Eight English Words You Shouldn't Use Abroad

[phkrause]

You may think it's easy to communicate when you're visiting another English-speaking country, but think again! Certain words mean something entirely different on the other side of the world. Read on to see which eight words could cause you embarrassment across the pond or down under.

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[Gregory Matthews]

I am reminded of a SDA Chaplain assigned to England who had to find housing for he and his family. He made arrangements to see a place and rang the bell. The woman came to the door and he greeted her with a smile and said: Good morning, I am Randy!

NOTE: That was his name.

[Bravus]

My daughter Alex and I were talking about this from our perspective yesterday. Someone's dog ran up to us and stayed with us instead of going back to his owners, so we had to stop walking while they came over to collect him. They said 'Sorry', and we said 'You're right'. For Australians, that means something similar to 'no worries', or 'you're all right, it was no bother' or something like that. We realised that for someone not familiar with this idiom, it might sound as though we meant 'Yep, that's right, you're right to be sorry!' Hopefully our smiles and tone mattered more than the words anyway...

Our girls were a bit scared when we moved to Canada because they'd been told that they needed to say 'bathroom' or 'washroom' rather than 'toilet', and that 'toilet' was not polite to say. They also had some adventures with calling erasers 'rubbers', as we do...

[phkrause]

Our girls were a bit scared when we moved to Canada because they'd been told that they needed to say 'bathroom' or 'washroom' rather than 'toilet', and that 'toilet' was not polite to say. They also had some adventures with calling erasers 'rubbers', as we do...