Comments on: Driving vocabulary http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:12:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/real-life-english/driving-vocabulary/#comment-34734 Clare Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:29:10 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/driving-vocabulary/#comment-34734 Thank you so much Robert. This list of differences will be really useful to site visitors. If I can ever help you in any way, please let me know! Best wishes Clare Thank you so much Robert. This list of differences will be really useful to site visitors. If I can ever help you in any way, please let me know!

Best wishes
Clare

]]> By: Robert http://www.english-at-home.com/real-life-english/driving-vocabulary/#comment-34720 Robert Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:22:38 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/driving-vocabulary/#comment-34720 Hi Clare, I have listed the differences in vocabulary related to this web page. Of course there are many other differences, especially the names for the parts of an automobile (car or truck). British North American overtaking passing gearstick gearshift drink drive drinking and driving indicators signals wing mirror sideview mirror road junction intersection give way sign yield sign box junctions I have never seen these in NA roundabout traffic circle zebra crossing crosswalk pelican crossing I have never seen this in NA motorway expressway, freeway (two-lane road is a highway) learner driver permit driver hard shoulder paved shoulder Let me know if you want any more info. about North American English. I teach English as second language to immigrants in Canada. Hi Clare,

I have listed the differences in vocabulary related to this web page. Of course there are many other differences, especially the names for the parts of an automobile (car or truck).

British North American

overtaking passing
gearstick gearshift
drink drive drinking and driving
indicators signals
wing mirror sideview mirror
road junction intersection
give way sign yield sign
box junctions I have never seen these in NA
roundabout traffic circle
zebra crossing crosswalk
pelican crossing I have never seen this in NA
motorway expressway, freeway
(two-lane road is a highway)
learner driver permit driver
hard shoulder paved shoulder

Let me know if you want any more info. about North American English. I teach English as second language to immigrants in Canada.

]]> By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/real-life-english/driving-vocabulary/#comment-34645 Clare Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:26:28 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/driving-vocabulary/#comment-34645 What a kind offer - thank you very much! Can you post the differences below? What a kind offer – thank you very much! Can you post the differences below?

]]> By: Robert http://www.english-at-home.com/real-life-english/driving-vocabulary/#comment-34607 Robert Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:07:23 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/driving-vocabulary/#comment-34607 I can provide the vocabulary that a North American would use (I live in Canada. We usually use the same terms as Americans). There are actually quite a few differences, not just one or two. I could revise this article with appropriate changes. I can provide the vocabulary that a North American would use (I live in Canada. We usually use the same terms as Americans). There are actually quite a few differences, not just one or two. I could revise this article with appropriate changes.

]]> By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/real-life-english/driving-vocabulary/#comment-33517 Clare Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:34:05 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/driving-vocabulary/#comment-33517 Excellent point. Do you have any examples of the differences between British and American driving vocabulary? Excellent point. Do you have any examples of the differences between British and American driving vocabulary?

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