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Originally Posted by Janey
Hey! I understand that:
For our American/British/Australian friends
Serviette is a napkin (I always use this because to me a napkin is too reminiscent of sanitary napkins)
Poutine: frenchfries with cheese curds and gravy ( I add ketchup too) (for Americans, french fries is now known as freedom fries - long live the battle!)
Chesterfield: couch or sofa. In my experience, chesterfields were always mod-like 1960's vintage in style, while couches and sofas bring to mind large overstuffed pieces of furniture that are hard to move...
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I am Canadian, and I have never used the word chesterfield before, nor serviette. However, I do know what they mean.
I suppose if you want to go on regional differences, you could say that In canada as well there are regional differences. Like People from quebec, or Newfies in the maritimes. In saskatchewan (which is a province in the middle of canada) we have people who have a bit of that old world accent to them, then there is the "normal speaking" which is waht I think most people sound like, and then there is the people who talk with the heavy slurs and sould like they are talking through their teeth, which seems to be a large portion of the North American Indian population here.
So basically it sounds like most people are on the same page here. American is more of a regional difference, and not a different Language.