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"Carmel It’s fucking carAmel!!!!" Ehhhh NO, its Definitely Carmel, I have visited, its a lovely place. I think Clint Eastwood would also agree with me. | |||
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"Skwerl instead of squirrel. J" Fuckers! With their twitchy noses and their fluffy tails | |||
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"Skwerl instead of squirrel. J Fuckers! With their twitchy noses and their fluffy tails" Americans??? | |||
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"It's Portsmff Not Ports Mouth" And Savamtn Not South HAM ton | |||
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"Lau-brow No my American friend, Loughborough " Same for Lee Sigh Cess Terrr | |||
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"So much American love here. " It's good old British humour (Or is that humor?) | |||
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"So much American love here. " Nope typical English/ British snobbery. | |||
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"Or-egg-ano It’s oregano " Sadly, or-egg-ano is technically correct as the original pronunciation. Similarly Pecaan for Peecan (pecan). But I refuse to say them like that. | |||
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"Lau-brow No my American friend, Loughborough Same for Lee Sigh Cess Terrr " Anyone mentioned WarSessTerShire Sauce yet? | |||
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"So much American love here. Nope typical English/ British snobbery. " Oh now that's something we are world leaders at! | |||
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"Or-egg-ano It’s oregano Sadly, or-egg-ano is technically correct as the original pronunciation. Similarly Pecaan for Peecan (pecan). But I refuse to say them like that. " I think a lot of this stuff is neither correct nor incorrect, it's just dialect. I had a fucking bizarre moment in a supermarket once. I was looking at my shopping list and talking to myself. I'd written down "zucchini" because that's what I wanted, in the language I grew up speaking. Some women overheard me talking to myself and told me to fuck off out of the country destroying it with my Americanisms. I'm so desperately sorry my country got this vegetables from the Italians not the French. I shall apply my motherfucking sack cloth and I absolutely deserved to be shouted at | |||
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"So much American love here. Nope typical English/ British snobbery. Oh now that's something we are world leaders at!" No comment | |||
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"So much American love here. " It's more an intellectual study of the vaguaries of the English language. Which we invented. So surely we are right? Actually we are Bits... we're always right! | |||
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"The English language is made up of bastardised versions of Asian, European and Scandinavian languages so we aren’t in any position to pontificate on pronunciation. But I still think we should. " English is the result of holding up languages in dark alleys and stealing their grammar | |||
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"It's called Football not soccer, we invented the game so we bloody know what its called." Why is their football played largely with their hands? | |||
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"The English language is made up of bastardised versions of Asian, European and Scandinavian languages so we aren’t in any position to pontificate on pronunciation. But I still think we should. English is the result of holding up languages in dark alleys and stealing their grammar" This I like muchly | |||
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"It's AluMIN-i-um Not AllU-minum FFS Any other examples?" They are American. They need our pity. | |||
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"It's called Football not soccer, we invented the game so we bloody know what its called." Unfortunately a quick etymology search reveals that the word "soccer" comes from England. | |||
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"It's called Football not soccer, we invented the game so we bloody know what its called. Unfortunately a quick etymology search reveals that the word "soccer" comes from England." Take your facts, your intellect and your rational arguments and stick them where the sun don't shine. Huddersfield. | |||
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"It's called Football not soccer, we invented the game so we bloody know what its called. Unfortunately a quick etymology search reveals that the word "soccer" comes from England. Take your facts, your intellect and your rational arguments and stick them where the sun don't shine. Huddersfield." | |||
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"The English language is made up of bastardised versions of Asian, European and Scandinavian languages so we aren’t in any position to pontificate on pronunciation. But I still think we should. " It's a West Germanic language. | |||
