Speaking the Queen’s English (Health & Beauty Supplies)

Author: Colleen
The next batch for our British English-to-American English dictionary consists of an array of terms related to random supplies–the sorts of things you’d find at Walgreens in the States or Boots in the UK.

You can find a Boots on any high street (photo: AFP

cotton bud = cotton swab / Q-Tip

jab = shot (as in a flu shot or some other vaccine, which Boots does not sell, but will offer during flu season)

plaster = bandage / Band-Aid

pastille = lozenge

sellotape = Scotch tape

Tipp-Ex = White-Out

welly (slang) = condom (named after the rubber Wellington boots widely popular in the UK)

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This entry was posted on: Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 10:22 am and is filed under London Language Barriers, Moving to London: Tips & Culture.
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