Strange American sayings from an English Perspective

MinMin97

Two come to mind for starters:-

*kitten* hat???

Butt Hurt??

Are you guys really that fixated with your rear ends.

Fortunately, no.
But there is a small VERY LOUD minority with nothing else to do in life, but get on the forums and make you think so.

parys1

Ok I'll concede
on the math question, but come on they ain't sneakers they're TRAINERS

Nope. I'm Canadian and I call them runners.:flowerforyou:

Fullsterkur_woman

Where are his parents from?

It may be said other places, but it's most prevalant up North.

All over (Navy brats). I lived up north (mid-west) until I was 8, so maybe it's a north-east thing. I definitely grew up saying "tennies" or "tennis shoes" (all one word, like "tenissues").

JeninBelgium

Ahhh some more(not as good):-

"You don't know squat"

"Fanny pack" ..... that ones ssooo funny!!

"I'm doing the math" ....it's "Maths" not "Math"

"Vacation" .... no it's not it's a holiday!

"He was pissed" ..... In England this would mean he was very drunk

no it is mathematics not maths

and it is only a holiday if it is a HOLY DAY (unless of course your vacation on lasts one day )

but honestly I could care less about this topic as in if I cared less I wouldn't post otherwise I would write that I couldn't care less...) of course

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

Two come to mind for starters:-

*kitten* hat???

Butt Hurt??

Are you guys really that fixated with your rear ends.

Fortunately, no.
But there is a small VERY LOUD minority with nothing else to do in life, but get on the forums and make you think so.

^^see exhibit A.^^

Alluminati

Ok I'll concede
on the math question, but come on they ain't sneakers they're TRAINERS

Nope. I'm Canadian and I call them runners.:flowerforyou:

On the EastCoast we call em "kicks"

Holly_Roman_Empire

Where are his parents from?

It may be said other places, but it's most prevalant up North.

All over (Navy brats). I lived up north (mid-west) until I was 8, so maybe it's a north-east thing. I definitely grew up saying "tennies" or "tennis shoes" (all one word, like "tenissues").

Yeah! Tenissues!

Alluminati

Two come to mind for starters:-

*kitten* hat???

Butt Hurt??

Are you guys really that fixated with your rear ends.

Fortunately, no.
But there is a small VERY LOUD minority with nothing else to do in life, but get on the forums and make you think so.

^^see exhibit A.^^

:laugh: was just gonna say

dirty_dirty_eater

They snicker at you if you order a "Scotch" in Scotland.
Cheeky buggers.

Fullsterkur_woman

On the EastCoast we call em "kicks"

Then you are probably younger than I am. Kicks didn't come into common usage until I was fully grown (of course, I am now old, so there you have it).

dbmata

Aw, Lord Byron hasn't weighed in on mine.

Fullsterkur_woman

They snicker at you if you order a "Scotch" in Scotland.
Cheeky buggers.

WTF would you order? Just "whisky", and it's assumed? Do you have to specify single-malt? Inquiring minds want to know!!

rml_16

Where are his parents from?

It may be said other places, but it's most prevalant up North.

All over (Navy brats). I lived up north (mid-west) until I was 8, so maybe it's a north-east thing. I definitely grew up saying "tennies" or "tennis shoes" (all one word, like "tenissues").

Northeast and Midwest are TOTALLY different places, culturally speaking! I grew up in the Northeast (upstate NY).

Holly_Roman_Empire

They snicker at you if you order a "Scotch" in Scotland.
Cheeky buggers.

What do they call it over there? A whiskey?

pauldix

I'm still getting used to 'heads up' first heard in 'The West Wing'. Have heard it used this side of the pond but, like many imported Americanisms, in a slightly self-conscious way.

dejamos

I hate it when

Now that's interesting, too.

I thought Americans say "I hate when"?

We say both, depending on the rest of the sentence.

Oh, ok. Examples of each, please?

I can't really think of anything off the top of my head. But I say both in conversation.

Oh ok, no worries.

Here's how this American uses them:
Someone complains about something bad that happened to them: "Oh, I hate when that happens!"

Someone consistently does something that bothers me: "I hate it when you do that."

Of course, that might be just me.

Fullsterkur_woman

I have the same issue with dinner/supper. In some places I have lived you eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. In some others you eat breakfast, dinner and supper. In others you eat breakfast, lunch and supper.

I get confused as to what I need to call each meal in conversations sometimes.

Don't they say breakfast, dinner and supper in your neck of the woods? When I was a kid, the older lunch ladies would refer to our lunchboxes as "dinner pails". :laugh: I kept picturing slop buckets! And I remember "supper clubs" and having "supper" at grandma's house. Of course, we probably ate really late at those times, so that definitely makes it supper. When we ate at 5-6 o'clock, we probably called that "dinner", even if we ate dinner earlier at 12-1 o'clock.

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

They snicker at you if you order a "Scotch" in Scotland.
Cheeky buggers.

What do they call it over there? A whiskey?

You order by name.

Lagavulin, neat.

Or Glenmorangie, pronounced correctly or they beat you with a stick.

Pugwash4x4

Fannypack

The first part has a very very different meaning in England!

maddogg82

AAaa.. "Bless your heart!" gets me everyitime... I wanna laugh everytime someone says it to me.. IN THEIR FACE.. its like JUST SAY IT YOU FAKE B**&!.. just say im being an *kitten*..

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