UK to US Translations

[Tricky]

Gas , the stuff that comes out of a pipe and into your central heating boiler.

Pavement, The tarmac that you walk on.

Bonnet, The large piece of metal usually at the front of a car that has the engine underneath.

Hood, Large flap at the back of a tracksuit that you flip over your head when cold or you want to hide from CCTV

Trunk, A large piece of furniture or box . Mostly a trunk would never go in a car cos its toooo big and would have to go on the roof or in the back of a pickup, it would never fit in the boot.

Boot, The space in the back of a car to put bits and bobs in, found under the boot lid.

Chips, Pieces of potato that you have with fish.

Tyres, large black round things, sometimes flat at the bottom.

Colour, Red is my fav. There is only one way to spell this!!

[steve]

"Boot, The space in the back of a car to put bits and bobs in, found under the boot lid."


Wow I think you’re talking about a truck there. "bits and bobs" does that mean stuff or as we call it cr@p?

I need a thread where you explain all you figures of speech and sayings. :D

[67Truckin]

On the other hand, we aren't the clearest with our language either. :rolleyes:

Example:
We park on a driveway and drive on a parkway.
When we go uptown, we are then located downtown.

[Tricky]

"Boot, The space in the back of a car to put bits and bobs in, found under the boot lid."


Wow I think you’re talking about a truck there. "bits and bobs" does that mean stuff or as we call it cr@p?

I need a thread where you explain all you figures of speech and sayings. :D


I did the thread just for you Steve. :)
Thought you would like it!

[bonecrushins10]

aww dont forget gearbox , i love topgear , i love uk people such a pure and polite people

[Tricky]

aww dont forget gearbox , i love topgear , i love uk people such a pure and polite people


My mind has gone blank, whats the US equivalant of a gearbox ??

[Hicks84s10]

aww dont forget gearbox , i love topgear , i love uk people such a pure and polite people

I dont know some of those britisdh Kids I play on live with are quiet ummm.....rowdy?

[Tricky]

I dont know some of those britisdh Kids I play on live with are quiet ummm.....rowdy?


Takes allsorts...............I am ever so polite and definitley pure! :o

[bonecrushins10]

aww soccer huligans !

gearbox = transmission

[Tricky]

aww soccer huligans !

gearbox = transmission


Gearbox is the box full of gears.
Auto gearbox, manual gearbox.
Transmission is any part of the drive from the gearbox down to the wheels.

You are simplifying things.
Dont worry you will get it eventually. ;) LOL

[Tricky]

aww soccer huligans !

gearbox = transmission


Oh and it isnt soccer, there is no such game...............its called football and always will be. :) We dont play soccer we play football.

[Tricky]

Rotor (US) = Disc (UK)

[bonecrushins10]

silly little muppet , do they have very many s10s in the uk mate ?

[may6529]

I Have been livin in the UK for a year now and i'll tell ya they aren't all the nice polite people they seem to be. and the only S-10's here that i have seen are the ones owned by american's on base. but they sure do have a good Fish and Chips and a pint of Abbot Ale

[Tricky]

I Have been livin in the UK for a year now and i'll tell ya they aren't all the nice polite people they seem to be. and the only S-10's here that i have seen are the ones owned by american's on base. but they sure do have a good Fish and Chips and a pint of Abbot Ale

Where abouts are you living????

[Tricky]

silly little muppet , do they have very many s10s in the uk mate ?


Silly little muppet????? Thats a mild insult normally :) LOL

No S10s are quite rare over here , although there are a few second generation Blazers which were sold through Vauxhall agents. Its unusual to see a First generation, let alone a good one in good nick.

[spaceblue01]

what about the biscuits we call crackers over here? my grandmother was from bristol, england!!

[Tricky]

What do these crackers look like then????

