful!
"fortnight" = 14 days or 2 weeks
"git" = stupid, annoying, idiotic
"hash sign" = # sign [US]; pound sign [DM]
"invigilator" = proctor
"jobsworth" = minor clerk who is inflexible
"kerfluffle" = disorderly conduct
"knickers" = woman's underwear
"letter-box" = mailbox
"loo" / WC [water closet] = toilet
"mincemeat" = ground beef
"nappy" or "nappies" = diaper
"naught" or "nil" or "null" = zero; 0
"nosh" = food; meal; or oral s**
"oi" or "oy"= hey! you!
"petrol" = gasoline
"postcode" = zip code
"quid" = pound sterling [money]
"randy" = horny [see Austin Powers]
"rucksack" = backpack
"shandy" = sparkling lemon soda
"slag" = slut
"snog" = French kiss; to kiss with tongues
"spot on" = exactly; right on
"ta" = thanks [thanks anyway]
"telly" = television
"tits up" = go wrong; fall over
"tony" = expensive; luxurious
"trainers" = sneakers
"uni" [university] = college
"wanker" = an insult or term of abuse
"Wellingtons" or "wellies" = water proof boots
"whinge" = whine
"wing mirrors" = side mirrors [cars...or automobiles]
"Zed" = "Z" last letter of alphabet
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2008, 10:44:50 PM » |
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My Share for today
American British
*A*
aisle gangway
antenna aereal (Tv and radio)
anyplace anywhere
apartment flat
appetizer entree
to argue to quarrel
*B*
baggage laggage
band-aid elastoplast
balcony dress circle
bangs fringe
bar pub
beer lager
blender liquidizer,mixer
bookstore bookshop
boiled egg hard cooked egg
battery accumulator
bathroom/restroom toilet,loo
bathrobe dressing gown
*C*
casket coffin
cookie biscuit
corn maize
crib cot
congress parliament
cigarette fag
cart trolley
Source:: My English for Special Purposes notes during my 2nd year in University. 
letters from D-Z are posted soon. 
Enjoy!!
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2008, 06:01:58 AM » |
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makisingit lang po: FOOD
Am = Br
appetizers = entrees
baked potato = jacket potato
broil = grill
candies = sweets
chips = crisps [as in potato chips]
cilantro = coriander
coffee: in Britain order coffee this way ~
"black" - pretty obvious
"white with" - with milk, with sugar
"white without" - with milk, without sugar
confectioner's sugar = icing sugar
cookie = biscuits
cotton candy - candy floss
cream of wheat = semolina
cupcake = buns
"diet or regular soda?" = "diet or normal soda?" ["regular" means going to the toilet often; sira ang tiyan]
eggplant = aubergine
fries = chips [as in french fries]
food = grub
graham crackers = digestive biscuits
gravy = white sauce
green onions/scallions = spring onions
Gummy Bears = wine gums
hotdogs = frankfurters
jelly = jam
jelly roll = sweet roll
ketchup = tomato sauce
liquors = spirits
low fat milk = semi-skimmed
oatmeal = porridge
16 oz US pint = 20 oz Brit pint [also refers to any generic beer or cider]
popovers = Yorkshire pudding
porterhouse steak = sirloin steak
pudding = banana custard / AmE "dessert" = BrE "pudding"
sirloin steak = rump steak
soda = pop [or fizzy drink; or just ask for a Coke]
string beans = runner beans
thermos = vacuum flask
wheat bread = brown bread
at the end of the meal:
"i am full" = "I am stuffed"
check = bill [in Thailand "chek bin" is both check + bill]
"order to go" = "order take away"
Spotted dick is a suet pudding filled with dried fruit eaten with custard, NOT a medical condition
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2008, 10:51:40 PM » |
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My share for today
American British
*D*
detour diversion
drapes courtains
drugstore chemist's shop
drugs medicine
diaper nappy
*E*
elevator lift
eraser rubber
enterprise company
expiration date expiry date
Excuse me. Sorry.
*F*
fall autumn
faucet tap
flight attendent air hostess
flashlights torch
frosting icing
That's all for today.
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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2008, 03:42:04 PM » |
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pronunciations
lunch: (AE) lunch = loonch (BE)
days: (AE) deys = deehs (BE), dies (AusE)
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« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2008, 10:07:54 PM » |
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Guys, keep it coming! So informative.
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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2008, 10:59:04 PM » |
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If you want to enrich your vocabulary, you must read more. It does not matter whether the books, magazines, journals, trash you read have an American or English twist. Your vocabulary will be enriched when you find new words to use and know when to use them appropriately - just like Blubingone does. heh heh..  |
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« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2008, 04:40:35 AM » |
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My share for today.
American British
*G*
game match
garbage rubbish
generator dynamo
ground earth
grade school primary school
*H*
ham gammon
high school secondary school, grammar school
hood bonnet
heavy cream double cream
humor humour
*I*
inquiry enquiry
intermission interval
inventory stock
to inquire to enquire
installment plan hire purchase
Enjoy!
Mabuhay!
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« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2008, 07:20:37 AM » |
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If you want to enrich your vocabulary, you must read more. It does not matter whether the books, magazines, journals, trash you read have an American or English twist. Your vocabulary will be enriched when you find new words to use and know when to use them appropriately - just like Blubingone does. heh heh.. I agree wholeheartedly [about the part where you must read more to increase your vocabulary]! One of the advantages of this is I can swear without saying one common cuss word, thus: I've had enough of your equine feces, you copulating rectal orifice, so go fornicate with yourself. I do not give a rodent's derriere what you think. Partake of human fecal matter and expire. <--- ahh, yeah! |
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« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2009, 10:35:38 PM » |
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My share for today.
AE BE
*J*
jail prison
janitor caretaker
jelly jam
jewelery jewellery
jump rope skipping rope
*K*
kerosene/kerosine paraffin
kilometer kilometre
kleenex tissue
*L*
life vest life jacket
law offices chambers
to line to queue
ladies' room Ladies
laundry soap washing up powder
Happy New Year SP!
MAbuhay! Enjoy
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« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2009, 08:15:14 AM » |
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For an overview of differences in vocabulary you maybe interested in the ICALwiki article Varieties of English |
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