British Terminology

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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