What do Brits call a driveway?

A driveway (also called drive in UK English) is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or group.

What do they call a driveway in London?

It's a 'Drive'.

What do Brits call a garage?

Car park – n – Parking lot or parking garage.

What do British call sidewalks?

Also, a US sidewalk is a British pavement, and curb is spelled kerb (curb in UK English is a verb i.e. to “curb your enthusiasm”).

What do the British call a garden hose?

Terminology. The alternative term "hosepipe" is a chiefly British, South African, and southern US usage; "hose" or "garden hose" is the predominant term in other English-speaking areas.

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What do British people call a water hose?

A hosepipe is a hose that people use to water their gardens or wash their cars.

What do British people call roundabouts?

They are officially known as "ring junctions". The first magic roundabout was constructed in 1972 in Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, designed by Frank Blackmore, inventor of the mini-roundabout.

Why do Brits say floor instead of ground?

“Floor” was an archaic word for “ground” centuries ago. And according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “floor” has been used in the game of cricket to refer to the ground (but this must be an uncommon usage, since it doesn't currently appear in any standard British dictionaries).

What do British people call biscuits?

Scone (UK) / Biscuit (US)

These are the crumbly cakes that British people call scones, which you eat with butter, jam, sometimes clotted cream and always a cup of tea.

What do Brits call the bathroom?

As with many English words, some are common in American English and others are common in British English. However, words such as: bathroom, ladies room, men's room and restroom are common to both. On most airlines, the toilet is referred to as “the lavatory”.

What do British call a sitting room?

In Western architecture, a living room, also called a lounge room (Australian English), lounge (British English), sitting room (British English), or drawing room, is a room for relaxing and socializing in a residential house or apartment.

What is driveway in American English?

driveway in American English

(ˈdraɪvˌweɪ ) US. noun. a private way or road for cars, leading from a street or road to a garage, house, etc.

Why do you call a driveway?

The term driveway originated as the designation for the place you drive you car into at the house, like from the gate of the farm, or estate, to the house. When you got to the end of the driveway, you would park the car.

What do Brits call the first floor?

In British English the floor at street level is called the ground floor, whereas in American English this is the first floor.

Do British say pavement?

In the UK, a pavement is the hard raised level surface at the side of a road that people can walk on: I set it down on the pavement by the door of the shop. American speakers call this a sidewalk. In the US, pavement means the hard surface of a road: Cars were skidding on the pavement.

Do British people say pavement?

It is called a sidewalk in American English, but can also be called a pavement (mainly British English and South African English), a footpath (Australian English, Irish English, Indian English and New Zealand English) or footway (Engineering term).

What do British call a kettle?

Most definitely a teapot. A teakettle would not make much sense, as a kettle is something that is directly heated by putting it on a stove or via an internal electric heater. Nobody in the UK makes tea that way.

What do British call drinking fountains?

Bubbler is a just a water fountain that provides drinking water in public places.

What do Brits call a faucet?

ANSWER: It's called a tap in British English and a faucet in American English.

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