AmE to BrE

[nq:1]Here's a slightly outdated guide. AmE BrE bus charabanc cheese cloth butter muslin garters sock suspenders pull a ***** pull a bloomer slice of bread doorstep sneakers plimsols[/nq]
a doorstep is specifically a thick slice, excessively thick for 'polite society'. It is to be eaten whilst supping tea out of the saucer.

I (native BrE) am not familiar with "pull a bloomer" but "mak

Jim Ward typed thusly:
[nq:1]Here's a slightly outdated guide. AmE BrE bus charabanc cheese cloth butter muslin garters sock suspenders pull a ***** pull a bloomer slice of bread doorstep[/nq]
That should be "doorstop", and it specifically means a slice of bread so thick that it could be used as a doorstop. The UK English for "slice of bread" is, er, "slice of bread".
Why oh why oh why

tjb typed thusly:
[nq:2]Here's a slightly outdated guide. AmE BrE bus ... ***** pull a bloomer slice of bread doorstep sneakers plimsols[/nq]
[nq:1]a doorstep is specifically a thick slice, excessively thick for 'polite society'. It is to be eaten whilst supping tea out of the saucer.[/nq]
You will see that I've corrected this to "doorstop", but it's quite possible that there are regio

[nq:1]Jim Ward typed thusly:[/nq]
[nq:2]slice of bread doorstep[/nq]
[nq:1]That should be "doorstop", and it specifically means a slice of bread so thick that it could be used as a doorstop. The UK English for "slice of bread" is, er, "slice of bread".[/nq]
"Doorstep" is right in my experience as thick as a doorstep.

David

[nq:1]Here's a slightly outdated guide. AmE BrE bus charabanc cheese cloth butter muslin garters sock suspenders pull a ***** pull a bloomer slice of bread doorstep sneakers plimsols[/nq]
Not so much "slightly outdated" as "wrong in almost every respect". Whoever fed you this load of hooey should come off your Christmas Card list.

John Dean
Oxford

[nq:2]Here's a slightly outdated guide. AmE BrE bus ... ***** pull a bloomer slice of bread doorstep sneakers plimsols[/nq]
[nq:1]Not so much "slightly outdated" as "wrong in almost every respect". Whoever fed you this load of hooey should come off your Christmas Card list.[/nq]
It was from "The Army Fun Book", written for soldiers in 1943:

"The British are our allies and, unlike

[nq:1]Jim Ward typed thusly:[/nq]
[nq:2]Here's a slightly outdated guide. AmE BrE bus ... pull a ***** pull a bloomer slice of bread doorstep[/nq]
[nq:1]That should be "doorstop", and it specifically means a slice of bread so thick that it could be used as ... one at Tescos yesterday, but it can barely accommodate half a hot cross bun because the slots are too narrow.[/nq]
Lakeland has

the Omrud filted:
[nq:1]Why oh why oh why oh why can I not buy a toaster which can cope with bread which is ... one at Tescos yesterday, but it can barely accommodate half a hot cross bun because the slots are too narrow.[/nq]
You need one designated as a "bagel toaster"...that's toastermakerese for broad slots..r

Robin Bignall typed thusly:
[nq:2]Jim Ward typed thusly: That should be "doorstop", and it ... a hot cross bun because the slots are too narrow.[/nq]
[nq:1]Lakeland has one that is supposed to be able to handle a bagel. http://www.lakelandlimited.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/St

R H Draney typed thusly:
[nq:1]the Omrud filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]Why oh why oh why oh why can I not ... a hot cross bun because the slots are too narrow.[/nq]
[nq:1]You need one designated as a "bagel toaster"...that's toastermakerese for broad slots..r[/nq]
Our recently expired toaster was man enough for this job, but I didn't like having to cut slices from my home-made bread in half.