okay so, what do you see here?
leaves?
what season is it?
fall
autumn
what's this?
a faucet
tap
what's this?
Wi-Fi?
yeah, but what's the box that the Wi-Fi is pumped out of?
router
router... we say router
what's... wait, what are we looking at? oh... these little green things... what do you call them?
pickles
gherkins
what's in the glass pot?
jelly
jam
so if that was jelly then what's this?
jello
We call this jelly
wibble wobble wibble wobble... jelly on a plate... did you never say that?
no... that's weird
what are we looking at here?
a house
okay, so what's the general term for like houses and buildings and stuff?
if you were like, 'oh, I've got loads of money. I want to buy some...'
real estate
property... we would say property, you would say...
real estate
some real estate comes with a massive one of these... what are you look at there... this nice green area
a backyard
we'd call that a garden
...or a front yard
well, this yard is like a sideways yard because it's so damn big. I wish this was my house (it's not)
when you actually make the purchase, who do you talk to in order to actually buy it?
oh! I know this one
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the realtor
we would call them an estate agent
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what's this person of unspecified gender doing?
jumping rope
skipping
what are these kids in?
ball pit
ball pool... we say pool... ball pool
yeah, ball pool
ball pool
no, it's a ball pit
It's a ball pool
because you disappear
because it's a pool of balls
... and it's a pit
who's this guy?
a janitor
we would call him... a caretaker cos he's taking care of the building
you would say...
a janitor
this is somewhere where you'd go... there might be a pool, a gym, maybe a sauna... a steam room all this stuff
what would you call it?
a gym
well, that's the gym... the gym part...
but the whole building which might encapsulate all this like a sports hall, a gym, a swimming pool
a sauna, steam room... what you call the whole building?
a gym
'Oh, the gym has a sauna... cool. Oh, the gym has a pool cool.' It's a gym
we would call it a leisure center...
have you heard... like do you know leisure center... you say that in the States?
no
what class are these poor people sitting in?
coach
yeah, we would say economy
when you get on the plane you are permitted to take this on board... what do you call this?
carry on
we would say hand luggage
what's this vehicle?
an RV
an RV... we call that a camper van, and I really want one
so you go on your summer holiday and you spend the week in a...
trailer park
we'd call that a caravan park
so what would you call these white things that are parked up here?
trailer
we call them caravans
what bird is this?
a parakeet?
Budgerigar... did you not know that?
excuse me?
budgerigar... do you not know budgerigars?
you never had a budgie when you was younger?
no
you never had a budgie?
no
these are budgies
I don't like birds
you like cats
yeah
because they kill birds
yeah
so budgie comes out the oven. What's that?
a rotisserie chicken
we'd call that a roast chicken
what's this thing with the handle?
a pitcher
jug
juice box
juice carton... or carton of juice
milk
thicker...
yogurt?
yoghurt
do it again
yogurt?
yoghurt
yogurt
yoghurt
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this girl has finished her project... her work and she's going to give it to her teacher
what's she going to do?
turn it in
hand it in
turn it in
hand... she's going hand it to her teacher... hand it in
now the teacher is gonna take it and he's going to go through it and he's going look at it
so what's he going to do?
grade
he's going to grade it?... we say mark... he's going to mark it
'have you marked your work?... sir, have you marked my test?'
'have you graded my test?'
if you're clever, you'll get lots of these in it
what are these?
checkmarks
yeah... we'd say ticks
ticks... ticks... tick box...
check mark
what are these kids doing right now?
taking a test?
they are sitting an exam
they're taking a test
who's this bloke?
a teacher?
what's his job?
a proctor?
what does a proctor do?
proctor's an exam
we call him an invigilator
these kids have just been told class is over... what are they now on?
recess
break time
these kids are in their final years of high school
so they're 17 turning 18... kind of thing... what would you refer to these kids as?
they're seniors
seniors... we would say year 13
so we don't have this whole freshman... sophomore....
what's after that?... junior...
junior... senior
so Americans say...
freshman, sophomore, junior, senior
we just have year 10... 11... 12... 13... as those equivalents... we don't have special names
so these guys... if they were leaving to go to university next year as you would say...
college
then we would say they're in year 13
i.e. second year of sixth form
what game are they playing with these things?
baseball
mmm... it's like baseball, but for kiddies
wiffle ball
we would call it rounders... a good game of rounders down the beach or in the school field is a great laugh
you have rounders or not?
no
it doesn't mean anything to you?
no
oh... okay
who's this bloke?
