UPDATE: This is all being moved to a dedicated page, where I will continue to document the differences.
The Same But Different, UK-US Differences Part 1
Key:
= | pretty much equal to |
~= | similar to |
/= | not equal to |
CVS | = | Boots |
Rite Aid | ~= | (a slightly shabby) Boots |
Walgreens | = | Boots |
Target | ~= | what Woolworths could have been |
7-Eleven | ~= | Londis / Wavy Line (as was) |
??? | = | WHSmith (I’m still looking) |
Reno 911! | ~= | |
Sanford & Son | = | Steptoe & Son |
Hershey’s chocolate | /= | chocolate |
Sidewalk | = | Pavement |
Pavement | = | road surface |
Smoke a cigarette | = | Smoke a fag |
Smoke a fag | = | shoot a homosexual dead |
Rick Warren | ~= | Rowan Williams |
Brian Williams | /= | Zeinab Badawi (but kind of, and I ran out of ideas) |