paintsprayer said:

TonyVanDam said:

UK: metre

USA: meter

UK: At the end of the day,......

USA: The point is,.....

UK: cidre

USA: beer

UK: Ale

USA: Watery piss

erik319 said:

Shorty said:

so we've establish in the other thread.

Ice lolly = Ice pop or popsicle in US

oh yeah...Piss head! how could I forget! still not sure what that means though. lush? drunks? alchies?

there's another "piss" term you guys use..."taking the piss" I think. what the heck is that? like taking a joke or something?

if you call underware pants...what to you call underware? underpants?

if you need to take a left hand turn in your car...what do you call the indicator you use to signal to others that you're turning? I know it varies in the US. I say "directional" my friend from LA. laughs at me and says it's a blinker, but I know others who call it a signal.

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Started this thread just for you Shorty

I had a feelin'

erik319 said:

Shorty said:

boot! so you have groceries (do you call them that?) in the back of your car and you want hubby to help you...you say honey, can you get the groceries out of my boot?

Yeh groceries, but just the word 'shopping' is probably more commonly used.

"can you get the shopping out of the boot, and while you're at it, can you open the bonnet, I need to check the oil"

get the shopping out of the boot! that's just crazy talk

erik319 said:

TonyVanDam said:

UK: cidre

USA: beer

Beer's called beer in the UK. Breaks down into Lager, Bitter, Mild and Stout.

Cider is a fermented apple drink, the most historically famous of which would be Scrumpy. Do you not have cider in the US?

Yes we have "cider" in the USA. But it tastes too much like apple juice. I'm also aware of Lager.

And I can NOT believe that Bitter is consider a type of beer in the UK. In the USA, "bitters" is actually hard liquor.

whistle said:

erik319 said:

whistle said: go for it!

well, you'll understand them, you're English.

1. "don't cheek me, you snidey little c**t, i'll chin ya" cheek me? chin ya?

2. "have you had a butcher's at Charlotte's baps? they're ace" huh?

i can't be arsed thinking up 23 more examples. here's some more random words and phrases that Americans don't seem to understand. arsed? is that bothered?

- full stop

- pissed as a fart what z hell does that mean

- bagsy me first again...what?

- any use of the word 'twat' apart from the female genitalia

- jammy ??

- minging ??

- gormless ??

- plimsoll ??

- nonce ??

- going spare ??

please explain these whacky terms

Shorty said:

whistle said:

well, you'll understand them, you're English.

1. "don't cheek me, you snidey little c**t, i'll chin ya" cheek me? chin ya?

2. "have you had a butcher's at Charlotte's baps? they're ace" huh?

i can't be arsed thinking up 23 more examples. here's some more random words and phrases that Americans don't seem to understand. arsed? is that bothered?

- full stop

- pissed as a fart what z hell does that mean

- bagsy me first again...what?

- any use of the word 'twat' apart from the female genitalia

- jammy ??

- minging ??

- gormless ??

- plimsoll ??

- nonce ??

- going spare ??

please explain these whacky terms

Cheeky / cheek ... i've had to explain this a few times. It's like when you are being rude to someone. Usually /joking/funny/rude.

I'll leave whistle to explain the rest! I have a wedding to attend!

right Shorty, i'll translate....

don't cheek me- don't mock/insult me

i'll chin ya- i'll punch you in the chin

have you had a butcher's at Charlotte's baps? they're ace- have you looked at Charlotte's tits? they're great

arsed is bothered, yes

pissed as a fart - drunk as a skunk

bagsy me first- i call dibs

twat can mean an idiot. it can also be a verb meaning to hit someone or something.

jammy- lucky

minging- ugly/disgusting

gormless- slow-witted/vacant/retarded

nonce- paedophile

going spare- spare is mad or insane. you can go spare or someone can drive you spare as well

whistle said:

twat can mean an idiot. it can also be a verb meaning to hit someone or something.

Twat can also be the vagina

whistle said:

erik319 said:

whistle said: go for it!

well, you'll understand them, you're English.

1. "don't cheek me, you snidey little c**t, i'll chin ya"

2. "have you had a butcher's at Charlotte's baps? they're ace"

i can't be arsed thinking up 23 more examples. here's some more random words and phrases that Americans don't seem to understand.

