American Words Unused Here. Vice-Versa Also.

by Englishman 47 Replies latest jw friends

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  Francois

  How 'bout anything named after a beaver? Do you have beavers in jolly ol' England? You know, the toothy rodent with the flat tail that cuts down trees with his teeth to make dams that make ponds that....you know. Well, do you?

  We do over here. I have a friend in Atlanta who owns a package shop (a place to purchase hard spirits and wine) on Beaver Ruin Road northeast of town. He calls his place Beaver Liquors. Would that happen in the UK?

  This is likely to really be an exercise in language.

  Francois
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  zerubberballs

  drugstore
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  julien

  heheh thanks for the xlations -- I should have already known most of them from watching The Young Ones so many times but it being new year's morning and all...
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  Farkel

  "edible food"

  Farkel
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  Angharad

  Cigarette / Fag

  So it's nothing unusual here when someone nips out the office to have a fag!
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  FreeFallin

  cop=bobby
  baby carriage=pram
  hood of car=bonnet
  trunk of car=boot
  right on!=spot on!
  keep your chin up=keep your pecker up
  piece of cake=Bob's your uncle
  woman dressed in clothing suitable for younger woman=mutton dressed as lamb
  And a whole lot of crazy food names like bubble and squeak,bangers and mash, toad in the hole, spotty dick.
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  roybatty

  Here in the States the word "randy" refers to someone's name. Unlike in the UK where...well, I guess it could just as well describe a person.
  I found this out when someone from the UK was visiting the company i work for and I introduced her to the company's owner who's name was Randy. Quite a laugh!
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  Englishman

  Edible food?

  Farkel, dear Boy,

  I'd have you know that the UK is the culinary capital of the world when it comes to liver, kidneys braised in Madeira, grated heart, tripe and onions and lights (lungs).

  I don't much enjoy eating brains yet, but I'm working on it.

  Englishman

  Bring on the dancing girls!
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  unclebruce

  gas station
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  Englishman

  PS: Real estate Does this imply that there is a false estate?

  Wha the hell is real estate anyway?

  gasoline OK, we all know you mean petrol.

  lap dancer What? Some bird sits on your lap and dances?

  sky lobby Is this held up by sky-hooks?

  Budweiser Your pal knows more than you?

  Englishman.

  Bring on the dancing girls!