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Brits vs American Language

RibbonsRosesRainbows — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:47:19 GMT

For Fun and for those that love the Brits.....

First word is Brit second word is what it means in America

Brassed off--fed up

Dear--expensive

Dishy--good looking

Easy Peasy--its a snap

Fancy-desire

Fruity--Frisky

Gen means information

Give us a bell--call me

Horses for Courses--each to his own

Off Your Trolley--mad, crazy

Spend a penny--go to the bathroom

Pass--I don't know

pip pip--good bye....not used anymore

Ring--ring me on the telephone

Send up--make fun of someone

Put a sock in it--shut up

Quite--absolutely

Wonky--shaky, unstable

Cheerio--Goodbye

Re: Brits vs American Language

LyndaGee — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:58:17 GMT

Bang On - Correct

Belt up - Be quiet

Petrol - Gasoline

Re: Brits vs American Language

straykatz — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:58:36 GMT

I remember my grandparents using the term ""dear"" when things were expensive.

Put a sock in it is commonly used by my family and circle of friends.

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abbeythe 8th — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:02:42 GMT

On 6/3/2014 straykatz said:
I remember my grandparents using the term "dear" when things were expensive.

Put a sock in it is commonly used by my family and circle of friends.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Benjamin Franklin

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esmerelda — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:26:12 GMT

Right - Okay

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RibbonsRosesRainbows — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:29:50 GMT

Love it..........thank you for participating.........other words?

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Mominohio — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:48:22 GMT

boot--the trunk of the car

gnashers--teeth, false teeth for the person I heard use it . He used to say "I can't find me gnashers"!

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scotttie — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:59:04 GMT

My gramma used to say ""fat lotta good that'd do"" meaning ""wouldn't do any good.""

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brewhaha — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:09:04 GMT

I can't post their word for a cigarette.

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stilltamn8r — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:14:39 GMT

If you really want to feet confused...try Cockney rhyming slang....!!!!!

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stilltamn8r — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:19:19 GMT

Dog and bone= phone Trouble and strife= wife Apples and pears ...stairs Jack jones= alone

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:03:43 GMT

Is there more to the word "proper" than, uh, being proper?

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sidsmom — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:31:36 GMT

"After I get chatted up for awhile, I like to snog before I shag"...I'm sure that's something Patsy or Eddie would've said...who loves 'AB FAB'???!!!

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mewsmomtoo — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:50:17 GMT

AB FAB was fab - I loved that show!

Around the barn we use different words too:

Headstall - Halter

Rug - Blanket

Box - Stall

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Clover29 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 02:05:14 GMT

When Brits "table a motion", it means putting it up for discussion. It goes on the table.

When Americans table a motion, they file it away, take it off the table, and do nothing with it. They get rid of it.

Same expression, totally opposite meaning.

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Marienkaefer2 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 02:50:56 GMT

On 6/3/2014 sidsmom said:
"After I get chatted up for awhile, I like to snog before I shag"...I'm sure that's something Patsy or Eddie would've said...who loves 'AB FAB'???!!!

I do!

There was also another show that was shown on Oxygen for awhile. This was about ten years ago. The crazy main character was named Kath.

Does anyone remember?

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blrc — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 03:06:43 GMT

windscreen=windshield

knickers=underwear

loo=bathroom

lift=elevator

chips=french fries

biscuit=cookie

The first floor of a building is the ground floor. The floor above that is the first floor.

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RibbonsRosesRainbows — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 03:08:37 GMT

Love it thank you.

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september — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 03:27:16 GMT

I worked with a British doctor who once asked me for a ""cotton"". He meant a spool of thread.

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Clover29 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 04:08:57 GMT

Poussin = Cornish game hen. I was at the checkout one time, with my tray of two of these birds, and they didn't have a price on. The cashier looked it up and announced, "Two fifty for your puss y chickens, love".

(QVC won't let me use the word, but you get the drift.)