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"No wonder everyone is so angry with our language you all cornered the market on the spice trade. Yet the local cuisine is shit I would be angry too " Oooooh food. A whole different thread! But Yorkshire Pudding. I'll just leave that there. | |||
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"Its you all not y'all " Depends on where you live. I say you all. Down south it y'all. Midwest somes states it's yuns others it's you guys. | |||
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"Its you all not y'all Depends on where you live. I say you all. Down south it y'all. Midwest somes states it's yuns others it's you guys." lol bet you're loving this thread | |||
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"There are a whole ton of American ways of spelling and pronouncing English words that are (in my opinion) better than ours. I believe they also have far better words for some things and I wonder if that is because it’s a ‘newer’ language. I know it started as English from English (and other European) settlers, but it seems as though they used the opportunity to embrace a new perspective. " The different branches of English are fascinating | |||
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"There are a whole ton of American ways of spelling and pronouncing English words that are (in my opinion) better than ours. I believe they also have far better words for some things and I wonder if that is because it’s a ‘newer’ language. I know it started as English from English (and other European) settlers, but it seems as though they used the opportunity to embrace a new perspective. " Yes we are mutts not pompous asshats. | |||
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"It's AluMIN-i-um Not AllU-minum FFS Any other examples?" Oftentimes!!! I mean what the actual? | |||
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"There are a whole ton of American ways of spelling and pronouncing English words that are (in my opinion) better than ours. I believe they also have far better words for some things and I wonder if that is because it’s a ‘newer’ language. I know it started as English from English (and other European) settlers, but it seems as though they used the opportunity to embrace a new perspective. Yes we are mutts not pompous asshats. " If you believe that, you'll believe anything... But you could care less eh?! | |||
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"So when someone messages me " Nice Bum". The meaning is totally different here. I generally giggle." What does it mean? And should we say nice fanny?, cos that means something else over here? | |||
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"So when someone messages me " Nice Bum". The meaning is totally different here. I generally giggle. What does it mean? And should we say nice fanny?, cos that means something else over here?" A vagrant. | |||
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"So when someone messages me " Nice Bum". The meaning is totally different here. I generally giggle. What does it mean? And should we say nice fanny?, cos that means something else over here? A vagrant." All I can say is nice tits | |||
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"It's AluMIN-i-um Not AllU-minum FFS Any other examples?" Not another example, but I had an Australian chemistry teacher at school. There is a whole cohort of us who say a-loo-minum... | |||
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"Its Jam not jelly " not here there is jelly and jam. | |||
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"So when someone messages me " Nice Bum". The meaning is totally different here. I generally giggle." Definitely a nice fanny | |||
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"It's AluMIN-i-um Not AllU-minum FFS Any other examples? Not another example, but I had an Australian chemistry teacher at school. There is a whole cohort of us who say a-loo-minum..." Australians don't say that the American way? | |||
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"So when someone messages me " Nice Bum". The meaning is totally different here. I generally giggle." There used to be an expression in the UK - "bumming a fag". It doesn't translate well into Americanese | |||
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"So when someone messages me " Nice Bum". The meaning is totally different here. I generally giggle. There used to be an expression in the UK - "bumming a fag". It doesn't translate well into Americanese " | |||
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"So when someone messages me " Nice Bum". The meaning is totally different here. I generally giggle. There used to be an expression in the UK - "bumming a fag". It doesn't translate well into Americanese " Lol not it doesn't. | |||
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"It's AluMIN-i-um Not AllU-minum FFS Any other examples?" Guess we are all wrong the pronunciation and spelling. alumium The Scientific Naming of Aluminum Sir Humphry was not immediately decisive about the name, initially spelling it alumium in 1807. He then changed it to aluminum, and finally settled on aluminium in 1812. | |||
