تويت
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><font color="#009900"><font style="background-color: #ffffff">British English versus American English Part2:<p></p></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff">Salam Alaikom,<p></p></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff">You might well know the meaning of the following but <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>it is equally important to know whether it pertains to one of the category of British or American English.<p></p></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff">The listing is ordered from British Eng. to American Eng.<p></p></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Big Dipper = roller coaster (at a "Fun-Fair" = "Amusement Park"<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Bank holiday = holiday<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Biscuit = cookie (<place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">U.S.</country-region></place> "biscuit" is a baked bread,<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Bomb" (theatre terminology) = a "hit," a great success. <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">U.S.</place></country-region> "bomb" = G.B. failure, critical disaster, i.e. the two are exact opposites in sentences like "The play was a bomb!"<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Boiler suit = overall(salopette in french)<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Bonnet (automotive) = hood (of a car...) <p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Boot (automotive) = trunk (of a car...)<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Braces = suspenders; <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">U.S.</place></country-region> suspenders = G.B. garters, stocking fasteners.<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><font color="#0000ff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Brambleberry = blackberry (<span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa; mso-ansi-language: en-gb; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-language: en-gb; mso-bidi-font-family: "times new roman"">Une <a href="http://dictionnaire.tv5.org/dictionnaires.asp?Action=4&Mot=mûre&Alea=1 1187"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">mûre</span></a>+<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>a fruit)</span></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Box (TV) = Tube (both slang, colloquial terms)<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Car park = parking lot<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Caretaker (for a building) = janitor<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Charge sheet = police record<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Chucker-out = bouncer (doorman or "enforcer" in a bar/restaurant ( un videur in French)<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Coach = intercity bus<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">To cop" = "to get" something unpleasant, i.e. "to cop a 15-pound fine." <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">U.S.</place></country-region> "to cop" = to plead guilty to a lesser charge in order to avoid prosecution & probable conviction on a more serious charge ("to cop a plea" = "plea-bargaining")<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Sent to <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Coventry</place></city> = ostracized<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Crisps = potato chips<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua">Cupboard = closet<p></p></span></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" color="#0000ff"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><font color="#0000ff"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: symbol; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol"><span style="mso-list: ignore"><font style="background-color: #ffffff">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></font></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background: aqua; font-family: verdana; mso-highlight: aqua"><font style="background-color: #ffffff">Dinner jacket = tuxedo ("black tie" formal dress)<br /><br /><br /><br />To be continued...</font><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><font style="background-color: #ffffff">N.B: <br />-Since globalization is creeping all over the world under all its form, language is no exception, that is why you might hear british using american words and vice versa.<br /><br />-All comments are welcome<br /><br /><br /></font></p></span></span></font></p>