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Separated By a Common Language - US and UK

Streetwise said:
do you have cack-handed in the us ?
cack keck old English dialect meaning awkward
and hand+ed
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Also cuddy -wifter as left handed. Not sure of origination.
Cuddy is also a donkey, so when they used donkeys down the mine to haul out the coal. The left handed guy would have to come through on the other side of the cuddy.
 
Aeolienne said:
Strictly speaking an apartment is a unit of a multi-occupancy residence originally built for that purpose, whereas a flat is a unit of a converted building. So for instance it is correct to refer to the State Apartments at Buckingham Palace. However whereas luxury new-build developments are frequently touted as "luxury apartments" (perhaps with a view to attracting foreign investors), dwellings in somewhere like the ill-fated Grenfell Tower will always be described as flats ("high-rise flats" to be precise).
Example of luxury flats being described as apartments:
High living, low sales: Shard apartments still empty, five years on
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And here are some "spacious studio apartments [sic]" for students, going for a higher rate than what I pay for my one-bed flat in Leamington Spa! Mind you, that does include a free gym and "private entertainment room", whatever that is.
Julian Court, Coventry
 
In School and College/.

UK: Term
US: Semester
UK: Junior school
US: Elementary
UK Secondary school
US: Senior High school

Also, a bit more crude by still relevant.

US: Ass
UK: Arse

Just thought of something else:

US: Potato Chips
UK: Crisps

Another one:

US: Graduating High school
UK: Just leaving Secondary school having passed or failed GCSE exams
 
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Actually, term and semester are both pertinent in USA.
Some schools operate on a 2 semester basis.
Others use terms, with there being 3 standard terms and
the optional summer term.

I liked semester classes because there was more time for
me to figure out what I was supposed to be doing.
 
Mr Allen said:
In School and College/.

UK: Term
US: Semester
UK: Junior school
US: Elementary
UK Secondary school
US: Senior High school

US: Graduating High school
UK: Just leaving Secondary school having passed or failed GCSE exams
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I don't know about the US but the names for the different levels of school vary a lot across the UK. In my area it was primary school (reception - yr 6) high school (yrs 7-9) and college (yrs 10-11 and Post-16). Since I left they've merged the high school and colleges so it's not just primary school and high school. And that's not every taking into account the grammar schools, private schools, and public schools.
I think that's another difference between US and UK:
US: Public school - free schools funded by government, Private school - posh schools you pay for.
UK: Community schools - Free schools funded by government, Private schools - semi posh schools you pay for, Public schools - Super posh schools only toffs can afford.

The US tradition of 'graduating' school is funny. I couldn't even be bothered to attend my first uni graduation.
 
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