Breakfast, lunch, and supper are referred to as morning tea, afternoon tea, and evening tea, or just tea. It is a common practice in the workplace to have a cup of tea mid-morning and mid-afternoon to ensure that you are not over-working (why do we not have this practice in America?), which is also called "tea."
Cheers is a common farewell expression. People say "Cheers" to thank the bus driver when getting off, or sign off on emails with "cheers" instead of "thanks."
I've been working part-time at a coffee shop and learned that if you ask someone a yes/no question, such as "would you like butter with your muffin?", if the answer is yes, they will simply say "thank you." Me being brilliant would look at them blankly and try to think of a polite way to say "yes thank you, or no thank you?". I am practicing not repeating the question when I receive an answer of just "thank you" and remember that it means yes. My housemate said it is a result of speech laziness.
Trash is rubbish and the trashcan is the bin. And you chuck rubbish in the bin :)
Forks, spoons, and knives are cutlery, not silverware. And napkins are called serviettes.
Powdered sugar is icing sugar, and the sweet yummy gooey stuff you put on cakes is known as icing, not frosting.
Cookies are biscuits, and biscuits, well they don't know what those are. On Tuesday I asked my "work mates" if they had ever had biscuits and gravy and their faces clearly communicated I was asking a completely absurd question!
Pick-up trucks are called yoots. This comes from the official term, utility truck.
If you say someone got pissed it has nothing to do with their emotional state but rather indicates their level of intoxication. You can also say someone is getting tiddly.
The word "schedule" is pronounced shed-juu-ull.
If you need to work something out, you are going to "get it sorted."
Cheers for now!
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