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"It's AluMIN-i-um Not AllU-minum FFS Any other examples? Not another example, but I had an Australian chemistry teacher at school. There is a whole cohort of us who say a-loo-minum... Australians don't say that the American way? " I like the Australian way you asked that!!! | |||
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"World series? Where are the international teams then?" In Canada and Japan. "The World" was/is a newspaper that sponsored the series. | |||
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"It's called Football not soccer, we invented the game so we bloody know what its called. Why is their football played largely with their hands?" Bit like rugby football then. | |||
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"It's AluMIN-i-um Not AllU-minum FFS Any other examples? Not another example, but I had an Australian chemistry teacher at school. There is a whole cohort of us who say a-loo-minum... Australians don't say that the American way? I like the Australian way you asked that!!!" Guilty | |||
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"Chips in USA are called fries, and chips in USA is the term used to describe what British call crisps. " And in Australia chips means both, because we're difficult arseholes | |||
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"New-clear Not Noo-kelar Oh... Lab-oratory Not Lab-ratory (I keep thinking lavatory )" Are necular and nuclear two different words or one and the same | |||
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"Saying aluminum your way hurts my face. " You missed out a vowel. It's "aluminIum" | |||
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"Chips in USA are called fries, and chips in USA is the term used to describe what British call crisps. And in Australia chips means both, because we're difficult arseholes " What's the most famous cheese brand from Australia? Jim Jeffries mentioned it at a gig last week and it's truly horrendous xxx | |||
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"...it made me late for my stukkie's birthday braai. Yissis, man! " Of course, when I tried to explain, she said I was full of kak, and said, "ag, sis man. Voetsek!" | |||
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"Chips in USA are called fries, and chips in USA is the term used to describe what British call crisps. And in Australia chips means both, because we're difficult arseholes What's the most famous cheese brand from Australia? Jim Jeffries mentioned it at a gig last week and it's truly horrendous xxx" Cheer. It was renamed from a cheese maker's name in 2021. Obviously things mean different things in different dialects, and a lot of names have been changed in Australia to reflect our more global world and show sensitivity to diverse groups. If a comedian, last week, is still trying to make hay, shocking people over things that have been fixed, I'd agree, that is horrendous | |||
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"Of course, despite moaning about American spellings and pronunciations, I come from South Africa, where our English uses expressions that are another hybrid again. Plus we have Afrikaans, Zulu, Sotho, Tswana and other words in it as well. Ja, so, I was driving down the freeway, and the traffic was backed up at the robots by the traffic circle because some ou had run his bakkie off into a donga. It was kak because there were so many cars trying to get to the local soccer. Anyway, it made me late for my stukkie's birthday braai. Yissis, man! " Wott the fukk iz yoo chattin abowt??!!!!! New English | |||
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"Chips in USA are called fries, and chips in USA is the term used to describe what British call crisps. And in Australia chips means both, because we're difficult arseholes What's the most famous cheese brand from Australia? Jim Jeffries mentioned it at a gig last week and it's truly horrendous xxx Cheer. It was renamed from a cheese maker's name in 2021. Obviously things mean different things in different dialects, and a lot of names have been changed in Australia to reflect our more global world and show sensitivity to diverse groups. If a comedian, last week, is still trying to make hay, shocking people over things that have been fixed, I'd agree, that is horrendous " He agreed it needed changing. He just made a point about language changing over time. What he was upset about was his favourite childhood ice cream treat being lobbied for a name change xxx | |||
