Sledding or sledging

Right, so the snow, it cometh. And bloody well lots of it, as they predicted.

In fact, after reports last night, I was preparing for another six inches (as the actress said to the bishop / that’s what she said.)

Snow

More snow

And more snow

Folk here have been talking about ‘sledding’ and I’m thinking two things:

a) No thanks, awfully, and
b) Oh, you mean SLEDGING!
😉

We Brits refer to the act of sitting on something and sliding down a hill in the freezing cold differently from our American cousins. Well, of course we do – these are the funny differences between us!

I like this U.S description….

‘In the U.S, here would be images of how I define each sledge, sleigh, and sled, despite all of them having a similar definition in the dictionary.’

Sledge: sledgehammer

In the USA, this is a ‘sledge’ (hammer)

Sleigh: santa’s sleigh

I think this is a sleigh on both sides of the pond

Sled: kid on sled

Kid on a sled, innit

Do we Britons sledge on a sled or on a sledge? Oh now I can’t remember what I did in my youth…. sledging on a sledge, I’m sure.

In America, though, they go sledding on a sled, that I do know 😉