English words that mean different in US and UK..

Let's see how many we can get here on SW. No googling!!!

First floor - In US it means the ground floor. In England it means the 1st floor above the ground floor 🙂

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Blodyn · 22-25, F

Subway in America means a train. Here it means a ffordd dan ddaear but that's Welsh. A walkway under the road?

Really · 80-89, M

@Blodyn 'Over here' subway is used to mean more than just 'train'.

Blodyn · 22-25, F

@Really I meant a train dan ddaear.

Really · 80-89, M

@Blodyn And I meant 'subway' as generally used on both sides of the Atlantic. Why are you "responding" with/about a Welsh phrase no one has raised?

Subway In America does not necessarily mean train. One can take the subway or one can go through a subway or one can excavate a subway etc etc etc.

Blodyn · 22-25, F

@Really Ok. But here one cannot take a subway. It makes no sense. A subway is is a footpath under a road. A sottopassagiria as my Dad would say. He's from Brindisi!

Really · 80-89, M

@Blodyn OK