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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
So after nearly 5 years of living and working in the UK and associated territories, I stubbornly cling to a number of terms from the land of Uncle Sam 
So I will continue to take out the "trash", put "gas" in my car, pop its "hood", put stuff in it's "trunk". I'll continue to use the "restroom" and prefer the term "chick" to "bird", though I use neither and prefer lady myself
But! I find myself writing "colour" instead of color and "programme" instead of program  so there may be hope for me yet!
You may take the piss with any other typical terms I haven't mentioned |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Pants? Or trousers? "
Oh god! Rookie mistake my first week here. Asked a 73 year old patient to take off her pants!
I use trousers now to avoid excessive embarrassment |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I was very indignant once when watching the big bang theory when Amy called a tortoise a turtle... Apparently they are interchangeable across the pond??! "
I thought a turtel was amphibious? |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"I was very indignant once when watching the big bang theory when Amy called a tortoise a turtle... Apparently they are interchangeable across the pond??!
I thought a turtel was amphibious?"
It is. That's just Yankee ignorance |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Omg I haven't lived in the US forever and my mum was seriously posh BUT I still have so many americanisms ... who doesn't take the trash out? Or keep their clothes in the closet  |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Omg I haven't lived in the US forever and my mum was seriously posh BUT I still have so many americanisms ... who doesn't take the trash out? Or keep their clothes in the closet "
Right on sister!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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OP where do you stand on the pronunciation on Counties with the word 'Shire' on the end of them? Or towns and cities with 'Cester' That's usually a sure give away, even the most Anglocised Americans trip up here occasionally. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"OP where do you stand on the pronunciation on Counties with the word 'Shire' on the end of them? Or towns and cities with 'Cester' That's usually a sure give away, even the most Anglocised Americans trip up here occasionally."
Wor-cester-shy-errrrrrrr..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Pants? Or trousers?
Oh god! Rookie mistake my first week here. Asked a 73 year old patient to take off her pants!
I use trousers now to avoid excessive embarrassment "
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Rookie = beginners |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"OP where do you stand on the pronunciation on Counties with the word 'Shire' on the end of them? Or towns and cities with 'Cester' That's usually a sure give away, even the most Anglocised Americans trip up here occasionally.
Wor-cester-shy-errrrrrrr..... "
Oh and it’s Edinburgh not Edinboro  |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
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"OP where do you stand on the pronunciation on Counties with the word 'Shire' on the end of them? Or towns and cities with 'Cester' That's usually a sure give away, even the most Anglocised Americans trip up here occasionally."
I initially pronounced them as I read them. Leicester instead of Lester which is how everyone here says it
With the "shire" at the end I would accentuate the "i" but not anymore. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"OP where do you stand on the pronunciation on Counties with the word 'Shire' on the end of them? Or towns and cities with 'Cester' That's usually a sure give away, even the most Anglocised Americans trip up here occasionally.
Wor-cester-shy-errrrrrrr.....
Oh and it’s Edinburgh not Edinboro "
You can talk! You have your own little language yourself. |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Pants? Or trousers?
Oh god! Rookie mistake my first week here. Asked a 73 year old patient to take off her pants!
I use trousers now to avoid excessive embarrassment .
Rookie = beginners"
See? It's constant here! Ingrained |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oh lord.. can't cope. I have far too many mancisms to deal with this whole new language.."
Me too. Haha. Skriking, brew, form (bench) barm, flag (patio slab)
There so many mancisms! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"OP where do you stand on the pronunciation on Counties with the word 'Shire' on the end of them? Or towns and cities with 'Cester' That's usually a sure give away, even the most Anglocised Americans trip up here occasionally.
I initially pronounced them as I read them. Leicester instead of Lester which is how everyone here says it
With the "shire" at the end I would accentuate the "i" but not anymore."
I now pronounce you an Honurary Brit |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"OP where do you stand on the pronunciation on Counties with the word 'Shire' on the end of them? Or towns and cities with 'Cester' That's usually a sure give away, even the most Anglocised Americans trip up here occasionally.
Wor-cester-shy-errrrrrrr..... "
That's what I was hoping for, but to his credit he's passed with flying colours |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oh lord.. can't cope. I have far too many mancisms to deal with this whole new language..
Me too. Haha. Skriking, brew, form (bench) barm, flag (patio slab)
There so many mancisms!"
More than I realised after having to translate every other sentence!! id be permanently laughing in confusion! |
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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago
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"We wear a waistcoat and you wear a vest.
We wear a vest and you wear a tank.
We take and you bring
Oh yes ... take with you and bring back!!!!"
Like ‘ I’m going to bring some chips to Suzie’s party’ instead of ‘ I’m going to take some crisps to Suzie’s party’ |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"OP where do you stand on the pronunciation on Counties with the word 'Shire' on the end of them? Or towns and cities with 'Cester' That's usually a sure give away, even the most Anglocised Americans trip up here occasionally.
Wor-cester-shy-errrrrrrr.....
Oh and it’s Edinburgh not Edinboro
You can talk! You have your own little language yourself. "
Aye doll I certainly huv |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"OP where do you stand on the pronunciation on Counties with the word 'Shire' on the end of them? Or towns and cities with 'Cester' That's usually a sure give away, even the most Anglocised Americans trip up here occasionally.
I initially pronounced them as I read them. Leicester instead of Lester which is how everyone here says it
With the "shire" at the end I would accentuate the "i" but not anymore.
