What do Americans call an oven?

[ohtsmeagain]

Please settle a dispute in our house!

Do Americans tend to use the word "oven" in the same way as the Brits? i.e the things that heat up and you slide your food in to roast or bake....and if you can win the Great British BakeOff 2021 even if you forgot to turn yours on?!

I think they must be called ovens because I use American recipes and they say "preheat the oven" like ours do (but they use Fahrenheit, right?) But my sister (who is far superior to me ) insists that what we know as "ovens" are called ranges in the USA ?

I know the word 'range' ....but to me it means the huge Aga type things. But then what is a range to the Americans? Or a stovetop to the Americans? Is that the four horizontal rings that can be gas, electric or hob?

Am so confused I am now self doubting my knowledge of what a bloody oven is.

Argh.

"La Estufa" is the stove not an oven.
"Horno" is oven and I hardly ever use that.

That's y'all's Spanish lesson for today.

Flatware or silverware for cutlery, broiler is the grill. Grill is a barbecue

Lived in the USA - it’s an oven

I just had a look on Lowes (big diy shop that sells loads of appliances)

www.lowes.com/c/Appliances

They have a category called ranges

Flatware is used for cutlery
Platters are serving dishes (usually flat ish ones)
Dutch oven is a big cast iron saucepan think Le Cruset
Strainer is a colander
Sheet pan is a baking tray
Glad wrap is cling film
Generally draining boards arent a thing here

If I think of any more I will post again!

Agree with PPs. Most people say stove, but when you go to the appliance store, they call it a range. Don't ask me why. The oven is the oven, not the whole stove. If I wanted to boil a pot of water I'd say put it on the stove top, not put it on the oven. East Coast and my kids have grown up speaking American so I have to. Some days I feel bilingual They say silverware even though it's not silver (I say cutlery). "Flatware" is what they say in shops but it feels odd to say it.

Oh and a skillet is a frying pan.

East Coast and my kids have grown up speaking American so I have to.

@knitnerd90. I can really relate to this! Apparently, my terminology changes the moment we land in Heathrow, though. 🤣

Just to echo others... Californian here: It's oven and stove. As a West Coaster, we never used 'range' or anything that sounded Nebraskian.
I still call the worktop 'the counter' though... even my British children say, "Your keys are on the counter, mum." I do, however, call the hob a hob and the loo's the loo.
Oh yeah... the broiler's the grill (just saw this upthread).

@TheVanguardSix. Poor Mid-Westerners, I had no idea how much those states were made fun of until I moved here. Mind you, I’d never heard of any of them, still not sure whether I could label them on a map. 😂

I find these differences between British and US English absolutely fascinating.

I also find myself changing vocab based on who I am speaking to. My US friends get broil and skillet, my parents get pavement and hob. My DC get a random mix BUT there are a few British words that are sacrosanct to me. Trousers, tomatos with the ar sound, herbs with the huh sound and my garden contains grass, flowers and vegetables, not just vegetables 🤣

@SeaToSki. I also refuse to have a yard, it’s a garden. And I WILL not drop the h on herbs.

I confess to saying tomatoes American-style though.

Sometimes you just have to use the American pronunciation or phrasing or it just gets too tiresome having to repeat yourself to be understood. I actually do use pants and not trousers at the doctors, otherwise it could get embarrassing very quickly 🤣

Here worktop is definitely countertop. Also counter as the previous poster said. As in, "The bowl is on the counter."

We also use counterspace when talking about how much you have.

It is very easy to tell a Canadian and American apart when discussing toilet facilities.

Almost every time the Canadian will ask for the washroom.

The American will ask for the restroom.

It is extremely predictable.

@LoveFall

It is very easy to tell a Canadian and American apart when discussing toilet facilities.

Almost every time the Canadian will ask for the washroom.

The American will ask for the restroom.

It is extremely predictable.

Depends where you are. Restroom is only public. If you're at someone's house (in America) for example you ask for the bathroom, even if you mean the downstairs toilet with no bath in it.

I have got used to yard vs garden because it's more precise--I have a garden in my yard (i.e. beds where I grow things).

When we lived in Philadelphia we found that we absolutely could not be understood if we said "water" in an English accent. We had to say "wooder" like the locals. (Watch Mare of Easttown if you can: great Philly accents. Kate Winslet said it was extremely tricky to learn!)

You are absolutely right. Canadians ask for the bathroom too.

I meant to say in public but was less than exact!

I had thay problem with asking for Water on a visit! I was in my 20s and couldn't understand how they didn't get it. Eventuly said wodder/wa-der...

Flatware is an odd name for cutlery, the only flat bit is the blade of a knife?