10 Questions About…


You say lift, I say elevator by Ann Treacy
September 19, 2007, 7:22 pm
Filed under: Dublin

Tonight the girls and I are trying to create a list of words that are different in Ireland than in the US. Here it is:

Irish to US
Post – mail
Crisps – chips
Biscuits – cookies
Chips – French fries
Senior infants – kindergarten
Junior infants – preschool
mum or mam – mom
granny – grandma
colour – color
football – soccer
euro – dollar – OK a little different but…
surname – last name
track suit – sweats
first class – first grade
telly – TV
cross – mad
mad – crazy


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Grandma T's avatar

How about the police? Don’t they call them something different? Love ya Grnadma T

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