english or american?

[jols]

just read the end of a thread and it started to talk about the difference between the languages.

is there anything that we brits say that makes you laugh or you dont understand the meaning of?

id be glad to help

 

[Hertz van Rental]

How do you spell 'tomato'?

 

[jols]

same way as you do.

are you taking the micheal?

 

[hawkeye]

Whats up with the "U" in color. Madness!

 

[TATTRAT]

As a Brit that has lived in the US for 20 years, I get more a kick out of talking to my family and hearing things, more so then hearing things in the US dialect.

Zed=Z
Chips=Fries
going to hospital/store/etc...=never say THE hospital, THE store...
Donky's years=long time
Fort Night=2 weeks
****er=I just love ****er
Bullocks=Bulls**T or sometimes balls
Hob=Oven
Bonnet=Hood
Lorey=Truck
Boot=Trunk

 

[Kanikula]

Whats up with the "U" in color. Madness!

Hey what about NOT having it!! :greenpbl:

 

[lostprophet]

Why-aye man, Ah canna understand why the Americans find it hard te understand weh english

 

[TATTRAT]

Why-aye man, Ah canna understand why the Americans find it hard te understand weh english

lol

 

[skieur]

Whats up with the "U" in color. Madness!

The "U" in colour is Canadian from "couleur" in French. We don't speak the same language as you "yanks" or "brits" in English. We also don't speak the same French as those in France either. Our French is older and better.

skieur

 

[Alex_B]

I think the sentence

"I'm wearing a skirt today, and no pants."

would be interpreted very differently in English and American, right?

An what about

(English - American)
pissed = drunk
pissed off = really angry / pissed
arse = ass
ass = donkey

 

[Alex_B]

oh, and the word "buns" rings a bell somehow...

and a pint in the US is alot smaller than in the UK.

 

[hawkeye]

The "U" in colour is Canadian from "couleur" in French. We don't speak the same language as you "yanks" or "brits" in English. We also don't speak the same French as those in France either. Our French is older and better.

skieur

If it's from Canada, it must be better.:er:

lol

 

[Hertz van Rental]

Bo llocks = talking rubbish, nonsense as in 'what a load of old bo llocks'
The dog's bo llocks = good stuff, the best as in 'it's the dog's bo llocks'

You'd think after all this time the Americans would have learned to speak English.

 

[photogincollege]

dont forget bloody!!!

 

[Josh66]

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