Continuing our series of alphabetised words and phrases common to the U.S. that are not widely used in the UK, here are 19 such words beginning with the letter 'c'.
1. Caboose
UK equivalent: guard's van' or brake van'
2. Canadian bacon
UK equivalent: back bacon.
3. Candy apple, Candied apple
UK equivalent: toffee apple
4. Canola
UK equivalent: rapeseed oil
5. Careen (verb: to travel fast and out of control)
UK equivalent: career
6. Cell phone, cellphone
UK equivalent: mobile phone, mobile
7. ChapStick
UK equivalent: lip balm
8. Checkers
UK equivalent: draughts
9. Checking account
UK equivalent: current account or cheque account
10. Cilantro
UK equivalent: coriander
11. Cleats
UK equivalent: football boots, rugby boots
12. Conniption (fit)
UK equivalent: temper tantrum, benny
13. Condo
UK equivalent: commonhold
14. Cooties
UK equivalent: lurgy, germs
15. Costume party
UK equivalent: fancy-dress party
16. Cotton candy
UK equivalent: candy floss
17. Counterclockwise
UK equivalent: anti-clockwise
18. Coveralls
UK equivalent: overalls, boiler suit
19. Cremains
UK equivalent: remains, ashes
interesting stuff! i must say that candy/candied apples aren't the same thing as toffee apples, but all of them are delish!
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ReplyDelete18. Never heard of coveralls or boiler suit. Only called them overalls.
19. Also never heard of cremains. Only used both UK equivalents interchangeably.
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