Things the Americans name differently, cont'd

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 05/22/2016 at 17:42 • Filed to: Americana

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Realtors

Truck

Candy

Rotors

Soda

Dusty Ventures > Cé hé sin 05/22/2016 at 17:50

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Since someone is going to ask: what do you call them?

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Cé hé sin 05/22/2016 at 17:51

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That’s pop here in Kansas, not soda.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Dusty Ventures 05/22/2016 at 17:53

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Dwelling Stockists

Americars

Tasty Bits

Circulums

Sugar flavored drink

dogisbadob > Cé hé sin 05/22/2016 at 17:54

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Too bad we don’t get the Hilux over here :(

djmt1 > Dusty Ventures 05/22/2016 at 17:56

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Estate Agents

4 by 4

Sweets

Discs

Fizzy Drinks

That said I’m English, OP is Irish so this isnt guaranteed.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Honeybunchesofgoats 05/22/2016 at 17:56

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Pretty accurate

Dusty Ventures > djmt1 05/22/2016 at 17:58

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What if a “4 by 4" is two wheel drive? Is it still a 4 by 4?

Dusty Ventures > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 05/22/2016 at 17:59

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Quiet, commie!

Xyl0c41n3 > Dusty Ventures 05/22/2016 at 18:00

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It’s “coke” in the only country that matters: Texas.

RazoE > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 05/22/2016 at 18:01

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Kansas is wrong

Cé hé sin > Dusty Ventures 05/22/2016 at 18:01

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Estate agents (same origin as “realtor” as both refer to real estate)

Jeep or pickup (yes, a Toyota isn’t a Jeep. It can be a jeep though)

Sweets

Discs

Soft or fizzy drinks

RazoE > Xyl0c41n3 05/22/2016 at 18:03

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Texas is so full of itself, it’s like a living stereotype. I’m half Texan and loathe going to visit family.

Dusty Ventures > Cé hé sin 05/22/2016 at 18:06

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We use pickup and discs here sometimes as well.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Cé hé sin 05/22/2016 at 18:08

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Cars come with disc brakes, but we call them brake rotors when we ask for them at the parts counter...

djmt1 > Dusty Ventures 05/22/2016 at 18:11

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Probably or maybe that makes it a Jeep or an off roader. To be honest, I’ve lost track on what to call them.

Cé hé sin > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 05/22/2016 at 18:16

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Now that’s weird.

Cé hé sin > djmt1 05/22/2016 at 18:17

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Usually jeeps or pickups here, in that order.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Dusty Ventures 05/22/2016 at 18:19

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Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > RazoE 05/22/2016 at 18:20

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On many things, yes.

On pop vs. soda vs. coke, no.

Xyl0c41n3 > RazoE 05/22/2016 at 18:22

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In regards to Texas: Well, that’s just like your opinion, man.

In regards to your family: Perhaps the feeling is mutual?

djmt1 > Cé hé sin 05/22/2016 at 18:23

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Living in London, I wonder how many of people I know could even tell me what a pickup was.

Dusty Ventures > Xyl0c41n3 05/22/2016 at 18:25

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Cé hé sin > djmt1 05/22/2016 at 18:27

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Oh, they could. Just not the four wheeled variety.

Dusty Ventures > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 05/22/2016 at 18:28

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It’s nice that they wanted to support the music school’s novice class by letting them play for the ceremony

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Cé hé sin 05/22/2016 at 18:30

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Welcome to ‘Murica.

Flies With Thunderbirds > Cé hé sin 05/22/2016 at 18:33

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The Soda one is regional. In parts of Texas, everything is coke. But in Kansas it is mostly pop or soda.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Dusty Ventures 05/22/2016 at 18:35

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It’s Egypt’s actual military band, and I love it way too much:

Xyl0c41n3 > Dusty Ventures 05/22/2016 at 18:38

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That is strange and slightly disturbing.

Dusty Ventures > Xyl0c41n3 05/22/2016 at 18:46

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TA4K > Dusty Ventures 05/22/2016 at 18:49

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Real estate agents

Utes (everything with a tray is a ute unless its a cabover truck)

lollies

discs

fizzy

We still have 4 by 4's or 4 wheel drives but those are different from SUV’s. A Landcruiser is a 4x4, a Hyundai is an SUV.

ranwhenparked > Cé hé sin 05/22/2016 at 18:55

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To be accurate, “realtor” really only refers to members of the National Association of Realtors. Everyone else is typically called a real estate agent, which isn’t much different.

Cé hé sin > TA4K 05/22/2016 at 19:06

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“Tray” is a new one to me. Aussie word?

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 05/22/2016 at 20:04

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here in Michigan too

RazoE > Xyl0c41n3 05/22/2016 at 20:54

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No, I’m awesome.

TA4K > Cé hé sin 05/23/2016 at 01:19

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Well they might use it in Oz but I’m from NZ, its the same as a bed on the back of a single or dual cab.

Dru > TA4K 05/23/2016 at 08:49

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I actually like that nomenclature for SUV/4x4. With the advent of crossovers, we need a term for what remains to be "real" SUV's.

MonkeePuzzle > Dusty Ventures 05/23/2016 at 13:09

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had this discussion wiht my aussie brother just the other day.

apparently the key you are looking for is the “A” in the statement, as in “A 4wd” or “A four-by-four”. Thus denoting the “type” of vehicle, not that actual capability of its drivetrain.

He then said I’d become too American, and it was time for me to move home...

and then a few days later he had bought a Hilux... so, I guess he won that argument.

wkiernan > Cé hé sin 05/24/2016 at 17:02

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“Candy”? Are you telling me that’s just an Americanism? But this song was written by Englishmen, or anyway an Englishman and an Irishman who was born in London!