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Posted:
Well, I'm still recuperating a bit from my trip, but it was loads of fun! But this isn't really about that, so much as my amusement at occasional inabilities of americans and brits to communicate.
Hardest word for me to change back now that I'm here: Trainers
Hardest word for me to change to when i was there: Trousers
Most fun word: Fancy
Hardest word for me to understand in conversation: Bins
Hardest phrase: Have a go
And no, I don't know why i tripped over have a(nother) go so often. I realize it makes perfect logical sense.
So what do people like better/worse about british/american english?
And does anyone have any good communication stories?
I think my favourite was when i asked drew "Can all pants be called trousers?"
-Kbug
PS I promise to be a lot less shy next time!
Well, I'm still recuperating a bit from my trip, but it was loads of fun! But this isn't really about that, so much as my amusement at occasional inabilities of americans and brits to communicate.
Hardest word for me to change back now that I'm here: Trainers
Hardest word for me to change to when i was there: Trousers
Most fun word: Fancy
Hardest word for me to understand in conversation: Bins
Hardest phrase: Have a go
And no, I don't know why i tripped over have a(nother) go so often. I realize it makes perfect logical sense.
So what do people like better/worse about british/american english?
And does anyone have any good communication stories?
I think my favourite was when i asked drew "Can all pants be called trousers?"
-Kbug
PS I promise to be a lot less shy next time!
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Posted:
Esparanto... what a joke. I did it as part of a course at uni and spent half of the time laughing at it.
Esparanto... what a joke. I did it as part of a course at uni and spent half of the time laughing at it.
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Posted:
lol i know star, i just wanted to see the americans struggle with it, i also read a story recently where an american woman asked what a Megane was, to which her husband replied, i think its french for Renault
lol i know star, i just wanted to see the americans struggle with it, i also read a story recently where an american woman asked what a Megane was, to which her husband replied, i think its french for Renault
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Location: Manchester, UK
Posted:
No.
A sub is a thing that makes deep bass.
The closest we have here is Subway - the massive chain who make crap, expensive sandwiches. Thats an american thing anyway.
Sandwich is the generic word but normally refers to soemthing which is made with slices of bread. All other kinds of sandwich are referred to by the kind of bread used i.e. baguette, roll, etc.
The worst place for roundabouts in the WORLD is Swindon. There's even roundabouts surrounded by roundabouts where the middle one goes the wrong way!
On a similar note - Speed Camera's (or enforcement cameras) are still quite an alien concept in the US. Northampton (where i'm currently living) has the highest concentration of speed camera's anywhere in the world. So many in fact that when they installed the first one in LA a friend of mine who lives there emailed me to say she'd just seen northampton on her local news as an example. Most people in the UK have never heard of this town!
And the word Chav comes from the name of their spiritual home; Chatham. Its a great word. If you want a good description go to www.chavscum.co.uk - or take a good hard look at Mike Skinner, or just go to Southend-on-Sea.
This is my personal fave from chavscum...
(**contains swearing**)
https://www.chavscum.co.uk/catalog/images/chavspotting_large.jpg
Written by: Kyrian
In america sub can mean sandwhich (grinder, hoagie, whatever). and it can also mean sub-woofer. Do both of those translate?
No.
A sub is a thing that makes deep bass.
The closest we have here is Subway - the massive chain who make crap, expensive sandwiches. Thats an american thing anyway.
Sandwich is the generic word but normally refers to soemthing which is made with slices of bread. All other kinds of sandwich are referred to by the kind of bread used i.e. baguette, roll, etc.
The worst place for roundabouts in the WORLD is Swindon. There's even roundabouts surrounded by roundabouts where the middle one goes the wrong way!
On a similar note - Speed Camera's (or enforcement cameras) are still quite an alien concept in the US. Northampton (where i'm currently living) has the highest concentration of speed camera's anywhere in the world. So many in fact that when they installed the first one in LA a friend of mine who lives there emailed me to say she'd just seen northampton on her local news as an example. Most people in the UK have never heard of this town!
And the word Chav comes from the name of their spiritual home; Chatham. Its a great word. If you want a good description go to www.chavscum.co.uk - or take a good hard look at Mike Skinner, or just go to Southend-on-Sea.
This is my personal fave from chavscum...
(**contains swearing**)
https://www.chavscum.co.uk/catalog/images/chavspotting_large.jpg
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Posted:
So its the second kind but not the first. right then.
so if i want a sandwhich on a baguette i ask for a baguette? how do they know i don't want the bread?
