American-English translations?

[combover]

Can anyone help me with the following American-English and English-American?

What do Americans call:
Third party insurance?
Terraced House?
Spring Onion?
Fender? (Something tha goes round your fire and not in the car language).
Swiss Roll?

What do we call:
Bureau?
Catsup?
Dry Goods?

Thanks in advance guys

Combover

[diddyman]

Spring onion - scallion
catsup - ketchup?

>> Edited by diddyman on Tuesday 10th January 12:53

[lexie]

Catsup is ketchup according to my cookery book.

[mybrainhurts]

What do Americans call:

Third party insurance? Insurifying the other guy

Terraced House? Terracifyated house

Spring Onion? Fart fruit

Fender? (Something tha goes round your fire and not in the car language).Idiot guard

Swiss Roll? Dumbass European falling down a mountain




edited 'cos I can't spell terracifyated





>> Edited by mybrainhurts on Tuesday 10th January 12:58

[alfaman]

Terraced House = Town House

( rare in the States )

[minimax]

combover said:

What do Americans call: Third party insurance?

liability cover IIRC

as in "i've only got liability cover on my car because i'm on a budget"

[lexie]

And a spring onion is a scallion

[johnboymac]

fender - fireguard

[lexie]

Doh should read other replies first...

[Nevin]

See here for catsup and plenty other stuff

www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ket2.htm

[chim_knee]

combover said:

What do Americans call: Third party insurance? Mend-Over Insurance Terraced House? Town House Spring Onion? Boing Plant Fender? Fire Frame Swiss Roll? French Cake (go figure!) What do we call: Bureau? Dressing Table? Catsup? Ketchup Dry Goods? Towels...

Are you going to use it on an American? If so, this could be fun!

[sadako]

combover said:

Can anyone help me with the following American-English and English-American? What do Americans call: Spring Onion? - Scallion Swiss Roll? - Roll cake What do we call: Bureau - Office/department Catsup? - Ketchup/Tomato sauce Thanks in advance guys Combover

[diddyman]

A spring onion is a scallion

[pdV6]

diddyman said:

A spring onion is a scallion

Say that again - I missed it the first time

[diddyman]

pdV6 said:

diddyman said: A spring onion is a scallion Say that again - I missed it the first time

I wrote it again just in case lexie missed it the first time!

[ErnestM]

combover said:

Can anyone help me with the following American-English and English-American? What do Americans call: Third party insurance? Terraced House? Spring Onion? Fender? (Something tha goes round your fire and not in the car language). Swiss Roll? What do we call: Bureau? Catsup? Dry Goods? Thanks in advance guys Combover

Third party insurance? uninsured motorist coverage (liability is for damage that you do)
Terraced House? Town House
Spring Onion? Chive
Fender? (Something tha goes round your fire and not in the car language). It's either a fireplace SCREEN or an electric guitar
Swiss Roll? Swiss Roll OR - if you were to say "little Debbie Cakes" (brand name) most would know what you meant.

ErnestM

[diddyman]

What's a scallion, Ernest?

[pdV6]

ErnestM said:

Third party insurance? uninsured motorist coverage (liability is for damage that you do)

3rd party insurance in the UK is for damage that you do also.
Fully comprehensive insurance would cover damage to your own car by an uninsured 3rd party.

[pdV6]

ErnestM said:

Spring Onion? Chive

What do you call chives, then?

[hugoagogo]

dry goods is fabrics, textiles, cloth, even clothes - do we have a word for that?