Quizzing my British Friend on American Words

[00:00:00]Quizzing my British friend on her knowledge of American words.

[00:00:03]>> Right. Ready. Looking forward to this.

[00:00:05]>> The first word is courgettes.

[00:00:09]>> Zucchini.

[00:00:11]>> Coriander.

[00:00:13]>> Oh. Um Oh. Coriander.

[00:00:19]I've seen it, but I have no idea how it's pronounced. Go. Go. What is it?

[00:00:23]What's it called?

[00:00:24]>> Cilantro.

[00:00:25]>> Cilantro.

[00:00:26]>> How How did you get that?

[00:00:29]Aubergine.

[00:00:32]>> Eggplant.

[00:00:33]I know that from the emojis. Yeah.

[00:00:35]>> Pavement.

[00:00:37]>> Sidewalk.

[00:00:38]>> Ah.

[00:00:39]>> It makes sense. It's on the side and you walk on it.

[00:00:44]Boot. Boot as in a car.

[00:00:46]So that it like like a trunk. Trunk.

[00:00:49]>> Bin.

[00:00:51]>> Trash can.

[00:00:53]>> Toilet.

[00:00:56]>> Can.

[00:00:57]>> Do you say bathroom or restroom?

[00:01:00]>> Okay. You don't really do a lot of resting in there, though.

[00:01:05]>> Uh well, if you're my husband, you certainly do.

[00:01:08]>> [laughter] >> Advertisement.

[00:01:11]>> Trailer.

[00:01:13]>> Uh we say commercial.

[00:01:14]>> Okay. Right.

[00:01:15]>> Jumper.

[00:01:17]>> Sweater.

[00:01:19]>> Very good. Hob.

[00:01:22]>> Hob as in like cooking range.

[00:01:24]>> Yes.

[00:01:25]>> Oh.

[00:01:27]Range.

[00:01:28]>> Stove.

[00:01:29]>> Oh.

[00:01:30]>> Trousers.

[00:01:31]>> Pants.

[00:01:32]>> Very good. And what about pants?

[00:01:36]>> The knickers.

[00:01:39]>> No.

[00:01:39]>> [laughter] >> We call them underwear or panties.

[00:01:42]>> I did What? Yeah.

[00:01:46]I'm not doing very well. Fringe. Bangs.

[00:01:49]>> Very good.

[00:01:50]Oh, I've been getting a lot of flack for this one on my channel.

[00:01:55]Tap.

[00:01:57]>> Faucet.

[00:01:58]>> Uh-huh. Very good.

[00:01:59]>> Yeah. Bank >> bill >> biscuit >> cookie >> Very good. And we call something that's similar to a scone is what we would refer to >> as a biscuit. Yes, good.

[00:02:13]>> chip >> fries >> Very good, french fries. And how about crisps?

[00:02:18]>> chip >> What do you guys call tortilla chips?

[00:02:22]>> tortilla chips >> bonnet >> bonnet as in a hat Oh, uh hood.

[00:02:30]>> jacket potato >> That's You call it You call it something other than a jacket potato?

[00:02:37]>> baked potato >> Okay. Why not jacket Oh, no, sorry.

[00:02:41]>> Well, because they're not wearing jackets.

[00:02:44]carriageway >> carriageway Like a a freeway?

[00:02:49]>> Yes. Dummy, as in what babies suck on.

[00:02:53]>> pacifier >> Very good. And what about spots, as in what teenagers have on their face?

[00:02:58]>> acne >> Yes, but what's the more casual term?

[00:03:04]>> Ooh, uh I've got no idea.

[00:03:09]>> pimples >> Oh, yeah.

[00:03:10]>> plasters >> Uh I'm not doing very well here. Plasters, Band-Aids.

[00:03:17]>> Yep.

[00:03:18]butty >> What's it? Like a like a like a chip butty or a um sandwich?

[00:03:25]>> lorry >> What? Lorry's in the name.

[00:03:30]>> No, as in what you drive.

[00:03:31]>> Oh, a lorry. Oh, um truck.

[00:03:36]>> nappy Which is not what I say when I'm feeling sleepy in the afternoon.

[00:03:41]>> Uh that's a diaper. Rubbish.

[00:03:44]trash >> pissed pissed >> As in Right, okay.

[00:03:51]Um pissed as in angry or pissed as in drunk? For the British you can say basically anything um about being drunk and you can just put any word to it. So, you could say to your mate, "Oh my god, I was absolutely trousered last night." And you'd still know that we were absolutely pissed.

[00:04:09]>> Pudding.

[00:04:10]>> Pudding.

[00:04:12]Um, right. Now, I know that that's different in America because you have pots of something called pudding. But, pudding in English is dessert for Americans.

[00:04:22]>> Yes, very good.

[00:04:23]>> Got it.

[00:04:24]>> Pushchair.

[00:04:26]>> Stroller.

[00:04:28]>> Surgery.

[00:04:31]>> Uh, that that's different in America? Um >> It is.

[00:04:34]>> A clinic? Is it clinic?

[00:04:36]>> Yeah, we typically say doctor's office, but you can say clinic.

[00:04:40]>> Okay.

[00:04:40]>> Sledging.

[00:04:42]>> Right, okay. Uh sledging, uh tobogganing.

[00:04:47]What then? What then?

[00:04:48]>> Sledding.

[00:04:49]>> Sledding.

[00:04:51]>> Trainers.

[00:04:52]>> Sneakers.

[00:04:53]>> Yes, very good.

[00:04:54]>> Very sneaky.

[00:04:56]>> Torch.

[00:04:58]>> Flashlight.

[00:04:59]>> Very good.

[00:05:00]>> I love it. The one thing I really love about it is just so literal. It's like pave the sidewalk.

[00:05:06]Trash can. Yeah, flashlight.

[00:05:10]>> [laughter] >> So, they can be just no confusion.

[00:05:13]>> Washing up liquid.

[00:05:17]We call it dish soap.

[00:05:18]>> Dish soap. Again, what is the literal dish soap?

[00:05:22]>> [laughter] >> That would be kitchen roll.

[00:05:24]>> Kitchen roll. Uh for her.

[00:05:27]No, no, come on. That is That is just like America That is just a kitchen a roll kitchen roll. What possibly could be different?

[00:05:35]>> Paper towel.

[00:05:37]>> Oh.

[00:05:38]>> Ice lollies.

[00:05:41]>> Popsicles.

[00:05:42]>> Aha, ding ding.

[00:05:45]Sun cream.

[00:05:47]>> Sun >> Again, sun cream. What? [laughter] Why have you possibly changed it? Just sun sun screen.

[00:05:56]>> Aha. Okay, last one and I know you know this one because you've heard me say it a million times.

[00:06:00]>> Go, go, go.

[00:06:01]>> Ladybird.

[00:06:02]>> Ladybug. Ladybug.

[00:06:05]Yes, because we've got a lot of them at the moment.