Differences between American & British English

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Simon. I'm jealous of you. You said basically what I wanted to say I three sentances. You have a talent like no other. Tell me your secret.

I swear I will never try to explain a thing again.

Hey let's make this discussion reach the 1000th post. Dibs on the 1000th spot!

My bads:
*...in three sentances...*
*I call dibs on the 1000th spot.*

Then when does one have the entrée?

... No, I think I'll spell it "ontray" because I feel like spelling it that way.

So wen do yoo hav the ontray? Iz it the mane dish or iz it the appy? Mor too the point, how did a French werd wich meenz "enter" or "appetiser" cum too meen "mane dish" in wacky old American English?

Jim, sadly I understood that...

Inyway, I never yuzd ontray/entree it's probly the mane dish. I dont no y mini things ar the way they ar in English. I juss no that I learnt it a sertin way and I speek it that way. I doen no French and I doen no y thees peeple buh'for me werr thinkin win they yuzd the French werdz that way. This iz fun. I shud rite this way alla tym.

*Anybody need a translation?* :)

Harry >What does aubergine/eggplant taste like? >
It tastes great for me.

I'll give it a try.

Does anyone use the word "dickie" for the car boot, "plantan" (spelling?) for banana, or "settee" in reference to a couch. I'm just curious because nobody else I know uses them accept for my family.

I've used the word "plantains", but only to refer to the green banana-like fruit that one usually cooks, and not the common yellow bananas you usually eat raw.

I didn't know a car boot was called a "dickie", though

"Settee" sounds so Southern.

"Dickie for the car boot" is a pretty incomprehensible statement to an American. I think what you refer to a dickie or boot is what we refer to as a trunk, right?

Canadians call couches or sofas "chesterfields," I have heard.

Ryan

Car boot/bonet (Aus/Brit) = Car trunk/hood (American)

Roger, actually that I know it is hood/bonet, trunk/boot.

"Bonnet" with two t's.

Excuse the error. "Bonnet" with two n's.

Thank you.