Match the British words below with their American counterparts. Check the comments for the correct answers and tell me how many you got right/wrong. Please. A little entertainment will make this last week of school go by so much easier.
Possible answers:
cotton swab, mohawk, dark chocolate, trampoline, tic tac toe, crossing guard, bangs, electric blanket, cotton wool, slingshot, large mugs, TV, beet, fanny pack, fender, coveralls, suspenders, candy salesman, tights, tube top, rutabaga, sponge bath, a lawn game, eggplant, zucchini, undershirt, spoiler, milk chocolate
- aubergine
- bowls
- blanket bath
- boob tube
- braces
- boiler suit
- catapult
- cotton bud
- fringe (relating to hair)
- lollipop man
- noughts and crosses
- plain chocolate
- swede
- vest
- wing (on a car)
For a more complete list of differences (and the source for these words) check out this website.
6 comments:
Answers:
1. eggplant
2. lawn game
3. sponge bath
4. tube top
5. suspenders
6. coveralls
7. slingshot
8. cotton swab
9. bangs
10. crossing guard
11. tic tac toe
12. dark chocolate
13. rutabaga
14. undershirt
15. fender
So a crossing guard is a lollipop man? Ha! And boob tube? Maybe I should get some fringe. These are funny! Thanks Kelly! (I think I got 10 right).
Good job, Callie! You're way better than T-rav who only got 4.
And I love "boob tube." I think my dad will be disappointed to know that it's not actually the TV. ;)
I've shamed the family name and only gotten 12. Funnily enough, "Boob tube" must not have come up in my first year of school...although the concept seems straight forward.
I'm impressed at the obscurity of some of these, Kelly. Keep 'em coming - apparently I need a refresher course!
I got 7...that's not too terrible, I suppose!
How strange. I thought I had 12 right, but turns out I only had 9.
I didn't know 3,6,7. And incorrectly identified 4, 10, 14.
"Lollipop man" is so appropriate! Definitely slang, though. I thought you were talking about the man who brought ice-lollies.
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