Divided by a Common Language- Round 2

So here is the second of 3 parts to differences in American and British English! To my British friends- Please correct me if I'm wrong!!!

Lorry- semi-truck
Bill- check (as is restaurant check)
white coffee- coffee with cream or milk (makes sense...)
tostie- toasted sandwich (not to be confused with paninis- they have those too!)
Holiday- vacation
Seaside- ocean
Nappy- diaper
Cot- crib
Toilet- bathroom, restroom
mobile- cell (phone)
Football- soccer
Services- rest stop (but with restaurants and gas stations)
Telly- TV
Fortnight- two weeks
Trolly- shopping cart
Prawn- shrimp
Lift- elevator
ground floor- first floor
first floor - second floor (and so on)
decorator- painter
hire- rent (like rent a video- they say a video for hire)
primary school- elementary school
secondary school- middle school
upper school- high school
University- college
Advert- ad (advertisement)
Scheme- program ( ex: like the store cards in America- you get benefits for using it when you check out)
Ring- call (as in call me- ring me)

Have fun using your new words!!

~Candace

Merry Christmas Eve!!

To all our family and friends- Merry Christmas!

Only one day left until the big day! This month has flown by. Funny how when you're a child time passes slowly, but as an adult it goes quickly. Those 24 days can be torturous for a kid!


This is a view from our front door the day after the first snow.

This is our tree over three weeks ago when it was nice and green, and the limbs were pointing down!!

I hope you all are enjoying this Christmas and take time to focus on the real reason of this holiday- a gift from God to save us all.

May you all have a blessed Christmas and safe New Year!!

Love to all-

~The Ollis Family

Commentary of the Nativity....

Hunter was so funny tonight. We just finished making some sugar cookies, and we opened the next box containing a piece of the nativity scene. We now have three pieces- Gabriel, Mary, and Joseph. Hunt starts playing with them like they're action figures or something. Here is how the commentary went:

Joseph to Gabriel: "Hey dude, how's it going"

Gabriel to Joseph: "Good. I'm just waiting for baby Jesus to come out of the box."

J to G: "When's he coming?"

G to J: "Oh, in about 3 hours..."

Hunt's nativity set...

That kid acts like it hurts to smile!

It's hard to imagine angel Gabriel saying hey dude! I guess they used slang some two thousand years ago too :)

~Candace