User:LachlanA/AustralianEnglish
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English | Australian | US | |||
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bonnet | bonnet | hood | |||
boot | boot | trunk | |||
?? | bumper bar | bumper | |||
?? | mud guard | fender | |||
?? | windscreen | windshield | |||
?? | petrol | gas | |||
?? | bitumen | asphalt | |||
?? | sealed road | paved road | |||
?? | gravel | road metal | |||
?? | ute, utility | pickup truck | |||
?? | give a lift | give a ride | |||
?? | semi(-trailor) | big rig | |||
?? | car park | parking lot | |||
?? | bowser | gas pump | |||
lorry | truck | truck | |||
motorway | freeway | freeway | |||
car, motor | car | car, auto(mobile), vehicle
[1] ^ Although an Australian would say that a car is a vehicle, they would not ask "do you have a vehicle?" | |||
silencer | muffler | muffler | |||
?? | rubber | eraser | |||
?? | backboard duster | blackboard eraser | |||
?? | sticky tape | scotch tape | |||
?? | biro | pen | |||
?? | post a letter | mail a letter | |||
?? | display on notice board | post a notice | |||
?? | postman | mailman | |||
?? | drawing pins | thumbtacks | |||
?? | golfballs (selectric typewriter) | elements | |||
ground floor | ground floor | first floor (Oz floors are US floors less 1) | |||
lift | lift (building) | elevator | |||
?? | notice board | bulletin board | |||
lavetory | toilet | washroom, restroom | |||
CV | CV, resume | resume | |||
?? | biscuit | cookie, cracker | |||
?? | burghul | bulgur | |||
?? | scone | biscuit (nearest equivalent, made with yeast instead of self-raising) | |||
sweet | lolly | candy | |||
?? | icy pole | popsicle, ice pop | |||
?? | plain flour | all purpose flour | |||
?? | whole meal (bread) | wheat, whole wheat | |||
?? | castor sugar | confectionary sugar | |||
?? | rockmelon | cantaloupe | |||
?? | paw paw | papaya | |||
?? | shallots, spring onions | green onions, scallions | |||
?? | capsicum | bell pepper | |||
swede | swede | rutabaga (turnip) | |||
?? | silver beet | Swiss chard | |||
?? | sultanas | yellow raisins | |||
?? | jam | jam, jelly | |||
?? | jelly | jello | |||
chips | chips | French fries | |||
crisps | chips | potato chips | |||
?? | fairy floss | cotton candy | |||
?? | soft drink | soda, pop, soda pop, "coke" | |||
?? | ginger ale | root beer | |||
?? | lemonade | 7-up | |||
?? | American style lemonade | lemonade | |||
?? | tomato sauce | ketchup | |||
?? | entree | appetizer | |||
?? | main course | entree | |||
?? | tea time, morning tea, afternoon tea | coffee break | |||
?? | black or white coffee or tea | coffee or tea with or without cream, coffee light | |||
?? | serviette | napkin | |||
?? | scroggin | gorp, trail mix | |||
?? | tucker | grub | |||
?? | make a sandwich | make or fix a sandwich | |||
?? | packed lunch | sack lunch or box lunch | |||
?? | jug | pitcher | |||
?? | schooner, midi, pot | small, large beer | |||
?? | restaurant bill | restaurant check, restaurant bill | |||
?? | shout a round | buy everyone drinks | |||
?? | mince steak | ground beef | |||
?? | chicken, chook | chicken | |||
?? | meat pie | --- | |||
?? | pastie | --- | |||
?? | pavlova | --- | |||
?? | sausage roll | --- | |||
?? | lamington | --- | |||
?? | pudding | --- | |||
?? | stew | --- | |||
?? | to bake under an open grill, i.e., bake and grill food simultaneously | broil | |||
?? | flavoursome | flavorful | |||
?? | 1st year, 2nd year etc | freshman, sophomore, junior, senior | |||
?? | university, uni | college, school | |||
?? | at university | in college | ?? | postgrad(uate) | grad(uate) student |
?? | thesis | dissertation | |||
?? | supervisor | adviser | |||
read (a subject) | study (a subject) | study (a subject) | |||
?? | term | quarter | |||
autumn | autumn | fall | |||
?? | sit in on course | audit course | |||
?? | primary school | elementary school | |||
?? | maths | math | |||
?? | stats | stat | |||
headmaster | headmaster, principal | principal | |||
?? | flat | apartment, condominium | |||
?? | kitchen tidy | trash can | |||
?? | rubbish bin | trash can | |||
?? | bucket | pail | |||