- full stop

- pissed as a fart

- bagsy me first

- any use of the word 'twat' apart from the female genitalia

- jammy

- minging

- gormless

- plimsoll

- nonce

- going spare

i like this thread! thanx...what about "full stop" ? does it just mean like the end of a thought/sentence? do more-do more !

erik319 said:

And here's a perfectly innocent British sentence that would probably get the same response over in America.

"I've cut down to 10 fags a day."

I tried this at work one day. I borrowed a line from Monty Python while trying to bum a cigarette. I said "lend us a fag, please." Should've seen the look I got.

sweet said:

i like this thread! thanx...what about "full stop" ? does it just mean like the end of a thought/sentence? do more-do more !

yeah, it's said for emphasis at the end of a sentence. Americans say 'period' in the same manner.

more? lemme think..... more words and phrases Americans don't understand...

i need a wazz

naff

too clever by half

dab hand

swot

piece of piss

whip-round

stroppy

whistle said:

sweet said:

i like this thread! thanx...what about "full stop" ? does it just mean like the end of a thought/sentence? do more-do more !

yeah, it's said for emphasis at the end of a sentence. Americans say 'period' in the same manner.

more? lemme think..... more words and phrases Americans don't understand...

i need a wazz

naff

too clever by half

dab hand

swot

piece of piss

whip-round

stroppy

oh, sorry. i guess i was waiting to see if any of you understood before i explained.

i need a wazz- i need to urinate.

naff- i guess the closest American equivalent is lame or uncool. you can also tell someone to naff off if you don't like them.

too clever by half- something or someone that is too clever for its own good and is usually a showoff about it.

dab hand- to be an expert or highly skilled at something.

swot- to study excessively. can also be a noun to perjoratively describe someone who does that, like nerd.

piece of piss- Americans say piece of cake instead. same thing. something easy to do.

whip-round- informally asking for donations for some purpose. like if an Orger was really down on his/her luck or ill, we might have a whip-round for them.

stroppy- hot-headed, someone with a short fuse, always irritable and looking for a fight

erik319 said:

Shyra said:

It always tickled me how Brits call the American cookie a biscuit. I used to work at a hospital that employed people from all over the world. One day a guy from Nigeria educated in London asked me if I wanted a biscuit. I asked him if he had any gravy to go with it! He looked at me like I was nuts.

Oh, and another one that cracks me up is "The dog's Bollucks!" I thought that meant the dog was nuts or had rabies. Again, I asked my Nigerian resident what the hell that meant. He burst out laughing! I turned red when he told me what it meant!

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The Dogs Bollocks = The best thing ever. An alternate, slightly less naughty version is The Mutts Nutts. Gravy on a biscuit? Don't be disgusting!

No, really. If you were an American southerner, you'd slap your mama for a biscuit and gravy! Do you know what an American southern biscuit is? It's the piece of bread that accompanies Popeye's chicken . Oh, but you might not have Popeye's chicken and biscuits in the UK.

Doesn't bollocks, without the dogs, translate to "bullshit" in American English?

Shyra said:

whistle said:

oh, sorry. i guess i was waiting to see if any of you understood before i explained.

i need a wazz- i need to urinate.

Americans would say I need to wiz or take a wiz

naff- i guess the closest American equivalent is lame or uncool. you can also tell someone to naff off if you don't like them.

too clever by half- something or someone that is too clever for its own good and is usually a showoff about it.

know it all

dab hand- to be an expert or highly skilled at something.

swot- to study excessively. can also be a noun to perjoratively describe someone who does that, like nerd.

piece of piss- Americans say piece of cake instead. same thing. something easy to do.

you guys have some facination with piss. I mean piece of piss? how can you have a piece of liquid? strange

whip-round- informally asking for donations for some purpose. like if an Orger was really down on his/her luck or ill, we might have a whip-round for them. hmm I guess we'd say we're taking up a collection

stroppy- hot-headed, someone with a short fuse, always irritable and looking for a fight could be refered to as a loose canon here

what about the word or term "sod" I've heard that but never really understood it.

hmm...don't know how some bolded text came out blue and the last part black.

