English words that mean different in US and UK..

Let's see how many we can get here on SW. No googling!!!

First floor - In US it means the ground floor. In England it means the 1st floor above the ground floor 🙂

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bijouxbroussard · F

"Pissed" in the UK means drunk, I’m told.
In the U.S. it’s a shortened version of "pissed off".

So when an American says he’s "pissed" about something, he’s angry.

I was actually blocked when I tried to explain this to someone from the UK.

AllelujahHaptism · 36-40, M

@bijouxbroussard we use it both ways ^^

bijouxbroussard · F

@AllelujahHaptism If you’re English, at least one of your countrywomen didn’t know this.

AllelujahHaptism · 36-40, M

@bijouxbroussard indeed i am
maybe someone older? :/

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@AllelujahHaptism We don't really. Some young people who watch too much American TV will. Otherwise, we'd just say 'pissed-off.

@bijouxbroussard

I was actually blocked when I tried to explain this to someone from the UK.

Sounds like a wanker. 😜

bijouxbroussard · F

@AllelujahHaptism Perhaps she was. A U.S. poster was saying he was "really pissed at a family member". The woman from the UK told him to "stop bragging" about his "alcoholism". When both of us tried to explain what he’d meant, she accused us of "destroying the King’s English". 😳

AllelujahHaptism · 36-40, M

@bijouxbroussard maybe they were just being a troll
cause every english person knows, its the queens english o.O

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@bijouxbroussard

"destroying the King’s English". 😳

This does sound like they meant it seriously. Sounds like they were a bit nutty, pedantic, and traditionalist. They also don't get that American English is different and has been for a very long time. We don't own how the language is used outside our borders.

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