Wait....What Did You Just Say????

So after a couple of weeks of having to take a couple of double takes and asking someone to repeat what they just said I figured I would pass along my knowledge of the crazy words the Brits use. Sorry if some of this are a bit basic they're funny nonetheless:
Brolly= Umbrella (I think I said this in a previous post, but misspelled it then. They say it like 'brelly')
Lorry= Truck
Quid= A British Pound (I was aware of this before I came but I don't how many of you guys already knew that)
Answerphone= Answering machine (I died laughing when my co-workers said this, makes more sense but just sounds odd)
Baby minder= Baby sitter
Blues and Twos= Emergency Vehicle (such as police cars and ambulances, blue lights with a two toned siren)
Bobby= Police Officer
Biscuit= Cookie
Brekkie= Breakfast
Car park= Parking lot
Cash machine= ATM (they do look at you a bit funny when you say ATM)
Rockets= Broccoli (they do this as a cheap way to get their kids to eat it as kids, trying to make it more fun. But I'm not kidding on menus it will literally say rockets)
Cool box= cooler
Crisps= Potato Chips (I think everyone knows this one and the next one)
Chips= Fries
Drink-driving= Drunk driving
Bin= Trash can
Oh this is just a side note/fun fact, there is no diet anything over here. Diet= Zero or light. So cans will say Coke light or Pepsi light
Gobsmacked= Astonished
Greengrocer= Grocery store
Jacket Potato= Baked Potato (took me forever to find this one out)
Lead= Dog leash
Jumper leads= Jumper cables
Lift= Elevator (another obvious one I think)
Loo= Bathroom (had to include it)
Off License= Liquor store
People mover= Minivan or a passenger van (my jaw literally dropped when I heard this one just out of pure confusion)
Phone box= Phone booth
Row= Fight (for the Harry Potter readers this one should already be known)
A rubber= Eraser
Sacked= Fired
Sellotape= Scotch tape
Uni= College or University
Wage packet= Paycheck
Windscreen= Windshield (another one where it just feels so out of place you're dumbfounded for a couple of seconds)
Zed= Z (can't remember if I discussed this on another post but nothing is pronounced 'Z', it is always "Zed". For example they say "Jay-Zed", not "Jay-Z". For those of you who don't know Jay-Z is a famous American rapper is also really really good. First time hearing Jay-Zed I thought it was a British rapper that was trying to copy Jay-Z's name)

I have been keeping track of those so that's why it is mostly in alphabetical order just in case anyone caught on to that! But I have one more little phrase for you guys and this is one I fully plan on integrating into my vocabulary for the rest of my life! I learned it from our British professor while talking about parts of British culture.

To start explaining this last word I need to talk about Cricket (the game). The game is similar to baseball in a convoluted sort of way where there's a bowler (a pitcher), a batter, catcher, outfielders and then wickets which the bowler is trying to break. That's the extent of my knowledge of Cricket. Other than that I know games can go on for days, yes days, and that it is for the posh and wealthy. Since it is for the posh and wealthy the rules of Cricket are strictly followed here in England. So much so that in a major match some while ago the England refused to resume the game because their opponent (I believe it was the Australians) were "bowling" (pitching) in a different way than the standard bowl. So to make this a little bit more understandable think of the New York Yankees refusing to play another inning because the opposing pitcher was throwing side armed instead of overhand. It infuriated the England squad so much because they think that Cricket rules should be followed to the letter and while there are no rules saying you can't pitch is alternative ways it was just generally accepted it was an overhead follow through. Anyways the England captain at one point yelled to the officials This isn't Cricket!!! So the last phrase for this post issss:

This isn't Cricket!!= That's not fair!

Until next time cheers!