Same thing in NZ,
Hot chips = what you consider chips
Chips = crisps
Oh and we call flip flops/thongs, jandals and swimming costumes togs...
because, that's what they are
Last edited by a moderator:
Different words for ones we are used to
- Thread starter hart
- Start date
Same thing in NZ,
Hot chips = what you consider chips
Chips = crisps
Oh and we call flip flops/thongs, jandals and swimming costumes togs...
because, that's what they are
Same thing in NZ,
Hot chips = what you consider chips
Chips = crisps
Oh and we call flip flops/thongs, jandals and swimming costumes togs...
because, that's what they are
No...you call them cheps!
:jkYes, chups...thats right.
Grafitti..Australia sux...
then underneath in different paint..NZ nil.:thumbup
Grafitti..Australia sux...
then underneath in different paint..NZ nil.:thumbup
haha fush and chips are the beast au
when people call soda pop or coke. it's soda.
amen!
In this part of NJ some things have slightly different names:
Fries.. are the ones you get at fast food places, like McD, and BK..
French Fries.. are the skinny and long fries you get at a restaurant as a side order with your meal.. Similar to the fries above, and sometimes served with melted yellow cheese on top..
Home Fries.. are fat pieces of potato that are baked first, and then quick fried.. you get those mainly in Diners, as in "Eggs and Home Fries"..
They are also served in restaurants as part of a meal, as in "Sirloin Steak with Steamed Broccoli and Home Fries"..
Potato Chips.. are the round skinny and dry pieces you buy in sealed bags at the supermarket..
Crisps.. are mostly the stuff that looks like potato chips, but are baked instead.. They can be made with potatoes, other veggies or different grains..
Chips.. are also those pieces of thin cardboard you get at home improvement or paint stores, with gradient lines of color paints..
For me it's pants. My b/f is British and he calls his underwear 'pants' and we Americans call trousers 'pants'. So if I say I'm wearing pants to work, he has to remember I'm not actually going to work in just my underwear. 
Nar ken is a Edinburgh thing it means you know? Like " we gonna have to walk home." aye a ken.- yes I know.
Can also be used like this. "I'm really getting pissed off. Ken?" I'm really getting pissed off. Ya know? Or "naw a didnae ken um." - no I didn't know him.
That's pretty interesting... here, in Afrikaans, the word 'ken' means know, in the sense of "I know him"... but in the context of "you know" the word is 'weet'.
the soda thing got me yesterday! i had an american customer who asked for a diet soda. i was looking at her like wha? DIET soda? thers nothing in soda just carbonated water.. then i remember that soda to you guys is not soda to me. if we ask for soda we get soda water. like lime and soda. lime cordial and soda water (should be fresh squeezed limes but were not that posh) where as soda to americans means coke?
Coke is one variety, yeah. What do you call those? Coke? lol
We call pretty much all soda 'Coke'... like you Americans 'hoover' your rugs.
If we aren't calling all varieties of soda coke, we either call them 'soft drinks' or 'cold drinks'. :24:
If we aren't calling all varieties of soda coke, we either call them 'soft drinks' or 'cold drinks'. :24:
around these here parts, (redneck accent) all sodas, pops, are coke. When you ask someone if they want a coke, you say, "What kind of coke do you want". They are all just different flavored cokes. lol
I always wondered how you would ask for a specific kind of drink when you called all sodas coke...lol now I know!
Yeah, they're all cokes. Although, if I go to a restaurant, I just ask for a diet cola. Saves the whole "we don't have Coke, we have Pepsi" exchange.
I thought hoovering was a British thing?
I thought hoovering was a British thing?
I have never heard anyone call it "hoovering" lol