Lost in Translation--US vs UK English words

[Lallans]

OK, apologies if two similar replies get posted but it's because, as far as I can see, I accidentally hit alt-something and erased my first update message about the sentence "Please pass the serviettes, I got poutine on my touque."

I'm impressed that so many understood what poutine is, since it's only been around Canada, outside Quebec I mean, for a short while (originally, poutine was fast food, a serving of freedom fries smothered in curd cheese and then covered in hot chicken gravy: flavour-friendly but not heart friendly). However, nobody got touque, indeed pronounced as 'tuke,' which in Canuckistan is the term for what in the USA is known as a stocking or knit hat, and in the UK is called "that dreadful French peasant thing they wear on their heads to keep their ears from falling off from the cold." (Think SCTV, Bob and Doug McKenzie.)

I also thought of some more UK vs US terms:

boiled sweet = hard candy

plimsols = sneakers

anorak = any outdoorsy outer garment that covers the upper body in cold weather- most often a parka

gum boots = rubber boots (rural Canada = barn boots)

boot faced = resentful, remorseful, or scowling

lorry = truck (or surely this was done before?)

frock = skirt

sandwich = "two really thin slices of white bread with something you can almost see, but not taste, in between."

[O'Callaghan]

frock = skirt

No, a frock is a dress, not a skirt

[fluter]

I'm impressed that so many understood what poutine is,

This is a crowd that likes to eat, as you may have noticed.

... what in the USA is known as a stocking or knit hat, and in the UK is called "that dreadful French peasant thing

If so, then the joke's on them: my favorite one has an English Heritage logo on the front.