Common words in a shared language that we haven't got a clue...

Chips is what you call French fries

 

What about mushy peas. - fish chips and peas. They didn’t have them in salt lake city?

 

In Briton pants - underwear or trousers. Suspenders -braces, taxi - cab. Pavement-sidewalks.

 

Is that related to wrist pin?[emoji23]

 

Gooday-hello?

 

Football-soccer-football

 

Knackered is worn out, exhausted.

 

What would you call a terrace? In Briton it’s a row of houses.

 

In spite of all my efforts not to, I've ended up learning something new today. I was under the impression that they were called bangers due to their being vaguely shaped like bombs. Your explanation seems to make better sense.

 

The Brits ( at least some ) seem to call a complete car a motor and any cool parts "a nice piece of kit"

 

Estate = Station wagon.

 

Bespoke=custom made. It's made its way into our side of the pond. 20 years ago ???

I'm still learning... never too old for that

 

Terrace is a ridge of dirt laid out across a field of cultivation to prevent erosion. USA

 

How about nickers???...

 

Pants

 

Boozer-Bar

 

Boozer-fellow-geezer-fellow, bloke, person.

 

Near side, far side: driver's side, passenger side. Saw that one in a mid 90s Mini magazine.

Spanner: wrench. Fortunately we all say hammer. And I will bet that I don't need to define BFH.

But what about mole grips? Is that like Vise grips?

 

Yes.......... and also kind of like a steering wheel....

 

Lavertry-toilet-rest room.

 

No I don’t
I’ve known many of the automotive terms because Dad had an Austin Healey Sprite, my high school buddies looked at me like I lost my mind when using the terms boot, bonnet, sil etc
Dan

 

Is that also called a loo, or lou. Forgive me for not knowing the correct spelling...

 

A shooting brake is a station wagon. Bathroom is lew? or luu? or loo? Dave G beat me to it. How about aluminum is aluminium?

 

A "lavatory", or "water closet", is affectionately called the loo. It can also be referred to as "the bog".....

 

Not exactly, but close. A shooting brake might be described as the two-door version of the station wagon...

 

Boot, bonnet, tyres, carby, spanner, lorry and a bunch of other words I don’t know the meaning of from across the pond.

 

Braces- teeth straighteners-suspenders

 

I’ve gotten a lot of old cars running again but never “sorted” one out.

 

Loo- out house-and bog is slang

 

Aussies call it a dunny or dunnie I think.