In scotland girls/women get called lassies
Iām the Southern US we say yāall for you all or you plural.
Do you say pop or soda? I say pop.
We say pop here or fizzy juice
I say soda. 1515
In England:
Kindergarten is called play group
Highschool is called secondary school
College is called University
And we also have college which there isnāt an equivalent for. Its basically a couple of years between secondary school and university where its more relaxed.
Also we say trainers instead of sneakers.
Ladies are Sheilaāsā¦we have so many terms that are different.
We say aubergine for egg plant
We used to say votech for vocational technical school where you learn a trade, such as auto mechanic, plumber, electrician.
Coriander for cilantro
In 1977 I graduated high school with a C average and wasnāt cut out for the university. I went to a votech and got an associateās degree in Business Computer Programming.
After graduating I got a job at a bank and made $13,200.00 a year. That was more money than I had ever made in my life, as I was working at age 14. Now thatās below the Federal Poverty Level.
We call young girls (not underage) chickens in French, its Poulette.
Child labor laws in Arkansas USA were you could work limited hours at age 14, and drop out of school at 16 and work unlimited hours.
Iām from Texas we say yāall and call everyone sweetie
we say Eh. from canada eh
Most California slang terms that Iām aware of are very outdated, terms like āradā, āgnarlyā, āstokedā, āhellaā, and so forth.
Sliced deli meat where Iām from is called ācold cutsā. But I have reason to believe itās just called ālunch meatā elsewhere.
I call it cold cuts too.