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"Chips in USA are called fries, and chips in USA is the term used to describe what British call crisps. And in Australia chips means both, because we're difficult arseholes What's the most famous cheese brand from Australia? Jim Jeffries mentioned it at a gig last week and it's truly horrendous xxx Cheer. It was renamed from a cheese maker's name in 2021. Obviously things mean different things in different dialects, and a lot of names have been changed in Australia to reflect our more global world and show sensitivity to diverse groups. If a comedian, last week, is still trying to make hay, shocking people over things that have been fixed, I'd agree, that is horrendous He agreed it needed changing. He just made a point about language changing over time. What he was upset about was his favourite childhood ice cream treat being lobbied for a name change xxx" Language does indeed involve over time. One of my favourite sweets, Redskins, also changed its name, because of social pressure. I'm not sure what this has to do with dialect? It's an issue, but it's a separate one. | |||
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"Chips in USA are called fries, and chips in USA is the term used to describe what British call crisps. And in Australia chips means both, because we're difficult arseholes What's the most famous cheese brand from Australia? Jim Jeffries mentioned it at a gig last week and it's truly horrendous xxx Cheer. It was renamed from a cheese maker's name in 2021. Obviously things mean different things in different dialects, and a lot of names have been changed in Australia to reflect our more global world and show sensitivity to diverse groups. If a comedian, last week, is still trying to make hay, shocking people over things that have been fixed, I'd agree, that is horrendous He agreed it needed changing. He just made a point about language changing over time. What he was upset about was his favourite childhood ice cream treat being lobbied for a name change xxx Language does indeed involve over time. One of my favourite sweets, Redskins, also changed its name, because of social pressure. I'm not sure what this has to do with dialect? It's an issue, but it's a separate one. " The American football team from Washington DC had to do this, too. They’re now the Commanders. Sounds weird but I totally get the need. | |||
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"Chips in USA are called fries, and chips in USA is the term used to describe what British call crisps. And in Australia chips means both, because we're difficult arseholes What's the most famous cheese brand from Australia? Jim Jeffries mentioned it at a gig last week and it's truly horrendous xxx Cheer. It was renamed from a cheese maker's name in 2021. Obviously things mean different things in different dialects, and a lot of names have been changed in Australia to reflect our more global world and show sensitivity to diverse groups. If a comedian, last week, is still trying to make hay, shocking people over things that have been fixed, I'd agree, that is horrendous He agreed it needed changing. He just made a point about language changing over time. What he was upset about was his favourite childhood ice cream treat being lobbied for a name change xxx Language does indeed involve over time. One of my favourite sweets, Redskins, also changed its name, because of social pressure. I'm not sure what this has to do with dialect? It's an issue, but it's a separate one. The American football team from Washington DC had to do this, too. They’re now the Commanders. Sounds weird but I totally get the need." I do too. We learn better, we do better. And we drag companies kicking and screaming into... I dunno, maybe the 20th century | |||
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"Chips in USA are called fries, and chips in USA is the term used to describe what British call crisps. And in Australia chips means both, because we're difficult arseholes What's the most famous cheese brand from Australia? Jim Jeffries mentioned it at a gig last week and it's truly horrendous xxx Cheer. It was renamed from a cheese maker's name in 2021. Obviously things mean different things in different dialects, and a lot of names have been changed in Australia to reflect our more global world and show sensitivity to diverse groups. If a comedian, last week, is still trying to make hay, shocking people over things that have been fixed, I'd agree, that is horrendous He agreed it needed changing. He just made a point about language changing over time. What he was upset about was his favourite childhood ice cream treat being lobbied for a name change xxx Language does indeed involve over time. One of my favourite sweets, Redskins, also changed its name, because of social pressure. I'm not sure what this has to do with dialect? It's an issue, but it's a separate one. " Just think Aussies aren't as PC about language. There's a brand of cider made by Dickens and the adverts are hilarious but so unPC. A guy advertising the drink to females if, ' She'd like a Dickens Cider'!!! It's puerile but funny and wouldn't be allowed here x | |||
