Sunday Special - U.K. / U.S.A. terms

Luckytrim

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Sunday Special - U.K. / U.S.A. terms
The British term is given ; What's the American equivalent ???


1. articulated lorry
2. banger
3. cotton bud
4. drawing pin
5. Elastoplast
6. fag end
7. Gaol
8. hundreds-and-thousands
(Hint; think Ice Cream topping)
9. icing sugar
10. jump leads
11. kitchen roll
12. loo
13. mince
14. pillar box
15. rucksack
16. smalls
17. trainers
18. washing up
19. Y-fronts
20. bonnet
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1. semi, semi-trailer truck, tractor-trailer
2. sausage
3. Cotton swab, Q-Tip
4. thumbtack
5. Band-Aid
6. cigarette butt
7. Jail
8. sprinkles,non-pareils, jimmies
9. Powdered Sugar
10. jumper cables
11. paper towels
12. Lavatory, Bathroom, restroom
13. Ground meat, especially Beef
14. Mail Box, especially "the one on the corner"
15. Backpack, Knapsack
16. Underwear, underpants
17. Athletic Shoes, Sneakers
18. Doing Dishes
19. Jockey Shorts, Briefs
20. Hood (automobile)
 

ChowderMan

Pizza Chef
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according to the service manual for my 1957 Vauxhall, it was

bonnet for a hood
boot for a trunk
windscreen for a windshield
kerb weight
tyre pressure
estate wagon = station wagon
the clutch was a coupling
gear shifter was a gear lever
glove box was something else, . . .
didn't have backup lights - those were reversing lamps
wrenches were not used in the maintenance of the car - spanners otoh . . .

other cuties I have observed:
Granny Flat = MIL suite
"The Way Out" = Exit
"Do Not Walk" - actually not sure if that means "Run Like H3ll" or "Freeze Right There"
 
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