I found this website.
it is very interesting
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/american.html
and it ends this discussion:
US UK
jelly No equivalent Spread for toast or bread not incorporating preserved fruit only fruit juice. See discussion under "preserves".
Jell-o jelly US term is proprietary. A wobbly edible gelatine based substance often flavoured with fruit and used as a dessert. In British usage it is often served with ice cream and is a children's favourite.
The thread to end all word confusion
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The thread to end all word confusion
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M & M Smarties Both terms are proprietary and refer to small sweets with hard coloured sugary coatings. Both words are also sometimes used to mean any small item. Smarties have hard chocolate centres are shaped vaguely like flying saucers. A correspondent tells me there is a US sweet called Smarties that do not have chocolate centres.
pressure pressurise To try and force somebody to do something.
-how can you pressurise somebody?
private school public school You have to pay to go there. In BE "private school" means pretty much the same thing as "public school".
-ummm...private and public are antonyms. :shrugs:
public school state school You don't have to pay to go there. The state, in the guise of local authorities, pay. OK, you ultimately pay via taxes
-well, then I guess that makes sense.
M & M Smarties Both terms are proprietary and refer to small sweets with hard coloured sugary coatings. Both words are also sometimes used to mean any small item. Smarties have hard chocolate centres are shaped vaguely like flying saucers. A correspondent tells me there is a US sweet called Smarties that do not have chocolate centres.
pressure pressurise To try and force somebody to do something.
-how can you pressurise somebody?
private school public school You have to pay to go there. In BE "private school" means pretty much the same thing as "public school".
-ummm...private and public are antonyms. :shrugs:
public school state school You don't have to pay to go there. The state, in the guise of local authorities, pay. OK, you ultimately pay via taxes
-well, then I guess that makes sense.
HARDCORE!!!
OMG. I can't believe I din't think fo you
until now because when I think on
a scale of one to ten you're like YWELVE.
No, seriously?
I <3 my HLP!!!!!
OMG. I can't believe I din't think fo you
until now because when I think on
a scale of one to ten you're like YWELVE.
No, seriously?
I <3 my HLP!!!!!
Hahahaha.
OK, I never knew Jam was Jelly in America. Do you have Jam then? Like...your jelly WITH seeds?
I still don't understand Jell-o though. Is ALL...gelatine dessert called Jello, or is Jello a brand name that people have just adapted to other gelatine desserts?
We can pressurise people - making them do something they don't want to. Last night I was PRESSURISED into going to a club. We didn't get in though
And I've never understood the public/private school thing. They mean the same thing, but public and private mean completely opposite. It makes no sense, damnit.
We have smarties AND M&Ms. I'm not sure which is better. M&Ms are plain chocolate BUT smarties have orange flavoured ones. Hmmm.
This is actually quite interesting. But then, I'm a bit of a freak, really.
OK, I never knew Jam was Jelly in America. Do you have Jam then? Like...your jelly WITH seeds?
I still don't understand Jell-o though. Is ALL...gelatine dessert called Jello, or is Jello a brand name that people have just adapted to other gelatine desserts?
We can pressurise people - making them do something they don't want to. Last night I was PRESSURISED into going to a club. We didn't get in though
And I've never understood the public/private school thing. They mean the same thing, but public and private mean completely opposite. It makes no sense, damnit.
We have smarties AND M&Ms. I'm not sure which is better. M&Ms are plain chocolate BUT smarties have orange flavoured ones. Hmmm.
This is actually quite interesting. But then, I'm a bit of a freak, really.
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It's just a shimmy and a shake
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Jello is really the only gelatin dessert brand, unless you buy the store brand.
Jam and Jelly are basically the same thing here.
lol, i find this stuff interesting too.
Jam and Jelly are basically the same thing here.
lol, i find this stuff interesting too.
HARDCORE!!!
OMG. I can't believe I din't think fo you
until now because when I think on
a scale of one to ten you're like YWELVE.
No, seriously?
I <3 my HLP!!!!!
OMG. I can't believe I din't think fo you
until now because when I think on
a scale of one to ten you're like YWELVE.
No, seriously?
I <3 my HLP!!!!!
donut / doughnut - "donut" is informal and is quite commonly used in BE to suggest that the bun is of a typical American character
Yes...thats immediately what I think when I see "donut"....
alligator pear / avocado
WOW. Alligator pear!
Looking at some of these, I actually use both. Like: baked/jacket potatoes. Some of them just mean different things to each other. Like: biscuit/scones.
I've just noticed that the person that wrote this is from Wolverhampton. Wow. It's a small world (Y). (Wolverhampton is like *points* over there. I support their football (SOCCER) team
).
This site is great.
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++ Sarah ++
It's just a shimmy and a shake
It's just a shimmy and a shake
OLPMazurite wrote:Jello is really the only gelatin dessert brand, unless you buy the store brand.
Jam and Jelly are basically the same thing here.
lol, i find this stuff interesting too.
Ahhh. So if you buy the store brand...what does it have on the packet? "Raspberry flavour gelatin dessert"? Ewwww, lol.
++ Sarah ++
It's just a shimmy and a shake
It's just a shimmy and a shake
I like this thread I like words far too much!
Anyway, enough of me letting you all know how sad I am.
The one I can't quite get to grips with is pudding. To us pudding = dessert of any kind. But isn't it some wierd specific kind of dessert in the US? I can't see it on that website though.
And I've seriously never ever heard alligator pear instead of avacado in spite of there being far to much US tv over here!
I like words far too much!
Anyway, enough of me letting you all know how sad I am.
The one I can't quite get to grips with is pudding. To us pudding = dessert of any kind. But isn't it some wierd specific kind of dessert in the US? I can't see it on that website though.
And I've seriously never ever heard alligator pear instead of avacado in spite of there being far to much US tv over here!
pudding is a creamy almost liquid dessert, comes in all the same flavors as ice cream, uh hmmm does anyone have a picture? anyways it's pretty common around here
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"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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