Strange American sayings from an English Perspective
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That saying about the tosser is typically Brit - and still hilarious to me. If we go on like this eventually we will be unable to tell the mericans from the brits - we will just be running around like a load of old gadgies0
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Oh, yeah, that! I'd be very sad indeed if I got served a piece of cake when I ordered pudding expecting custard!OK, so you all over there use "flan" kind of the way you use "pudding."
Over here, pudding is a very specific dessert, while there it's just general dessert.
Here, flan is a very specific Spanish dessert, as pictured.
Well, except for the part where it's still *CAKE*!
Saying pudding for dessert can be a bit of a regional thing, where I'm from we'll use both but if you're from 'down south' you'd probably say dessert. A typical 'pudding' for us would be something warm and stodgy served with custard like treacle sponge, jam roly poly, or you could even go for spotted d*ck, its a real pudding, honest haha!! x0 -
Oh my, do you really not know what it stands for? "Fat Upper P--- Area" :laugh:
And French!
Sorry but did anyone bring up FUPA yet? That word fascinates me.
Assuming you mean "a socially awkward or tactless act", I think you are saying it wrong. My hubby does that. Its "faux pas" and it's a real word.
But I wonder if FUPA is along the lines of SNAFU and FUBAR, in which case I'm not researcing on my work computer!0 -
Brits and American slang...interesting
http://www.dooryard.ca/index0.html try this site....Canadian/American/French/Brit/ Newfie influences....
Here is a couple for you...
Door yard...your yard....back or front
blat - Cry
bumble - go for a drive (usually on a back road in a 4x4 truck with some beer and music)
unthaw - my fav...take it from freezer to thaw....don't ask
willy wags - out in the middle of no where.
over (insert word) cross'd - Go to the states,
overhome - your house when you are not there
They can't have door yard.
In leaves of grass, by Walt Whitman, we find the following
In the door yard, fronting an old farm house, near the whitewashed palings
Stands the lilac bush0 -
In the picture above the dessert is called a creme caramel in the UK0
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OK, here's another. I know that you say "jelly" to mean a gelatin dessert, and jam for the stuff you put on toast. But here in the States, we differentiate the stuff that goes on toast. Jam is usually made with real fruit in it, and jelly is just the juice that's been made to set up, or maybe just sugar water with food coloring and flavoring that's made to set up.
Do y'all differentiate?
Don't forget preserves!
We just basically call them all jam, whether it has fruit in it or not. Jelly is something we have with ice cream at kids parties x0 -
At least you get points for using real suet in your pudding. It's like pulling teeth to get my hands on suet to make mincemeat for Thanksgiving/Christmastime! Nobody carries it, and there's really no substitute.Saying pudding for dessert can be a bit of a regional thing, where I'm from we'll use both but if you're from 'down south' you'd probably say dessert. A typical 'pudding' for us would be something warm and stodgy served with custard like treacle sponge, jam roly poly, or you could even go for spotted d*ck, its a real pudding, honest haha!! x0 -
And I call 'athletic shoes' sneakers and the roundabout downtown is called the square.
I call sneakers "trainers", but in Newcastle, trainers are formal wear. Geordies love their trainers and track pants. A lot like New Jersey.
Are you a Geordie living overseas or have you just been fortunate to visit that part of the world?
I've visited the area and have worked with quite a few Geordies.
Oh I see, I'm from the neighbouring (rival) city Sunderland, where we're known as Mackams!
Yeah, I've seen and heard Mackam in reference to football matches and calling out Sunderland fans.
Of course us Mackams are the better part of the North East, haha!!0 -
At least you get points for using real suet in your pudding. It's like pulling teeth to get my hands on suet to make mincemeat for Thanksgiving/Christmastime! Nobody carries it, and there's really no substitute.Saying pudding for dessert can be a bit of a regional thing, where I'm from we'll use both but if you're from 'down south' you'd probably say dessert. A typical 'pudding' for us would be something warm and stodgy served with custard like treacle sponge, jam roly poly, or you could even go for spotted d*ck, its a real pudding, honest haha!! x
what is the difference between suet and lard?0 -
OK, here's another. I know that you say "jelly" to mean a gelatin dessert, and jam for the stuff you put on toast. But here in the States, we differentiate the stuff that goes on toast. Jam is usually made with real fruit in it, and jelly is just the juice that's been made to set up, or maybe just sugar water with food coloring and flavoring that's made to set up.