So its the second kind but not the first. right then.
so if i want a sandwhich on a baguette i ask for a baguette? how do they know i don't want the bread?
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Posted:
You normally ask for a **insert filling here** baguette from a sandwich shop or just buy a baguette from a baker / supermarket.
Written by: Kyrian
So its the second kind but not the first. right then.
so if i want a sandwhich on a baguette i ask for a baguette? how do they know i don't want the bread?
You normally ask for a **insert filling here** baguette from a sandwich shop or just buy a baguette from a baker / supermarket.
Dreamer
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Posted:
oh right, sandwhiches are kind of weird over there. but good.
oh right, sandwhiches are kind of weird over there. but good.
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Posted:
Generally our sandwiches are of the **under 3 feet long** variety.
I know that may seem unusual to those of you in the US...
Generally our sandwiches are of the **under 3 feet long** variety.
I know that may seem unusual to those of you in the US...
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Posted:
now now, most sandwhiches are 6" or 12", in general, if they are subs/grinders- but we don't do that "pick something out of a bowl and spoon it on" thing so much... lots of options in a sandwhich shop.....
now now, most sandwhiches are 6" or 12", in general, if they are subs/grinders- but we don't do that "pick something out of a bowl and spoon it on" thing so much... lots of options in a sandwhich shop.....
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No wonder obesity is on the rise in the US.
To those of us in the UK a sandwich is one of those things invented by Lord Sandwich in the 1800s.
No wonder obesity is on the rise in the US.
To those of us in the UK a sandwich is one of those things invented by Lord Sandwich in the 1800s.
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Dreamer
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Posted:
Two phrases which don't seem to be translating to british....
"I'm dating myself"
and
"Suck it up"
Two phrases which don't seem to be translating to british....
"I'm dating myself"
and
"Suck it up"
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NYC
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Posted:
As always, this topic has been discussed before. Many times.
Here are two examples from:
[Old link]
and
[Old link]
But I did faux pas by calling Molly's Mother's Cooking 'Really Quite Good' ... which would be a compliment in the US and is not so much so in the UK.
Yup, I'm slowly becoming bilingual in American and British.
As always, this topic has been discussed before. Many times.
Here are two examples from:
[Old link]
and
[Old link]
But I did faux pas by calling Molly's Mother's Cooking 'Really Quite Good' ... which would be a compliment in the US and is not so much so in the UK.
Yup, I'm slowly becoming bilingual in American and British.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Posted:
Ah, yeah, I was doing stuff like that in England... heh... and i know its been discussed, but I felt like a new thread.
Ah, yeah, I was doing stuff like that in England... heh... and i know its been discussed, but I felt like a new thread.
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Posted:
Two quick things in England we speak English the rest speak a bastardised version haha although olde english is a much better language when all the letters were pronounced, its real hard to learn though one of my friends tried for her linguistics course.
Secondly Skelmersdale is the worst place for roundabouts its basically a massive council estate (town) built about 15 miles from liverpool which was used when Liverpool run out of houses for people, in the 50's or something. The whole place is built around roundabouts and is proudly the home of the worlds largest roundabout of 3/4 of a mile, i once missed my turning off it twice and man i was dizzy afterwards!!
Two quick things in England we speak English the rest speak a bastardised version haha
although olde english is a much better language when all the letters were pronounced, its real hard to learn though one of my friends tried for her linguistics course.Secondly Skelmersdale is the worst place for roundabouts its basically a massive council estate (town) built about 15 miles from liverpool which was used when Liverpool run out of houses for people, in the 50's or something. The whole place is built around roundabouts and is proudly the home of the worlds largest roundabout of 3/4 of a mile, i once missed my turning off it twice and man i was dizzy afterwards!!
Whatever happened to my green and pleasant land?
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Posted:
On another note, what do british people call handdrummers? So far I understand a drummer plays set (in american) which is just "the drums" in british as near as I can figure out, and otherwise you're a percussionist. So, erm, handdrummers arn't really quite either of those things, and it seems like there should be a way to seperate them from those who play on a drum set/kit so... what is it?
On another note, what do british people call handdrummers? So far I understand a drummer plays set (in american) which is just "the drums" in british as near as I can figure out, and otherwise you're a percussionist. So, erm, handdrummers arn't really quite either of those things, and it seems like there should be a way to seperate them from those who play on a drum set/kit so... what is it?