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"Chips in USA are called fries, and chips in USA is the term used to describe what British call crisps. And in Australia chips means both, because we're difficult arseholes What's the most famous cheese brand from Australia? Jim Jeffries mentioned it at a gig last week and it's truly horrendous xxx Cheer. It was renamed from a cheese maker's name in 2021. Obviously things mean different things in different dialects, and a lot of names have been changed in Australia to reflect our more global world and show sensitivity to diverse groups. If a comedian, last week, is still trying to make hay, shocking people over things that have been fixed, I'd agree, that is horrendous He agreed it needed changing. He just made a point about language changing over time. What he was upset about was his favourite childhood ice cream treat being lobbied for a name change xxx Language does indeed involve over time. One of my favourite sweets, Redskins, also changed its name, because of social pressure. I'm not sure what this has to do with dialect? It's an issue, but it's a separate one. Just think Aussies aren't as PC about language. There's a brand of cider made by Dickens and the adverts are hilarious but so unPC. A guy advertising the drink to females if, ' She'd like a Dickens Cider'!!! It's puerile but funny and wouldn't be allowed here x" There's a subset of Australians who get off on irreverence, but outside of some specific circumstances, most people are pretty respectful of difference. Those who aren't are like bigots everywhere and can be discarded as irrelevant and attention seeking. | |||
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"When in crisis We call 999 (and no answer) They call .357 and trouble is fixed instantly. " not true I use a different I dial g l o c k 9 | |||
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"Bumbag not fanny pack " First time I heard of bumbag. | |||
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"Bumbag not fanny pack First time I heard of bumbag. " In British English "fanny pack" might be what female prisoners use to get contraband into prison | |||
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"Bumbag not fanny pack First time I heard of bumbag. In British English "fanny pack" might be what female prisoners use to get contraband into prison" lol ok and our language is strange. | |||
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"Bumbag not fanny pack First time I heard of bumbag. In British English "fanny pack" might be what female prisoners use to get contraband into prison lol ok and our language is strange. " I suppose in American English a bum bag would be a swag (carried by a swagman, archaic Australian English) | |||
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"Bumbag not fanny pack First time I heard of bumbag. In British English "fanny pack" might be what female prisoners use to get contraband into prison lol ok and our language is strange. I suppose in American English a bum bag would be a swag (carried by a swagman, archaic Australian English)" lol I am still lost except fanny pack it's a wait purse or wallet. | |||
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"Of course, despite moaning about American spellings and pronunciations, I come from South Africa, where our English uses expressions that are another hybrid again. Plus we have Afrikaans, Zulu, Sotho, Tswana and other words in it as well. Ja, so, I was driving down the freeway, and the traffic was backed up at the robots by the traffic circle because some ou had run his bakkie off into a donga. It was kak because there were so many cars trying to get to the local soccer. Anyway, it made me late for my stukkie's birthday braai. Yissis, man! Wott the fukk iz yoo chattin abowt??!!!!! New English " Lol! I can speak English that you can't understand. But it's okay my bru, I still smaak you stukkend . | |||
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"It is not soccer, it is football " soccer | |||
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"Bumbag not fanny pack First time I heard of bumbag. In British English "fanny pack" might be what female prisoners use to get contraband into prison lol ok and our language is strange. I suppose in American English a bum bag would be a swag (carried by a swagman, archaic Australian English) lol I am still lost except fanny pack it's a wait purse or wallet." Yes. In British or Australian English "fanny" means vagina. (Less common in Australia) So "fanny pack" sounds like a vagina pocket. The American "fanny pack" is called a "bum bag" in Australia and the UK. If an American said "bum bag", it might mean "a bag carried by a homeless person" In the famous Australian song "Waltzing Matilda", a homeless traveller (a "swag man") carries a "swag" around with him. So American "bum bag" would be "swag" in archaic Australian English. | |||
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" Fucking hilarious this ……….but probably not for the Americans who are on fab. Did you here the one about the Albanian family on a boat !!!!! Nah I won’t finish that it will offend won’t it ??? " I'm good it's the variety that is hilarious. I say sausage and biscuits. You think it's cookies with sausage. | |||
