Given how much fun everyone seems to be having over in the bathroom/washroom thread, I thought it might be interesting to start a thread where we discuss different words/phrases that jump out at us in a story because they are not ones that we would normally use due to our geographical location.
For example, one that always jumps out at me when I'm reading a story is when Lois and Clark get ‘take away’ food instead of ‘take out’ food. Whenever I see that, I jump to the immediate conclusion that the author comes from the other side of the big pond (although I may be wrong on that).
I was also told once that the word ‘pants’ for some means underwear - and have always tried to use terms like slacks or trousers or jeans ever since (although sometimes I let one slip through).
So what words or expressions have jumped out at you over the years?
ML
