Yet another word, I go with the British on. o.o I'm starting to think I was secretly born in Britian. xD
Major Depression | Asperger's Syndrome | Anxiety NOS | Hints of OCD
Close your eyes. Don't you cry. Love's around you. In time, you'll fly. Don't you worry about the dark. I will light up the night with the love in my heart. I will burn like the sun that will keep you safe and warm. Like the smell of a rose on a summer's day, I will be there to take all your fears away. With the touch of my hand, I will turn your life to GOLD!
I usually refer to sixth form as college, but college and sixth form occur at the same age (17-18) then university (18+). I'm not sure if this is British or American :P
Have you ever looked fear in the face and said "I just don't care"?
Weird Al Yankovic refers to john in The Plumbing Song. It is the only time I have heard of it, most Americans/tv shows say rest room, in my experience.
Americans say flatware we brits say cutlery.
Wannabe CPN : -)
"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life." - Homer Simpson "I hear those voices that will not be drowned" Sanity is a nasty disease. The world would be a happier place without it. - Rilic
RIP Kat 4th July 1987- 11th June 2013
I have heard people refer to the bathroom as the John quite a lot. It is sort of an archaic term but it is still used. Also, cutlery is also used here.
Lookin at the world through my rear view, searchin for an answer up high, or is it all, wasted time ~B.O.B
Also some people over here use the term bog to mean the toilet it's slang. A bog is also a marsh type thing found in the countryside.
I get confused over American terms - that's why I never read American books.
Wannabe CPN : -)
"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life." - Homer Simpson "I hear those voices that will not be drowned" Sanity is a nasty disease. The world would be a happier place without it. - Rilic
RIP Kat 4th July 1987- 11th June 2013
Insig, I hear bog all the time on tv. I'm an avid top gear watcher, lol. Don't you guys say watercloset over there? It's rare to hear in the US but my mom uses it. It is just a little room with a toilet separate from the actual bathroom.
Lookin at the world through my rear view, searchin for an answer up high, or is it all, wasted time ~B.O.B
There are sometimes signs for toilet facilities that say W.C, and on floor plans for houses bathrooms might be labeled as W.C, but I've never really heard anyone actually say water closet.
Also on the same subject as rooms with toilets in, you Americans say half bath, we say en suite if it's connected to the bedroom or some people refer it as a cloakroom over here. A cloakroom can also refer to a walk in cupboard used to store shoes and coats.
Wannabe CPN : -)
"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life." - Homer Simpson "I hear those voices that will not be drowned" Sanity is a nasty disease. The world would be a happier place without it. - Rilic
RIP Kat 4th July 1987- 11th June 2013
I'm a British person currently living in Canada. Some of the differences in language have confused me so much! Part of the reason I chose Canada was so I wouldn't have a language barrier, guess I was a bit wrong
In Canada (I don't know if it's the same in the US) knackered means drunk, not exhausted like it does in the UK. This lead to a very interesting conversation when I was asked to babysit and try and get the 3 year old child tired so she would fall asleep quickly. I said I would make her knackered and received a very weird look in return.
Language is weird.
We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken
For sure language is weird but simultaneously fascinating. I love English. I've heard brits on TV say knackered, but never heard anyone here say it. I like to use words that aren't commonly used such as enervated.
Lookin at the world through my rear view, searchin for an answer up high, or is it all, wasted time ~B.O.B
An en suite is a bathroom connected to a bedroom. I've never heard the term half bath before. We just say bathroom or if there is a room with just a toilet and sink, call it a toilet, or separate toilet.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break
that its heart may stand in the sun,
so must you know pain.
There are only two ways in which one can live their life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is.
Wannabe CPN : -)
"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life." - Homer Simpson "I hear those voices that will not be drowned" Sanity is a nasty disease. The world would be a happier place without it. - Rilic
RIP Kat 4th July 1987- 11th June 2013
I don't know if this is right, but there has been an advert (commercial?!) that has been on here recently where an American man pronounces aluminium as al-oo-min-um... I'm not sure if that's a US thing? We normally pronounce it al-uh-min-ee-um.
Another thing that has me wondering, in Weird Al's song Drive-Thru he asks for "two hamburgers with onions and cheese". We would ask for "two cheeseburgers with onions". I wondering if people do say "hamburgers with cheese" or was Weird Al simply being lyrical?
Wannabe CPN : -)
"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life." - Homer Simpson "I hear those voices that will not be drowned" Sanity is a nasty disease. The world would be a happier place without it. - Rilic
RIP Kat 4th July 1987- 11th June 2013
