Americanism - British English
candy - sweets
donut - doughnut (made from sweetened dough, usually fried, ball or ring shaped)
fancy restaurant - smart restaurant
Jello (brand name which is used as a generic word) - jelly
homely - plain (a homely woman has no make-up and looks ordinary)
matzo (singular) matzos (plural) - matzoh /matzah
preserve - jam with whole fruit
Smart (person, pejorative) - a smart Alec, a wisecracker, too clever by half
British English - American
jam - preserve
jelly - Jello
a home-body, ordinary-looking, plain, ugly - homely
smart - clever
smart Alex - smart
German
geld - money
Hebrew
pesach - Passover
kosher - fit (for consumption. Usually checked by a Jewish authority, in the UK by the London or Manchester (in the north) Beth Din. However, in the USA by individual rabbis. They may be lenient - or more strict. Therefore the stricter ones have their own followers and often the food is dearer because the training is longer and so is the time spent checking. For example, of the entire animal, including the animal's lungs to check it has no disease.)
kosher for Passover - in addition to following kosher rules derived from the book of Leviticus in the Hebrew bible, (Levicitcus is the Greek word we use from the Greek translation, which was then translated into English) containing no pork,;during Passover, from which is the abstinence of Lent, no yeast or leavening in the bread, hence only crackers such as matzoh. Again the products or kitchens are checked by somebody knowledgeable and authorized.
suganiyot - donuts (ot is the suffix or ending for feminine plural, whilst im is for masculine or both sexes)
Yiddish
gelt - Yiddish for Money, from the German geld
heimische - home-like (positive)
Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffixes_in_Hebrew
About the Author
About the Author of this blog, Author Angela Lansbury
BIOGRAPHY
Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5
The Author of several books, including: Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.
Blogs travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com
dressofthedayangela.blogspot.com
Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Club Vice President Public Relations (VPPR), Previous President
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Vice President Public Relations (VP PR) of Tampines Changkat Advanced;
Secretary of weekly online Singapore International Dynamic Toastmasters Speakers’ Club;
Member and past president of Harrovians toastmasters club, UK; Past member of HOD Toastmasters, London. Past member in Singapore of: Toastmasters Club of Singapore (TCS); Tiarel; and Senja Cashew.
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Regular attendee at annual Swanwick Writers’ School, England.
Regular attendee at annual Writers’ Holiday, Wales.
Contributor to poetry readings, and after tea courses on: Speaking On Radio To Promote Books; and Plots And Character.
Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.
Language advisor to Empire Toastmasters club in Indonesia.
Language and speech workshops in Singapore.
Speaker on radio and TV in England, Scotland, the USA, and Australia.
Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.
Former member of Harrow Writers’ Circle, London, and two writing groups in Singapore.
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I also have a blog on comic poems.
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