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) |
3 responses to “The Same But Different, UK-US Differences Part 2”
Target is now selling Boots brand H&BA. In case you get homesick.
Didn’t know they had Rite Aid on the West Coast. Sorry.
I noticed they have Boots cosmetics. If only they would start selling
Boots sandwiches – everyone knows British sandwiches are the best (joke)
Re: the Hershey — there’s a reason why they’re “candy bars” in the States, and not “chocolate bars”.