Our New Vocabulary

We have a whole new vocabulary/words that have been integrated into our talk (when we don't use the "right" word, we aren't understood!):

Old: air-conditioner

New: air-con

Old: swim suit

New: swim costume

Old: swim meet

New: swim gala (gah-lah)

Old: car trunk

New: boot

Old: cleats

New: boots

Old: traffic light

New: robots

Old: flip flops

New: tropicals

Old: pants

New: trousers

There are many more words, but we can't think about them right now because we need some coffee!! More later!