Need some help with American speak please.

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What do Americans call utes? Or utilities - vehicles with a tray on the back? This sort of thing -

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Thanks very much for your help :-)

Audrey
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    utility truck
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    Thanks Michael, that's just what I needed :-)
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    Originally Posted by Audrey Harvey View Post

    What do Americans call utes? Or utilities - vehicles with a tray on the back? This sort of thing -

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    Thanks very much for your help :-)

    Audrey
    Reminds me of the movie "My Cousin Vinnie" and the two "utes". (new York accent for "youths")
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    Utes in America are a tribe of Indian in Colorado.
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      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Utes in America are a tribe of Indian in Colorado.
      Not in Jersey
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        Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

        Not in Jersey
        I'm afraid to ask. But no I don't believe there are Utes in Jersey. Nobody sane is in Jersey.
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          Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

          I'm afraid to ask. But no I don't believe there are Utes in Jersey. Nobody sane is in Jersey.
          There's plenty of uttes in Jersey, just no Indians.
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      Originally Posted by Michael Motley View Post

      from joisey
      Being a New Yawkea I shuda new that
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