Test of American or English words
Is the speaker of each sentence English or American? Answers below
| 1 | The corpse was put in the boot | US UK |
| 2 | Ginger, you’re barmy | US UK |
| 3 | She was digging in the dirt | US UK |
| 4 | The room contained a large credenza | US UK |
| 5 | My car’s muffler was faulty | US UK |
| 6 | The man was sitting in the bleachers | US UK |
| 7 | She received a postcard in the post | US UK |
| 8 | The baby was wearing a diaper | US UK |
| 9 | I called him on my mobile | US UK |
| 10 | He was busking loudly in the street | US UK |
| 11 | The pylon towered above the house | US UK |
| 12 | They were mowing their yard | US UK |
| 13 | I had grits for breakfast | US UK |
| 14 | Under his shirt he wore a vest | US UK |
| 15 | This garage has the best price for gas | US UK |
| 16 | My wife is visiting Paris in the fall | US UK |
| 17 | I’ve lost the pants from this suit | US UK |
| 18 | The rocket salad was very tasty | US UK |
| 19 | The baby had a dummy in its mouth | US UK |
| 20 | They carried him on a gurney | US UK |
Different words for
(approximately) the same meaning (UK one
first)
waistcoat/vest, exhaust/muffler,
autumn/ fall, rocket/arugula, mobile/cellphone, terrace/bleachers, crisps/chips,
earth/dirt, dummy/pacifier, nappy/diaper
Same
word, different meaning
Braces, suspenders, gravy, pants,
gas, rubber, biscuit, diner, hood, trunk, pylon, bugger, pants, vest, yard,
post, pavement, dirt, muffin, boot
Words
unique to one language
UK
barmy, busk
US gurney, grits, credenza,
arugula, pacifier, bleachers
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Answers |
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| 1. boot UK (US trunk) | 6. bleachers US
(UK terraces of a stadium) |
11. pylon UK (US ???? | 16. fall US
(UK autumn) |
| 2. barmy UK (US crazy) |
7. post UK (US mail) | 12. yard US
(UK garden) |
17. pants US (UK trousers) |
| 3. dirt US (UK earth) | 8. diaper US (UK nappy) |
13. grits US (UK coarsely | 18. rocket UK (US arugula) |
| 4. credenza US
(UK sideboard) |
9. mobile UK (US cellphone) | 14. vest UK (US undershirt ground maize) |
19. dummy UK (US pacifiers) |
| 5. muffler US (UK exhaust) | 10. busking UK (US
???) |
15. gas US (UK petrol) | 20. gurney US (UK ?wheeled
stretcher) |