Finish Those Lyrics
What do they have in common?
Something old, something new
British v American English
Backwords
100

"Isn't she lovely? Isn't she wonderful? Isn't she precious?"

Less than one minute old

100

The US flag, hollywood, and the night sky

stars

100

the furry green stuff that grows on cheese that's been around too long

mold

100

many americans live in an apartment, many british people live in one of these.

flat

100

forward it's a state of armed conflict; backward it's uncooked

war and raw

200

Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world

She took the midnight train going anywhere

200

eggplants, barney, bruises, and amethysts

purple

200

another word for infant

newborn

200

in american supermarkets you use a cart to collect your purchases; in british supermarkets, you use this.

buggy

200

forward they are tasty seeds such as almonds and cashews; backward it means astonish or shock.

nuts and stun

300

I see trees of green, red roses too

I see them bloom for me and you

300

a mailbox, the alphabet, and a high school sports sweater

letters

300

many a new bride has been carried over this.

threshold

300

in america you eat a cookie, in england its called this

biscuit

300

forward it's the movement of the ocean; backward it means to correct or improve written material.

tide and edit

400

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are gray

400

cliff, norm, woody, sam

cheers

400

you can always find horoscopes, classified ads, and op-eds in one of these.

newspaper

400

in american intersections you'd see a yellow traffic light; in england it's this color

orange

400

forward it means intelligent; backward it's another word for trolleys

smart and trams

500

I'm every woman

It's all in me
500

a college graduate, an angle, a thermometer, and a bad burn

degree

500

you'll need this to play pin the tail on the donkey

blindfold

500

you'd put a diaper on an american baby; this goes on a british baby.

nappy

500

forward it's a civil wrongdoing; backward it's a medium-slow gait for a horse.

tort and trot

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