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Posted:
ok so what we have here is someone who plays a drum kit/set whatever. by hand drums i'm presuming you mean bongo's, or congo drums, not sure of the spelling but bodhrams etc... we tend to just call them by their actual name as opposed to hand drumming in general terms.
ok so what we have here is someone who plays a drum kit/set whatever. by hand drums i'm presuming you mean bongo's, or congo drums, not sure of the spelling but bodhrams etc... we tend to just call them by their actual name as opposed to hand drumming in general terms.
Whatever happened to my green and pleasant land?
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Posted:
myself and a few friends once tried teaching an american cockney rhyming slang....I don't believe i have ever laughed so hard my entire life.
they thought we were making it all up.
myself and a few friends once tried teaching an american cockney rhyming slang....I don't believe i have ever laughed so hard my entire life.
they thought we were making it all up.
A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.
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Posted:
You've all probably seen this
You've all probably seen this
ohmygodlaserbeamspewpewpew!
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Posted:
Just as an aside
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other contender.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza.
Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
After zat, ze vorld!
Just as an aside
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other contender.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza.
Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
After zat, ze vorld!
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I am THE bitch.
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Posted:
German, argh!
Written by: Akashla
Just as an aside
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other contender.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza.
Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
After zat, ze vorld!
German, argh!
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Posted:
Careful, may be offensive to some people... but it IS funny!
https://home.arcor.de/bikaga/hop/nations.doc
10 reasons why it's fun to be of quite a few different nationalities
Careful, may be offensive to some people... but it IS funny!
https://home.arcor.de/bikaga/hop/nations.doc
10 reasons why it's fun to be of quite a few different nationalities
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Dreamer
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Posted:
Lol birgit. I've been reading those to people most of the evening. Scottish is way the best.
So, I finally decided to look up what minger meant.... does anyone have a friggin clue where that word came from?
Lol birgit. I've been reading those to people most of the evening. Scottish is way the best.
So, I finally decided to look up what minger meant.... does anyone have a friggin clue where that word came from?
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Posted:
chav surprisingly has it's roots in the gypsie/romanian/old romantic language word for young person..
chaav
so it was adopted from proper gypsie travellers who called their young it and hence became an insult.. like pikey and townie etc...!
chav surprisingly has it's roots in the gypsie/romanian/old romantic language word for young person..
chaav
so it was adopted from proper gypsie travellers who called their young it and hence became an insult.. like pikey and townie etc...!
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Posted:
nice one Flashpoint! Good to have a chuckle before bed....
Written by: =Flashpoint=
You've all probably seen this
nice one Flashpoint! Good to have a chuckle before bed....
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Posted:
The declaration of revocation: If only it were true. That'd teach the yanks a thing or two.
American tourist "Do you know what bus goes to Edinberg?"
At least bother to learn a bit of the British language before you come over. When I went to Alabama I bothered learning inbred so why can't you bother learning some of our language?
The declaration of revocation: If only it were true. That'd teach the yanks a thing or two.
American tourist "Do you know what bus goes to Edinberg?"
At least bother to learn a bit of the British language before you come over. When I went to Alabama I bothered learning inbred so why can't you bother learning some of our language?
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Posted:
lol there are plenty of automatics in britain my dad used to have a 15 year old volvo that was an automatic, its just all the ones here actualy have a geer lever despite being an auto just incase the automaticness brakes, it means you can still continue to use the car afterwards without having to send it to a garage, we have common sense that way you see lol
Oh and...
(English) - (American)
Wind screen - Wind Sheild
Just incase no one thought to fill you in on that, I havnt been following the thread mutch so forgive me if its allready been mentiond.
Written by: Kyrian
tarmac -> asphalt
you eat biscuits with gravy. and don't forget all the muffin and cracker strangeness.
and roads are really just roads. we have roundabouts, we just havn't igured out how to drive on them it seems. and we have too many stop signs but we still get places faster in cars. which reminds me:
bonnet -> hood
?? -> windsheild
petrol -> gas
large car -> small car
car -> stick/ manual (as i'm led to belive there are no automatics in britain)
boot -> trunk
lol there are plenty of automatics in britain my dad used to have a 15 year old volvo that was an automatic, its just all the ones here actualy have a geer lever despite being an auto just incase the automaticness brakes, it means you can still continue to use the car afterwards without having to send it to a garage, we have common sense that way you see lol
Oh and...
(English) - (American)
Wind screen - Wind Sheild
Just incase no one thought to fill you in on that, I havnt been following the thread mutch so forgive me if its allready been mentiond.
