For UK citizens: Do you ever use these typically american words?

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fiona

All these words form part of the English language which you yanks bastardised rather than learn the native languages in your own country (such as Souix or Apache).

StingRay

No. The sausage is probably older than america itself.

noitall Yorkshire England (U.K.)

I have always used sausage, is that American??

Apart from that I am a Flat, Plaster, Lift, Parrafin, Queue, Flicks, Holiday & litter bin / waste bin / dustbin kind of bloke.

val f1 nutter

sausage has been in my vocabulary for over 40 years now. I didn't know it was American lol. that's the only one I use from your list

Steve

Sausage? Sausages were being eaten a long time before America was discovered!

As for the rest, wouldn't dream of using them - I have a particular aversion to all things USA!

eleni

weiner(sausage) for me if i wanna talk yank, or insult a guy(bloke!) about his lack of manhood.....;-)

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apartment . no we say flat . ie. block of flats
band-aid. . no we say plaster
elevator .. no we say lift
kerosene . .no petrol (i think)
a line of people . umm a que?
movie theater. we say cinema
vacation . sometimes more likely holiday though
sausage . yes we eat sausages!
trash can . dust bin , but my kids say trash can.

hope this has helped

â™ªHolly Daizeâ™«

Wow, this was interesting. I know the question was only for UK citizens, but i am American. I had no clue that band-aids were called plaster. Sorry if i sound overly fasinated. I don't use the word vacation or apartment though.

Dark Fairy

Apartment - Flat
Band-aid - plaster
Elevator - Lift
Kerosene - paraffin
a line of people - queue
movie theatre - cinema
vacation - holiday
trash can - bin

But if the Americans think they can steal the world SAUSAGE and claim it as theirs then they can just about jolly well stuff a dozen of Wall's finest frozen ones up their sunless orifice!!!

blondemafia8

How is sausage american!? lol

The only things I would use would be movie line of people(again how american?) and elevator( sometimes).

jazuuu33

apartment - if its a posh place then yeh, but otherwise it would be a flat.

band-aid - plaster :D

elevator - Lift

kerosene - Parrafin.

a line of people - A queue. The British LOVE queues! lol

movie theater - Cinema

vacation - Holiday

sausage - That ain't American.

trash can - Bin or Rubbish.

Lol I liked the guy that said about 'the ground, dirt and earth' are always 'the floor' haha, that is so true. I do say the ground for outside and the floor for inside though. But i can see how some British people would say 'its the floor' for everywhere!

Michaela-Yvette

Sausage is American?

I never say any of the above, appart from Sausage as that's what everyone calls it here and I've been brought up thinking it is.

I speak brilliant English!!

tra

elevator and sausage!

Dippy

apartment... Yes, but more often Flat
band-aid.... No, that's a brand and it's not popular here/
elevator... Not really...It's lift
kerosene... I don't know what this is
a line of people... Pardon? I use that, but I think it's just a typical sentence.
movie theater...Yes definitely (but mainly i say pictures)
vacation...No, never. Holiday
sausage...Haha, yes that's an english word.
trash can..No. It's rubbish. But I do use "Trashy" to describe somethng that's rubbish

Sophisticated_Liberal

apartment - if its expensive yeah but if its run down then a flat
band-aid - wtf
elevator - i call the elevator those moving stairs
kerosene - wtf
a line of people - no queue of ppl
movie theater - no cinema
vacation - no holday
sausage - yup
trash can - no bin

britishbuilder

apartment would be flat
band aid would be a plaster or the name of the charity song for Africa
Elevator is escalator
kerosene is paraffin
line of people would be a Que
movie theater is pictures
vacation is holiday
sausage is the same
trash can would be dustbin.

I now live in the USA, and have done for the last four years, and still use many of the English words that I have known for years, it's hard to remember sometimes.

Hear are a few more differences for your reference

drop cloth is dust sheet
pharmacy is chemist
tires spelled tyres
sidewalk is pavement
bank checks spelled cheques
color is spelled colour
labor is spelled labour
single family home is detached house
town house is terrace house
duplex house is semi detached
vacuum is known as a hoover
truck is lorry
SUV would be a jeep
gas is petrol
restroom is toilet
closet is wardrobe unless you are describing a person who has just come out of it
trunk is boot
hood is bonnet
tow hitch is tow bar
faucet is tap
drywall is plaster board
comforter is duvet
electrical receptacle is socket
yard is garden

I am slowly becoming used to the American language, the only thing I am not going to loose is my British accent, the women love it, LOL.

Paul M

Cari

Okay ... "sausage" is sooooo not an American word.

As for the others, no! I used to live in the US, but have completely eradicated all of them from my vocabulary.

The only one I do sometimes use is "vacation", because as part of my job I speak with a lot of people for whom English is not their first language, and typically "vacation" translates better than "holiday".

Carrie S

apartment - nope I say flat
band-aid - I say plaster
elevator - I say lift
kerosene - I say paraffin
a line of people - I say queue
movie theater - I say cinema or "the pictures"
vacation - holiday
sausage - sausage!!!! what on earth made you think this was american, it's European! unless you mean something other than some meat which has been pushed through some skin to form a cylindrical shape. We also have Lorne sausage though which is flat and square.
trash can - rubbish bin

Filthy Lucre

I lived for quite some time in the colonies, and yes, I've adopted use of perhaps all of those sobriquets.

redbeardtravels

I do hear some people in the UK sometimes refer to apartments, I think to describe 'split-level condos' - because shouldn't all flats by definition be 'flat'?

And maybe you've heard somewhere the British nickname for sausage is 'banger' as in 'bangers and mash' (sausages and mashed potato). But more often than not they are indeed called sausages.

We don't take out the trash, we take out the 'rubbish.'

And what about all those words which are spelt the same, but mean entirely different things like chips, pancakes, biscuits and crisps. Same words, different things depending on which country you're in.

There are lots of other differences in food vocab. I'm not sure how many Americans could describe sultanas, mangetout, demerara, swede. At the same time, how many Brits eat zucchini, rutabaga, eggplant and scallions?

Lately I have noticed that nothing is ever bounced off the 'ground', is dropped in the 'dirt' or falls to the 'earth'. Even when a Brit is outside, it's the 'floor'.

I should be doing something else

I say apartment, sausage (not particularly an American word) and sometimes a line of people, but never any of the others.

=]

Teresa G

apartment - nope, it's flat
band-aid - never said it, i say plaster
elevator - no it's lift
kerosene - paraffin
a line of people - a queue
movie theater - nope cinema
vacation - nope always holiday
sausage - when did that become american?
trash can - dust bin or bin

Not My Real Profile

all but band aid n kerosene

Pinecone

I'm going to add Australian words :P

apartment - same, people rarely say flat
band-aid - same, plaster is the stuff that goes on walls
elevator - elevator and lift are interchangeable. Depends on the person's lazyness at the time :P
kerosene - same... I think
a line of people - same and queue, again interchangeable
movie theater - cinema
vacation - holiday
sausage - errr what else would it be called? o.O
trash can - rubbish bin or just bin

Very happily married.

Sausage isn't American, they say 'Weiner'.

Paul

apartment - yes, when ABROAD, but in the UK i call them Flats!
otherwise none of them except Sausage, which is an english word anyway. The first sausage was apparently made in COnisbrough in South Yorkshire, but don't quote me on it!

rotcodeht

they call theres a jail we often use their spelling for our gaol

Katy

apartment is actually French in origin (l'apartment). I think vacation is too (vacance). So is theater (theatre - with an accent over the e). Good job I did linguistics at school isn't it?

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