Baby Led Weaning

Yep, I need this - a place where I can figure out what y'all are talking about. I know some words have been clarified, but I'd love to have easy access to more.

So, anything food related or life related, etc, etc, please feel free to add. I will have to scour my old threads to see the words that popped up.

Most recently was 'flapjack' (In America, a pancake - but now I know it's a sweet oat bar)

...more...???

Chick peas are garbanzo beans
I think what we call scones are biscuits for you? That is what I can gather based on my reading of American food blogs!

Not food related, but my favourite misunderstanding of all time is "pants". Because over here pants == underwear but obviously they're trousers over yonder. Hilarious.

(Yes, I am that immature.)

isn't "Pants" also an expression?

too bad we can't compare gestures as well...

Lol @ Jem but I agree. ( chortle chortle)

Crisps are potatoe chips.

Chips are Fries.

Courgette= zucchini

Yep, if something is a bit crappy/ rubbish/ not very good it is pants.

Fanny.... here it is a ladies ahem, front bottom, but there it is your bum! Bumbag here- fannypack in the US.

Quite a few northerners call trousers 'pants' in the UK! Just wondering if you have oat cakes over there? Savoury oaty biscuit eaten with cheese or other toppings.

Popsie wrote:Yep, if something is a bit crappy/ rubbish/ not very good it is pants.

Fanny.... here it is a ladies ahem, front bottom, but there it is your bum! Bumbag here- fannypack in the US.

Lol. I love how politely you are describing it!

Spanner- when I lived in Manchester the Bolton friends used to say pants but over here in Yorkshire it's trousers still.

Aubergine is eggplant
Pissed is drunk, so Americans saying 'I got really pissed at him' always makes me giggle. The correct term would be pissed off
Some Scottish ones:
Tatties are potatoes
Neeps are swede
A Fish Supper is Fish and Chips

Jam is Jelly?

I would say that American's dont know what cheese is either because when I bought some in New York it tasted more like rubber. Sorry (I loved the place just not the cheese) hehe

RachelS wrote:

Popsie wrote:Yep, if something is a bit crappy/ rubbish/ not very good it is pants.

Fanny.... here it is a ladies ahem, front bottom, but there it is your bum! Bumbag here- fannypack in the US.

Lol. I love how politely you are describing it!

Spanner- when I lived in Manchester the Bolton friends used to say pants but over here in Yorkshire it's trousers still.

Oh now if we're going from American to Boltonian - an american buzz is being a tiny bit tipsy, a Bolton buzz is a form of public transport

oh and is French Toast what I would call Eggy bread?

LemonMeringuePie wrote:Neeps are swede

And swede is rutabaga. Although I thought neeps were turnips, so now I'm confused.

Missica+BabyTinks wrote:Jam is Jelly?

I would say that American's dont know what cheese is either because when I bought some in New York it tasted more like rubber. Sorry (I loved the place just not the cheese) hehe

I'm with you on the cheese thing!

The Jam/Jelly thing is more complex. Jam has bits of fruit in it, jelly is smooth. So in my (English) house we have strawberry jam and apple jelly. In the US I struggled to find any preserves with bits of the actual fruit in it, so it is correctly named even if it's a bit weird iyswim.

UK mooch = kind of hanging around, aimless loitering
US mooch = freeloading/shoplifting?

UK suspenders = stretchy over-the-shoulder straps to hold up your trousers (I mean pants)
US suspenders = something to hold up lingerie stockings

UK tights
US pantyhose

UK jumper = US sweater
US jumper = UK pinafore

And UK/UK crochet/knitting conversions drive me Up The Wall...

What are US slang words for being drunk? I seem to remember 'trashed' over there means tired, whereas here it means pissed as a fart. And back to 'pissed', on its own it means drunk over here... How about trollied, arseholed, bladdered, plastered, shitfaced, sloshed..?