US vs UK words

[Klaus]

I know only two on the left and three on the right. I guess I'm neither from the UK nor from the US. Damn, I thought I knew a reasonable number of English words...

[Copper]

20-2

[jon-nyc]

Klaus don’t feel bad at all. These are words that are so country specific (and often regionally specific) that native speakers of the language living across the pond don’t know them. And we’ve been watching each other’s movies and TV shows for decades, w/o subtitles.

[jon-nyc]

I only scored 20-5, and I spent cumulatively probably 2-3 years in London. And double that on daily conference calls with the UK.

[Klaus]

I was amazed that, according to that table, 99% of UK people know "biro". I looked it up, and it seems to stem from a brand of ballpoint pens that is these days used universally for any ballpoint pen. I don't think I ever stumbled upon that.

On the other side, 98% of US people know "kabob". I looked it up, and it's simply another way to write kebab, which I know of course. But why write it as kabob? wtf...

[Klaus]

I guess for "tippex" Pgermany would be even higher than Puk. Tipp-Ex is a German company.

[George K]

20 - 2 (perhaps 3 if "kerbside" means what I think it does).

[Klaus]

@Doctor-Phibes might do well here.

[Doctor Phibes]

@klaus said in US vs UK words:

@Doctor-Phibes might do well here.

18 - 20.

Putting 'kabob' on the US side is like putting 'color' there. I doubt there's an Englishman alive who doesn't know what a kebab is.

[Jolly]

20-4