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Esllanguage Posted 15 years ago
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American English vocabulary question?
just when I thought I knew all the ways American and British English differ...
Americans seem to use the word 'yard' or 'backyard' a lot for what the English would call a 'garden'. We (the British) also use the word 'yard' sometimes but typically it would only be used to describe a small, paved-over area outside a small house. If we were referring to the place where flowers grow and there's a lawn and trees etc, we'd say 'garden'. I wondered when Americans use the word 'garden'?
Also, I notice Americans use the word 'cream' for the white liquid that comes from cows, the stuff you put in tea. The British call this 'milk' - to us, 'cream' is the thick substance you put on your cakes or scones - what do Americans call this stuff?
Americans seem to use the word 'yard' or 'backyard' a lot for what the English would call a 'garden'. We (the British) also use the word 'yard' sometimes but typically it would only be used to describe a small, paved-over area outside a small house. If we were referring to the place where flowers grow and there's a lawn and trees etc, we'd say 'garden'. I wondered when Americans use the word 'garden'?
Also, I notice Americans use the word 'cream' for the white liquid that comes from cows, the stuff you put in tea. The British call this 'milk' - to us, 'cream' is the thick substance you put on your cakes or scones - what do Americans call this stuff?
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Americans use garden as the place where one grows flowers/herbs/fruit/vegetables, often located in the backyard. Cream is inbetween the two in terms of viscosity. We would put milk in tea, but cream (well, half and half) in coffee.
- Americans use garden as the place where one grows flowers/herbs/fruit/vegetables, often located in the backyard.
- Cream is inbetween the two in terms of viscosity.
- We would put milk in tea, but cream (well, half and half) in coffee.
- If one were to make skim milk, you would remove the cream from whole milk.
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Americans use garden as the place where one grows flowers/herbs/fruit/vegetables, often located in the backyard.
Cream is inbetween the two in terms of viscosity. We would put milk in tea, but cream (well, half and half) in coffee. If one were to make skim milk, you would remove the cream from whole milk.
Cream is inbetween the two in terms of viscosity. We would put milk in tea, but cream (well, half and half) in coffee. If one were to make skim milk, you would remove the cream from whole milk.
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esllanguageI wondered when Americans use the word 'garden'?A plot of land behind the house where vegetables are grown. Also, any area dominated by ornamental plantings, whether small and private or large and public, for example, a rose garden. We virtually never refer to plantings in the front yard as a garden.
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