"English" Language Lesson

It still fascinates me how the English have different ways of saying things than Americans, even though we both speak "English".  Here are some examples:

To be "made redundant" is a bad thing, it means you've been laid off your job.

A moving company is in the business of "removals".

If you are graduating from a level of school, you are a "leaver". In America you see t-shirts listing members of the "Class of 2012", in England, the list is entitled "Leavers".

Before you can become a leaver, you must do your "revising", which simply means studying for exams.

In their polite and wordy way, the English refer to methods for slowing traffic down as  "traffic calming measures". In some roads, a speed bump is not enough. Instead you are forced to drive through an obstacle course where you have to center your car between barriers.

Looks like someone didn't do so well missing these barriers...

If you are not feeling well, you are ill, not sick. Sick means you are vomiting.

To end our language lesson, here is a bit of British humor, or should I say humour.  This sign was on a truck that I assume was cleaning out septic tanks:  "Caution: Stool Bus".