What is your favourite American-ism?
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balls = bollucks0
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aluminum = aluminium!!
Fanny pack is a favourite too ... hehehe ;o)0 -
i'm bumping this :P0
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pleas explain the bumping thing0
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bump is so it appears higher on the recent posts but also so that you can track it on your profile and go back to it later.0
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aww i see look at the noob i been bouncing back and fourth trying to reply to my posts never thought bout looking on my profile hehe0
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Wow, you're not the only n00bler, I didn't know that either.
I had an English roommate for a while that used to call his rolling suitcase a "trolley". Also, I just learned what lergy means, similar to cooties... lol0 -
ahhhhh so are cooties germs? cos i've always wondered this0
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Wow, you're not the only n00bler, I didn't know that either.
I had an English roommate for a while that used to call his rolling suitcase a "trolley". Also, I just learned what lergy means, similar to cooties... lol
Yes lergy's is a bit of a weird phrase! I have no idea where it came from!!0 -
I love the shock on americans faces when british people keep saying they are going for a *kitten* hehehehe
I also like Pacifier = Dummy, funny they call it something the intended users will never be able to say hehehe0 -
I think this actually works both ways, so ...
Trunk = boot
Hood = bonnet
Hello/ Goodbye/ Thanks/ Sincerely/ Best wishes = Cheers (at least, I've heard it used to mean all those things)
Tired = knackered
Underwear = Pants
Ladies' underwear = knickers
Drunk = pissed
... There are tons of idioms that I don't remember. These are ones I like which come to mind.0 -
I love the shock on americans faces when british people keep saying they are going for a *kitten* hehehehe
I also like Pacifier = Dummy, funny they call it something the intended users will never be able to say hehehe
We also have a nickname for it, though: Binky0 -
Petrol = Gas.
The ltitle kid in me always wants to giggle when American's talk about the price of gas, getting gas or pumping gas. lol0 -
*kitten* = cigarette - that one always makes me laugh. If you asked for a *kitten* in the states, you'd sound really bad!
Especially if you asked if you could bum a *kitten*....as in to take a cigarette for free from one of your mates...0 -
"The tap's stuck"
"The what?"
"The tap, you know the thing the water comes out of"
"Oh, faucet!"
So I tried forcing it and it came off in my hand.0 -
Petrol = Gas.
The ltitle kid in me always wants to giggle when American's talk about the price of gas, getting gas or pumping gas. lol
I still laugh at my mom because when I was around 8 years old or so, we nearly ran out...and she had to put the car in neutral to coast into the station. And then afterwards, she exclaimed with great joy "It feels so good to have gas!!!" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
bump is so it appears higher on the recent posts but also so that you can track it on your profile and go back to it later.
Alternatively you could click on 'Community' -> 'My Topics' and there's a full list of all the forum boards you've posted on - no need for 'bumping'!0 -
i like all of them......i find myself saying "for sure" a lot.......calling my mobile my "cell"..........on mfp i am paticularly fond of "wtg" "great burn" and "good job".
the last guy I dated was an American......he used to make me say the word taboo over and over, as he liked how it sounded in a british accent, lol.0 -
Petrol = Gas.
The ltitle kid in me always wants to giggle when American's talk about the price of gas, getting gas or pumping gas. lol
We are supposed to call it gas now, when you learn to drive they tell you thats what it is now and the accelerater is now the gas pedal0 -
*kitten* = cigarette - that one always makes me laugh. If you asked for a *kitten* in the states, you'd sound really bad!
Especially if you asked if you could bum a *kitten*....as in to take a cigarette for free from one of your mates...
Bum a *kitten*??? Oh...My...GAWD. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I can see a Facebook status message forming in my head...0
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