Can you match the British word to its American translation?

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UK/US Translation Match Quiz

by JoeBeta

Created Jan 17, 2013 in Language
Featured Jan 30, 2013
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	fifteenkeys:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 04:06 GMT		13 points
	Lisa, remember an elevator is called a "lift", a mile is called a "kilometer" and botulism is called "steak and kidney pie".

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	Skold:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 04:27 GMT		22 points
	And then you can chuck in all the Australian terms for a laugh ... Crisps, fries? All just chips to us.

	performax:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 04:32 GMT		9 points
	I've always considered the "two nations divided by a common language" quote as mostly a joke. This quiz taught me otherwise. Half the British terms seemed reasonably easy, but after that I was down to process of elimination or just guessing. I'll bet lots of people on both sides of the Atlantic had a similar experience.

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	RickinHK:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 04:40 GMT		3 points
	50/50 However, I'm a Brit working in Asia with some really good American mates.

	JPGunit:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 04:41 GMT		47 points
	Who would like a banger in the mouth? Oh Right here in the states you call it a sausage in the mouth. Actually we just call it a sausage.

	Pogues:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 04:50 GMT		26 points
	While I grew up calling them traffic circles (Pennsylvania) they are called roundabouts in my current state (Maryland). Made that one easy.

	babydoll08:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 05:07 GMT		26 points
	I call them roundabouts also.

	hbaker:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 05:13 GMT		16 points
	I don't think I've ever called it a traffic circle here in Indiana.

	Mantikore:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 05:37 GMT		2 points
	I havent even heard of half those British words, and I'm from Australia

	Mantikore:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 06:01 GMT		6 points
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	ari18:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 06:21 GMT		14 points
	I think a lot of places call them "roundabouts"... that's what they're called in both Massachusetts and Minnesota, at least. Some of these were really tough. Good quiz.

	dracomalfoy:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 06:35 GMT		59 points
	We still call a telephone a telephone; saying blower would just be asking for inappropriate comments. ;)

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	Amy82986:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 06:55 GMT		27 points
	@dracomalfoy: You want inappropriate comments? My family are American, and my father went to Scotland on business once. A guy came up to him in a bar and asked, "Do you want to blow a fag?" Around here, you'd only get asked that in a gay bar, and not a particularly classy one either. When he saw the look on Dad's face, the guy was able to rephrase it as "Would you like to smoke a cigarette?" but Dad said it sounded like he was trying to speak a foreign language. On the other hand, there's a fairly popular song here (South Carolina) whose chorus talks about "shagging [a type of dance] on the boulevard", so I suppose the inappropriateness goes both ways.

	grewupatmidnight:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 06:56 GMT		68 points
	a lot of these british ones are slang words and are rarely used. and if you were to come here and say 'blower' you should expect fits of giggles from schoolchildren and disapproving looks from the elderly

	chasmmi:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 07:10 GMT		44 points
	I believe fanny, fag and rubber are the three most dangerous words t misuse on the other side of the atlantic.

	IWuvTetwis:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 07:15 GMT		-4 points
	I think there needs to be more time. I still had like 20 guesses left by the end.

	Xolotl123:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 07:18 GMT		6 points
	I never get my veg right, got them mixed up.

	Sopz:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 07:20 GMT		30 points
	i have never heard blower or turn ups and i barealy hear boffin. grewupatmidnight is right you've matched american terms with british slang

	CPerman:	Jan 30th, 2013 at 07:44 GMT		65 points
	A lot of these are matching British slang to a term that is acceptable in both US and UK English. e.g., brolly is simply a short word for umbrella, which is a term we also use. A lot of the "British" slang is now archaic (I haven't heard the word "blower" outside old television shows). Also, Subway is an acceptable term at least in Scotland for an underground railway (we've got one in Glasgow), Underground is only really a London term, and snog is not necessarily the same as kiss.