deanb Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 It's also sticky tape and just tape. Every other tape is duck/duct tape, parcel tape, electrical tape etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I've never heard "sticky tape", but it's pretty self-explanatory. "Tape" is common here for scotch/selotape, and I've also heard "clear tape". Â Duct tape is the same. Apparently "parcel tape" = "packing tape", electrical tape is the same. Is masking tape called the same thing, or is that what you call gaffer's tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 No masking tape is masking tape (I knew I was missing something) Gaffer tape is gaffer tape too, it's a kind of very strong variation of duct tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yeah, I think this is strictly a brand name issue here. Do you guys call adhesive bandages Band-aids in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slithy toves Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 or tissues = kleenex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 (edited) Like 'kleenex', 'cellotape' is a brand thing as in sticky 'cellophane' (cellulose film). But as Dean said, we say that or sticky tape. Â Band-aids = plasters. Edited January 28, 2011 by Hot Heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Gaffer's tape is actually a really awesome cloth based tape that is non-permanent. Believe me, if you're a photographer or work in theater you love this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Being a non-native english speaker, I've picked up a lot of different parts of the accents. In fact, I don't really put a lot of distinction between the two and I usually have no problem telling what any person means, no matter which accent is used. I'm told that my english is closer to brittish than american, but that was a few years ago when I spent a lot of time raiding (world of warcraft) with a largely brittish guild, so I guess I picked up a lot of that. Most of that may have also disappeared since then. If you'd talk to me on voice chat right now my accent would probably be very obviously Swedish, but when I did play a lot with that brittish guild most non-britts thought I was from england. Â Is my rambling relevant to anything? PROBABLY NOT. Edited January 31, 2011 by Johnny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 UK: Budgerigar, "budgie"  US: Parakeet  I was reading and came across that word and was like "wtf is that? sounds Australian." It is Australian.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgerigar  Obligatory Simpsons quote:  Bullfrog? That's an odd name. I'd a called it a shazwozzer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Â It has the name on the image, but yeah I'm aware the US don't have Cornetto so Hot Hearts comment on the naming of the Simon PEgg/Edgar Wright Trilogy as "Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy" might not make sense. Anyway watch the films, they buy the respective cornetto in each. Strawberry (above) for Shaun, and Chocoate n nut (classic) for Hot Fuzz. The third film is meant to be Mint. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Whaaat? Americans don't have Cornettos? You poor people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 They don't have Walls, never mind Cornetto. Asking for a Magnum is going to end up with substantially different results than in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) budgies and parakeets are two different things in the UK. Parakeets are bigger and more like parrots. Â edit: I already know this is a stupid question, but is that Law and Order UK trailer genuine or a spoof, cos if it is real it is awesome! Edited February 6, 2011 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Yes there's Law & Order UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainHurtBoy...2 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 They don't have Walls, never mind Cornetto. Asking for a Magnum is going to end up with substantially different results than in the UK. I miss Cornettos. The only ice cream I ate in India, Singapore and Hong Kong. Anyway, we have Drumsticks here, and there's a type of them that is identical to a Cornetto. So yes, we do, in a sense, have Cornettos, since they look and taste identical. Also, don't you guys call arugula 'rocket'? And eggplants are 'aubergines' and sometimes 'melongenes'. Arugula and Eggplant were the weirdest English differences to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 I think the brand name for coronetto is drumstick in the US or at least it's similar. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 (edited) So I take it you don't have these Drumsticks in America? Edited February 7, 2011 by withoutphallus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 So I take it you don't have these Drumsticks in America? Â I can't tell what those are. They look kinda like the sugar daddies. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Yeh they're the same sweet on the stick principle just a different flavour judging from the colour of those. Â Better pic: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 yeah, I don't know of anything that's raspberry and milk flavoured. Â Also, lolly = sucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Sucker sort of makes sense I guess but really the sucker should be the thing doing the sucking not the thing being sucked. (Huge wasted opportunity for double entendre right there). Â Also is sucker slang for a gullible person in the US as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 (edited) Also is sucker slang for a gullible person in the US as well? Â Yes, for added hilarity you can tell people "Just remember, we can't spell sucker without U(you)" Â Also it was a visual gag in many Looney Tunes cartoons where Elmer Fudd or anther character would turn into a sucker after being fooled. Edited February 7, 2011 by Yantelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-super-bowl-commercials/09000d5d81e2b035/Cram-it-in-the-Boot  I had to explain to some friends last night that boot = trunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Oh, The Office reminded me of something funny. Â The US has T. J. Maxx while over here it is called T. K. Maxx. Why? I don't know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 (edited) The ize n ise stuff is similar to the missing U. Personally the s looks nicer on paper at least. It's not even a Z sound anyway  Quoting back a bit here but the way I was thought in school was that the -ize suffix is more appropriate whereas there are certain words that only the -ise suffix is correct. For example, I'd always spell Civilized with the -ize suffix and would likewise, never spell advertised with the -ize suffix.  How about we make this a three-way - English vs English vs 'That bloody language that was forced down our throats' aka English  The letter 'H' is pronounced as 'Aitch (A-itch)' in British English and American English, right? In Ireland, we pronounce it 'Haitch (Hey-itch)'. It's so ingrained in us that I was convinced for years it was the correct way to pronounce it until I was rightly set straight on our beloved Kotaku...  And here's the thread from the recesses of the web!  The thread also features a great Irish slang - Eejit. It's not a Gealic word but rather what our cursed tongues have done to the word idiot, though strangely enough we still say idiot quite well. One last one on the Irish front is 'craic' (pronounced crack). It means fun. So next time some Paddy comes up to you and asks if there's any craic around, chances are he's just looking for a good pub to rest his arse and not some drugs.  I didn't see Runners mentioned either, In the US, you'd call them sneakers. Also, there's chips and fries, crisps and chips and taps and faucets. Also, this may be more of an Irish thing than a British thing but over here we don't have a Prom when we're finishing school, we have Debs. Which reminds me, We don't have highschool, we have secondary school and we don't have grades, we have years. Edited February 9, 2011 by MasterDex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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