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    Speak English?

    Ok somtimes it seems like Americans and British speak different laguages. Match the correct British term with it's American counterpart.
    1 aerodrome
    2 perambulator
    3 queue
    4 hair grip
    5 turf accountant
    6 chucker outer
    7 boiled sweets
    8 fascia panel
    9 hooter
    10 accumulator
    11 patechnicon
    12 lorry
    13 transport cafe
    14 draughts
    15 candy floss
    16 nappy
    17 chemist's
    18 egg flip


    a dashboard
    b car horn
    c cotten candy
    d battery
    e eggnog
    f bookie
    g bouncer
    h baby buggy
    i diaper
    j drug store
    k checkers
    l moving van
    m truck
    n truck stop
    o line
    p hard candy
    q bobby pin
    r airfield

    NOW START!

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    3 queue / line
    4 hair grip / bobby pin (?)
    12 lorry / truck
    15 candy floss / cotton candy
    17 chemist's / drug store

    that's all I know

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    1 - r
    4 - q
    15 - c
    16 - i
    17 j
    18 - e

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    Re: Speak English?

    1 aerodrome----r airfield

    3 queue-----o line
    4 hair grip----q bobby pin
    5 turf accountant----f bookie
    6 chucker outer----g bouncer
    7 boiled sweets----p hard candy
    8 fascia panel----a dashboard
    9 hooter----b car horn


    12 lorry----h baby buggy
    13 transport cafe----n truck stop

    15 candy floss----c cotten candy
    16 nappy----i diaper
    17 chemist's----j drug store
    18 egg flip----e eggnog

    2 perambulator----m truck
    10 accumulator----l moving van
    11 patechnicon---k checkers
    14 draughts----d battery


    2,10,11,and 14 I wasn't sure but I think I got all the others...I thought a draught was a beer/pint though??

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    Draught is Checkers. I know that.

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    Most of these are guesses:

    a dashboard/fascia panel
    b car horn/hooter
    c cotten candy/candy floss
    d battery/patechnicon
    e eggnog/egg flip
    f bookie/turf accountant
    g bouncer/chucker outer
    h baby buggy/perambulator
    i diaper/nappy
    j drug store/chemist's
    k checkers/draughts
    l moving van/accumulator
    m truck/lorry
    n truck stop/transport cafe
    o line/queue
    p hard candy/boiled sweets
    q bobby pin/hair grip
    r airfield/aerodrome
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    I didn't know a single one of those.

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    I haven't heard of half of those english ones But then I haven't heard of some of those american ones either
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    10. i
    11. l
    12. m
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    Why the hell would a British term be Aerodrome? Its a bleeding French word for heavens sake!

    Anyway:
    1 aerodrome // r airfield
    2 perambulator // d battery
    3 queue // o line
    4 hair grip // q bobby pin
    5 turf accountant // f bookie
    6 chucker outer // h baby buggy
    7 boiled sweets // p hard candy
    8 fascia panel // a dashboard
    9 hooter // b car horn
    10 accumulator // g bouncer
    11 patechnicon // l moving van
    12 lorry // m truck
    13 transport cafe // n truck stop
    14 draughts // k checkers
    15 candy floss // c cotten candy
    16 nappy // i diaper
    17 chemist's // j drug store
    18 egg flip // e eggnog
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    The Brits secretly want to be French, that's why they have so many superfluous vowels.

    That said, "queue" is used in the US as well, but not as commonly.

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    1. r
    3. o
    4. q
    5. k
    6. g
    7. p
    9. b
    12. h
    13. l
    15. c
    16. i
    18. e

    most of these are probably wrong. I didn't even bother trying to match the rest.
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    " perambulator----m truck
    10 accumulator----l moving van
    11 patechnicon---k checkers
    14 draughts----d battery"

    *giggle*
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    I'm sorry...but draughts is NOT battery. Its checkers. Slightly different...and perambulator......its a pram. A thing babys get pushed in. Not a truck. I have some mental images now that are just so good. =D=D
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    3) queue/Line

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