So I need a bit of help from any Americans on my flist. I don't think there are many of you, but I need your lingustic skills my friends
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Here via apiphile...rilee16October 8 2009, 07:18:36 UTC
pram/buggy=stroller
carseat=car seat. A car seat is for babies, and we have booster seats for kids who are older than, say, toddlers, like preschool and kindergarten age; they're still short enough and light enough to need the extra safety the seat can bring, but just need to be "boosted up" and contained slightly so the seat belt protects them correctly/is positioned in the right way to keep them safe.
bassinet=bassinet
cot=crib. A cot is more like... A camp cot, or something; it usually folds up, has a metal frame and a heavy duty nylon body that you lay on that keeps you several inches off the ground. Before Aerobeds and other types of inflatable mattresses got big and became more affordable, a lot of families kept cots in the basement or attic for use as spare beds when family came to town, or their kids' friends slept over.
piggyback ride=piggyback ride
Farley's Rusks=depends. I know them as teething cookies (cookies, not biscuits! Biscuits are a type of bread, and I associate them with Special Occasion Family Dinners, or as a side for fried chicken or something). I know there are brands of teething cookies made by American companies, and they have been around for quite some time (not just in the generations since MMPR as a prior poster has said; we had them when I was little, and MMPR got big just as kids my age were about to get too old for it), but to my knowledge there isn't a brand name that's basically a catchall term for them (like Kleenex is for tissues). You can get Farley's Rusks in specialty stores, but other brands are sold in plain old drugstores and grocery stores.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers=Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. They actually came from Japan, and almost all the fight scenes in uniform are actually reused from the Japanese version of the show.
Re: Here via apiphile...plum177October 10 2009, 04:14:09 UTC
Yay! Thanks for the help! I'm an idiot. I *knew* Power Rangers was from Japan, but I haven't watched it since it was on TV in the 90s! It seems the most debate on what's available in the US is about the rusks. Odd. It's not for teething though, just a snack, any good suggestions? I might have to end up saying it's a homemade cookie instead if I can't find a consensus...
carseat=car seat. A car seat is for babies, and we have booster seats for kids who are older than, say, toddlers, like preschool and kindergarten age; they're still short enough and light enough to need the extra safety the seat can bring, but just need to be "boosted up" and contained slightly so the seat belt protects them correctly/is positioned in the right way to keep them safe.
bassinet=bassinet
cot=crib. A cot is more like... A camp cot, or something; it usually folds up, has a metal frame and a heavy duty nylon body that you lay on that keeps you several inches off the ground. Before Aerobeds and other types of inflatable mattresses got big and became more affordable, a lot of families kept cots in the basement or attic for use as spare beds when family came to town, or their kids' friends slept over.
piggyback ride=piggyback ride
Farley's Rusks=depends. I know them as teething cookies (cookies, not biscuits! Biscuits are a type of bread, and I associate them with Special Occasion Family Dinners, or as a side for fried chicken or something). I know there are brands of teething cookies made by American companies, and they have been around for quite some time (not just in the generations since MMPR as a prior poster has said; we had them when I was little, and MMPR got big just as kids my age were about to get too old for it), but to my knowledge there isn't a brand name that's basically a catchall term for them (like Kleenex is for tissues). You can get Farley's Rusks in specialty stores, but other brands are sold in plain old drugstores and grocery stores.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers=Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. They actually came from Japan, and almost all the fight scenes in uniform are actually reused from the Japanese version of the show.
Marzipan=marzipan
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