Monday, April 11, 2011

Spot the Difference {2}

All of the bathrooms in the homes have these heated towel racks for you to hang your towel on. White-Out is called Tippex. It's the brand, just like White Out brand, but no one will have any idea what you're talking about if you ask for White Out. Also, a vacuum is called a Hoover, and you don't vacuum the floors, you hoover them. Every one knows they spell things funny here: realize vs realise; color vs colour; fiber vs fibre; favorite vs favourite, etc Gasoline is called petrol here-but in reality most cars here run on diesel. Petrol is sold by the litre-not the gallon. Last I checked, it was 130pence (so 1pound 30 pence) per litre, which of course is ridiculous. It cost us over 80 pounds to fill our car, and the tank wasn't even empty.

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