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"Bumbag not fanny pack First time I heard of bumbag. In British English "fanny pack" might be what female prisoners use to get contraband into prison lol ok and our language is strange. I suppose in American English a bum bag would be a swag (carried by a swagman, archaic Australian English) lol I am still lost except fanny pack it's a wait purse or wallet. Yes. In British or Australian English "fanny" means vagina. (Less common in Australia) So "fanny pack" sounds like a vagina pocket. The American "fanny pack" is called a "bum bag" in Australia and the UK. If an American said "bum bag", it might mean "a bag carried by a homeless person" In the famous Australian song "Waltzing Matilda", a homeless traveller (a "swag man") carries a "swag" around with him. So American "bum bag" would be "swag" in archaic Australian English." Swag in my English would be some kind of contraband, like money nicked from a bank or something else valuable like that. Not just ordinary possessions. | |||
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"Bumbag not fanny pack First time I heard of bumbag. In British English "fanny pack" might be what female prisoners use to get contraband into prison lol ok and our language is strange. I suppose in American English a bum bag would be a swag (carried by a swagman, archaic Australian English) lol I am still lost except fanny pack it's a wait purse or wallet. Yes. In British or Australian English "fanny" means vagina. (Less common in Australia) So "fanny pack" sounds like a vagina pocket. The American "fanny pack" is called a "bum bag" in Australia and the UK. If an American said "bum bag", it might mean "a bag carried by a homeless person" In the famous Australian song "Waltzing Matilda", a homeless traveller (a "swag man") carries a "swag" around with him. So American "bum bag" would be "swag" in archaic Australian English. Swag in my English would be some kind of contraband, like money nicked from a bank or something else valuable like that. Not just ordinary possessions. " And around and around we go | |||
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"Imagine lil ole me. Someone posts thier favorite biscuits dipping it into tea. My brain goes wtf." Mmmmmmmmmmm Crunch Creams | |||
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"Imagine lil ole me. Someone posts thier favorite biscuits dipping it into tea. My brain goes wtf." Yup. Imagine the we have with biscuits and gravy Mmm. Chocolate chips and beef dripping. Yum yum | |||
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"Imagine lil ole me. Someone posts thier favorite biscuits dipping it into tea. My brain goes wtf. Yup. Imagine the we have with biscuits and gravy Mmm. Chocolate chips and beef dripping. Yum yum " lol understood. But sausage biscuits ( American style) is devine. You can you tube it I have yet to have a traditional UK culinary delight. You can't say Curry it's Indian. Like I said earlier. For a nation that cornered the spice market well. Do better | |||
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"Imagine lil ole me. Someone posts thier favorite biscuits dipping it into tea. My brain goes wtf. Yup. Imagine the we have with biscuits and gravy Mmm. Chocolate chips and beef dripping. Yum yum lol understood. But sausage biscuits ( American style) is devine. You can you tube it I have yet to have a traditional UK culinary delight. You can't say Curry it's Indian. Like I said earlier. For a nation that cornered the spice market well. Do better " I'm Australian, don't blame me I kind of figure that sausage biscuits are like scones. Sort of. Also where I'm from sweet potato is like roast potatoes, not with marshmallows*. As is pumpkin. I roast them all with roast lamb * Every Thanksgiving I wish an American friend of mine happy vegetable sacrilege | |||
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"Beans on toast is equivalent to SOS here yet Heinz is a American company. So you all can't use that. (SOS) is shit on a shingle. Bread with white gravy and chipped beef. " Beans on toast is a quick tea when you're knackered. With cheese on top. Or instant pizza (aka toast with tomato ketchup and cheese on top). | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? " Vegemite on toast | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast " wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. " Tikka masala might be for the UK - I believe it was invented in Scotland (spin-off from Indian) Trying to think what it would be for Australia. Dunno. | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. " I would probably have to stab myself in the neck because I enjoy food. Well this is a swingers site I enjoy dick too. I been there Suffolk. The people where appalling as well as the food. I get that we all have our differences. But FFS try and make it more pleasant for foreigners. | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. I would probably have to stab myself in the neck because I enjoy food. Well this is a swingers site I enjoy dick too. I been there Suffolk. The people where appalling as well as the food. I get that we all have our differences. But FFS try and make it more pleasant for foreigners. " You judge us .. well I judge . Simple semantics I came away with a bunch of self centered asshats from my experience there. Does everyone enjoy being dickheads? It seemed so. | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. Tikka masala might be for the UK - I believe it was invented in Scotland (spin-off from Indian) Trying to think