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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:18:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		I don't care what you guys say, I just love how it sounds.

Do we sound stupid?

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:18:32 PM   
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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..." 

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:18:36 PM   
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Soooooo ... Lady Ellen ... what IS a Tufty Club ???


Originally a club for UMs

But became identified with being an adult - think pubic hair

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:21:04 PM   
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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:21:36 PM   
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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:33:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		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.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:40:26 PM   
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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:50:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		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!

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:52:00 PM   
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>>>>> chavvies <----- I've NEVER understood that



We tend to ignore our own language and just invent something else instead :-)

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:59:40 PM   
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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.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 3:04:26 PM   
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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 3:06:23 PM   
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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~

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 3:12:12 PM   
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"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?"


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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 3:23:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		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.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 4:37:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		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.


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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 4:40:38 PM   
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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 5:06:25 PM   
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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 5:07:11 PM   
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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....

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 5:14:34 PM   
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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 5:19:33 PM   
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