We are all speaking English but.... Instalment 1

Atkins: Baby, have you seen my stockings?

Rachel: Your what?!!!

Atkins: My stockings. I need them for work.

Rachel: For work???!!! [Atkins is a Police officer]

Atkins: Yes. What is strange about that? Oh, here they are. [Pulls out a pair of socks]

Rachel: Ohhhh. You call those stockings. We call those socks. Stockings are something different. Policemen don’t normally wear them. [Explanation follows.]

(At least I don’t think Policemen usually wear stockings. Does anyone know?)

For further clarification:

•          Headsock = wooly hat/beanie
•           Hat = cap
•         Hangwire = coathanger