Transitioning between uk/australian and us/canadian is confusing. iin?

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I have noticed a few things on this site that sometimes makes it hard to communicate. Things like college in UK is High school in US. University is what UK calls College. Chips like a bag of potato chips is crisps in Uk. It also does not always work when you list both versions like crisps/chips. Since that person will often just assume you mean what the word says in their country. I think perhaps we could make up some phrases that are neutral meaning the same thing. Just for the sake of communication issues. Since I know its confusing to everyone.

This is a good idea and I could think of a few 2
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  • charli.m
    10 years ago

    I think it's pretty easy to work out what people are saying.

    It's called making a fucking effort.

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    • anti-hero
      10 years ago

      Beat me to it.

      OP you can just ask the person what they mean. If they are not an asshole, they won't be offended. I find the differences interesting.

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  • DangerousPotatoGuy
    10 years ago

    OP I'm sorry but I don't think its necessary

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      Ok

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  • Darkoil
    10 years ago

    'Things like college in UK is High school in US. University is what UK calls College'

    Wrong in the uk we have high school then college/sixth form then university. Three tiers of education. GCSEs - A-Levels - Degree

    In USA they have high school then college. Two tiers.

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  • Jfdp
    10 years ago

    Like Australians calling a centre for tersiary learning "Uni" and South Africans calling it "Varsity" yah i get the feeling

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  • Epofly
    10 years ago

    IIN-ese. Our new official language.

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  • flowerchild94
    9 years ago

    I know what you mean hun.. I don't know why everyone has their own slang but You'll get down with the lingo Im sure :)

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  • kitty77
    10 years ago

    hahaha this is funny, BTW why did you put Australians on the title and then not even mention them? kinda like we say thongs and you say flip-flops,

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      It is not about Australians. However Australians seem to be closer to UK English while Canada English is closer to US English. Why I put UK/Australian and Canada/US. Also thongs and flip flop are the same thing. Though thong is also a term for ladies private coverings. Sandals have many names which are recognizable by most people. Another term is chancla. I heard a lot of names for sandals I usually understand what people are talking about. Like gay, queer, homosexual are different terms but most people know they are generally used to identify people into the same sex. I was talking about English and miscommunications.

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  • Holzman67
    10 years ago

    You say to-mate-o I say to-mart-o

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    • anti-hero
      10 years ago

      You say tomarto?

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      • Holzman67
        10 years ago

        Yep

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