>>undershirt we call a vest (or singlet).
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>Here it is a tank top or a "wife beater"
A tank top here is a sleeveless pullover, esp. the round-necked variety from the 70s
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>>underpants
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Yeah, briefs - but men's
>Underwear, briefs, gaunch
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>>knickers
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>This would refer to short pants that boys wore in the 1920's, sort of like Oliver Twist or a paperboy. Also refers to the same short pants worn by cross country skiers.
Knickers - Generally a girl's panties (uck - hate that word), but (more archaic) can be like soccer shorts.
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>> meridian - central reserve
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>Canada: median.
Aye, I think I got the US term wrong - should have been median :-)
>> meeeeeerrr - mirror
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>In Canada: Canada In UK: Canader (lol)
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>> US: ATM
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>Bank machine
In UK only bank staff would call it ATM - Cashpoint, Cash machine, hole in the wall
Fanny Pack - Bum Bag ("fanny" has a WHOLE different meaning over here - let's just say that men don't have one)
cigarettes - (slang) fags! (yes, I know...)
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.