Random Thread & The Philosopher's Stone

[marypops!]

You got caravan, daddy-long-legs, intern, tap and zebra crossing correct. You get knickers correct if by pants, you mean underwear. Women's underwear to be precise.

 

[DancingAllie]

my family decided instead of leaving at 3 am that itd b 10 pm.

 

[softball chick]

I'm still trying to make my friend a Hogwarts Acceptance letter. It's harder than I thought it was going to be

 

[magicallyDisney001]

By pants, I actually meant long pants, like jeans.

 

[DancingAllie]

which now means 6 days :]

 

[SNES]

Holiday = Vacation,
Nick = Dent or scratch

 

[marypops!]

I might not of been that accurate with what to do... So they are all words which have a different meaning in the UK than the USA. Some words (like engaged, flat, lift, etc.) are words used in both languages for the same meaning, but they also have a meaning in the UK that isn't used in the USA. Pants would be a good example. In the USA, they are a clothing you wear around your waist to cover your legs, which we call trousers. In the UK, they are a clothing that cover your privates, which you call underwear. So all those words have a meaning in the UK that you guys use a different word for.

 

[marypops!]

Holiday = Vacation,
Nick = Dent or scratch

Holiday is correct, but nick isn't.

I'm going to go to bed. I expect correct answers by tomorrow morning!

 

[magicallyDisney001]

Nick means "steal" in the UK, right? [Thank you Sir Paul McCartney! ]

Underground would be what we'd call a subway, I think. Is jab an insult?

I am so bad at these.

 

[marypops!]

Nick means "steal" in the UK, right? [Thank you Sir Paul McCartney! ]

Yup. It also means to arrest someone. How i'd like to hear the conversation:

"What's your name?"
"Nicky."
"Well Nicky, you're nicked for nicking those knickers!".

OK, now i'm off to bed. Night!

 

[DisGirlAllie]

What do all these UK English words mean in US English?

Aubergine
Bonnet
Caravan
Daddy-long-legs
Engaged
Flat
Garden
Holiday
Intern
Jab
Knickers
Lift
Mackintosh
Nick
Overall
Plimsol
Quid
Rubber
Shattered
Tap
Underground
Vest
Watershed
Zebra crossing

Aubergine: eggplant
Bonnet: hood
Caravan: trailer
Daddy-long-legs:
Engaged:
Flat: apartment
Garden
Holiday: vacation
Intern
Jab
Knickers: underwear, I think
Lift
Mackintosh: raincoat
Nick: steal
Overall
Plimsol
Quid: currency
Rubber: eraser
Shattered: drunk?
Tap
Underground
Vest
Watershed
Zebra crossing: pedestrian crossing

 

[DancingAllie]

Goodnight George

 

[DancingAllie]

I Almst have 1,6oo posts

 

[wdwllamadancer]

Aubergine is an eggplant
Bonnet is that thing on a tux, near the bow tie, I can't quite describe it.
Engaged is busy
Flat is an apartment
Garden is a word meaning yard, not just where you plant things.
Jab is an injection right?
Lift is an elevator
Mackintosh is a raincoat.
Nick is to steal
Overall is like a smock
Plimsol is a kind of sneaker
Quid is a pound
Rubber is an eraser
Shattered means tired and exhausted
Underground is a word for the subway or tube
Vest is an undershirt
Watershed is another word for where the toilet is

Are these right? I really didn't look any of these up, I just know different words for things.

 

[DisneyRockstar]

pineapple express

 

[DancingAllie]

I need a good book to read for the drive to Disney. Any suggestions?

 

[softball chick]

I need a good book to read for the drive to Disney. Any suggestions?

A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn. A modernized parody kinda thing on the Sleeping Beauty story. I read it on my last vacation and LOVED it

 

[DisneyRockstar]

good night

 

[DancingAllie]

A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn. A modernized parody kinda thing on the Sleeping Beauty story. I read it on my last vacation and LOVED it

Thanks, I'll look for it at the bookstore

 

[DancingAllie]

Awwe. My favorite seen from beauty and the beast is the something there song! It is so sweet i just youtubed it