what it would be for Australia. Dunno." I thought tikka masala was invented in Leicester or Birmingham | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. I would probably have to stab myself in the neck because I enjoy food. Well this is a swingers site I enjoy dick too. I been there Suffolk. The people where appalling as well as the food. I get that we all have our differences. But FFS try and make it more pleasant for foreigners. You judge us .. well I judge . Simple semantics I came away with a bunch of self centered asshats from my experience there. Does everyone enjoy being dickheads? It seemed so." I thought this thread was in good fun | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. I would probably have to stab myself in the neck because I enjoy food. Well this is a swingers site I enjoy dick too. I been there Suffolk. The people where appalling as well as the food. I get that we all have our differences. But FFS try and make it more pleasant for foreigners. You judge us .. well I judge . Simple semantics I came away with a bunch of self centered asshats from my experience there. Does everyone enjoy being dickheads? It seemed so." I couldn't smile and say hi how are you on public transportation without getting degraded. | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. Tikka masala might be for the UK - I believe it was invented in Scotland (spin-off from Indian) Trying to think what it would be for Australia. Dunno. I thought tikka masala was invented in Leicester or Birmingham " I thought I'd read Glasgow somewhere but I might be misremembering | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. Tikka masala might be for the UK - I believe it was invented in Scotland (spin-off from Indian) Trying to think what it would be for Australia. Dunno. I thought tikka masala was invented in Leicester or Birmingham I thought I'd read Glasgow somewhere but I might be misremembering " The ingredients are Indian. | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. Tikka masala might be for the UK - I believe it was invented in Scotland (spin-off from Indian) Trying to think what it would be for Australia. Dunno. I thought tikka masala was invented in Leicester or Birmingham I thought I'd read Glasgow somewhere but I might be misremembering The ingredients are Indian. " I'm aware of the origins of curry | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. Tikka masala might be for the UK - I believe it was invented in Scotland (spin-off from Indian) Trying to think what it would be for Australia. Dunno. I thought tikka masala was invented in Leicester or Birmingham I thought I'd read Glasgow somewhere but I might be misremembering The ingredients are Indian. " seriously when I want chicken marsala . Well I go to a Indian restaurant. There are 0 British ones here. If I want fish and chips. Guess what it's a Irish pub. | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. Tikka masala might be for the UK - I believe it was invented in Scotland (spin-off from Indian) Trying to think what it would be for Australia. Dunno. I thought tikka masala was invented in Leicester or Birmingham I thought I'd read Glasgow somewhere but I might be misremembering The ingredients are Indian. seriously when I want chicken marsala . Well I go to a Indian restaurant. There are 0 British ones here. If I want fish and chips. Guess what it's a Irish pub." Blu... I'm Australian | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. Tikka masala might be for the UK - I believe it was invented in Scotland (spin-off from Indian) Trying to think what it would be for Australia. Dunno. I thought tikka masala was invented in Leicester or Birmingham I thought I'd read Glasgow somewhere but I might be misremembering The ingredients are Indian. seriously when I want chicken marsala . Well I go to a Indian restaurant. There are 0 British ones here. If I want fish and chips. Guess what it's a Irish pub." corned beef and cabbage.. . What you got beef Wellington? The Italians win that debate with calzones and the polish with pasties. | |||
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"Lol curry your national dish. Really cultural appropriation much ? Vegemite on toast wait wait I digress I admit when I am wrong..It's chicken Marsala. Tikka masala might be for the UK - I believe it was invented in Scotland (spin-off from Indian) Trying to think what it would be for Australia. Dunno. I thought tikka masala was invented in Leicester or Birmingham I thought I'd read Glasgow somewhere but I might be misremembering The ingredients are Indian. seriously when I want chicken marsala . Well I go to a Indian restaurant. There are 0 British ones here. If I want fish and chips. Guess what it's a Irish pub. Blu... I'm Australian " lol cheers | |||
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"So back to the American language. We broke away from England for a reason. We wanted to be more diverse.Yet here we are. " Until you started having a go at Brits I would have agreed with you. I've been shouted at for saying "zucchini" because apparently people are weird about the name of vegetables. There are much more potentially offensive Australianisms but... zucchini. Whatever | |||
