Differences between the US and the UK

I decided to make a list of some of the differences between the US and UK. Some are pretty crazy.

• They drive on the left side of the road
• The drivers seat is on the right side of the car
• They call the yellow traffic light amber
• They call flashlights "torches"
• They call underwear "pants"
• They call pants "trousers"
• The bathroom to them is literally a room with a bath. If you need to go to the bathroom, ask for the toilet or loo.
• They call vacations "holidays"
• To say you are pissed means that you are drunk
• In some toilets, the toilet paper is dispensed like tissues.
• Their verbs are a bit different. For example, they say, "England are the best team."
• They use the 24 hour clock
• If you're talking about a place and where it is located, UK says "The grocery store is in Oxford Street" where we would say it's on Oxford Street
• If you talk about an accommodation, you are ALWAYS talking about a place to live or stay.
• You throw something away in the "bin"
• They switch the month and day around in their dates. For example, my birthday would look like 19/07/1988.
• Chips are called "crisps" and french fries are called "chips"
• Flavour, colour, neighbourhood, organisation, co-ordinate, recognise. Those are just some of the spelling differences
• Traffic lights go from yellow to red to yellow to green.
• When you walk into a building, you are on the "ground floor." The floor above that is the first floor.
• The elevator is called the "lift"
• We say: "I'll think about that." They say: "I'll have a think about it."
• Measurements of course. I can't even get into those.
• If you get a pint, like at the pub, you are actually getting 20 ounces, not 16 ounces.
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I'm sure I've left out something obvious but that's the list I've come up with so far...

Update on London? I move into my new place in London on Saturday! The commute to the LSHTM should now be 25 minutes instead of 1.5-2 hours. Yay! I'm having internship troubles... we're trying to get that fixed so I might have a post soon that will explain what's going on. I don't want to say anything too soon. But if you want to know, I am absolutely stressed. Okay, enough of that. It's bedtime!

Until next time,

Britt