日本で普通に買うと、アメリカ英語版だし、自分もアメリカに居たので違和感はなかったんだけど、いくつかは、これはアメリカ版なんだなと思うところがあったので、どれくらい違うのかをちょっと探ってみた。
単なる対応表なので、どこに出てきたかとかいう情報はない。普通に綴りが英米で違う物が多いけど、単語自体が違う物があったり、なぜかUSなのにUK綴りっぽかったり、どういう基準で変更されてるのかもよくわからない。タイポとかもあるかもしれないし、いろいろプロセスの途中でエラーがあるかもしれないので、なんか見つけたら訂正するかも。
この他にも、US版には、UK版にない単語や文が挿入されている物もあるけど、そういうのはリストに載せてない。
US | UK |
---|---|
a little | little |
a piece of paper that was lying | something silvery lying |
a quite | quite |
as proud as can be | as proud as anything |
bannisters | banisters |
bite | bit |
good-by | good-bye |
called | called out |
candies | sweets |
candy | chocolate, sugar, sweet(s), minty sugar |
candy bar(s) | bar(s) of chocolate |
candy bar | wrapper, chocolate |
candy bars | Wonka bars |
candy making | confectionery |
center | centre |
charlie bucket | charlie |
chocolate candy bar | bar of chocolate |
coattails | coat tails |
color(s) | colour(s) |
colored | coloured |
crazy | keen, toy, mad |
crazy candy bars | chocolate bars |
crazy for | crazy about |
creamy candy bars | bars of creamy chocolate |
crummy | rotten |
curb | kerb |
dimes | five penny pieces |
directions | direction |
dollar | fifty pence |
dollar bill | fifty pence piece |
dollar bill | fifty pence |
dollars | pounds |
down river | downriver |
drafts | draughts |
dumfounded | dumbfounded |
elevator | lift |
elevator | control |
elevator | floor |
everyone | every |
fellers | boys |
five hundred dollars | two hundred pounds |
five thousand dollars | a thousand pounds |
flavor(ed) | flavour(ed) |
forever | for ever |
garbage | rubbish |
gobstopper | gob stopper |
goofy | silly |
gotten | got |
gotten out of hand | got out of hand |
grab me a squirrel | get myself one |
gray | grey |
grownup(s) | grown up(s) |
gumchewer | gum chewer |
gut | tummy |
heck | blazes |
honest truth | truth |
honor | honour |
horns out of | horns on |
hypnotised | hypnotized |
icebox | refrigerator |
in England the famous scientist | the famous English scientist |
in to | into |
jeepers | goodness me |
jeepers | crikey |
joint | place |
kiddo | baby |
knuckle dusters | knuckledusters |
laid off the gum | gave up gum |
looked | look |
mad | furious |
marketing | shopping |
marvelous(ly) | marvellous(ly) |
million | a million |
movie | cine |
nearby | near by |
nights | night time |
oh boy | gosh |
onto | on to |
overexcite(d) | over excite(d) |
packs | bits |
pajamas | pyjamas |
pitch | pitchy |
ps | p.s. |
real good spanking | really good spanking |
recess | break |
right | very |
right back | back |
rowboat | row boat |
shoveling | shovelling |
shriveled | shrivelled |
sidewalk | pavement |
smelled | swelled |
started | stared |
stenciled | stencilled |
store | shop |
sweetshops | sweet shops |
switched to candy | started on chocolate |
tee-riffic | fabulous |
ten cent | sixpenny |
ten cent piece | sixpence |
the | then |
the heck | on earth |
there | here |
to | go |
toward | towards |
trod | trodden |
turning around | turning round |
upon | on |
well sir | well |
what do you know | would you believe it |
windbreaker | windcheater |
Wonka candy bar(s) | Wonka bar(s) |