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"So back to the American language. We broke away from England for a reason. We wanted to be more diverse.Yet here we are. Until you started having a go at Brits I would have agreed with you. I've been shouted at for saying "zucchini" because apparently people are weird about the name of vegetables. There are much more potentially offensive Australianisms but... zucchini. Whatever " Courgette | |||
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"So back to the American language. We broke away from England for a reason. We wanted to be more diverse.Yet here we are. Until you started having a go at Brits I would have agreed with you. I've been shouted at for saying "zucchini" because apparently people are weird about the name of vegetables. There are much more potentially offensive Australianisms but... zucchini. Whatever " of course I going to have a "go" have you ever seen me back down even if the public perception dictates otherwise? Yup I am a individual bitch. Proud of it. | |||
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"Well hell you have " Blood" pudding. Yea that sound so exciting. I do not see any traditional British pubs here. Because your " Tradit" food stuffs suck ass.. So does your beer . " Oh British beer is sacrosanct. Divine nectar of the gods | |||
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"So back to the American language. We broke away from England for a reason. We wanted to be more diverse.Yet here we are. Until you started having a go at Brits I would have agreed with you. I've been shouted at for saying "zucchini" because apparently people are weird about the name of vegetables. There are much more potentially offensive Australianisms but... zucchini. Whatever Courgette " I know. But my shopping list isn't worth some lunatic shouting at me in fucking Tesco I didn't call them "I want to do unspeakable things to the Queen" (I don't/didn't, for the record). I called them the Italian version of the vegetable | |||
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"So back to the American language. We broke away from England for a reason. We wanted to be more diverse.Yet here we are. Until you started having a go at Brits I would have agreed with you. I've been shouted at for saying "zucchini" because apparently people are weird about the name of vegetables. There are much more potentially offensive Australianisms but... zucchini. Whatever of course I going to have a "go" have you ever seen me back down even if the public perception dictates otherwise? Yup I am a individual bitch. Proud of it. " I think your ire is misplaced. | |||
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"Well hell you have " Blood" pudding. Yea that sound so exciting. I do not see any traditional British pubs here. Because your " Tradit" food stuffs suck ass.. So does your beer . Oh British beer is sacrosanct. Divine nectar of the gods " The monks of Belgium embarrass any breweries. it's just my opinion. | |||
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"Well hell you have " Blood" pudding. Yea that sound so exciting. I do not see any traditional British pubs here. Because your " Tradit" food stuffs suck ass.. So does your beer . Oh British beer is sacrosanct. Divine nectar of the gods The monks of Belgium embarrass any breweries. it's just my opinion. " Is there anything you like about the UK or is it all Americans know best lol ? | |||
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"Well hell you have " Blood" pudding. Yea that sound so exciting. I do not see any traditional British pubs here. Because your " Tradit" food stuffs suck ass.. So does your beer . Oh British beer is sacrosanct. Divine nectar of the gods The monks of Belgium embarrass any breweries. it's just my opinion. " But the dark velvety smoothness of a nice stout or porter. The lively astringency of a decent bitter. The happy sparkle of a craft light ale! I am slightly arousedxat the thought! | |||
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"So back to the American language. We broke away from England for a reason. We wanted to be more diverse.Yet here we are. Until you started having a go at Brits I would have agreed with you. I've been shouted at for saying "zucchini" because apparently people are weird about the name of vegetables. There are much more potentially offensive Australianisms but... zucchini. Whatever of course I going to have a "go" have you ever seen me back down even if the public perception dictates otherwise? Yup I am a individual bitch. Proud of it. I think your ire is misplaced." How so ? We all have wants and needs. Mine is different from yours but my life should be dictated according to your outlook . I say no . You can't fathom mine just like I can't fathom yours. Yet everyone complains because a social cony says so. Fuck it I do not care wtf your political party is your sexual preferences or your religion. If you treat me with respect . Well you are always welcomed into my home and inner circle. So I ask am i wrong? | |||
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