This thread is making me laugh so much!
Buttie is so funny to me..... I don't know why!
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English to English translations
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This thread is making me laugh so much!
Buttie is so funny to me..... I don't know why!
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It's a bit more complicated than in the lists so far.
There are sandwiches called sandwiches in the UK, the only time I've heard called buttie is the bacon buttie which is a bacon roll, or chip buttie which is a yeah, lots of chips in a bread roll. It varies with regions and people though most likely.
Also pants in the UK is underwear so if you hear someone took off their pants you tend to go
Also saying somethings is pants is saying it's bad.
pants = trousers
underwear = pants
horny = randy
fanny pack* = bum bag
bill = note
There are more though.
*fanny means something completely different in British English so that word for a bum bag always makes me giggle.
There are sandwiches called sandwiches in the UK, the only time I've heard called buttie is the bacon buttie which is a bacon roll, or chip buttie which is a yeah, lots of chips in a bread roll. It varies with regions and people though most likely.
Also pants in the UK is underwear so if you hear someone took off their pants you tend to go
Also saying somethings is pants is saying it's bad.
pants = trousers
underwear = pants
horny = randy
fanny pack* = bum bag
bill = note
There are more though.
*fanny means something completely different in British English so that word for a bum bag always makes me giggle.
It most certainly does! I remember the British camp counselors getting very offended when we said "fanny pack"....so we all started calling them bum bags.
torch= flashlight
lift= elevator
humps= bumps (like in a road)
chips- french fries
aluminIum= aluminum
that's all I can think of for now!
Just an interesting sidenote: isn't "pram" actually a shortened slang for "perambulator?"
Passenger seat - driver's seat
Originally Posted by Pami
Passenger seat - driver's seat
Me too except it freaks me out for the opposite reason that it freaks you out!Originally Posted by icklemiss21
that still freaks me out occasionally
Yup!
Originally Posted by Pami
Passenger seat - driver's seat
crib = cot (I'm still confused which is which though...)
shopping trolley = shopping cart
roots = "making love" which makes the brand Roots Canada, and the companies Roto Rooter and Mr Rooter HILARIOUS, especially Mr Rooter who has THE best logo!
Line = queue
(as in form a line, form a queue)
And shouldn't this be "American to English" translations? I've been corrected by most of my foreign friends that we don't speak English, we speak Americanese.
(as in form a line, form a queue)
And shouldn't this be "American to English" translations? I've been corrected by most of my foreign friends that we don't speak English, we speak Americanese.
US - Jello (a flavor geletin dessert) - UK - Jelly
US - Jelly (the fruit spread on toast) - UK - Jam
US - Pants - UK - Trousers
US - Underwear - UK - Pants
UK - putting a "U" in flavor, color, favorite
US - Jelly (the fruit spread on toast) - UK - Jam
US - Pants - UK - Trousers
US - Underwear - UK - Pants
UK - putting a "U" in flavor, color, favorite
Don't the british say "pissed" instead of "drunk"? First time I heard that, I was like...why are they upset?
US= I'll call you
English= I'll ring you up
English= I'll ring you up
US = I'll stop by your house in the morning
UK = I'll knock you up
That one rivals fannypack for me.
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They say that here, but it can also mean upset.
UK - US
being pissed off = upset
being pissed = drunk
taking the piss = making fun of something
whinge = whine
It's all gone pear shaped = it's gone wrong
gobsmacked = really surprised, stunned
Oh am I right in that US english doesn't have "Dodgy" in it.
being pissed off = upset
being pissed = drunk
taking the piss = making fun of something
whinge = whine
It's all gone pear shaped = it's gone wrong
gobsmacked = really surprised, stunned
Oh am I right in that US english doesn't have "Dodgy" in it.
