Outnumbered

beduffbrickie
beduffbrickie Posts: 642 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
Seems were out numbered on here by Americans, If I here that word DANG one more time....................:grumble:

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  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    AWESOME :explode:

    Yup, we're most certainly outnumbered ... by about 100 to 1 ... and then lassies outnumber blokes by about 200 to 1 although I think the UK ratio is more like 50:1.

    Just don't get me started on cups... and we're not talking bra-sizes here gents! :laugh:
  • chervil6
    chervil6 Posts: 236 Member
    yeah what does dang actually mean ? anddddd , why cups and not pints of water ..... i dont own cups , cos there so small lol

    and why do people have to say the journey their on ........ are they going somewhere !!! lolol
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    Dang: I presume it's a modification of the word Damn as in God (be) damned which to many God-fearing folks is the ultimate curse.

    Cups: a cup is a standard volume measure and is equal to 8 fl.oz. (unless you use a metric cup, but we won't go there :laugh:) However, in the US, they appear to use cups to "weigh" dry goods which hardly lend themselves to accurate volumetric measure. I can understand a cup of flower/oats/rice etc, but not a cup of chicken/ground bee/vegetables etc.

    Journey: this has come over from Reality-TV and you hear it on the telly here in the UK too where it's becoming dreadfully clichéd. When you decide to lose weight, get fit and/or improve your life, you do embark on a metaphorical journey. Again it's biblical, where it's often spoken of the path to this, the road to that. It's a bit less clinical than admitting to be following a plan or programme.
  • briebear77
    briebear77 Posts: 253 Member
    Ok I'm not English I just creep in this group because I love England and my grandma is actually from there and I have tons of family there. This thread made me laugh so hard! Thank you! Dang! :laugh:
  • hoopymog
    hoopymog Posts: 44 Member
    Journey is not from reality tv, it is a perfectly valid use of the word, Journey "A process or course likened to traveling; a passage: the journey of life." [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/journey]

    As for cups, I have to agree. Any measure where the size and shape of what you are measuring can change the amount you get is just plain ridiculous. Even the difference between flour rice and oats. If air can get between each individual piece then the measurement will not be consistent. GOD DANG IT!!
  • kathyms13
    kathyms13 Posts: 497 Member
    i used to have an American girlfriend, mmmm the accent , fringes are not bangs , bangs are noises we live in the UK not Europe we go on holidays and speak English. While in the USA the times they said they love my accent what accent its my language . Now i must say i did love walmart and Disney world.
  • sho3girl
    sho3girl Posts: 10,799 Member
    I was thinking this was about the improv show lol
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