Do y'all differentiate?
Let's not forget preserves.
ETA: SHould have scrolled a bit further.0 -
At least you get points for using real suet in your pudding. It's like pulling teeth to get my hands on suet to make mincemeat for Thanksgiving/Christmastime! Nobody carries it, and there's really no substitute.Saying pudding for dessert can be a bit of a regional thing, where I'm from we'll use both but if you're from 'down south' you'd probably say dessert. A typical 'pudding' for us would be something warm and stodgy served with custard like treacle sponge, jam roly poly, or you could even go for spotted d*ck, its a real pudding, honest haha!! x
Oh, I love suet dumplings that go crispy in the oven. If our postal systems would let me I'd send some over to you, but I've a feeling it'd get stopped at customs, haha!!0 -
Oh yes. I did see that once around here. I forgot. I know why now! lol
Oh my, do you really not know what it stands for? "Fat Upper P--- Area" :laugh:
And French!
Sorry but did anyone bring up FUPA yet? That word fascinates me.
Assuming you mean "a socially awkward or tactless act", I think you are saying it wrong. My hubby does that. Its "faux pas" and it's a real word.
But I wonder if FUPA is along the lines of SNAFU and FUBAR, in which case I'm not researcing on my work computer!0 -
Well, that's really interesting. Here we usually serve ice cream and cake. Jello is not usually for parties, it's more like an weekday dessert thing. Some people put whipped cream or cool whip on top. Oh, speaking of, do y'all call that "squirty cream"? Because it's a new one for me and to be honest, sounds like something rude! :bigsmile:We just basically call them all jam, whether it has fruit in it or not. Jelly is something we have with ice cream at kids parties x0 -
Jam =/= preserves?Don't forget preserves!
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Gotcha. I always see and hear them call it pudding in the shows and movies and books. All the Harry Potter books call it pudding.
At least you get points for using real suet in your pudding. It's like pulling teeth to get my hands on suet to make mincemeat for Thanksgiving/Christmastime! Nobody carries it, and there's really no substitute.Saying pudding for dessert can be a bit of a regional thing, where I'm from we'll use both but if you're from 'down south' you'd probably say dessert. A typical 'pudding' for us would be something warm and stodgy served with custard like treacle sponge, jam roly poly, or you could even go for spotted d*ck, its a real pudding, honest haha!! x
The pudding you buy in the stores here is made with gelatin. I can't ever have it because of that, but it was never a favoite of mine. Except rice pudding, but that doesn't have gelatin.0 -
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Lard is the rendered fat of pigs. Suet is the white, waxy fat from around beef kidneys. It's very specific, as it has a different melting point *from* (or *to*, if you're British! :laugh: ) all the others. It's kind of like a place holder in whatever you're baking, so that by the time it has melted, it has set up little air pockets in whatever has cooked and set up around it, not to mention anointed the dish with its unctuous deliciousness!what is the difference between suet and lard?
I do usually manage to get some from the Whole Foods butchers; I just have to let them know far in advance that they need to save it next time they get in whole beeves.0 -
Well instead of "Butt hurt" which i have heard alot. I have also heard "Pepe Hurt" so its that the front part kinda hurt?0
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Rice pudding is awesome. Oh, and also bread pudding! I guess we do call one non-custardy cake-like thing pudding here!The pudding you buy in the stores here is made with gelatin. I can't ever have it because of that, but it was never a favoite of mine. Except rice pudding, but that doesn't have gelatin.0 -
Here's another one. The road next to the highway/interstate, do you call it: 1) access road 2)feeder road 3) service road or 4)something completely different?
It's an off ramp =]
Access road... and the off ramp is only part if it as there is a road that parallels the highway.
It's all the same to me... off ramp.
Another incosistency for me. Some days it's an exit, some days it's an offramp, or on ramp if you are getting on.
