just want to clear something up
in a car what is your name for the clutch (im assuming you have manual cars)
UK// US
Accelerator// Gas
Brake// Brake
Clutch//?????
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just want to clear something up
in a car what is your name for the clutch (im assuming you have manual cars)
UK// US
Accelerator// Gas
Brake// Brake
Clutch//?????
I think it's the same (clutch).
WHAT.... do the Americans really use brakes???
Yeah - it's clutch...
Gas and accelerator are interchangable - I actually use accelerator more.
well that cleared that one up! ;)
LoL, Americans aren't bad drivers. We are just fast. Do you have a speed problem? Scared of driving over 50 kph?Quote:
Originally posted by ihsir
WHAT.... do the Americans really use brakes???
Int'l / US
Civilisation / Civilization
-ise / -ize (mostly)
football / soccer
lift / elevator
chips / fries
jelly / jello
...
need more!!!
trolley / wheelbarrow
kip / nap
i know quite a few but they're more england specific... Some of my family is english (the rest scotish and irish) so i hear a lot of odd stuff. ;)
>Germany is the one with the autoban, not the US.
Whooooohoooooooooo !!!!
No limits.
How much is one kph expressed in km/h? (what does kph stand for?)
> How much is one kph expressed in km/h? (what does kph stand for?)
kph and km/h are the same thing - both are kilometers per hour
> Some off us acculy go the speed limmit and are critized because of it.
That's because you people get in my way when I'm late for work!
>That's because you people get in my way when I'm late for work!
Two words... paved shoulder ! :D
(thats the extreme left of the roadway for you Brits)
Heres one: the letter 'Z'
pronounced 'zee' in US
pronounced 'zed' elsewhere
US//World
sofa//couch (chesterfeild)
soda//pop
color//colour
Michigan//US
pop//soda
You cook with soda, you drink pop! :p
> Two words... paved shoulder !
Two more - road construction
There's a reason Michigan's state statue's considered the highway worker....
i have a buddy from Seattle who says the same...pop is sweet. soda is carbonated water...
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> Some off us acculy go the speed limmit and are critized because of it.
That's because you people get in my way when I'm late for work!
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I only have a learner's permit and you people get in my way!
Here we basically call everything soda, coke (it may sound stupid but a lot of the time I'll just say "What kind of coke do you want?"), or a drink. Pop is that annoying music they alway play on Y-100 (local radio station)...
>>sofa//couch
I don't know about you, but I have a couch, not a sofa :p.