2 Separated by a Common Language Part II

I've got more "translation" for you. 

I've been collecting them recently, and it's become quite a fun game-

mostly because Paul and I use many of them and don't realize it!

I'm trying to gather them into little bunches,

so these posts can be a little more organized.

Same as Part I,

British English is on the left and the American English equivalent/meaning is on the right.

garden...................yard

yard.....................gravel/bricked courtyard

kitchen garden.......garden (as in, where you grow vegetables)

allotment..........kitchen garden plot in a community garden area, these are prized and inherited in some municipalities

strimmer..............weed whacker

ramble..............hike through fields and/or along a footpath; walking up a mountain is still called hiking

tip........dump

flytipping........leaving garbage on the roadside/non-tip locations; a larger amount than littering

skip.......dumpster

bin...........trashcan

rubbish..............trash/garbage

(many of these were included in this post)

Here are some words that do cross the Atlantic, but I've found that calling these by any of the "American" synonyms will often get me a chuckle over here:

shop.........store, generally of a single type of merchandise

department store........ store that sells different types of merchandise

supermarket.............grocery store

The British have a way of shortening things:

brolly.....umbrella

sandy......sandwich

brekkie.....breakfast

veg.....vegetable(s)

pressies.....presents

Crimbo.....Christmas

Uni......university

Finally, some words that are more commonly used in Britain vs. America, although all are acceptable:

whilst.....while

as well........too, also

orientated........oriented

Of course, I can't leave you without a picture-

on EaaSL that's nearly sacrilege!

*sigh*  The skies here make me wish I could watercolor...