Squash - the drink not the game. OT

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OK, so I know this is not nursing but...

I go to several (USA) sites and the question about the drink 'Squash' comes up... so...

Is there any Brits here, who are now in USA, who can help me explain to an American what 'Squash' is?

Do they have it over there in a different name?

We have tried diluted fruit juice... which is not quite right and we have tried cordial... which doesn't really fit either...

Thanks in advance,

(I've given up trying to explain 'Marmite' :) ).

i sometimes remind my colleagues, that i am the one speaking english around here.

[color=#a0522d]i am afraid its the chicken and the egg, we are here now, but without our ancestors they wouldnt be here either.

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why was he pointing you towards choclate what english expression for toliet would make him think that

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was at physio today, and someone said that they would love to have gravy and biscuits,,,,,,for breakfast.

[color=#a0522d]then had to explain to both dh and the americans that biscuits to us are cookies and biscuits to them is like our scones,

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[color=#a0522d]so they all decided that chocolate chip cookies and gravy was something that they had to try !

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Specializes in Mental Health.

Why would someone want gravy for breakfast?

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hmmmm....

Jolly Shandy

Chips not fries

Ovaltine

Pavlova

Boot not trunk

ta not thanks

the list goes on...

I could use a shandy about now

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.
Why would someone want gravy for breakfast?

It's a kinda of white coloured sauce I havent tried it so I cant tell you if it is nice or not because I cant face it first thing in a morning. My cousin loves it and tells me it is delice

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.

I can only dream about a fish and chip supper

or

Pudding Chips and Gravy in a tray

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fish and chips,,,,,,,stop.......tormenting us !

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
fish and chips,,,,,,,stop.......tormenting us !

ok...... wont tell you i had some for tea :rotfl: :chair:

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Specializes in theatre, elderly, community, ICU.

People I work with couldn't believe I hadn't tried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!!

Did try it, not bad.

Miss my packet cup-a-soup, used to like taking them to work.

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Canadians seems to be a hybrid of sorts between brits and americans. Some of your expressions we share, some american expressions are foreign to us. Yuck. Can't imagine eating gravy for breakfast.

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hey anna, you didnt have the fish and chips for tea,,,,,you had them for dinner.

no such thing as tea over here unless it comes in a glass with ice,,yuk !

occasionally real people will have hot tea, but not like us brits with milk, usually flavoured and without milk.

of course we just had a food parcel arrive,,,teabags.

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