But what do you call the ROAD that that off ramp leads to? Hehe. I call them on ramps and exits too, but exit onto the service and get on the on ramp to the highway. :-D
"Old Route [insert route number here]", because that's what it usually is around here - the highway has replaced a state route, but they keep the old road because there's stuff on it. Everything else is just a street, usually because they run perpendicular to the highway, not parallel (ie - the road the on/off ramp leads from/to). There are a few places that have "access roads" in the sense that they're a road that leads to the road that the exit says it's going to, but they're roads unto themselves around here (with houses or businesses on them, and usually were built before the highway was).
Unless it's going upward and has water barrels at the end. Those are runaway truck ramps (often seen on steep hills).Ohio. Vinegar on fries is good, especially if they're "fair fries," in a cup. lol
Fair fries are the only thing I put vinegar on. All other fries are either bare, with ketchup, or "fry sauce" (made at eating time, because I live in Ohio, too, and so we have to mix our own ketchup and mayo, because it's not common around here).And speaking of roads: what do you call that circular road which has multiple entrances and exits going into it?
Roundabout.0 -
Of course us Mackams are the better part of the North East, haha!!
At least you're not a monkey hanger.0 -
When I learned it it wasn't pubic, but spoon without the "s", which made it all the funnier to me! :laugh:I've always known FUPA as Fat Upper Pubic Area. vs. faux pas which has been described previously.0 -
At least you get points for using real suet in your pudding. It's like pulling teeth to get my hands on suet to make mincemeat for Thanksgiving/Christmastime! Nobody carries it, and there's really no substitute.Saying pudding for dessert can be a bit of a regional thing, where I'm from we'll use both but if you're from 'down south' you'd probably say dessert. A typical 'pudding' for us would be something warm and stodgy served with custard like treacle sponge, jam roly poly, or you could even go for spotted d*ck, its a real pudding, honest haha!! x
OMG! Real Mincemeat is my favorite pie in the universe. I can't find it around here anymore. I like mine with lard and venison.0 -
Question for you UK types.
Is the Spotted **** you get in a can any good, or should I hold out for something like someone's mom used to make?0 -
Well, that's really interesting. Here we usually serve ice cream and cake. Jello is not usually for parties, it's more like an weekday dessert thing. Some people put whipped cream or cool whip on top. Oh, speaking of, do y'all call that "squirty cream"? Because it's a new one for me and to be honest, sounds like something rude! :bigsmile:We just basically call them all jam, whether it has fruit in it or not. Jelly is something we have with ice cream at kids parties x
Haha, yes we do have 'squirty cream' but jelly and ice cream go together like fish and chips and can come in all shapes and sizes
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that ..or sex0
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Jello is not usually for parties,
Unless it's a Jello mold. Those are yummy! And something else I can't have. :frown:0 -
You beat me to it! lol
Oh my, do you really not know what it stands for? "Fat Upper P--- Area" :laugh:
And French!
Sorry but did anyone bring up FUPA yet? That word fascinates me.
Assuming you mean "a socially awkward or tactless act", I think you are saying it wrong. My hubby does that. Its "faux pas" and it's a real word.
But I wonder if FUPA is along the lines of SNAFU and FUBAR, in which case I'm not researcing on my work computer!0 -
Oh, yeah, I remember being bewildered when I was driving in Seattle, now that you mention it! I was like, stop lights on on-ramps and off-ramps?! It's nutty!This is true, my husband is from Seattle, and he would be so confused with the service roads at first. IN Washington, if an exit sign said "Baker Street Exit", that exit would take you directly to Baker Street, and not a service road where you turn onto Baker Street. I have never been, so I can't speak from experience, but it was interesting watching him learn how to drive in Texas.
Driving in Seattle is insane for most people, including those who live there.
I once made 4 right hand turns in downtown Seattle (trying to "go around the block"), and didn't end up in the same place I started.
The only way to drive in Seattle is with GPS!0 -
Fupa- My 24 year old daughter explained to me what it is. Afterward I drank a nice big glass of wine. One does not enjoy such conversations with their offspring.:drinker:0
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