Americanisms 101-Driving Terminology
Apr 26th 2019, 5:20 pm
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Americanisms 101-Driving Terminology
How to decipher British to American English from car parts to rules of the road and other terminology from A to Zed.
Part 1 of 3: Driving Terminology
What you call a roundabout we call a traffic circle
What you call a car park we call a parking lot
What you call give way we call yield
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Part 1 of 3: Driving Terminology
What you call a roundabout we call a traffic circle
What you call a car park we call a parking lot
What you call give way we call yield
Click here to learn more driving terminology Americanisms.
Did we miss something? We want to hear from you!
Last edited by International AutoSource; Apr 26th 2019 at 6:15 pm.
Apr 26th 2019, 5:54 pm
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Re: Americanisms 101-Driving Terminology
Except that the picture you used [subsequently changed] to illustrate a "parking lot" appears to actually be a "parking deck" or "parking garage" (both are used in the US and appear to be regional), but in the UK it is a "multi-storey car park".
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Apr 26th 2019, 6:01 pm
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Re: Americanisms 101-Driving Terminology
Around here roundabouts are called just that!
Apr 26th 2019, 6:17 pm
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Re: Americanisms 101-Driving Terminology
Pulaski Thanks for your comment regarding the parking garage! We took your advice and found a better image to reflect that term. Let us know if there are any other terms that you think are helpful for our British expats.
Apr 26th 2019, 6:18 pm
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Re: Americanisms 101-Driving Terminology
MidAtlantic Thanks for letting us know! It seems even in the U.S. there are some regional differences in driving terminology. Let us know if you can think of any other helpful phrases.
May 9th 2019, 2:54 am
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Re: Americanisms 101-Driving Terminology
Try "dual carriageway" which Americans call a "divided highway", and the "central reservation" is the "median" in America.
