Uk Vs. USA

CollieFit

Something that's always amused me is the US use of "pissed" but without the "off", as in "He was really pissed!!".

In the UK that would mean "drunk".

Jruzer

I feel obligated to post this whenever this discussion comes up. Here is a slightly edited version, but the original can readily be found:

lkpducky

lemurcat12 wrote: »

lkpducky wrote: »

subakwa wrote: »

You might also "bum a lift" in someone else's car, for example.

Just as long as you phrase it that way and do NOT ask "for a ride".

I posted this on another such thread, but it's really worth it: http://dublinerinjapan.blogspot.com/2008/06/332-disneyworld-with-joe.html

Our tour guide Wanda is waiting for us. Wanda is a very nice young woman from Kissimee. "There are some rully good rides here at The Magic Kingdom," she says, to a chorus of snuffles and titters. "We have big rides, small rides, scary rides, happy rides, whatever kind of ride you like you can find here at The Magic Kingdom." One fan is falling about the place now and another -- Crocko by name -- is laughing his bloody dentures out. Wanda must be wondering what it is she is saying that has all these grown men nearly widdling with laughter. But, true professional that she is, she continues.

"Er ... some of the rides have been here for a long time, but other rides are new, and here at Disney we're constantly looking at ways to make rides more exciting." The fans are slapping their thighs and guffawing at this stage. One usually quiet man from Laois is actually honking with laughter, throwing his ponderous head back and honking like a great big white-legged hysterical mallard duck. Honko, I'm going to call him from now on.

"What's so funny?" Wanda says.

"Nothing, Wanda," Honko replies.

"No, c'mon," she says, "Am I like, saying something funny?"

"Not at all, Wanda. You're grand, sweetheart. And c'mere, tellus, do you like the odd ride yourself, Wanda?"

"Oh yes, of course."

"And how many rides would you have a day?"

"Oh, I dunno, three or four I guess. Depends how much spare time I get."

(If you follow the link, Wanda then goes into the giant Mickey.)

lkpducky

CollieFit wrote: »

Something that's always amused me is the US use of "pissed" but without the "off", as in "He was really pissed!!".

In the UK that would mean "drunk".

Which reminds me of another saying my husband taught me "He couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery"

ModernRock

SueSueDio wrote: »

ModernRock wrote: »

I must admit that I greatly prefer the British pronunciation of advertisement and have to remember to use the American pronunciation.

How does it differ? I don't think I've heard the full word, usually people say ad or advert! For me it's "ad-VERT-iz-ment", so for an American would it be "ad-ver-TIZE-ment"?

The second pronunciation is American. (There are tons of pronunciation videos and other fun cultural comparison/reaction videos on YouTube. )

http://youtu.be/11z-id7CBFk

CollieFit

Jruzer wrote: »

I feel obligated to post this whenever this discussion comes up. Here is a slightly edited version, but the original can readily be found:

PMSL @ "rooty-tootie-point-an-shootie"

CollieFit

How about being "full of beans" for someone who has lots of energy?

CollieFit

"going to spend a penny"

subakwa

Jruzer wrote: »

I feel obligated to post this whenever this discussion comes up. Here is a slightly edited version, but the original can readily be found:

Has to be read in Hugh Laurie's Prince Regent voice, of course

cross2bear

I'm a Canadian in Canada who grew up in England. It took me a long time to figure out that pudding meant dessert in UK but wasnt always pudding. I spell my neighbour's favourite colour like this and always get the wavy red lines as if its a mistake - and it isn't. We spell jewellery like the UK, we call soda/pop "drinks" we just say "ads" in my neck of the woods. Loved Father Ted (RIP) all the brit coms, I have even been watching Coronation Street off and on since the 60's!! Enid was one of the characters - sour faced old boot with a hairnet. LOVE Mrs Browns Boys, but some of the dialogue gets bleeped - you cant say the "eff" word on regular broadcast tv in NA (though you can on HBO or specialty channels) -oh my this brings back a lot of memories!! I recall finding a friend in the school yard one day and she was crying as she had just been to see the principal. I asked her what had happened and she said she "got told off". I couldnt imagine that being told something other than a relative had died could be so tear inducing, but then it was patiently explained to me by some of the older kids.

mobogogo

UK/Ireland- playsuit= US romper
UK/Ireland dungarees= US overalls.

LauraHasABabyJack

I live in an Appalachian area of Ohio, just moved here a few years ago and was quite surprised to hear boot used for trunk quite frequently in this area. There are other holdovers of British sayings here too and of course I can't think of any at the moment. I love seeing these!

pebble4321

subakwa wrote: »

Fanny and lady garden are indeed one and the same thing.

Huh, not to me. But then I'm an Aussie, and while we use a lot of the same words as the UK, we also have lots of our own variations.

SueSueDio

Now I really want to know what your version refers to, but I'm afraid to ask (or to Google it!)

mkakids

SueSueDio wrote: »

Tubbs216 wrote: »

Yep, NO, that is a hot dog wrapped in that weird Pillsbury pastry that comes in a can! This is what British pigs in blankets look like.

Chipolatas - little pork sausages that are NOT hotdogs. More like small breakfast sausages.

Also, gold top milk is awesome! Hubby and I would fight over who got to have the cream on their cereal. My dad used to work at the local agricultural show every year, and would sometimes bring home milk that had come directly from the cow - I'm not sure if they could get away with giving out unpasteurised milk these days, but that was delicious!

You can buy raw milk in some areas of the USA. In Chicago there are a few farms with coops you can buy from or drive to (not within the city, but within an hour from the city) for raw milk and fresh eggs...unfortunately its $18 a gallon, when a gallon of whole milk from aldi is around $2.25!

Lydilod

Just remembered a story about my daughter, we lived in New Jersey for 3 year (2001-2004) we're from the UK, she was in kinder garden and as she got off the bus she picked something up and said loudly "look mammy I've found a rubber" Poor driver, her face was a picture. Also got asked one parents evening what an oblong was.

emmaprocopiou

Sussex pond pudding whole lemon and brown sugar and butter baked in a duet crust that exploded to provide the sauce

Any type of suet pudding
Or steak and kidney pudding
My husbands a cockney - pie and mash with liquor is his favourite
Liquor = green parsley gravy with not much flavour but lush with loads of chilli malt vinegar
Jellied eels
And we can live on toast , is it not a food group on its own ?
Bacon butties and brown sauce mmm

eldamiano

UK = lump of lard with extra orders of stupidity
US = Donald Trump

dwaterfield

Well this thread has been amazingly informative! I'll never be able to ask for a growler refill again with a straight face.

singingflutelady wrote: »

CollieFit wrote: »

singingflutelady wrote: »

Oh I just googled and my childhood toad in a hole is not the same as the UK toad in a hole.

What toad was in your hole then?

Ours is a piece of bread with a hole cut out (shot glass size) fried with an egg in the hole.

We call that a bird's nest.

RiverMelSong

zyxst wrote: »

inb4 someone asks about fanny packs.

Yes! Americans talking about their fannies always make me giggle