Tea and a Vocab Lesson with Andrew Butterworth

So perhaps my favorite man in England so far is Andrew Butterworth, the coordinator of Education placements and internships.  He is this precious old man that is so wonderful and animated.  I get to spend a lot of time with him since we meet with him for an hour every Thursday to chat about our placements, and this Friday he is leading my trip to Wales.
Today, he took us out for tea and we chatted about our placements, but ended up talking a lot about the different translations in British vocabulary. I thought they were hilarious, so I decided to share some with everyone.

British Words 

Macintosh: Rain Coat

Lollypop Lady: Crossing Guard

Rubber: Eraser

Pants: Underwear

Period (like at the end of a sentence): Dot; Full Stop

Janitor: Caretaker 

Torch: Flashlight

Skittles: Bowling

Jumper: Sweater

Trunk(of a car): Boot

Aeroplane: Airplane

Tube: Subway

Mobile: Cell phone

Head Teacher: Principle 

Zed: Z

Cookie: Biscuit

Pavement: Sidewalk

Trainers: Sneakers

Apples&Pears: Stairs

"Give us a Butchers" : Give us a look 

Oberjean: eggplant

mackard: tired

Jacket: Potato

Needless to say, it was a very entertaining hour filled with lots of laughs on things both ends of the spectrum. For instance, Andrew had never heard anyone call "wellies" rainboots. 

So excited for Wales tomorrow!

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