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Spelling conventions | |
—ise for words like surprise, realise | —ize for words like surprize, realize |
—or for words like colour, honour | —our for words like color, honor |
—tre for words like centre, theatre | —ter for words like center, theater |
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A1000 | An 'A' road - a main road that is not an expressway |
A4 (paper size) | 8.26" by 11.69" |
Amachures - cockney pronunciation of amateurs | Amateurs |
Backhander | Bribe |
Bacon flan | Pastry case filled with bacon omlette mixture |
Bakewell tart | Pastry topless case filled with an almond based paste and custard |
Beep (a car horn) | Honk |
Biscuit | Cookie |
Boiler suit | Coveralls |
Bonnet | Hood |
Boot | Trunk |
Bread and Butter Pudding | Buttered bread and raisins baked in egg custard |
Car Park | Parking Lot |
Chicken shish - shish kebab | Shish Kabob |
Chips | Chips |
Conker | Large brown seed of horse chestnut tree |
Corner shop | Small grocery store |
Cornish pasty | Disk of puff pastry filled with meat and vegetables then folded and sealed at the edges. |
Curtains | Drapes |
Deep Square Leg | Batsmans left near the boundary |
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Crumpet | Cake with holes in, served toasted with butter |
Curtains | Drapes |
Different from | Different than |
Dressing-gown | Robe/bathrobe |
Fag | Cigarette |
First class honours degree | Grade A batchelor's degree |
Flask (Thermos flask) | Thermos bottle |
Forfar bridie | Similar to a Cornish pasty but without potatoes |
Fridge | Refrigerator |
Garden | Yard |
Gastropub | Pub that serves high-quality food |
GP General Practitioner | Primary Care Physician |
Grass up | Give the police incriminating information about someone |
Grey | Gray |
Headmaster | Principal |
Hols - holidays - school holidays | Vacation, break |
In a mo' | In a minute, in a moment |
Inn | Old, quiet bar, serving food, with rooms upstairs for hire |
Jelly | Jell-O |
Jersey cream | Thick cream from the milk of Cows from the Channel Islands, Jersey and Guernsey |
Jewellery | Jewelry |
Jumper | Sweater |
Kebab | Gyro |
Lorry | Large truck for carrying goods |
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Mac, mackintosh | Waterproof coat, slicker |
Mileometer | Odometer |
Minibus | Van, minicoach seating 8 - 30 people |
Mobile phone | Cell phone |
Moggy, mog | Derogatory slang for 'cat'. |
Momentarily | For a moment |
Motorway - M | Expressway, Highway |
'Oppit, Hoppit | Go away |
Pavement | Sidewalk |
Penknife | Small folding knife |
Penknife | Copy |
Pub | Quiet, family friendly, coffee-shop style bar |
Publican | Owner of a pub |
Pushchair | Stroller |
Pyjamas | Pajamas |
Scone | Smaller, lighter and fluffier than the US scone, served with cream and jam |
Serg (pronounced sarj) | Shortened form of 'sergeant' |
Shepherd's pie | Minced lamb with mashed potato topping |
Solicitor | Lawyer |
Scotch egg | Hardboiled egg in a case of sausage meat coated in breadcrumbs |
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Solicitor | Lawyer |
Spade | Shovel |
Spotted dick | Steamed suet and dried fruit pudding. |
Strawberry flan | Open rimmed sponge base filled with fruit usually in jelly and topped with cream |
Strawberry fool | A mixture of cooked pureed fruit and whipped cream |
Swag | Loot, plunder |
Sweets | Candy |
Takeaway | Takeout |
Tap | Faucet |
The ladies | Ladies' room, restroom |
Tin | Can |
Torch | Flashlight |
Trainers | Tennis shoes, sneakers |
Trifle | A dessert of layers of sponge, custard, fruit, jelly and whipped cream |
Tuppence | Two pennies, UK pre-decimal currency |
Tyre | Tire |
Van | Delivery truck |
Victoria sandwich | Light sponge cake with jam and cream filling |
Wellies, Wellington boots | Rubber boots |
Windscreen | Windshield |
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Cornish Accent and Dialect | |
A | You |
A-bretherin' | Bothering |
Arter noon | Good afternoon |
Censure | Believe |
Emmet | Tourist |
Im | Him |
Knaw | Know |
Loik | Like |
Me 'ansum | My handsome, friendly term used for any gender |
Nerry | Not one |
Pestic | Pesky |
Vitty | Appropriate, proper |
Werratting | Worrying |
Wor-wop | A smack, blow |
Yas | Yes |
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Scottish Accent | |
Airly | Early |
O' | Of |
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Scottish Accent | |
Oot | Out |
Vairy | Very |
Wee | Small |
Ye | You |