Tap or Faucet

[Augustus]

Pushchair/stroller
Cash machine/ATM
Plaster/band-aid
Kit (or strip)/uniform (as in what a sports team wears)
Strip/jersey (as in just the top of a sports kit)
Wank/jerk-off
Sweets/candy
Chocolate bar/candy bar
Candy floss/cotton candy
Toilet/bathroom
Jumper/sweater
Trackies (or tracksuit bottoms)/sweat pants
Mobile/cell phone
Dived/dove
Garden/yard
Housing estate (Scot: Scheme)/Housing projects (I'm from the projects, yo!)
Courgette/zucchini
trainers/sneakers
Train driver/engineer

 

[Augustus]

Year Month Day makes the most sense, then the whole number is correctly arranged to show temporal flow. Any two dates can be compared, the larger number is the later date.

We read left to right though so the fastest changing one should be first as that's often all we need to look at.

On average, the year is the least likely number we need to check.

 

[ImmortalFlame]

Oh, for a nice scone with Devon cream and jam! It's been ages!

Aha! But would you like a skɒn (rhymes with "gone") or a skəʊn (rhymes with "cone")?

 

[ImmortalFlame]

Wank/jerk-off

I think, of all the British terms, this is the one that sounds the most awkward and weird when an American uses it.

Which, in some ways, makes it funnier.

 

[ChristineM]

What do Americans call these English delicacies?

Spotted Dick
Tripe & onions

My grandfather used to eat tripe and onions swimming in malt vinegar as an evening snack. To me tripe ranks close to marmite for yucky factor

 

[ChristineM]

Aha! But would you like a skɒn (rhymes with "gone") or a skəʊn (rhymes with "cone")?

Depends what region you are from and/or your "class" (i hate that word). Accents can be tricky but no matter if you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth or no spoon at all, its always spelled the same.

 

[Rival]

Depends what region you are from and/or your "class" (i hate that word). Accents can be tricky but no matter if you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth or no spoon at all, its always spelled the same.

If you take off the 's' it's a cone.
If you take off the 'c' it's a one.

So it's a Skwone.

 

[Augustus]

Storm stick??? WTF???

Now I wish the commies had won...

 

[Rival]

Now I wish the commies had won...

LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION STICK!!!!!

 

[ChristineM]

If you take off the 's' it's a cone.
If you take off the 'c' it's a one.

So it's a Skwone.

Maybe where you live

For me its either s-cone or eaten

 

[Augustus]

LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION STICK!!!!!

Storm stick definitely sounds like a euphemism.

"As a gentleman, I'll always offer to whip out my storm stick if the lady is getting wet"

 

[Rival]

Storm stick definitely sounds like a euphemism.

"As a gentleman, I'll always offer to whip out my storm stick if the lady is getting wet"

That was my first thought, too.

 

[Howard Is]

Maybe where you live

For me its either s-cone or eaten

‘s gone

 

[ChristineM]

‘s gone

That deserves a like, funny, winner and useful but sadly i can only give it on frube ;-)

 

[Rival]

Wardrobe.

Took me forever to learn that US folks call this a closet, or worse, an armoire. A closet to me is a small room.

 

[Augustus]

That was my first thought, too.

Why doesn't that surprise me?

 

[Rival]

Why doesn't that surprise me?

Just don't get the storm stick and suspenders lost in the fanny pack.

 

[ChristineM]

Wardrobe.

Took me forever to learn that US folks call this a closet, or worse, an armoire. A closet to me is a small room.

Armoire is a specific french style, something like this

But i am afraid the furniture industry has grabbed the chic name and applies it to boxes for the bedroom.

I am stuck with the word closet meaning toilet, water closet. Not the place i would like to store clothes.

 

[exchemist]

You mean full stops?

Well they are a kind of stopper, I suppose.

 

[Rival]

Well they are a kind of stopper, I suppose.

I prefer 'week off.'