Confusing Terms U.K. to American

[stotty]

van = lorry?

This one is not quite True Van ...
a medium-sized road vehicle used especially for carrying goods and which often has no windows in the sides of the back half:


Lorry...a large vehicle used for transporting goods:

1 is a van 2 is a lorry

 

[stotty]

I know there is a lot of differences lol.. I was just saying that a lot of the ones on the right I never have even heard of lol.

I know it just amasses me we speak the same language but we don’t I have enough problems with Dan and he is a Northerner let alone across the pond

 

[davo]

stotty you work for bt?

 

[stotty]

stotty you work for bt?

Might do

 

[DanDanUK]

I know it just amasses me we speak the same language but we don’t I have enough problems with Dan and he is a Northerner let alone across the pond

Haaaaa Haaaaa you bugger !

there are some real cockney geezers and not even a cockney can understand them ! there accent and slag is so strong it's unbelivable.

 

[DanDanUK]

This one is not quite True Van ...
a medium-sized road vehicle used especially for carrying goods and which often has no windows in the sides of the back half:


Lorry...a large vehicle used for transporting goods:

1 is a van 2 is a lorry

we class our vans and lorry's in weight classes. you have a normal transit van then a 4.5 ton lorry a 7ton lorry then an 18ton which is an arctic and i'm sure theres more just can't remember them all these are the main ones.

 

[nativelover]

i thought a bivvy was a daiper... :x

 

[stotty]

i thought a bivvy was a daiper... :x

like to see you put this on