Episode 22 – Differences between British English, American English and Austrlian English
Martin Johnston Johnston 
An Englishman, an American and an Australian walk into a pub…. and this is the result! Listen to me (English) talk to Chad (Australian) and Ethan (American) from Real Life English (if you haven’t already, GO to their website and check out their fantastic podcast!) about the differences between British English, American English and Australian English and about DOING POOS or MAKING POOS ?, RESTROOMS and TOILETS ?, bad teeth ? and lots more! PLUS, some RnR vocabulary like:
We’ve put that myth to bed
We generally say that English people whinge a lot
A polite way to say it in England would be ‘go to the loo‘
As promised on the podcast, here are some of the pictures of the vocabulary mentioned, just in case you didn’t understand!
RnR Grammar
During the podcast we spoke about the difference between ‘do a poo’ and ‘make a poo’. Let’s forget this specific difference for a minute and concentrate on the difference between the two.
‘Make’ is more similar to ‘create’ something, the typical example is ‘make a cake’, as you ‘create’ the cake. Another good one is ‘make a good impression’, because this good expression doesn’t ‘exist’ at the moment… you ‘create’ it!
‘Do’ is used more for actions, obligations and repetitive tasks. Things go ‘do a good job’, ‘do housework’ and ‘do homework’. In fact, homework is a good example because the teacher MAKES the homework (as he / she ‘creates’ it) but the student DOES the homework (as it is an obligation / repetitive task).
For this reason it’s strange for me to hear someone say ‘make a poo’, as it seems that you create it with your hands…. plus a poo is definitely a repetitive task and obligation! 😉