The looming international incident thread (posts from door handles)

[pgunter]

Just enable our cousins over the other side of the pond to communicate correctly.. I thought this might help..

British term American term
----------------- -------------
accumulator battery
actuator switch or servo
Artic articulated lorry = "tractor-trailer"
baulk ring synchro ring
bonnet hood
boot trunk
bulkhead firewall
choke tube venturi
core plug freeze plug
crocodile clip alligator clip
crosshead Phillips
crown wheel ring gear
cubby box glove box or glove compartment
damper shock absorber
drive shaft half shaft or axle shaft
drop-head coupe convertible version of 2 door coupe
dumpy screwdriver short screwdriver
dynamo generator
earth ground
estate station wagon
fascia dashboard
fixed-head coupe 2 door coupe
frogeye bugeye
Gallon (Imperial) 5 US Quarts
gearbox transmission
gudgeon pin wrist pin
hood convertible top
jointing compound gasket sealant
lorry truck
mole wrench Vice grips
monocoque unibody
MOT DOT
Ministry of Transport Department of Transportation
nave plate hubcap
nose front of car
paraffin kerosene
pinking knocking or pinging
prop shaft drive shaft
petrol gasoline
prise pry
proud above or raised
quarterlight vent window
rev counter tachometer
ring gear flywheel gear, or starter gear
roadster car that only comes in a convertible style
roundabout rotary, traffic circle
RoStyle type of steel wheel (as opposed to wire)
saloon 2 or 4 door sedan
scuttle cowl
side curtains removable side windows
silencer muffler
sill rocker panel
Shooting Brake station wagon
spanner wrench
split pin cotter pin
spring washer lock washer
squab part of seat
suction advance vacuum advance
sump oil pan
thrust bearing throwout bearing
tickover idle
top gear high gear
torch flashlight
trunnion sliding or rotating joint (suspension)
Tyre tire
wheel nut lug nut
whitworth Brtish thread measuring standard
windscreen windshield
wing fender

 

[t-tony]

Its actualy on the turret, and what is a Wong Fender?

He runs a Chinese takeaway in Gainsborough Mike.

Tony.

 

[hard top]

baulk ring synchro ring

Bad ///Boy has got one of those......

 

[t-tony]

I did something to make him happy today. Maybe he will come back cos I'm not a f*****t any more now !!

Tony.

 

[oldcarman]

Its actualy on the turret, and what is a Wong Fender?

Don't you mean shock tower? If it's not the wight fender it's the wing one!

 

[pgunter]

Fenders are for bending.. and actually english Fenders are a guitar.. sorry Geeeee taaarrrrrrrr A wing is a body panel.. be it on a plane or a car.. lol.

 

[oldcarman]

That's what I get for trying to help out an Irishman who seemed to get the message!

 

[hard top]

Don't you mean shock tower?

This is a "shock tower".........

 

[pgunter]

@oldcarman We love you even if you did get away from your colonial masters..

 

[oldcarman]

Just enable our cousins over the other side of the pond to communicate correctly.. I thought this might help..

British term American term
----------------- -------------
accumulator battery
actuator switch or servo
Artic articulated lorry = "tractor-trailer"
baulk ring synchro ring
bonnet hood
boot trunk
bulkhead firewall
choke tube venturi
core plug freeze plug
crocodile clip alligator clip
crosshead Phillips
crown wheel ring gear
cubby box glove box or glove compartment
damper shock absorber
drive shaft half shaft or axle shaft
drop-head coupe convertible version of 2 door coupe
dumpy screwdriver short screwdriver
dynamo generator
earth ground
estate station wagon
fascia dashboard
fixed-head coupe 2 door coupe
frogeye bugeye
Gallon (Imperial) 5 US Quarts
gearbox transmission
gudgeon pin wrist pin
hood convertible top
jointing compound gasket sealant
lorry truck
mole wrench Vice grips
monocoque unibody
MOT DOT
Ministry of Transport Department of Transportation
nave plate hubcap
nose front of car
paraffin kerosene
pinking knocking or pinging
prop shaft drive shaft
petrol gasoline
prise pry
proud above or raised
quarterlight vent window
rev counter tachometer
ring gear flywheel gear, or starter gear
roadster car that only comes in a convertible style
roundabout rotary, traffic circle
RoStyle type of steel wheel (as opposed to wire)
saloon 2 or 4 door sedan
scuttle cowl
side curtains removable side windows
silencer muffler
sill rocker panel
Shooting Brake station wagon
spanner wrench
split pin cotter pin
spring washer lock washer
squab part of seat
suction advance vacuum advance
sump oil pan
thrust bearing throwout bearing
tickover idle
top gear high gear
torch flashlight
trunnion sliding or rotating joint (suspension)
Tyre tire
wheel nut lug nut
whitworth Brtish thread measuring standard
windscreen windshield
wing fender

Thanks Paul, but I'm not an American and never would want to be.. JIM

 

[pgunter]

@oldcarman I am ever so sorry .. Americans and Canadians are never from the same mould.. Bit like Aussies and Kiwis..

 

[oldcarman]

@oldcarman We love you even if you did get away from your colonial masters..

We still sing to the same Queen Paul a And I don't mean the band. The colonies were a bit further south. JIM

 

[pgunter]

@oldcarman would that be in 'Québécois' or English Jim

 

[oldcarman]

@oldcarman would that be in 'Québécois' or English Jim

Around here it's both as French and English are both our official languages. In fact my boys are both fluent in French as is my granddaughter that goes to a French only school whereas the boys went to a French Immersion school. JIM

 

[hard top]

In fact, the 1835 source cited refers to a foreign-speaker: "Jonathan distinguishes a Dutch or a French Canadian, by the term Kanuk".

Kanuk hippy.........

 

[pgunter]

@oldcarman When I visited Toronto a few years back, The waitress had an amazing accent that sounded much more richer in tone than the french across the channel down here. They loved my quaint little English accent too. Such friendly people and very polite.

I will get back to Canada one day soon I am sure.

 

[oldcarman]

@oldcarman When I visited Toronto a few years back, The waitress had an amazing accent that sounded much more richer in tone than the french across the channel down here. They loved my quaint little English accent too. Such friendly people and very polite.

I will get back to Canada one day soon I am sure.

You're welcome anytime as are all members looking for an adventure! JIM

 

[GazHyde]

Moved these posts from the Colour/Color coded door handle thread to keep that more on topic

Thank you gents, please resume your discussion!

 

[pgunter]

Ok, so who renamed the post header..

Thank you @GazHyde

 

[Gail]

In fact, the 1835 source cited refers to a foreign-speaker: "Jonathan distinguishes a Dutch or a French Canadian, by the term Kanuk".

Kanuk hippy.........

So that's how the Vancouver Canucks got their name then?