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Have you replaced any British words with their American versions? (self.askuk)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Oneeightnine to c/askuk

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For example, switching out the word 'boot' for 'trunk', or ditching the word 'rubbish' for 'garbage'.

This is something I've noticed my 6 year old does pretty regularly. We went through a stage where 'sweets' became 'candy', 'holiday' became 'vacation' and 'courgette' became 'zucchini'.

That last one didn't happen but if you're still reading you've got my respect, or as the Americans might say '...mad props'.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I’m in Australia now and it’s zucchini and eggplant here, though in general words are much more like British English. No idea what’s going on with the pronunciation of “cache” here though - I work in tech and it’s mental how they say that. Like, Brits and Yanks are in full agreement about that word.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm Australian and it's always been zucchini and eggplant.

I don't know what's wrong with the way we say cache though. How do you pronounce it?

[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's supposed to be pronounced as "cash" or "kaysh". Americans often pronounce it as cachet (ie. "ka-SHAY"), which is a different word with a different meaning. Needless homophone that introduces confusion.

I'm guessing that's been picked up by Australia in recent years, but not when I still lived there.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I'm American and I've only ever heard it pronounced like "cash", whether that's someone speaking or in tv/movies.

It's not a very popular word and most of the times I've heard it is on the topic of geocaching.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah I'm a cash person along with everyone I know.

I have heard cashay though.

But I prounce sachet as satchet-et so I'm all over the show.