Hello!
How are you? Today, as part of our reading in class, let's go through some differences between British and American vocabulary. There are many differences, and too many for this post here! But I will go through some key ones here.
First, look at the picture at the top. Look delicious, don't they? In the U.S., they're called cookies - generally, in Japan, you would also call them by this name, perhaps as an American influence (影響).
But in Britain, and other countries where English is more influenced by Britain, such as Australia, or perhaps India or Singapore, these sweets in this box are biscuits.
Now in the U.S., these are called biscuits:
But to people in Britain, as well as in Australia and many other British-influenced countries, they are called scones. Confusing, isn't it?
Warmer/activity
Look at these pictures. What do you think they are called in British and American English? I show the different names below each picture - which one is the British English name, and which one is the American English name?
convertible/open car
football/soccer
line (of people)/queue
First, look at the picture at the top. Look delicious, don't they? In the U.S., they're called cookies - generally, in Japan, you would also call them by this name, perhaps as an American influence (影響).
But in Britain, and other countries where English is more influenced by Britain, such as Australia, or perhaps India or Singapore, these sweets in this box are biscuits.
Now in the U.S., these are called biscuits:
Warmer/activity
Look at these pictures. What do you think they are called in British and American English? I show the different names below each picture - which one is the British English name, and which one is the American English name?
crisps/potato chips
aubergine/eggplant
elevator/lift
convertible/open car
line (of people)/queue
How well could you guess? We'll check these when you're finished!
Good luck! See you next time!
Images: Top - by
Pudding4brains - Own work, Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1015344/Biscuits (Scones) - By
User:-sche cropped a public domain image - File:Runny hunny.jpg, cropped to
focus on only the biscuit which has been broken open to show its interior.,
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38742913/Crisps
(Potato chips) - by Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11926930/Aubergine (Eggplant)
- by Horst Frank - 投稿者自身による作品, CC 表示-継承 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15538/Elevator (Lift) - by
Another Believer -
Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31223018/Convertible (Open car)
- Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=303343
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