You say Tomato...

[flaninacupboard]

I tend to agree that a skillet is a frying pan. But at some point in my youth I heard that it was an English term for the eight legged bug. And that a spider was either a tea pot or maybe a cover for a tea pot. I am sooooo confused. Is there an English to English dictionary?

I think someone was pulling your leg....

[Capmaster]

I tend to agree that a skillet is a frying pan. But at some point in my youth I heard that it was an English term for the eight legged bug. And that a spider was either a tea pot or maybe a cover for a tea pot. I am sooooo confused. Is there an English to English dictionary?

An "English-English to Proper English" dictionary, perhaps?

<ducks real low>

[ZAPPER]

I found it! The Webster's New World Dictionary says that a spider can be a frying pan

[ZAPPER]

I got to make some English freinds, I have a Triumph 650 Bonnie that needs restored. Parts and know how are rare around here

[Craig Tucker]

I found it! The Webster's New World Dictionary says that a spider can be a frying pan

Never heard a frying pan called a spider, and I am English. A spider to me is an arachnid, or an impliment used whilst playing snooker.

[ZAPPER]

Yep it is funny how these things get started.

[ViRaL1]

spi·der (spī'dər)
(one of 4 definitions)

New England, Upper Northern, & South Atlantic U.S. See frying pan. See Regional Note at frying pan.

skil·let (skĭl'ĭt)
(one of 2 definitions)

Chiefly British. A long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs.

--Taken from GuruNet--
Which gets it's definitions from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

[ZAPPER]

Just to throw some gas (or petrol) on the fire How about a biscuit?

[ZAPPER]

Even more trouble, how about "chips"

[Supreme2k]

U.S. : Budweiser = beer
U.K. : " "= piss

[thayne]

U.S. : Budweiser = beer
U.K. : " "= piss

Budweiser = piss in the US too!, at least where I'm from...

[Conquest10]

What are chips called in the UK?

[Conquest10]

US: Canadian Bacon
Canada: Ham

[Supreme2k]

What are chips called in the UK?

Pom fritte?

We-side-with-Bush Fries?

[Capmaster]

What are chips called in the UK?

Crisps?

[ViRaL1]

Not that this is really the UK, but what do they call French Fries in France?

[Capmaster]

Not that this is really the UK, but what do they call French Fries in France?

Intellectual equals?

[ViRaL1]

Touche pussycat.

[offline]

Spider in Australia is also a softdrink (soda/pop) with
icecream. A coke spider is nice on a hot day.

Any UK or US equivalent of a Dead Dingo's Donga?

[Conquest10]

Spider in Australia is also a softdrink (soda/pop) with
icecream. A coke spider is nice on a hot day.

Any UK or US equivalent of a Dead Dingo's Donga?

What?

[ZAPPER]

US: Ice cream and soda pop= Float. Nice on any day

[ZAPPER]

I'll bite. What is a Dead Dingo's Donga? I've heard of a "broke dick dog"

[Supreme2k]

Maybe "big, fat donkey dicks"?

[flaninacupboard]

In the UK crisps are very thin slices of potato. this includes things like pringles and doritos. Chips are larger pieces of potato, not like french fries. wedges are wedges.

Ice cream in lemonade is a Cream Soda, dunno what ice cream in coke is...

[offline]

US: Ice cream and soda pop= Float. Nice on any day

I like the sound of that.. a float.

Here we have a Bloat. It is a meat pie covered in
white sauce and peas. Very nice.

What is a Dead Dingo's Donga? I've heard of a "broke dick dog"

What is a broke dick dog?

A Dead Dingo's Donga is just an expression
as I'm as dry as a dead dingo's donga so I'll have
an ice cold beer.

Donga = penis Dingo = native wild dog

What do you call Potato Cakes in the UK/US ?
Here they are a flat disc of potato, fried with
batter.

A creamy soda here is a ale like softdrink in a can or
bottle.

[ZAPPER]

I guess that broke dick dog is just a saying. Its meaning could depend on the context that it is used in. Either referring to not having any money or being really unlucky or sad with nothing to live for

[ViRaL1]

There's also the phrase 'cleaner than a broke dick dog' which means you're all dressed up, clean shaven etc.

[Conquest10]

What do you call Potato Cakes in the UK/US ?
Here they are a flat disc of potato, fried with
batter.

Looks like what we call chips.

[Conquest10]

In the UK crisps are very thin slices of potato. this includes things like pringles and doritos.

So crisps are what we call chips.

Chips are larger pieces of potato, not like french fries.

I thought chips were French Fries? Or are what you call French Fries different from what we call them?

wedges are wedges.

You mean potato wedges?

Ice cream in lemonade is a Cream Soda, dunno what ice cream in coke is...

You don't have Vanilla Coke over there?

[ZAPPER]

The US is a pretty big place with lots of differnt cultures. I would think of a potato cake as shredded potatos pressed into a flat shape and fried. But like potato pancakes I think of as having spices and maybe flour or egg added and fried. I think the the Germans get most of the potato pancake credit. But I think that potatos came from South America