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subtee -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 2:18:06 PM)
I don't care what you guys say, I just love how it sounds. Do we sound stupid?

hlen5 -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 2:18:32 PM)
US Police - The Heat Pigs Bulls Cops Also guys in some parts of the US is gender nuetral and in other places it is not. My childhood girlfriends and I address our group as "you guys, lets do..."

LadyEllen -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 2:18:36 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: osocurious Soooooo ... Lady Ellen ... what IS a Tufty Club ??? Originally a club for UMs But became identified with being an adult - think pubic hair E

LadyEllen -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 2:21:04 PM)
I've heard "50" (as in Hawaii 50 the TV series) is used for the filth by some kids - odd when they were but gleams in their chav grandad's eyes when the series was on E

windchymes -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 2:21:36 PM)
I didn't see this one yet: Diapers=Nappies, I believe.

Symbiosis -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 2:33:58 PM)
How about "Horrible little oiks" all over everywhere! Oh, and there's "cob's" and "bap's" for bun's in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. NorthernGent, Thought the 'signature' lines are superb. Nice one. John. "Speak volumes in whispers".

osocurious -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 2:40:26 PM)
>>>>> chavvies <----- I've NEVER understood that [>:]

KrysFyre -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 2:50:06 PM)
Well i know of a fair few terms which got me in lots of trouble when i moved from Australia to UK, which isnt exactly what this thread is about...but hey! I was at a catholic all girls school in Cambridge when i said 'i like your thongs' to one of the girls...she looked at me in horror....and i couldn't work out why..... it wasn't until i got home and asked my father why it seemed a bad thing...Apparently the English call g-strings etc thongs and what i called thongs were flip-flops..... Then of course there was the pants/trousers issue.... Diaper/nappy Sarnies/Sandwiches Chips(in Aus this goes for french fries, hot chips and slices of fried/baked potato)/crisps Joggers/Trainers/Sneakers Spanner/wrench Fit - only means physical fitness in Aus...but in the UK it can mean that someone is attractive. Poms is a good one...given that it means prisoners of his/her majesty.....which would technically have been Australians, is used by Australians to describe the English. Oh so many more!

NorthernGent -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 2:52:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: osocurious >>>>> chavvies <----- I've NEVER understood that [>:] We tend to ignore our own language and just invent something else instead :-)

NorthernGent -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 2:59:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: subtee Do we sound stupid? I only know the New York accent - Cagney and Lacey, to be truthful - spent many a Sunday night admiring the blond one as a 12 years old......yeah, I'm a fan of that accent. Where's the bloke from in Heart to Heart?......"Hi, this is Max.........and when they met, it was moider"...or something like that.

beargonewild -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 3:04:26 PM)
Care for a brewski?

subtee -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 3:06:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: subtee Do we sound stupid? I only know the New York accent - Cagney and Lacey, to be truthful - spent many a Sunday night admiring the blond one as a 12 years old......yeah, I'm a fan of that accent. Where's the bloke from in Heart to Heart?......"Hi, this is Max.........and when they met, it was moider"...or something like that. I don't have an accent. ~blinks~

ChainGoddess -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 3:12:12 PM)
I will never forget the look on my American cousins face when he visited and was asked by my friend. "How's the crack?" In Ireland, we spell it craic, and it means something like. "Hello, how are you, and are you enjoying your visit?"

LadyEllen -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 3:23:21 PM)
The explosion in tourism to Dublin can be explained by this misunderstanding about the craic in the pubs. Luckily the Guinness tastes better over there, and the disappointment is soon forgotten. E

VivaciousSub -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 4:37:55 PM)
The English word I've always loved the most was "snog" - I believe that's the English equivalent of our 'making out', or as some of us call it, "tonsil hockey". I mean, snog just sounds so appropriate! Squeeeee! Almost like the columnist Dave Barry's thing about eggnog. Eggs are what's in it, "nog" is the sound you make when you've had too much of it to drink.

kittinSol -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 4:40:38 PM)
Snog is a lovely word. But so is bog. Bog is a wonderful word for the loo.

Termyn8or -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 5:06:25 PM)
In walks a friend of mine, my favorite psychopath in fact. He corresponded with someone in Austrailia and just told me that she had no idea what a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is. No PBJs in Austrailia ? Wow. Actually that doesn't bother me, but that gun control thing........ other than that I would probably be there. T

philosophy -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 5:07:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kittinSol Snog is a lovely word. But so is bog. Bog is a wonderful word for the loo. .....anyone care to guess where the word loo comes from? i know, but it's more fun to keep you guessing....[:D]

kittinSol -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 5:14:34 PM)
From Waterloo, because the English pissed on Napoleon?

GreedyTop -> RE: Terminology across the pond (10/21/2008 5:19:33 PM)
madly taking notes for when I finally get moved

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