You say tomato ...

[nasty]

OOPS

Chinese

 

[Isabella Thorne]

eh Nasty?

Blue is a Canadian brew you know ....

 

[Rambling Rose]

that's what I said!

Posh is an acronym it stands for "Port Out Starboard Home" and it come's from the days of great cruising ship's, the rich would have a cabin on the Port side when leaving Britain and would have a Starboard side cabin when they came back.

fancy shmancy!

 

[OUTSIDER]

American "hey want a Bud"

Brit "no thank's I'd rather have a beer"

 

[Harpoon]

Canadian= eh?
American= huh

 

[Celtlan]

Americans= panties
Brits= knickers

americans=pants
brits=trousers

 

[OUTSIDER]

USA/UK= Panties (female)

UK= Pants (male)


Panties tend to be what we call smaller underwear and Knickers are what your granny wears.......if she'a really old they call them "bloomer's" which is also the name of a type of bread, so you could go into a bakers and ask with a perfectly straight face for a large bloomer.......and you could even ask for one with poppy seed's on it too !!

 

[hotti]

i say "tuck her up" when putting my daughter to bed... but my husband says "tuck her in"... we are both canadian

my mother says 'goom' for gum also, but she's from that crazy east coast lol... (she also says eight like 'ay-at' and wash as 'warsh'... and that's when she's not cursing in french! go figure!)

one thing i've noticed about my american friends is this: rec room for me is rumpus room for them... maybe i've just got wierd friends lol.

another is verandah vs. porch. couch vs. sofa. lunch vs. dinner, and dinner vs. supper

credenza vs. night table.

language is fascinating, eh?

 

[Natalie Nessus]

Yes... serviettes. What a funny word.

Aussies use that as well.

in Britain they stand in a "queue" or "queue up" ... i think the Aussies do that too ...

Correct.

 

[Isabella Thorne]

... oh and another Brit expression for bum is fanny ...

but in Canada we use the expression "fanny packs" ... for those little purse thingies that are attached to a belt ... do other countries use that too?

 

[OUTSIDER]

... oh and another Brit expression for bum is fanny ...

Erm........right area.....wrong hole

 

[Isabella Thorne]

oh yes ... now i remember ....

one of our Brit posters pointed that out in a thread once before ...

it is opposite from what we consider "fanny" here ...

now that is bizarre ... don't you think? lol ... no seriously ...

 

[OUTSIDER]

oh yes ... now i remember ....

one of our Brit posters pointed that out in a thread once before ...

it is opposite from what we consider "fanny" here ...

now that is bizarre ... don't you think? lol ... no seriously ...

I have no idea where it comes from but you can imagine the kind of laugh American shows get when someone say's something like "I fell on my fanny" or when old film's and books like "Fanny by gaslight" or "Fanny hill" get a mention any time.

 

[LRC]

Now I've heard this but I don't know if it's true ....

Americans say "Get the Hoover and vacumn up that mess!"

The British say "Get the vacumn and Hoover up that mess!"

 

[OUTSIDER]

Re: Now I've heard this but I don't know if it's true ....

Americans say "Get the Hoover and vacumn up that mess!"

The British say "Get the vacumn and Hoover up that mess!"

yep in fact my mum used to call any vacuum cleaner a hoover (that being the best known make in the UK) and would hoover the house clean, in fact a lot of people say thing's like "I just hoovered the house" rather than "I just vacuumed the house" and people who eat fast sometimes get accused of "hoovering up" their meal.

"Christ you hoovered up that dinner fast you greedy pig"

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

USA - Americans
PALESTINE - Fucking Americans

USA - Peace talks
PALESTINE - Fucking Americans

USA - Ball pean hammer
PALESTINE - Fucking Americans

USA - Fucking Americans
PALESTINE - Fucki...er, uh,...Ball Pean Hammer!

 

[LRC]

Re: Re: Now I've heard this but I don't know if it's true ....

"Christ you hoovered up that dinner fast you greedy pig"

I'll remember that one the next time I watch my daughter inhale her dinner.

 

[OUTSIDER]

USA - Americans
PALESTINE - Fucking Americans

USA - Peace talks
PALESTINE - Fucking Americans

USA - Ball pean hammer
PALESTINE - Fucking Americans

USA - Fucking Americans
PALESTINE - Fucki...er, uh,...Ball Pean Hammer!

Oooooo you wabbit!!

 

[sexy-girl]

funny thread but i have my own language



im slowly getting lisa to speak it when she go's back to her family now they can hardly understand her

 

[LRC]

Regional USA differences .....

grinder aka hero (sandwich)

jimmies aka sprinkles

pop aka soda




Anyone besides New Yorkers know what "dirty water dogs" are?

 

[sch00lteacher]

Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees: Civil War.
Dixie: War of Northern Aggression.

Damn Yankees: Car.
Dixie: 1969 Chevy Camaro, 4 on the floor...

Damn Yankees: Iced Tea.
Dixie: Tea.

Damn Yankees: NASCAR.
Dixie: Interstate 85.

Damn Yankees: Would you mind putting that cigarette out?
Dixie: Fuck You!

Damn Yankees: Jeff Gordon.
Dixie: (either) Asshole! or, Hey neighbor!

Damn Yankees: Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Dixie: Charlotte Motor Speedway.

 

[batter]

hmmmmm

when you go to the doctors you can:

sit in the waiting room

or

wait in the sitting room.

 

[Silverlily]

Re: Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees: Car.
Dixie: 1969 Chevy Camaro, 4 on the floor...

Yankees - actually own one that runs
Dixie - one out back on blocks

Brits - piss off
Yanks - bite me

As for "goom", I'm from the East Coast, no one here says that. And this "crik" nonsense, well, people here do say that, but there's another word for them too.

 

[lickerish]

we have a Canadian company doing some outsource work for us at my job.. so occasionally one will ring through when I answer the phone.. I notice a difference in pronunciation,

about
US: a-bowt
Canadians: a-boot

mobile
US: mo-bull
Canadians: mo-bile


grrr.. brain freeze, i'll think of more in a bit.

 

[Isabella Thorne]

well lickerish dear ... what's all this aboot anyways? ... ha ha <hugs>

hey there Miss Kitty ... that is so funny ... when i saw you here in this thread ... i remembered about our tomato fight ... do you remember? i even said then to you "you say tomato" ... i had almost forgotten ... ha ha ha ... <kisses baby>

... ok let's see if i have this straight, Outsider ... because this is really important stuff ...

Canada = pussy / cunt
U.S. = pussy / cunt
U.K. = pussy / cunt / fanny

Canada = ass / bum / fanny
U.S. = ass / bum / fanny
U.K. = arse / bum

oh hey "toush" (sp?) is a nice word too ...

and you know what other word is good for posh i was thinking is "snooty" ... we use that word sometimes ...

and Posh Spice was beautiful and sexy i think ... Victoria Adams ... didn't she marry a famous snooty soccer player?