I had a pretty funny encounter with our dry cleaner the other day.
Me: Hi there, I have five shirts and two pants to drop off
Him: Hahahaha!
(I am looking very confused)
Him: You mean five shirts and two trousers...
Trousers are pants here and pants are underwear. Whoops! Now I know why the guy thought it was so funny....
There are a few other word swaps we've had to get used to:
British English = What it means in American English
Biscuit = Cookie
Crisps = Potato Chips
Chips = French Fries
Fancy Dress = Costume (like Halloween)
Fly Tipping = Littering
Holiday = Vacation
Lift = Elevator
Lorry = Truck
Rubbish = Garbage
And I'm sure there's many more that we will discover along the way : )
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