Some help please...?

...for the Best Man (from Tennurssee, y'all) shortly at my daughter's wedding in the UK, just FB'd me, trying to craft his speech... He is looking to use the 'two nations divided by a common language' theme; remind me, apart from 'colourful' spellings, what American/English words have 2 meanings? I already have 'bonnet-hood', 'rubber-eraser' (I know, be careful - even more so with 'Fanny', which used to be a girl's name of course...), 'pants-underpants-trousers' - any more? Thanks :)

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SW-User

knocking up, saloons, 'jelly' ? I think. uh.
hell there are a ton, I think.

SW-User

@SW-User ah, this might be mildly useful
http://www.boredpanda.com/british-american-english-differences-language/

Valentine · M

@SW-User Is it too impolite to ask what 'knocking up' might mean? Are we talking 'waking people up in the morning so they can get or, up so you can do something a little 'different' and hopefully 'loving...'? What do you call Jelly, that wobbly stuff kids like at parties, and saloons = pubs (public houses)? Thanks :)

Valentine · M

@SW-User Thanks for the link, M; someone has already been there and written the t-shirt, by the looks of it ;)

SW-User

@Valentine uh.. in amerianese knocking up is getting someone pregnant. I'm not sure what jelly is in british, but for americans it's similar to marmalade? saloons to me implies... more western, rougher and far less refined than a pub, but that might just be my spin, as opposed to a 4 door car.

Valentine · M

Jelly = that wobbly 'jelly' like stuff kids eat at birthday parties & such; gelatine in America-land? Gel? There's a brand name I think you use... And yes, knocking up is quite the same over here, my mistake.

SW-User

@Valentine oh, jello? like the fruity stuff that's made from horse hooves?

Valentine · M

@SW-User And, just to be clear, there are many types of 'pubs' over here too, and some of them, you 'tread carefully' in...

Valentine · M

Yep, that's it - Jello. Horse's hooves? You kidding me??! Euwwwww....

SW-User

@Valentine sure. just 'pub' to me suggests a bit more refined. whereas saloon, I feel like it's going upscale if they put sawdust on the floor and there's real floor and not just dirt. but that might just be my own personal vision. I don't think I've seen a 'real' saloon ever. don't really hear it used in normal speaking terms, either.

SW-User

@Valentine uh. that might be urban legend kinda thing. but it's not a pleasant process. it might be extracted from boiling bones. I can't recall this late. or early. however you look at it.

Valentine · M

@SW-User I shall now look at Jelly-Jello in a completely different light. Thanks for your help.

SW-User

@Valentine np. from the googles:
The collagen in gelatin does come from boiling the bones and hides of animals processed for their meat (usually cows and pigs). But hooves consist of a different protein, keratin, which can't produce gelatin. To make Jell-O, you need to heat the gelatin in water.Dec 19, 2013

Valentine · M

@SW-User I don't think I'm going to be mentioning this to the kids at the party - like telling them about Father Christmas (Santa?) and 'The Tooth Fairy'... ;)