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LMAO I came to start a fight I could not only finish but laughed my way out of it as soon as it started.
Cheesecake · 61-69, M
@Gibbon youre clearly an okay guy really. If I ever get to the US I'll stand you a beer or several. Keep laughing 🤣 🍻
Gingerbreadspice · F
I’m from UK and when I type in bonnet it’s still a hat.
There are lots of the same words for different meanings. Like bonnet which can also be car bonnet.
Your chips are our crisps and your fries are our chips, unless we’re talking in restaurants. Where we say fries.
Boot means shoes and can mean car boot.
We say arse but most will understand ass.
Also Southern English is different to northern English in England as well so it’s not just American English which is different. Like an alleyway is a ginnel up north, dinner is tea, cup of tea is a brew, mum is mam but some pronounce mom as like in America but it’s spelt mum.
There are lots of the same words for different meanings. Like bonnet which can also be car bonnet.
Your chips are our crisps and your fries are our chips, unless we’re talking in restaurants. Where we say fries.
Boot means shoes and can mean car boot.
We say arse but most will understand ass.
Also Southern English is different to northern English in England as well so it’s not just American English which is different. Like an alleyway is a ginnel up north, dinner is tea, cup of tea is a brew, mum is mam but some pronounce mom as like in America but it’s spelt mum.
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supersnipe · 61-69, M
@Gingerbreadspice 'Ginnel'? I've never heard that one, but then I'm from Surrey. They must say 'Alley' in Birmingham, too...
Gingerbreadspice · F
@supersnipe
I promise I didn’t make this up. To be fair I’d never heard of ginnel either until this year.
I promise I didn’t make this up. To be fair I’d never heard of ginnel either until this year.
Gibbon · 70-79, M
@Gingerbreadspice Me too. So many word differences and sources just weirdness.
Cheesecake · 61-69, M
A hood is a kind of hat actually, usually on a coat. Or a Robin.
A trunk is a kind of box for travelling belongings.
And a fanny is a vagina, not an arse! Jeez! 🙄🤭
A trunk is a kind of box for travelling belongings.
And a fanny is a vagina, not an arse! Jeez! 🙄🤭
Cheesecake · 61-69, M
@Gibbon excellent. That was the intention. Much better for the soul 🤣 🇺🇲🇬🇧
Gibbon · 70-79, M
Cheesecake · 61-69, M
@Gibbon hahaha epic fail then mate 😄
4meAndyou · F
I am still working on "jumper". Is it a little sleeveless overdress worn with a shirt, or is it a top that your Mom knits for you? 🤣🤣🤣
SW-User
Isn’t there a famous quote about the US and U.K. being two countries separated by a common language! I like the differences but for me a trunk will always be attached to an elephant and never be anything to do with a car! Lol
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
A boot is something you wear on your foot not the trunk of a car.
Straylight · 31-35, F
And don’t get me started on biscuits!
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
A&E is not just a television network, as it is in the US.
Just don't be saying you're wearing a fanny pack in London.
Gibbon · 70-79, M
@NativePortlander1970 Of course. I miss his show. He wouldn't come to the states. But him and Red Skelton would have been hilarious together.
@Gibbon And of course us young boys were smitten by his Hill's Angels ❤
Gibbon · 70-79, M
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