?? | tap | faucet, spigot | |||
?? | letter box | mail box | |||
?? | verandah | porch, deck | |||
pavement | footpath | sidewalk | |||
?? | lounge (suite) | sofa | |||
?? | wardrobe | closet | |||
?? | dresser, dressing table | sideboard | |||
?? | cutlery | silverware | |||
?? | freezer | freezer, icebox | |||
?? | kitchen bench | kitchen counter | |||
?? | laundry trough | laundry tub | |||
?? | clothes hoist | clothes line | |||
clothes peg | clothes peg | clothes pin | |||
?? | billy (usually a blackened tin pot used on a bushwalk) | pot | |||
?? | billy tea (tea made in a billy on a bushwalk) | ||||
?? | estate agent | realtor | |||
?? | block of land | lot of land | |||
?? | cubby house | tree house, play house | |||
?? | (baby's) dummy | pacifier | |||
?? | lane | alley | |||
?? | tomahawk | hatchet | |||
?? | cotton wool | absorbent cotton | |||
?? | (council) rates | local taxes | |||
?? | tidy up room, house | pickup room, house | |||
Duvet | doona, continental quilt | comforter | |||
?? | jumper | sweater | |||
?? | polo neck (jumper) | turtle neck (sweater) | |||
?? | singlet | tank top, athletic shirt | |||
?? | nappy | diaper | |||
?? | sanitary towels | sanitary napkins | |||
?? | hair pins | bobby pins | |||
?? | press studs | snaps | |||
?? | track suit | sweat suit, sweats | |||
?? | clothes horse | clothes rack (?) | |||
?? | reel of cotton | spool of thread | |||
?? | zip | zipper | |||
trousers | pants | pants | |||
spanner | spanner | wrench | |||
?? | torch | flashlight | |||
?? | oxie welder | torch | |||
?? | fortnight | two weeks | |||
?? | Saturday week etc | a week from Saturday | |||
?? | dollar note | dollar bill | |||
?? | bushwalk | hike | |||
?? | station | ranch | |||
?? | droving | muster, roundup | |||
?? | swagman, swaggie (not derogatory) | bum, pan handler (derogatory) | |||
?? | jackaroo | cowboy | |||
?? | jilleroo | cowgirl | |||
?? | woop woop | boondocks, boonies | |||
?? | behind the black stump, back of Bourke | podunk | |||
?? | bush bashing | brush busting | |||
?? | outback | --- | |||
?? | walkabout | --- | |||
?? | write to (something) | write (someone) | |||
?? | semi-quaver | sixteenth note | |||
?? | quaver | eighth note | |||
?? | crotchet | quarter note | |||
?? | mimim | half note | |||
?? | semi breve | whole note | |||
?? | breve | double note | |||
?? | barrack for team | root for team | |||
?? | sport | sports | |||
?? | stocks (ski) | poles | |||
?? | football | Australian rules | |||
?? | gridiron, American football | football | |||
?? | hockey | field hockey | |||
?? | ice hockey | hockey | |||
?? | noughts and crosses | tic tac toe | |||
?? | newspaper cuttings | newspaper clippings | |||
queue | queue | line | |||
?? | quay | wharf | |||
?? | busker | street artist | |||
?? | unreliable | flaky, flake out | |||
?? | home and hosed | home free | |||
?? | homely | homey | |||
?? | plain | homely | |||
?? | glandular fever | mono (nuclesis) | |||
?? | rsi (repetition strain injury) | repetitive stress syndrome (less serious), carpal tunnel syndrome (more serious, may even require surgery) | |||
?? | cinch | sure thing | |||
?? | g'day | hi, howdy | |||
?? | ta-ta, seeya | take care, take it easy | |||
?? | ta, thanks | thanks | |||
?? | good on you | good for you | |||
?? | good work | good job | |||
?? | poker machine | slot machine | |||
?? | lawyer, solicitor | attorney | |||
?? | door-to-door salesman | solicitor | |||
?? | aluminium | aluminum | |||
?? | chemist's | drug store | |||
?? | caretaker | janitor | |||
?? | warder | prison guard | |||
?? | (train) engine | locomotive | |||
?? | shareholder | stockholder | |||
?? | disembark (from plane) | deplane | |||
?? | sus (that's a bit sus) | suspect | |||
?? | sus out (we'll have to sus it out) | check out | |||
?? | tick off (items in a form) | check off | |||
?? | tick off (the teacher caught the boy and ticked him off) | scold, dress down | |||
parcel | parcel | package | |||
time table | time table | schedule | |||
mobile (phone) | mobile (phone) | cell(phone) | |||
mohican (hairstyle) | mohawk | mohawk |