You never know what you might be saying...

There are some words that we, being the grown, educated adults that we are, thought we knew. But, oh no, we had no idea. There have been countless times we've been out and about, at church, eating a meal, in a store, that we've both looked at each other, puzzled, saying, "What did they say?" or "What is a ______?"

There are many more that we've come across, but these are just the few that we remembered to write down.

Tramp: not a less-than-reputable lady, but a homeless person
Conditioner: don't put this on your hair folks, it's fabric softener
Woolen jumper: we think this is a sweater, we're still not quite sure
Hen night: a bachelorette party
Knees-up: a party
Jacket potato: a baked potato
Macintosh: not an old, outdated computer, but a thin rain jacket
Waist coat: a vest
Bop: a party with live music or DJ and dancing (not to be confused with a bap [see below])
Pigeon hole: a mail box
Pudding: dessert, in general, as in, "Are we having pudding?" - "Yes, I made some cake."
HOB: stove top/burner
Lolli: sucker, as in, lollipop
Lift: elevator
Garden: they aren't necessarily growing veggies here, it's simply a yard
Crisp: chip, as in Sunchips (they don't have those here, P.S.)
Chips: french fries
Bap: like a hamburger bun (similar to a bop [see above], only without the DJ... and it's your taste buds that do the dancing)
Trousers: pants
Pants: underwear
Surgery: doctor's office... so if we ever say that we went to the surgery, don't worry, nobody cut us open
Bloody: apparently, this is something like damn, which I think is kind of funny
Hoover: this is a vacuum cleaner... it sounds even better when used as a verb, as in, "What's that bloody noise? Are you hoovering in there?"
See you later: this means something like, "I'll definitely see you in the near future, probably in the next 24 hours." I've said see you later to a drive thru cashier before, which, when I said it, meant, "I have no intention of ever seeing you again."
Waste bin: if you ask where the trash can is, they can't tell you, because they don't have them
Toilet/ WC / Loo: restroom/bathroom
Bathroom: room where you bathe, for instance, in the shower or bathtub

That's all we can think of for now... in other news, we've found the silver lining to one of the dark clouds that has been upon us the past few days. As many of you know, the British do not eat cornbread and are, in fact, desperately trying to rid the country of any and all cornbread mix. In addition to this, they are determined to make it as hard as possible for someone to bake a proper muffin (there are no [proper] muffin pans or muffin mixes [blueberry, in particular, would be quite nice] to be found). But, never fear, it takes more than that to get the Bullards down. On the bright side of all of this, we have recently learned how to bake from scratch some very delicious cornbread and even more delicious blueberry muffins. So, in a way, not being able to find a mix in the store has simply forced us to become top chefs. :)

Bye for now...