Street Signs
Sheep Crossing - These are extremely helpful since the sheep tend to roam and lay everywhere.
Eldery People and Disable People - seem kind of humorous. I will have to take a picture so you can understand.
Give Way - means to Yield.
Reduce Your Speed - They never tell you how much speed to reduce.
Favorite Lines
"I'll give you a shout." (referring to when to get off the bus)
"a wee bit" is also used quite frequently
"Make tidy your beds." (before you leave the youth hostel)
"that's grand"
The Scottish and the Irish love to use the adjective 'bloody' to describe anything.
| American Word or Meaning | Scottish Word or Meaning | Measurements ... | |
| thank you | cheers | Volume | |
| hamburger | minced beef | 4.23 cups | 1 liter |
| french fries | chips | 4.22 pints | 2 liters |
| chips | crisps | 1.5 cups | 12 fluid ounces |
| cookies | biscuits | 0.75 pints | 12 fluid ounces |
| ketchup | tomato sauce | 0.5 gallon | 64 fluid ounces |
| cider | an alcoholic drink | 1 gallon | 3.79 liters |
| lemonade | 7-up or sprite | 1 gallon | 8 pints |
| to go | take away | 1 gallon | 16 cups |
| for here | dine in | 1 quart | 2 pints |
| rent | hire/to let | Weights | |
| apartments | flats | 250 grams | 8.8 ounces |
| bathroom | toilets | 250 grams | 0.55 pounds |
| toilet | loo | 500 grams | 1.1pounds |
| trash | rubbish | 500 grams | 17.6 ounces |
| trash can | rubbish bin | 1 kilogram | 2.2 pounds |
| schedule | timetable | 0.45 kilograms | 1 pound |
| man or boy | lad | 16 ounces | 1 pound |
| lady | lassie | Length | |
| bills (money) | notes | 1 foot | 0.3 meters |
| dollar | pound or quid | 1 yard | 3 feet |
| push-up | press up | 1 yard | 0.91 meters |
| uniforms | skins | 1 mile | 1760 yards |
| 18 wheeler | lorry | 1 mile | 5280 feet |
| rest stop | services | 1 mile | 1.6 kilometers |
| parking lot | car park | Temperature | |
| 32 fahrenheit | 0 celcius | ||
| 212 fahrenheit | 100 celcius |
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