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Posted:
@BJ wasn't it: "windshield"?
@Lemonkey: LOLOLOL nice ones! exactly what happens in german spelling revision ---> ridiculous!
but ins't it already ONE nation seperated by a common language? does anyone from the north really understand people from the south? I had/have a VERY hard time to!
(please 4give if it's been asked b4)
EDITED_BY: FireTom (1135726505)
@BJ wasn't it: "windshield"?
@Lemonkey: LOLOLOL nice ones! exactly what happens in german spelling revision ---> ridiculous!
but ins't it already ONE nation seperated by a common language? does anyone from the north really understand people from the south? I had/have a VERY hard time to!
(please 4give if it's been asked b4)
EDITED_BY: FireTom (1135726505)
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Posted:
I haven't read this entire thread for obvious reasons (meaning it's LONG!) but I did have fun overseas with the word: "thongs"
the aussies will know what I'm talking about but the rest of you might look at me quite strangely indeed! (I know Pink, Cantus, Mech and Konsti did!)
I haven't read this entire thread for obvious reasons (meaning it's LONG!) but I did have fun overseas with the word: "thongs"
the aussies will know what I'm talking about but the rest of you might look at me quite strangely indeed! (I know Pink, Cantus, Mech and Konsti did!
) i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
Actually, the Kiwi's and Aussie I spent time with knew the difference between them immediately...and so did I. They sound very different to me.
But in the end, I don't speak English. I speak American, with all the "melting pot" linguistic nuances it comes with.
And even then, depending on where you live in the US really dictates how you speak/sound. Within the US there are many different languages and dialects, just like any other country.
Not just north and south, but east, middle and west as well.
I understand alot of Brit-isms because my New England based grandmother used them. I also understand Cajun from family relations but get a bit confuzzled as to what the hell some of those Mid-westerners are talking about.
And even in Canada there are variations. Yes, Toronto does have a dialect, and they say "aboot" and "aye" frequently. Vancouver didn't say "aye" though, they said "hay" instead. Freaked me out.
I had the fanny conversation with Malcolm, and it left me laughing and nearly in tears. I think that is one of the biggest things, and the mushy words (I agree with sex, six, sux for example).
I love it all though. Language is sooooooo fantastic! And as long as you get the gist of what I am saying, I am cool with that.:)
Actually, the Kiwi's and Aussie I spent time with knew the difference between them immediately...and so did I. They sound very different to me.
But in the end, I don't speak English. I speak American, with all the "melting pot" linguistic nuances it comes with.
And even then, depending on where you live in the US really dictates how you speak/sound. Within the US there are many different languages and dialects, just like any other country.
Not just north and south, but east, middle and west as well.
I understand alot of Brit-isms because my New England based grandmother used them. I also understand Cajun from family relations but get a bit confuzzled as to what the hell some of those Mid-westerners are talking about.
And even in Canada there are variations. Yes, Toronto does have a dialect, and they say "aboot" and "aye" frequently. Vancouver didn't say "aye" though, they said "hay" instead. Freaked me out.
I had the fanny conversation with Malcolm, and it left me laughing and nearly in tears. I think that is one of the biggest things, and the mushy words (I agree with sex, six, sux for example).
I love it all though. Language is sooooooo fantastic! And as long as you get the gist of what I am saying, I am cool with that.:)
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Posted:
Okay, let's clear something up...they are not trainers or sneakers...they are called RUNNERS!
And I don't understand this 'aboot' thing. I say 'about' - rhymes with out, not oot.
And Americans....that thing on top of your house is a rOOf, not a rUf...just so you know...
Okay, let's clear something up...they are not trainers or sneakers...they are called RUNNERS!
And I don't understand this 'aboot' thing. I say 'about' - rhymes with out, not oot.
And Americans....that thing on top of your house is a rOOf, not a rUf...just so you know...
I smile because I have no idea what is going on...
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
The thing about the Canadian accent is that it goes like this.
"imperceptible imperceptible imperceptib...OBVIOUSOBVIOUSOBVIOUS...imperceptible imperceptible...OBVIOUSOBVIOUS...imperceptible imperceptible..."
The thing about the Canadian accent is that it goes like this.
"imperceptible imperceptible imperceptib...OBVIOUSOBVIOUSOBVIOUS...imperceptible imperceptible...OBVIOUSOBVIOUS...imperceptible imperceptible..."
-Mike
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A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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