 AaronianKen
Male, 18-29, Europe
 99 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:06:04 AM
we don't use wishy washies, slappy ham, clammy rogers, whimsy flims, cold on the cob or rooty tooty. it's annoying how the world seems to think we speak in roosterney rhyming slang. no one seems guvnor either. |
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 Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:03:54 AM
@MrYouKnow
Ah the irony that is your screenname.
Wait what did you think it was...
...a "napkin"? |
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 Space_girl
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
634 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:01:01 AM
rooty tooty point and shooty |
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 MrYouKnow
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
1088 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:59:44 AM
I actually didn't know nappy is a diaper. |
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 Wizensilver
Male, 13-17, Europe
407 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:52:38 AM
That took me longer than it should have to realise it was a joke, oh dear >< |
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Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:50:29 AM
Because Simon Cowel is NOT amused!
Niether is Patrick Stewart...
...nor for that matter Tommy Lee Jones.
Because ultimately:
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 CurlybackJoe
Male, 18-29, Australia
221 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:47:10 AM
I like how in New Zealand we use a mix between the two.
Like chips/crisps = Chips
and fries/chips= Chips
:) |
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 TBWRB
Male, 18-29, Europe
50 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:46:01 AM
One of my favourite americanism is the use of the word fanny which does not mean anything like backside in the UK, think more frontside.
It leads to excellent exclamations like "My fanny is red raw!"
Of course the Americanism for bum is a homeless guy, where as in the UK it's your backside. Though homeless people are a pain in the arse so maybe that's where it came from |
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 BenTheBug
Male, 18-29, Southern US
1155 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:44:26 AM
There are areas in the US where they call shopping carts "trolleys". Mostly in the South I think. |
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 davymid
Male, 30-39, Europe
11676 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:35:04 AM
MattPrince, Jesus wept, is she trying to take down some orbital satellites? Cause if so, those guns are pointing in the right direction. |
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 CoyoteKing
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2993 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:19:11 AM
lol |
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 MattPrince
Male, 40-49, Europe
2221 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:15:17 AM
'Rooty tooty point and shooties' |
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davymid
Male, 30-39, Europe
11676 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:13:12 AM
It was all going well up to the point of the flashlight/torch comparison. Things started to go a bit south after that (and yes, I realise that's the point of this post).
Allow me to give some input as a Brit (fellow Brits, please correct me if I'm wrong on any of these):
Cookie:Biscuit
Cart:Trolley
Diaper:Nappy
Flashlight:Torch (from here it deviates)
Windshield Wipers:Windscreen Wipers
Face:Face
Fries:Chips
Chips:Crisps
Blueberry Pancakes:Blueberry Pancakes (WTF is a clammy roger? Sounds like a sordid sexual encounter in a sauna)
Pen:Pen
Popsicle:Ice Lolly
Gun:Gun
In fact, IAB regular TRWolf made a good video of the differences between english english and american english here |
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 ICantNameMe
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
34 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:11:44 AM
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MattPrince
Male, 40-49, Europe
2221 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:10:11 AM
Fanny  Arse |
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 kittilia
Female, 13-17, Western US
502 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:06:59 AM
ice lolly? love! I will call 'em that from now on! thank youz bardockjerms. |
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 skypirate
Male, 18-29, Western US
1785 Posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:01:10 AM
rooty-tooty point and shooty? literally lol'ed |
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 IkeRay
Male, 18-29, Western US
2724 Posts
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:47:06 PM
the lack of smibbly bibbly bothers me |
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 bardockjerms
Male, 18-29, Europe
213 Posts
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:46:51 PM
I know that it's a joke but some of the joke ones do have different names in English. Such as Windshield wiper - Windscreen wiper
popsicle - ice lolly |
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 manorrd
Male, 30-39, Europe
2998 Posts
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:42:24 PM
Phone - Dog
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 saintpatty
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
27 Posts
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:37:10 PM
Link: More Differences Between The US & The UK [Pic] [Rate Link] - We all know biscuit/cookie and diaper/nappy, but are all of these legit? We need answers, I-A-B UK. |
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