Things you should know when traveling across the pond.

I have now been across the pond to the UK five times, and I have learned many valuable things. I decided to compile a list of a few of these; that it may help you understand some of the differences in our cultures and my wife when she speaks. I hope you enjoy these and please comment and add more.

When someone asks you to put something in your boot don't take your shoe off; it means your trunk.

If someone asks if you have just lost 50 pounds that is not a compliment of your weight, check your pockets.

If you’re told to go right round the round-about, DO NOT go around it to the right.

A chocolate biscuit is not as odd as it sounds.

The Brits are not as entertained with the saying “skip to the loo” as I am.

The London Bridge is not the bridge you think it is. The large, grand one in all the pictures is the Tower Bridge.

Leicester is pronounced like Lester.

Stinking fags are not what you think, they are cigarettes.

Crisps are chips, chips are fries, and a fry up is breakfast.

If you get a bacon burger expect it will look like ham on top of a burger.

The lift will get you to the correct floor in the car park.

The water closet is not actually in a closet.

There are no restrooms or bathrooms; you will need to ask for the toilets.

You don't rent anything you hire it. If it’s a residence then you let it.

An apartment is a flat, a condo is a terrace (3 or more attached homes), a duplex is a semi detached house (2 homes attached together), and a single family house is a detached house.

A yard is a garden and a garden is a vegetable patch.

The projects are council housing.

The cooker is the stove, and the hoover is the vacuum cleaner.

To ask for ice is odd.

If you ask for water it will be tap or a glass bottle of mineral water.

You never wait in line; you will wait in the queue or queue up.

To check off is to tick off but instead of getting ticked off you go mad.

In the US if you get mad your pisst; in the UK if your pisst you have drank too much.

To make fun of is to take the mick (or mickey) out of.

To park up is to park, to ring up is to call, to knock up is to awake by knocking.

Bucks are quids and cents are pence.

“What's up, man” is the same as “You alrite mate”

You walk on the pavement, not a sidewalk.

An interstate is a motorway and a motorcycle is a motorbike.

A cop is a bobby and police officer is police constable.

Trash is rubbish, a trash can is a rubbish bin or dust bin, and a garbage man is a dust bin man.

Austin Powers is not as funny to the English and shag is not a type of dance.

Soccer is football, and no one cares about American football.

Baseball is like rounders, and cricket is just weird.

Tea is always hot, and iced tea is non-existent.

Passing gas is breaking wind, and dog poop is dog foul.

A diaper is a nappy, and a band-aid is a plaster.

Your butt is your bum and your Mom is your Mum. (No correlation intended)

A couch is a sofa, the TV is the telly, a pocketbook is a handbag, and a shopping bag is a carrier bag.

A cross walk is a zebra crossing, yes but pronounced zeb-ra.

In England the cars are small and the parking spaces are even smaller.

Gas is petrol; and your hood is your bonnet.

You can blow your nose with toilet roll to get rid of the bogies and you can clean the counters with kitchen roll.

The longer I sit here the more I think of. Don't get me started on the differences in the foods...

Please leave any you can think of in the comments.

Until next time...