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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 a​n 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

Bread and Butter Pudding

Buttered bread and raisins baked in egg custard

Car Park​​

Chicken shish - shish kebab

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

​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

J​elly

Je​ll-O

Je​rsey 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

​Mac, mackintosh

​Waterproof coat, slicker

Mi​leometer

​Odometer

Minibus

Van, minicoach seating 8 - 30 people

Mobile phone

​Cell phone

Mo​ggy, 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

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

Sw​ag

​Loot, plunder

Sweets

​Candy ​

Takeaway

Takeout

Tap

​Faucet

T​he 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

T​uppence

Two pennies, UK pre-decimal currency

T​yre

T​ire

​Van

Delivery truck

Victoria sandwich

Light sponge cake with jam and cream filling

Wellies, Wellington boots

Rubber boots

​Windscreen

​Windshield

​Cornish Accent and Dialect

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​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

​W​erratting

​​Worrying

​Wor-wop​

​A smack, blow

​Yas

​Yes

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​​Scottish Accent ​

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Airly

Early

​O​'

​Of

​​Scottish Accent ​

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​Oot

​Out

​Vairy

Very

​Wee

​Small

Ye

​You