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Originally Posted by extrashaky
British Car Terminology
Not just for the poms. Australians use a lot of this also.
My favorites were always bonnet and hood. A bonnet is what we in the US call the hood. The hood is what we in the US call a convertible top, which looks like a bonnet.
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I was going to say, it makes more sense than the US' terminology. Hood to cover your head (convertible). Bonnet would work too. We screwed up a lot of things... imperial system, alumin(i)um, etc.