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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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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Makes as little sense to me as a car boot, but tree boot existing wouldn't surprise me given how little sense english makes anyway

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

Yeah car boot, it's the place where the bodies go.

It's also an alternative name for a wheel clamp.