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Petrol Canada? Every once in a while, you'll see petrol used down here in the US as well. I think it is one of the rarer terms people will still understand. While on this topic, I once asked a waitress where the water closet was upon which she gave me a funny look. I forgot that washroom is the common term in Canada as opposed to restroom in the US and water closet or "W.C." in Britain, Hong Kong, Singapore, and other former British colonies.
If you are at a bar, and they allow you to run a tab, they will then present you with the final bill at the end of the night.
In other words, I would ask if I can run a tab, I wouldn't ask, can I run a bill
Exactly.
Those order processing and billing machines in restaurants and bars we have here come from the US, and so at the top of your bill it automatically generates something like "CHECK #563689".
Even in Quebec the machines generally have that at the top even if the rest of the bill is in French.
To me in English it's the same.
In a bar, with a running bill, you ask them to start you up a "tab".
Then at the end of the evening you ask for a "bill".
In a restaurant though you'd always refer to the "bill".
Those order processing and billing machines in restaurants and bars we have here come from the US, and so at the top of your bill it automatically generates something like "CHECK #563689".
Even in Quebec the machines generally have that at the top even if the rest of the bill is in French.
To me in English it's the same.
In a bar, with a running bill, you ask them to start you up a "tab".
Then at the end of the evening you ask for a "bill".
In a restaurant though you'd always refer to the "bill".
when i lived in Hendon in NW9 (London) in the 80s I would often go drinking with the Old Bill
Yes, but my point was not packaging, but that it seemed to be a generational thing that he said serviette and the sons say napkin. Like "serviette" was more common when he was young in that the word was used by non-French-speakers in Canada.
Yes, but my point was not packaging, but that it seemed to be a generational thing that he said serviette and the sons say napkin. Like "serviette" was more common when he was young in that the word was used by non-French-speakers in Canada.
Do you get prescriptions filled by a pharmacist or chemist?
Do you see a movie at the theatre or cinema?
Do you measure with a ruler or a spanner?
When the power goes out, do you reach for a flashlight or a torch?
Do you get prescriptions filled by a pharmacist or chemist?
Do you see a movie at the theatre or cinema?
Do you measure with a ruler or a spanner?
When the power goes out, do you reach for a flashlight or a torch?
Pharmacist. Theatre. Ruler. Flashlight.
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