British Abbreviations - short forms they don't have in American

Hi everyone. This lesson's a little different to normal because last Sunday was World Storytelling

Day. We got together with five other YouTube teachers to create a story. Did you see it?

Click here if not. Do you remember the names of the girls in

the story? They were called Lilly and Philly. Now Philly is an abbreviation of Phyllis and

it's also the abbreviation for Philadelphia - the city where I live.

Philly is in the United States, but I come from England originally. And I've noticed

something interesting. We seem to have some abbreviations in British English that they

don't have here in American English. So I thought I'd try some on Jay.

You know what my theory is, Jay. What's your theory?

You hear me but you don't listen. Of course I listen.

OK, here's your first question. When do you need a brolly? A brolly.

When it's raining. Very good. What is a brolly? It's an umbrella. Excellent. Excellent.

OK, second question. When do I wear a cossie? A cossie.

I have no clue. I'll give you a clue. When we go on holiday, I like to wear a cossie.

A swimming costume. That's what we call a bathing suit. A swimming costume. You call

it a bathing suit in American English, but in British English it's a swimming costume.

Bathing suit sounds very old fashioned to us. It's a bit strange in British English.

OK, next question. OK. What would you find at a chippie? At a chippie.

Saw dust? Ummm. You can find something to eat at a chippie. A chips place, like, like...

Yeah, fish and chips. French fries and fish. No, fish and chips. Or shish and fips as we

used to say when I was a kid. Right, erm... The last question. Now this

one's different to the others.It's an odd man out question. I'm going to give you four

words and you have to tell me which one is the odd man out. Here are the words. Cabbie.

Hubby. Postie. Brickie. OK, a cabbie is a cab driver. We say the same

thing in America. Hubby we also say is short for husband. Postie I'm guessing is a mail

man. You're doing better than I thought you would.

And I don't know what a brickie is. A brickie is a brick layer. Someone who lays

bricks. Ah. So the brick layer, the cabbie and the

postman, or mail man, they're all workers. The hubby may or may not be. So the hubby

is the odd man out. That's right. So you did pretty well there,

Jay. Well, I've been around you long enough to

have picked up a few things. OK, in that case you can translate for us

now. I'll try. Let's take a break.

Yeah, let's have a cuppa. She means a cup of tea.

Let's have a cuppa and a bickie too. A biscuit. She means a cookie.

Let's have a cuppa and a chockie bickie. A cup of tea and a chocolate cookie. Sounds

good to me! I hope you enjoyed the abbreviations and I

hope you enjoyed the story. A big thank you to English with Jennifer for

organising it, and the channels of all the other terrific teachers who took part. And

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