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Post by iriemama on Mar 18, 2016 14:30:07 GMT
saralcat, love your comments about the mosquitos and fire ants. haha
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on Mar 18, 2016 14:46:47 GMT
Hahah. A bummer here is like a let down. I.e that's a bummer dude. That may be perceived differently over there. Ha That and also "fanny" is slang for vagina.... I always thought a "fanny pack" was a tampon when I heard it on American shows as a teen ha.
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Post by alethionaut on Mar 18, 2016 16:24:29 GMT
Fanny pack *chuckles*
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Post by gingerdreadman on Mar 18, 2016 16:35:50 GMT
they are all the rage. Do you guys have a different name for them? Or do they even exist over there? Hopefully not.
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on Mar 18, 2016 16:48:40 GMT
We call them bumbags lol.
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Post by iriemama on Mar 18, 2016 16:48:53 GMT
hahahahaha
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Post by gingerdreadman on Mar 18, 2016 16:53:24 GMT
You need one of these Paul.
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on Mar 18, 2016 16:54:51 GMT
You presume I don't already have several?
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on Mar 18, 2016 18:10:40 GMT
Another classic Brit term... "smeghead". It's generally used affectionately between friends and "smeg" comes from a popular TV series over here, Red Dwarf..
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on Mar 18, 2016 19:07:13 GMT
Just saw riannasaurus share this on FB to an American who didn't know what she meant by "tutting", thought it was relevant to add here lol. I don't actually "tut" that much anymore, but I do occasionally write "tut tut" when someone tells me they've done something stupid or whatever.
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Post by gingerdreadman on Mar 18, 2016 19:21:36 GMT
Hmm. Yep I'd have had not a clue.
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Post by saralcat on Mar 18, 2016 20:07:27 GMT
I can't say that I tut much. These days I tend to sigh and go 'fuck's sake!' instead.
A couple more Americanisms I remember:
Faucet = tap (in a sink) Restroom = toilet/loo Communists = anyone living in a country that offers some sort of social benefit (Ok I may be exaggerating here, but I had my Texan ex-sister-in-law try to tell me the UK was essentially a communist country once. I did laugh.)
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Post by saralcat on Mar 18, 2016 20:17:38 GMT
Manky/hacky = dirty
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Post by Olly on Mar 20, 2016 23:03:11 GMT
Just thought of this and wondered if it's a British thing.
If, for example, someone offers you something and you don't want it, you might say "you're all right".
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Post by gingerdreadman on Mar 21, 2016 0:26:15 GMT
Olly-Here we typically say " i'm good" but more or less the same thing.
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