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07 Oct 2017, 1:54 am

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What's a pram in American?

A small rowboat. My dad made one, and we used it for fishing.

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Ok, I don't know if this was a joke or you didn't understand my meaning. I meant pram as in perambulator. What do you push a baby in in the US? I got some answers from google, but I don't know what people actually use in everyday conversation.

Baby carriage, or sometimes "baby buggy". Thought the later is now heard mostly only in the tongue twister "rubber baby buggy bumpers".

Thanks! When I start wondering about something like that, I never stop wondering..... :oops:

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07 Oct 2017, 3:05 am

underwater wrote:

naturalplastic wrote:

underwater wrote:

Michael829 wrote:

underwater wrote:

What's a pram in American?

A small rowboat. My dad made one, and we used it for fishing.

Michael829

Baby carriage, or sometimes "baby buggy". Thought the later is now heard mostly only in the tongue twister "rubber baby buggy bumpers".

Thanks! When I start wondering about something like that, I never stop wondering..... :oops:

Americans usually call pushchairs a "stroller".

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07 Oct 2017, 5:57 am

Your "lifts" are our "elevators."

You pick up your luggage in "baggage reclaim." We pick up our luggage in "baggage claim."

When you're in the WC, the sign says it's "engaged." When we're in the bathroom, the sign says it's "occupied."

Your "railway" is our "railroad," though "railway" is sometimes used here.

Your "launderette" is our "laundromat."

Your "surgery" is our "doctor's office." Surgery is only used in the US to mean the process of an "operation." "Undergoing surgery."

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07 Oct 2017, 6:27 am

In the UK a "strop" is another word for a temper or bad mood. I've used that word on WP before and Americans thought I was talking about a belt buckle or something.

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07 Oct 2017, 6:45 am

We sometimes use "strap" to mean "a belt."

We never use "a temper" alone. "Temper" always has to be accompanied by another word. "Bad temper," "Temper tantrum."

When we are sad, we say we are "blue."

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07 Oct 2017, 7:33 am

In the UK suspenders are want women use to hold their tights up, and pants are underwear...so when an American man talks about his pants and suspenders we can't help but titter.

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07 Oct 2017, 8:08 am

Your "pants" are our "underwear/underpants." Are boxer shorts "pants" in the U.K.?

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07 Oct 2017, 8:31 am

"Stuffed" means pregnant. In America, it means you are full.

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07 Oct 2017, 8:51 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

Your "pants" are our "underwear/underpants." Are boxer shorts "pants" in the U.K.?

Pants is generally used in a comical or derogatory manner, if talking matter of factly about underwear then "boxers" are used for the male, "Did you put your boxers in the wash?" and we tend to use knickers for females rather than panties.

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07 Oct 2017, 9:28 am

Boxers, to us, are a very specific type of underwear--more like shorts than briefs---though we do have "boxer briefs."

Regular fruit-of-the-loom type "undies" are never called boxers, nor are the bikini-type underwear that men sometimes wear.

Women always wear panties. Knickers are what kids (and men in previous times) wore: a type of trouser which ends just above the knee.

Pants were called trousers in the old days in the US.

Pants comes from "pantaloons," which were form-fitting trousers worn by men during the earlier 19th century.

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07 Oct 2017, 10:09 am

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"Stuffed" means pregnant. In America, it means you are full.

I've never beard that one. Maybe it's a southern thing. But up North we say stuffed to mean full and can't eat anymore.

"Want another helping?"

"Nah, I'm stuffed man."

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07 Oct 2017, 11:38 am

hurtloam wrote:

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"Stuffed" means pregnant. In America, it means you are full.

I've never beard that one. Maybe it's a southern thing. But up North we say stuffed to mean full and can't eat anymore.

"Want another helping?"

"Nah, I'm stuffed man."

I've never heard anyone use "stuffed" to say "pregnant" either, and I'm from Essex.

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07 Oct 2017, 12:45 pm

I'll be stuffed later.

I'm gonna get a big fat scran from the Chinese chippy.

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07 Oct 2017, 1:06 pm

Stuffed means f****d.

As in shouting at someone: "get stuffed"

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07 Oct 2017, 1:32 pm

Also, can't be stuffed = can't be bothered.

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07 Oct 2017, 3:15 pm

Fascinated by languages and cultural differences!

I like how in the UK collective nouns can be singular or plural but in America they are only singular.

Example:
'England are great at football'
'America is great at football'

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