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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:46 pm

Tsnerd wrote:

What I don't get is that one region in the US that calls everything a 'Coke'.

Down here in the south we call everything Coke. It's just more convenient to say it that way. To me, soda sounds like something old people say. (Sorry old people Embarassed

) And it's not that anyone really cares what kind of soft drink we have. Since I don't like the words 'soda' and 'pop', I could spring for "highly carbonated, artificially and naturally sweetened beverage".

On comment with the original post, the two things that got me in trouble were asking someone for a ride and using the word fanny. I was quite pleased with the Irish phrase "having a bit of craic". That one is just funny to me.

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:51 pm

Found these at a good time and glad I did. There is a few words that I will never use again (on the net.) Laughing

British v American Slang - Part one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCJjPymi79s

Part two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKfx3Qfl3Es&feature=related

English to English Dictionary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MCRmkUGpUc&feature=related

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:03 pm

I read mostly fantasy books.

A LOT of fantasy authors are British.

I've picked up quite a few Britishisms, including some that I don't realize are only spoken across the pond. I was absolutely shocked when someone told me that "daft" was only used in England.

I have to say this: you guys have seem pretty wacky colloquialisms Very Happy

. My favorite is "Pull the other one, it's got bells on".

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Why do us Brits sound like Australians to some Americans,
Canadians do sound like Americans I know

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:52 pm

I can't speak for all Americans, but I personally cannot tell accents apart. So when I hear an obvious foreigner speaking English, the first place that comes to mind is England.

There doesn't have to be a reason.

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I can tell some southern accents especially in Dallas

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:23 pm

That's great kubis, but can you tell the difference between a Portsmouth and a Southampton accent. (both southern) or is your knowledge of southern accents limited to a particular part of the globe? Smile

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:24 pm

Okay if words were interchangeable like if milk was blood and blood was milk would we have "milk curdling screams"? We would have both a blood bath and a milk bath. For those of us who are Americans we would eat Blood Duds instead of Milk Duds. We would go bleed the cows instead of milk the cows. And, all those Brits would be saying "Milky Hell" instead of "Bloody Hell". My mind doth wonder.

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Quote:

Portsmouth and a Southampton accent

Dont know about accents but the blokes in Southampton liked the word moosh when addressing you

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@ Chain Yanker
We Scots use the word "daft" too, it's not just in England, parts of Wales and Ireland use it too
( sorry if thats milky pedantic )

At least one thing the Scots and English differ on is turnip ( aka neep ). We use it to mean "swede" they use it for the wee smaller vegetable.

In Scotland "Going the messages " means going shopping.

Does Durex really mean sellotape/ sticky tape in Oz?

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:43 pm

Nanny Ogg wrote:

... one thing the Scots and English differ on ...

The Scots binge drink more nights per week than the English.

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Do you realy eat fried mars bars north of the border Smile

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:49 pm

Nanny Ogg wrote:

@ Chain Yanker
We Scots use the word "daft" too, it's not just in England, parts of Wales and Ireland use it too
( sorry if thats milky pedantic )

Sorry. To us geographically challenged Americans, England=Great Britain=that foreign country somewhere in Europe that speaks English.
So let me get this straight- England is different from Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, but they're all Britain? Oh, and there's two Irelands, right? One that's part of GB and one that's its own country?

EDIT: I notice your profile says you live in Lancre. I thought that was in the Ramtops? Wink

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:53 pm

ChainYanker, and anyone else who is geographically challenged:
Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales.
The United Kingdom is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Easy really.
Smile

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In South Dakota, they say: "Damn it's cold and boring here."

In North Dakota, they don't say anything as no one actually lives there.

Laughing

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@ CY
My mind is in Lancre
My body in the East of Scotland

PS We witches do go abroad sometimes

@ kubis
I've seen a couple chip shops offering deep fried Mars Bars, one on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh and the other near the cathedral, both touristy areas Wink

I've never tried one myself.

In Scotland a sandwich is a " piece "

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The United Kingdom is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

You forgot the Isle of Man and the channel islands, along with Gibralter

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^^
They're Crown Dependencies

edit
At least the Channel Island and Isle of Man are

Think Gib is an overseas territory

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What about the Falkland Islands, they must belong to Britain or why would we go to war over them

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:11 am

Peace!

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:17 am

kubis wrote:

Quote:

The United Kingdom is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

You forgot the Isle of Man and the channel islands, along with Gibralter

And that reminds me...
Don't get me started on Porta Rico and co. Even I don't know what's up with them, and I live here.

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:56 am

I think I've lost some brain cells reading this post.

Straight out of High School I moved from the midwest USA to the Bronx, NY, in an entirely Jamaican neighborhood. For the first few weeks I couldn't understand anyone around me. 5 years later when I moved away, I was speaking, walking and acting just like my neighbors. Great people!

Just like Eater: A year and a half around you people - and among other things I say cheers to my mates when we go out drinking Pimms...

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:51 am

kubis wrote:

You forgot the Isle of Man and the channel islands, along with Gibralter (sic). . . . .
and later . . . . .
What about the Falkland Islands

As a Brit you should either be ashamed of your knowledge or of your sense of humour.
Smile

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:14 am

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Does Durex really mean sellotape/ sticky tape in Oz?

We in Aus do have sticky tape and Durex is a brand of condom.

We wear our thongs on our feet and we call each other mate becuase we cant remember each others names.

If we "go for a root" we are not looking for potatoes and if we were to do it "in the back of a ute" it generally means we are from the country.

Next time somebody is rooting around in the cupboard trying to find a Durex you can chuckle just as we do. Wink

Oh and yes, it is interesting to hear an American trying to do an Aussie accent, it always sounds so much more like a british accent, not that it sounds like that either.

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:17 am

Sorry, guess I'm slow but I still don't get the coke thing... All I can imagine are people ordering at restaurants in the (American) south like this:

So, what do you want to drink with that?
Coke.
What kind?
Dr. Pepper.

Shocked