Santa Claus!
Father Christmas
Santa Claus
how would you greet your fellow Americans at this festive time of year
Merry Christmas
we would say Happy Christmas
although loads of people say Merry Christmas now
what's this girl wearing?
a bathrobe
we'd call that a dressing-gown
do you have this concept of dressing-gown or not?
no, it's a bathrobe... you take a shower or bath and then you put your bathrobe on
leave a comment if you have a dressing-gown and if you love your dressing gown
what's this guy doing?
foraging for food in the forest
true, but what's his job?... he's getting paid to do this
oh, he's restocking the shelves
stocking shelves... we say stacking shelves
no he's stock... stack... stocking?... yeah
that's confused you hasn't it?
yeah it has
we literally say stock.... wait... no, you say stocking we say stacking
yeah, he's restocking
yeah, I'd say he's a shelf stacker
cause he's stacking the things on the shelf
he's a shelf stocker because he's restocking his stock of goods on the shelf
you're driving down the road... High Street... you want to hack a left at the end of the road, what do you do?
you would use your turn signal
we'd call that an indicator
you probably haven't... I don't know... do you have any clue what this is?
a tractor?
it's like the bottom bit of a motor vehicle... it's got a special name, which is spelt like this:
c-h-a-s-s-i-s
have you even...
a chassis?
Americans say chassis, right?
I think so
we say chassis
what's the big city here that isn't London?
Birmingham
what do you typically call the main road or street that runs down the centre of the town?
Main Street
we call it the High Street
what's this?
a garage
garage... do it again
garage?
what's in the red circle?
a period
full stop
parentheses
brackets
what letter is that?
zee
zed
this girl dresses in tie-dye... she's got a nose piercing
how would you describe her?
crunchy
I would say she's a hippie
yeah hippie or...
crunchy
wow... these guys are really crunchy
yeah... very crunchy
so peaceful...
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shows
programs... to watch
program was always like the typical word for a TV show, but it's kind of dying out
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one for the musicians:
so I'd call this: semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, demi semiquaver, and then demi...
(mumbling)... one of them. I don't know...
I would call them:
whole note, half note, quarter note, 8th note , 16th note, 32nd note, 64th note
Americans keep things simple, right?
mm-hmm
fire truck
fire engine
hospital
mmm... specifically the part that you would go to if you had had some kind of major accident
oh... ER
A&E
what does the ER stand for?
emergency room
A&E stands for accident and emergency
so the bad news is if you've had a really bad accident, you need an operation
okay, this girl is going to come and put some stuff in your veins
or your arteries which is going to make you go to sleep. Who is she?
the anesthesiologist
anaesthetist
anesthesiologist
okay, so your operation didn't go so well, and now you are here
she's on a life-support machine
she's in the ICU
she's in intensive care
intensive care unit
we just call it intensive care
you've lost a job and you're given this
pink slip
what's a pink slip?
basically... you're fired
when you're fired in the UK, you're handed your P45
and I think the P45 is kind of the equivalent of the U.S. pink slip
yes
your boss gives you this box and says pack your stuff you're done
you didn't do anything wrong, but what's happened to you?
you've been laid off
yeah, we would say 'you've been made redundant' so we would say this is redundancy
you've been laid off
if you want a new job once you've been laid off/ made redundant, then you might want to write up one of these... what is it?
a resume
CV... curriculum vitae
curriculum vitae
testing your knowledge of constellations
what is this constellation here... these last two point north... to the north star... the pole star
Big Dipper
we call it the plow
what game is this?
chutes and ladders?
snakes and ladders... we have snakes you have...
chutes
this guy sat on a...
haystack
bale of hay... is holding a...
flashlight
torch