I now pronounce you an Honurary Brit "
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"We wear a waistcoat and you wear a vest.
We wear a vest and you wear a tank.
We take and you bring
Oh yes ... take with you and bring back!!!!
Like ‘ I’m going to bring some chips to Suzie’s party’ instead of ‘ I’m going to take some crisps to Suzie’s party’ "
Yes! Chips instead of crisps
I waiver a bit on that one now |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oh lord.. can't cope. I have far too many mancisms to deal with this whole new language..
Me too. Haha. Skriking, brew, form (bench) barm, flag (patio slab)
There so many mancisms!
More than I realised after having to translate every other sentence!! id be permanently laughing in confusion!"
I remember after moving down south going into a garden centre asking for flags for the patio. They said we don’t sell flags I said you do they’re over there. I literally pointed at them getting the right hump! They thought I was mad |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oh lord.. can't cope. I have far too many mancisms to deal with this whole new language..
Me too. Haha. Skriking, brew, form (bench) barm, flag (patio slab)
There so many mancisms!
More than I realised after having to translate every other sentence!! id be permanently laughing in confusion!
I remember after moving down south going into a garden centre asking for flags for the patio. They said we don’t sell flags I said you do they’re over there. I literally pointed at them getting the right hump! They thought I was mad "
Ha ha See!!! This is why I stay within my border!! I'd never get anything achieved anywhere else! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oh lord.. can't cope. I have far too many mancisms to deal with this whole new language..
Me too. Haha. Skriking, brew, form (bench) barm, flag (patio slab)
There so many mancisms!
More than I realised after having to translate every other sentence!! id be permanently laughing in confusion!
I remember after moving down south going into a garden centre asking for flags for the patio. They said we don’t sell flags I said you do they’re over there. I literally pointed at them getting the right hump! They thought I was mad
Ha ha See!!! This is why I stay within my border!! I'd never get anything achieved anywhere else! "
As for a chip barm. Forget it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oh lord.. can't cope. I have far too many mancisms to deal with this whole new language..
Me too. Haha. Skriking, brew, form (bench) barm, flag (patio slab)
There so many mancisms!"
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barm cakes or tea cakes(war of the Roses pt2!)I moved from Yorks to Lancs,had never heard of barm cakes. Think they're 'buns ' in America..Buns?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oh lord.. can't cope. I have far too many mancisms to deal with this whole new language..
Me too. Haha. Skriking, brew, form (bench) barm, flag (patio slab)
There so many mancisms!
More than I realised after having to translate every other sentence!! id be permanently laughing in confusion!
I remember after moving down south going into a garden centre asking for flags for the patio. They said we don’t sell flags I said you do they’re over there. I literally pointed at them getting the right hump! They thought I was mad
Ha ha See!!! This is why I stay within my border!! I'd never get anything achieved anywhere else!
As for a chip barm. Forget it!"
That's criminal..  |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Can you now spell correctly? Centre v Center, for example
Are you also writing dates the correct way around "
The dates I write correctly like 90% of the planet. Stubbornly continue to write "center" though |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
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"Lunch or dinner? X"
Lunch is lunch (midday) not dinner. Dinner is dinner (end of the afternoon) and not tea. Supper makes no sense! Why eat just before going to bed? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Lunch or dinner? X
That argument is all over England let alone bringing in the Americans hahahahaga"
Yep!
Breakfast dinner and tea when I lived up norf
Breakfast lunch and dinner here |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Do you say:
I’ll write you or I’ll write to you? Whoever still writes to people I don’t know but still!!
Geeky x
I'll write you "
I’ll write to you...it’s one little word and makes the sentence complete!! Lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"'bought the farm' -died
Love this one! haven't used it in ages.
It / he / she croaked "
just looked up origins. apparently when American air force in world war 2 crashed into farms in Europe,the USA had to pay the farmers for damages-(yet I thought by then much of Europe was in German hands!)hence the saying! Interesting. |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"'bought the farm' -died
Love this one! haven't used it in ages.
It / he / she croaked
just looked up origins. apparently when American air force in world war 2 crashed into farms in Europe,the USA had to pay the farmers for damages-(yet I thought by then much of Europe was in German hands!)hence the saying! Interesting."
Really??? Hilarious! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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your profile name 'chill out' arghhh..some vicar said to me recently ''are you chilling out"?I said "No I'm relaxing go away"(or similar). really don't like that phrase.Can you change your name to 'fluffy white bunny' please. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"'bought the farm' -died
Love this one! haven't used it in ages.
It / he / she croaked
just looked up origins. apparently when American air force in world war 2 crashed into farms in Europe,the USA had to pay the farmers for damages-(yet I thought by then much of Europe was in German hands!)hence the saying! Interesting."
I've used "bought the farm" but prefer "cash the chips in". |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"'bought the farm' -died
Love this one! haven't used it in ages.
It / he / she croaked
just looked up origins. apparently when American air force in world war 2 crashed into farms in Europe,the USA had to pay the farmers for damages-(yet I thought by then much of Europe was in German hands!)hence the saying! Interesting.
I've used "bought the farm" but prefer "cash the chips in"."
I've often used "kicked the bucket" |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Its football not soccer
Its association football so its soccor.
Football is rugby
Ok get last!! The truth! It was called that up to the early 80s"
Phone sorry ... omg at last* |
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