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Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 03:50 on 30th September 2009 Yes, you look lovely, Barbara. Maybe a wee bit of Irish blood in there somewhere, eh? A garbage man or trash collector is a dustman over there. A mailman is a postman. And the cigarette/cigar store is run by the tobacconist. And of course, the pharmacists are chemists.
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Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 03:52 on 30th September 2009 Oh, and school principals are headmasters or headmistresses.
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lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 11:08 on 30th September 2009 and the Janitor is the 'Caretaker' a car 'hood' is a Bonnet the 'car trunk' is a Boot (ie Car boot sale, supposedly selling items from your car boot) the gear 'shift' is a 'gear lever' a 'rubber boot' is a 'wellington' ( named after the 'Duke of Wellington, who always wore high boots) a childs comforter is a 'dummy' (ie an imitation (dummy) teet) a babies diaper is a 'nappy' |
Vera Howarth Posts: 51 Joined: 3rd Aug 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 14:17 on 5th October 2009 haberdashirey relates to both mens and womens clothing and sunderies. pavement = sidewalk waistcoat=vest. ironmongers=hardware-nails,tools hinges etc. milliner -hat shop. crisps= potato chips petrol=gas parrafin=kerosene mall is not pronounced moll. derby -the race, the place ,the hat is pronounced darby. lueitenant is pronounced leftenant jam =jelly. bottom=butt fag is a cigarette chips= french fries frog is both a slimy creature and a french person. bourbon is not pronounced berban tap=fawcet and finally what's that USA calls bacon. I hope these clarify some of our wordage and may proove helpful on a visit.
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