What words and phrases do Brits and others see as 'American'?

by sonnyboy 114 Replies latest jw friends

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow
    In other words, Im a ghetto-fabulous Michigander who moved to West by-god Virginia

    Hey, I actually had a lady, a native Michigander, apologize to me today for singin' in the giftshop where I work. I told her that I miss people doing that since I come from the south where more people are free spirited. So she cranked it up again. Woo hoo!

    Woo hoo! Do people say that in England?

  • MelbaToast
    MelbaToast

    i wonder what causes them to be so prudish...ya think its all that lake water? I love to hear people singing. I really don't care if they are in tune or not. I sing all the time, sometimes to myself, but always in the car and at home. You have to really enjoy your music to sing, and yes I guess its part of that spirited south becuase people still look at me weird here.

    But I don't rightly much care. :P

  • MidwichCuckoo
    MidwichCuckoo

    Upside/Down -

    TV or is it the phone?(us)-- Tele(gb)

    Telly = Television....has anyone mentioned mobile phones? We just call them mobiles, Americans call them 'cells'?

  • Max Divergent
    Max Divergent

    Good lord... what a silly thread!! LOL!!

    For the record, a US biscut is a UK muffin. A UK biscut is a US cookie.

    For example... at Macca's you order a Bacon & Egg McBiscut in the US and a Bacon & Egg McMuffin in the UK. You get the same thing (unfortunatly!).

    McEnglish - the universal translator :-)

    Cheers, Max

  • greendawn
    greendawn

    MWC, I think cellular phones they call them.

    Telephone booth = phone box
    Turtle neck = polo neck
    Diner = cafe

  • greendawn
    greendawn

    Max thanks for resolving the perplexing biscuit issue, when I come to the USA I'll know what they really are.

  • Preston
    Preston
    PRESTON

    I so agree with you about the Git R done thing. People say it all the time. It ain't funny anymore.

    Thank you RR....I will say one thing we must retire are nipple ring name tags a ' la your pic

    - Preston

  • MidwichCuckoo
    MidwichCuckoo

    Curriculum Vitae (CV) - resume? (truthseeker's thread jogged my memory )

    Post Mortem - Autopsy

  • Abaddon
    Abaddon

    I think 'friendly fire' is quintessentially American.

    Who the hell else would try and put a positive spin on accidental death?

  • jeanniebeanz
    jeanniebeanz

    burnin' daylight

    I reckon

    drop dead

    roll in the hay

    Will any of these do?

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