Wednesday, December 08, 2004

small "subtle" differences in the english language

i've encountered several funny occasions with differences in the english language between Australia and America...

when i was out at Wilmington, Delaware, I needed to use an "eraser" and I asked my staff if I could borrow his "rubber"... meaning condoms here of course...

yesterday, i found out how queue is pronounced here - "cue-ee" AhahahaHaHahHAhA... i laughed at my staff when she said that! and then i realized she meant to say it like that!

my staff also told me I should ask clients for "screenshots" as opposed to "screendumps"... as dumps are generally referred to as number 2's...

some other differences include:

AUSTRALIA vs AMERICA

entree - appetizer
main - entree (now that could get confusing!!)
thongs - flip flops
g-strings - thongs (LOL!)
capsicum - pepper (odd...)

now - did you know that fanny means ass instead in the states??? that's a pretty big difference...

i still encounter small things like "queue" each day... makes each day quite amusing for me!! =)

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