Professional Documents
Culture Documents
can tin
Ravenous Hungry
INFORMAL ENGLISH
- Conversational English
- Wide distinction cookie biscuit/scones
- Casual composition, every article,
everyday conversation corn maize
diaper happy
AMERICAN BRITISH
counter worktop
color colour
drugstore chemist
meter metre
elevator lift
center centre
eraser rubber
archeology archaelogy
flashlight torch
catalog catalogue
french fries chips
analog analogue
gas petrol
colonize colonise
goodbye toodles
realize realise
highway motorway
airplane aeroplane
hood bonnet
antenna aeriale
intersection crossword
apartment flat
livingroom sitting
attorney barrister/solicitor room/drawing
room
bathrobe dressing gown
napkin serviette
vacation holiday
restroom loo/ the john/
billfold wallet public toilet/ toilet/
WUC/ water closet
breadbox breadbin
schedule timetable
call ring
BODY PARTS
sidewalk pavement/
pathway/footway 1. Brain
- Top most portion
silverware cutlery 2. Heart
- Consideration of the
feelings of the others
sink basin
3. Eyes
soccer football/ rugby - Eyecontact
- To communicate efficiently
spatula fish slice - To know if they are paying
attention
stove cooker
- Honest
streetcar trolly - Sincerity
- Respect
subway tube/ underground 4. Ears
- Listening
suspenders braces
- For us to understand the
trash rubbish/ garbage speaker
- For us to formulate a
truck lorry/ van answer
5. Mouth
trunk booth
- Feedback
two weeks fortnight - Use to answer the question
or the speaker
underwear underpants/ pants 6. Hands
washing up dishwashing - Natural reaction
- To use gestures
liquid liquid
wastebasket bin
while whilst
Watch Timepiece
eyeglass spectacles/ specs
COMMUNICATION
- Process of expressing thoughts
and feelings
BARRIERS
- Obstacles in communicating
1. Noise
2. Language
3. Emotional
4. Cultural
5. Lack of self-confidence