The British-to-American Dictionary

LoathsomePete · 11-01-2010, 05:08 PM

Chipper = Carpenter and/or guy who makes french fries.

Mojo · 11-01-2010, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

Here, jam is more easily spreadable than jelly. Jelly is kind of...more like jello in its consistency I guess. Jam can drip everywhere...it's not really gelatinous. Then you got preserves which is jelly with **** in it.

I am never completely sure which is which over there. Everytime I think I know, someone or something throws me off again.

Basically this is jam and this is jelly. So, it's the same there as it is here, right?

But I have definitely witnessed Americans referring to jam as jelly and jelly as jam, and then I hear the word jello mentioned too and I just get confused.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 11-01-2010, 05:53 PM

Jam is seeded
Jelly is unseeded

Or at least it's supposed to be anyway.

Paedantic Basterd · 11-01-2010, 06:02 PM

I know that in Australia, jelly is jello, and jam is the fruit spread.

SATCHMO · 11-01-2010, 06:06 PM

Dessert = Pudding

This would always **** me up as a waiter when UK guests would ask what puddings we had and I would tell them, "uh,...none". The incredulous looks I'd get were very entertaining.

Violent & Funky · 11-01-2010, 06:06 PM

Jam and jelly are not the same thing, as far as I'm aware. Jelly is made from fruit juice and is more spreadable, while jam is made from pureed fruit (hence it has seeds in it). And, as duga mentioned, preserves has full pieces of fruit in it...

Violent & Funky · 11-01-2010, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Dessert = Pudding

This would always **** me up as a waiter when UK guests would ask what puddings we had and I would tell them, "uh,...none". The incredulous looks I'd get were very entertaining.

These are the kind of terms they use that piss me off. If you wanna say "mate" instead of "friend" then be my guest but as you said pudding is a specific type of dessert and therefore an extremely frustrating misuse of the term...

SATCHMO · 11-01-2010, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

These are the kind of terms they use that piss me off. If you wanna say "mate" instead of "friend" then be my guest but as you said pudding is a specific type of dessert and therefore an extremely frustrating misuse of the term...

What we refer to as being pudding, is usually considered a custard or mousse in Englese.

Mojo · 11-01-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

These are the kind of terms they use that piss me off. If you wanna say "mate" instead of "friend" then be my guest but as you said pudding is a specific type of dessert and therefore an extremely frustrating misuse of the term...

But it would be just as frustrating for us when the roles were reversed.

right-track · 11-01-2010, 07:11 PM

My lad says mom instead of mam.
He watches too much American TV.
I'm trying to get him out of the habit with a swift clip round the back of the head.

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SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Dessert = Pudding This would always **** me up as a waiter when UK guests would ask what puddings we had and I would tell them, "uh,...none". The incredulous looks I'd get were very entertaining.

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