British equivalent to American words (or vise versa)

I stand corrected seems a Inspector in the American police is two ranks above Captain (only SFPD it is a bottom rung detective) while in British constablarys it is one rank below.
Stands at.
Inspector - Chief Superintendant
Luieteant - Inspector

Cell phone - Mobile Phone
Phone Booth - Phone Box.
 
Not sure on this one-

Baseball - Rounders

Here in Scotland a carry out(or cargo as its now refered as) doesnt mean take away food its been renamed for something else.........
 
Cell phone - Mobile Phone

People use both but years ago "mobile phone" was used more than it is now.
 
American Football - Rugby(except we dont have lods of body armour)
Tea - Brew(alot of people call it that)
 
Fire Truck - Fire Engine
Squad Car - Panda Car

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Comedy - Crap

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hype said:
Blind_Io said:
Is "robbed" still "blagged?"

depends where in england your from, theres blagged, nicked, maced, stole, chored etc

And my personal favorite "Half-inched"
 
Half Inched thats cockney rhyming slang (I think) although I use that one.

Pinched - Half Inched
Dog & Bone - Phone
Whistleing Flute - Suit

The Old Bill - Police
Bollicks - Nuts or
The Dogs Bollicks - Something really great.

Gangster Rap - Noisy Annoying Din
 
zaybxcwd12 said:
Half Inched thats cockney rhyming slang (I think) although I use that one.

Pinched - Half Inched
Dog & Bone - Phone
Whistleing Flute - Suit

The Old Bill - Police
Bollicks - Nuts or
The Dogs Bollicks - Something really great.

Gangster Rap - Noisy Annoying Din
I use the spelling Bollocks or when texting bolox. Why is bollocks bad but the dogs (bollocks) good? Answer thr dog can lick his own but humans . ...
 
"Why is bollocks bad but the dogs (bollocks) good? Answer thr dog can lick his own but humans . "

Is that the genuine reason for it? if it is and it makes sence I didn't know that, this thread is educational.
 
^^ Yes this is my information.

Did we do,

Antenna - Areiel
Muffler - Silencer
Check (in a restraurant) - Bill
Check (in a Bank) - Cheque (Spelling)
Overpass - Flyover
Restroom - Lavatory, Toilet, Bog, Crapper (and lots of others).

Found a resource for the more obvious ones:
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blbritam.htm
 
Fire Truck & Fire Engine get the same usage in the US.

These are all phrases that I've heard from various shows and movies, do you UK people even use these phrases? If so, what exactly do they mean?

"Everything was all 6s and 7s"
"Shat on a turtle..."
"I'm the cock of the walk!"
 
Cobol74 said:
zaybxcwd12 said:
Shag is an obviours one.
A Shag is a dance in parts of America I believe.

Never heard of it being a dance, but it definitely is a type of carpet here.

EDIT: Shag dancing is popular here only with retirement communities. Only very, very old people shag dance, and that's probably why I hadn't heard about it. :)

Shag carpet looks like this.
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Does anyone in the US still use the word "copper" to describe a police officer? Anyone in the Uk? Perhaps I am one of the few.

The word "cop" or "copper" comes from the fact that police officers used to carry badges made of copper.
 
I still use if and again I am educated, I didn't know that, for example "Phone the coppers"

London slag is a bit more derogatory "Here come the filth" or Cozzers from Hebrew Pig.

Arse - Ass
Shite - Shit
 
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