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sod? if memory serves, it comes from 'sodomite', but today it's a mild insult, like fool or idiot. you can tell someone to sod off too, same as naff.

you can also use it as an adjective as well, 'sodding bus is late again', etc.

there are loads of similar insults, like bellend, twat, wally, wanker, plonker, pillock, div, git, numpty, berk....endless fun.

Stroppy - I always think of teenagers when I hear the word stroppy - a grumpy 14 year old throwing a bit of a tantrum.

Ponce - you can ponce a cigarette off someone but if you make a habit of it you become a ponce. There are other connotations, it depends on the local usage.

florescent said:

Shorty said:

please explain these whacky terms

Cheeky / cheek ... i've had to explain this a few times. It's like when you are being rude to someone. Usually /joking/funny/rude.

I'll leave whistle to explain the rest! I have a wedding to attend!

uk: cheek

us: sass?

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Neophyte said:

florescent said:

Cheeky / cheek ... i've had to explain this a few times. It's like when you are being rude to someone. Usually /joking/funny/rude.

I'll leave whistle to explain the rest! I have a wedding to attend!

uk: cheek

us: sass?

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I have no idea what sass is!

If someone said to me 'Lisa, you're looking rough today' or 'You've put on weight' or 'what the fuck are you wearing?' I would reply 'You cheeky git!'.

That's as good as I can explain it.

whinge (nag)

skint (broke)

nip to (rush to)

are chiefly british

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This is a good thread! I'm learning tons & recognized a few thanks to BBC America! I had NO idea "twat" is also a verb!

Shorty said:

so we've establish in the other thread.

Ice lolly = Ice pop or popsicle in US

oh yeah...Piss head! how could I forget! still not sure what that means though. lush? drunks? alchies?

there's another "piss" term you guys use..."taking the piss" I think. what the heck is that? like taking a joke or something?

if you call underware pants...what to you call underware? underpants?

if you need to take a left hand turn in your car...what do you call the indicator you use to signal to others that you're turning? I know it varies in the US. I say "directional" my friend from LA. laughs at me and says it's a blinker, but I know others who call it a signal.

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Pissed - Annoyed (US) Pissed - Drunk (UK) (or past tense for peeing)

Pissed off - Annoyed (UK)

I don't know if you use this term in the US, but piss also means to urinate in the UK...

'Taking the piss' means mocking.

We call our undies pants, but we also use the term 'underwear'.

The car signal thing we call 'indicators'.

It's so weird translating this stuff.

All American men have a fanny.

That is all.

mcmeekle said:

All American men have a fanny.

That is all.

Just like Buck Angel!

Moonstar319 said:

This is a good thread! I'm learning tons & recognized a few thanks to BBC America! I had NO idea "twat" is also a verb!

yeah, blokes are always threatening to twat one another.

oh BTW, in England twat rhymes with 'that'. in America it rhymes with 'hot'.

glad you like the thread. i could carry it on with more stuff, only i was afraid i was boring the tits off everybody.

ZombieKitten said:

mcmeekle said:

All American men have a fanny.

That is all.

Just like Buck Angel!

Yes. Yes they do.

whistle said:

Moonstar319 said:

This is a good thread! I'm learning tons & recognized a few thanks to BBC America! I had NO idea "twat" is also a verb!

yeah, blokes are always threatening to twat one another.

oh BTW, in England twat rhymes with 'that'. in America it rhymes with 'hot'.

glad you like the thread. i could carry it on with more stuff, only i was afraid i was boring the tits off everybody.

dont you mean boring the nobbs off everyone?

Another piss one - you might refer to a tall person as "a long streak of paralysed piss".

Smashing = great, wonderful, as in "we had a smashing time". This one is interesting because although it is used in Ireland it is far more widely used in the UK, particularly in England, but it derives from the Irish "is maith sin", pronounced "Iss Mah Shin", direct translation = "that/this is good", which, if you say it quickly sounds like "Smashin".

Jelly = Jello

Jam = Jelly

Crisps = Chips

Chips = Fries

words and phrases I learned in the Prince M&M forum...

sod off

taking the piss

arse

wanker

bollocks

bugger off

I had heard of bisquits and boots and such, but it's still funny,

and what is snogging???