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PattyGoo
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Re: Cell Phone
« Reply #10 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 7:40am » |
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Years ago I worked in an office with a dude from the UK and he was looking for rubbers. I gave him a funny look, and he clarified that we call them erasers!
Yeah, yeah, my mind lives in the gutter.
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Re: Cell Phone
« Reply #11 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 10:32am » |
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Lol Patty. I would have been right there with ya.
When I first saw someone post 'chuffed' on the board I thought it meant 'mad' or 'angry'. Come to find out it's the opposite...lol. That's one of my favorite words now.
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Re: Cell Phone
« Reply #12 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 4:59pm » |
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Hmm we say ring I think coz ofphone going "ring ring" simple minded, though lots of people in uk say IM gona call you.
Tis bizzare, my mum laughed at me coz I sed "the side walk has no one on" Should have been saying path 
I live in York so a fair bit a way from Kent.
Some more random words, im not sure who owns which, US or UK, you guys decide.
Couch/sofa
Lift/Elavator
Lounge/Living room
Oh do you guys say candy instead of "sweets"?
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Re: Cell Phone
« Reply #13 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 5:31pm » |
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on Aug 8th, 2006, 4:59pm, Shaun wrote:Hmm we say ring I think coz ofphone going "ring ring" simple minded, though lots of people in uk say IM gona call you.
Tis bizzare, my mum laughed at me coz I sed "the side walk has no one on" Should have been saying path
I live in York so a fair bit a way from Kent.
Some more random words, im not sure who owns which, US or UK, you guys decide.
Couch/sofa
Lift/Elavator
Lounge/Living room
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Couch and sofa are both used in the US. I say couch, but some people call more sleek upscale couches sofas. Others only use sofa.
US uses elevator and living room. And yes, we call sweets candy.
The US is huge though, so there's variation in words in different parts of the country. Like, I say pop while other people in the country say soda. I also call a 'lollipop' a sucker.
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Re: Cell Phone
« Reply #14 on: Aug 9th, 2006, 12:35pm » |
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Wow, a "sucker" if someone sed that to me id be in stitches, but thats my dirty mind for ya.
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Re: Cell Phone
« Reply #15 on: Aug 9th, 2006, 9:16pm » |
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I've always wished we said "loo" instead of bathroom or restroom.
Remember those things they were gonna come out with....like a computer in the bathroom or something. What were they called? iloo i think....they were from Apple.
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Re: Cell Phone
« Reply #16 on: Aug 9th, 2006, 9:44pm » |
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I saw on T.V. that you guys in the U.K. call cigarettes "****s" and I think thats about the funniest thing ever! I just call them cigs or smokes.
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Re: Cell Phone
« Reply #17 on: Aug 9th, 2006, 9:45pm » |
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whoops sorry about that guys I totally didn't think it was gunna cover that word up but I'm sure you can all guess what it is.
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Re: Cell Phone
« Reply #18 on: Aug 10th, 2006, 9:03am » |
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lol yepthats what we say. So for them smokers they all like a gud .... in their mouth hahahahha never thought of it like that
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Re: Cell Phone
« Reply #19 on: Aug 10th, 2006, 5:00pm » |
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I know some Irish people, and I noticed one of the funniest cultural differences when I asked one of them if he needed a ride home from the theater. When I asked, "Hey, you want a ride?" he looked horrified and then amused.
They, apparently, say "lift" to mean a lift home in someone's car. "Ride" is sexual. It got even worse, when I started to explain by saying, "Oh, yeah, we just say ride. It's not sexual at all. Like, I could get a ride from my Grandparents."
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