#1: "Fancy dress" refers to a costume, not a dress that is fancy. It's good I had other plans during the Fancy Dress Pub Crawl, otherwise it could have been AWKward.
#2: All chips are fries, but not all fries are chips. Or maybe it's the other way around. Either way, "chips" seems to be what our "steak-cut" fries are. The skinny kind and everything else are just called fries.
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- We all of swimming pools.
- We all have Hispanic gardeners
- It's very hot
- We worry about getting sick all the time
- Everyone speaks Spanish
#4: Although this isn't Scottish, this is something I have recently learned of Canada. The War of 1812, which we have nicknamed our "Second War for Independence", is taught very differently in Canada. Whereas in the U.S. we teach it as:
England (After the Revolutionary War): LOL good joke guys. We're gonna stick some trade embargoes on you and kidnap your sailors and give them scurvy and make them wipe our decks.
The U.S.: No, really guys. We're independent, leave us alone.
And then the war took place.
However, in Canada it is taught as a war between Canada and the United States, which they proceeded to win.
#5: Braveheart (1995) is quite popular (or at least more than expected), though not for it's historical accuracy.
#6: There is this thing called "Squash". It's a juice concentrate that comes in a bottle, no refrigeration required, that you just mix with a little water to have juice. Perfect for making single servings!
#7: There are definitely more potato chip flavours here than in the U.S. There are a lot of meat flavours as well; such as "prawn cocktail" and "BB-Q Steak". There are also "Worcestershire Sauce" flavoured ones. The colors of the bags here are also different. For instance, in the U.S. where blue means Salt and Vinegar and green means Sour Cream and Onion, here it is reversed.
#8: Yorkies are NOT just for girls.
#9: Ketchup here is much sweeter than at home.
#10: The excess sweetness in the ketchup probably comes from the lack of sweetness in the candy bars. Candy companies usually have an "American" recipe for the bar, and an "International" recipe for the bar, the American one is sweeter.
#11: English grammar is hard! I was proofreading a girl's essay (she's not a native speaker, though her English is very good), and it was hard to explain all the rules and why there is a certain word order and when you use certain words in certain situations but not others. My goodness!
#12: Everyone is very interested and knows a lot about the upcoming election. I joined the politics society to learn about politics here, but we have mostly been talking about American politics.
#13: Window screens are not normal here. This is because there was never a problem with lots of insects and bugs until recent years when climate change kicked in/ starting having a more visible effect and the bugs' habitats changed/expanded (or something).
#14: Our "grilled cheese" is called a "cheese toastie". There are also little re-usable bags that you can get where you make a sandwich, put it in the bag, then stick the bag in the toaster, and then BOOM! You have a toastie.
#15: "College", "University", and "School" are not interchangeable. "School" means primary/secondary school. "College" is something else, it seems to be where you go if you don't get into Uni. "Uni(versity)" is what we refer to as University/College/etc.
#16: Again, not about Scotland, but in Norway you can start Kindergarten when you are one-years-old. Kindergarten then lasts for about three or four years (depending when you start), and you start proper school around five.
#17: "Ketchup" is just called "sauce".
#18: "Taking someone's biscuit" is equivalent to "Pulling someone's leg"
#19: The letter Z isn't used.
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