CHIPS US= CRISPS UK.
French Fries US= CHIPS UK

DOOOOH

[Tricky]

Color US= Colour UK
Center US= Centre UK
Tire US= Tyre UK

[chevyman2]

another new one. My MOTHER-IN-LAW came from (USA-deep South) The folks down there call this gizmo *THE TURTLE* Most of the USA calls it *THE TRUNK* of a car. It seems the UK calls it *THE BOOT* of a car. Im not sure why that area called it the turtle of a car. But I was dead lost the first time a store worker asked if I needed help putting my purchases in the turtle. *******Most of the USA considers a TURTLE to be a hard shelled animal that crawls the ground*******

[Tricky]

another new one. My MOTHER-IN-LAW came from (USA-deep South) The folks down there call this gizmo *THE TURTLE* Most of the USA calls it *THE TRUNK* of a car. It seems the UK calls it *THE BOOT* of a car. Im not sure why that area called it the turtle of a car. But I was dead lost the first time a store worker asked if I needed help putting my purchases in the turtle. *******Most of the USA considers a TURTLE to be a hard shelled animal that crawls the ground*******

I dont believe you..............a turtle.??? :) LOL

[may6529]

I live in Lakenheath right by the U.S. Air Force bases.

[Tricky]

I live in Lakenheath right by the U.S. Air Force bases.

ARGGH well youve obviously been going in to local pubs where the locals are a bit strange and they must have been rude to you. They are a bit odd down there in Thetford Forest area.
I live a bit further up nearer Stamford, We'll have to meet up some day. :)

[Tricky]

Just been speaking to my lad on Skype.
He said that he went into Canadian Tire to get some new Accel ignition leads.
Well the chap behind the counter wondered what he was going on about.
It seems that they are called Ignition wires not leads.

Ignition Wires (US and Canada) = Ignition Leads ( UK)

[bonecrushins10]

hey you stupid oaff they are wires are they not ? jk just trying out everything i learned from top gear ,

im takeing a shit > US = im on the bloody thrown > uk

[Tricky]

Yes that is one saying that really got me.

Restroom(US)= Toilet (UK)commonly known as a Loo.

[Tricky]

Mollycoddling (UK) meaning to treat something very gently and sheltering it from the real world. Dont ask me where it comes from cos I havent the foggiest.

I havent the foggiest(UK)= I have no idea. :D

[Tricky]

Would someone tell me what Downtown means.
I always thought that it meant the Town Centre, yes????

[s10xtremist]

Would someone tell me what Downtown means.
I always thought that it meant the Town Centre, yes????

Typically, the term "downtown" is referring to the urban, inner city parts of town that usually consist more of older and run-down buildings. "Uptown" is the opposite usually with newer, up-scale buildings.












...And it's "centER" :D

[Tricky]

Typically, the term "downtown" is referring to the urban, inner city parts of town that usually consist more of older and run-down buildings. "Uptown" is the opposite usually with newer, up-scale buildings.












...And it's "centER" :D

Its this PC and Bill Gates it cant spll COLOUR either.

[adam]

UK-"jolly good mate"
US-"f*ckin' A' man"

[Tricky]

UK-"jolly good mate"
US-"f*ckin' A' man"

Well I thought that I would say that ive never heard anyone in the UK say that but in fact yes I do use that sometimes but just ''Jolly good''.

[s10tuner86]

do yall play baseball in the uk or is it stricktly like cricket or sumthin along the lines of that, i suppose i should ask if you know what baseball is? due to the soccer/football differences.

[Tricky]

do yall play baseball in the uk or is it stricktly like cricket or sumthin along the lines of that, i suppose i should ask if you know what baseball is? due to the soccer/football differences.

Well the UK national game is FOOTBALL ( you call it soccer)
Shame is that currently we are no good at it!!!! Everybody plays it or thinks they can.
Then comes RUGBY, loads of people play Rugby
All the UK watches Rugby also

Cricket is played alot but not as much.
All small towns have at least a dozen Football teams a couple of Rugby teams and maybe a couple of Cricket teams if that gives you an idea.

Yes we do know what Baseball is and it is sometimes watched but nobody plays it .We have a very similar game called rounders which is played by girls!!!!!!!;)

[Tricky]

ROCKERS (US) = SILLS (UK)

Why on earth you call them Rockers I dont know.
I dont ask me why we call them sills cos I dont know that either:confused:

[Tricky]

do yall play baseball in the uk or is it stricktly like cricket or sumthin along the lines of that, i suppose i should ask if you know what baseball is? due to the soccer/football differences.

Our Rugby is similar to your Football . Youd understand if you saw a game.

[Tricky]

Tad ,UK = A bit smaller or less than ,US

As in a tad smaller. Just a little bit.

Well get you all talking proper soon.:D

[s10xtremist]

Tad ,UK = A bit smaller or less than ,US

As in a tad smaller. Just a little bit.

Well get you all talking proper soon.:D

I never knew that one belonged to the UK. I used to hear "tad" alot, and sometimes still do, but mostly from older people. Around my parts at least, the term is "hair" (i.e. "Move it over just a hair."). "Hair" has also been further specified as "c**t hair" (rhymes with "runt" hair, if you're not familiar with the feminine derogatory c-word). And "c**t hair" has been further specified as "blonde" (fine or tiny), "red" (slightly bigger than blonde), and "brunette" (the largest of the three). For example, on a construction site you would hear from the foreman say: "Trim that C-channel down just a c**t hair." The grunt would reply: "Blonde, redhead, or brunette?", asking just how "big" a "hair" to trim off the C-channel.

So, not only are us Americans greedy, oil-wasting pigs, we also use dirty, sexually-explicit references for everyday terminology. :rolleyes:

[Hicks84s10]

So, not only are us Americans greedy, oil-wasting pigs, we also use dirty, sexually-explicit references for everyday terminology. :rolleyes:

Ahhh. What would american working be without it?

[Tricky]

I never knew that one belonged to the UK. I used to hear "tad" alot, and sometimes still do, but mostly from older people. Around my parts at least, the term is "hair" (i.e. "Move it over just a hair."). "Hair" has also been further specified as "c**t hair" (rhymes with "runt" hair, if you're not familiar with the feminine derogatory c-word). And "c**t hair" has been further specified as "blonde" (fine or tiny), "red" (slightly bigger than blonde), and "brunette" (the largest of the three). For example, on a construction site you would hear from the foreman say: "Trim that C-channel down just a c**t hair." The grunt would reply: "Blonde, redhead, or brunette?", asking just how "big" a "hair" to trim off the C-channel.

So, not only are us Americans greedy, oil-wasting pigs, we also use dirty, sexually-explicit references for everyday terminology. :rolleyes:

Its true over here too.
Dont know where it came from though.
Think its a Yorkshire dialect.

[Tricky]

Its true over here too.
Dont know where it came from though.
Think its a Yorkshire dialect.

We have a similar expression as your rude one:eek:

Its called a ''gnats''............which is again a very small amount or distance.
It refers to a gnats cock!!!!!:D which apparently is very small.


Enough of the filth now:rolleyes:

[Tricky]

Just been listening to the radio and they have discussing the English language and how we should be spelling different words.
Such as
Speech
or
Speach.

Noted on a recent thread about someones PLOW truck.?????????
Its a PLOUGH truck!!!!

[s10xtremist]

Just been listening to the radio and they have discussing the English language and how we should be spelling different words.
Such as
Speech
or
Speach.

Noted on a recent thread about someones PLOW truck.?????????
Its a PLOUGH truck!!!!

Nah. Over here "ough" is pronounced as a long "o", as in "doughnuts" (pronounced doe-nutz, not dow-nutz).




Hehe. "Doe nutz". :D

[Tricky]

I thought you would have something to say about it.;)

or

I thawt you wood have summit to say about it:D

[s10xtremist]

I thought you would have something to say about it.;)

or

I thawt you wood have summit to say about it:D

Good show, me lad! :thumbsup5

But to be more precise, it's "Itotyouhavsumpina'sayboutdat"!
:D