08-22-2009, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by dm383
Being a mere Brit, I have NO clue what either of those things are!!
Of course, the word which has the single most diverse meaning between us and U.S. is "fanny". There, In believe, it's a word for the female posterior, whereas here, it's a word for PUSSY!!! Confuses the Hell out of us simple souls y'know!!
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Yep, we Australian women have our fanny at the front too. 
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08-22-2009, 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Fangtasia
That could be arranged PF *LOL*
We use both torch & flashlight here, mostly torch though (get it from the Brits prolly *L*)
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A torch is small and a flashlight is big.
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08-22-2009, 04:48 AM
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Smoko is a tea break where you have coffee and a fag!
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08-22-2009, 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Catch22
A torch is small and a flashlight is big.
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Hmmm might be where you are, but where i live a torch is a torch regardless of size *L* We call the big Dolphin ones torches too.....but i do hear the odd person call em flashlights. Personally to me they are torches
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09-04-2009, 03:46 AM
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Took an Aussie to his first American baseball game and told him we were 'rooting' for the Paw Sox. He gave me the oddest look! By rooting I meant the team we were cheering for and wanted to win. I found out a little later to him rooting was fucking, to root is to have sex. lol. Can only imagine what went through his mind!
A UK friend said she felt 'pants'. I just said okkkkkk..... She meant she didn't feel good, not that she felt men's clothing.
And a 'poof' to me is a thing to wash with, but it's a gay person to some folks.
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09-04-2009, 07:49 AM
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"gay"?
Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience" has a line,
"For I am blythe and I am gay while they sit sighing night and day".
I was happy when gay had no subtext.
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09-04-2009, 08:32 AM
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It can lead to confusion about what the author meant.
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09-04-2009, 10:08 AM
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I used to watch a little neighbor girl after school. She would do a little homework, part of which was to read out loud. The book she read said 'the boy was gay as he ran home', (or something like that). She paused and said to me, 'gay used to mean just happy'.
I agree, it would be better if words like that didn't need explaining.
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09-08-2009, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by CuteCoupleOz
To citrus, until 4 years ago, I lived in NC and grew up there. It's long since gone out of usage, but when I was growing up the trunk was called the boot.
A few months back, I needed to phone a lady with some info. When I got her on the phone, she said, "Look, I'm really sick and don't think I can even get up to go write all this down. Can you please call my daughter?"......"Sure, no problem", I said as I took down the number. So I called the daughter and told her what info I was relating and that I'd called her Mum but she was a little under the weather and had asked if i'd call you instead. The daughter didn't make any mention, just took the info and said she'd deliver it. Two days later, I find out the daughter had gone straight over to the elderly mother's home because she thought she was on the piss. I had noooooo idea that being under the weather was another phrase for having had wee bit too much grog. I was so embarrassed. I called both women and profusely apologized. They were fine and the Mum got quite a laugh. I now am trying to not spit out so many American phrases, just in case. LOL Like Fanny.
One of the most confusing conversations between myself and catch22, when we first started chatting online, was when I came online and typed "I ammm so pissed." He types "whatcha drinking?" It just went downhill from there. It musta been weeks and weeks before I figured out that pissed to him was drinking.
So, now, every day, I put on my lippie, my sunnies and head off to work driving on the right left side of the road. For dinner, I have chips with tomato sauce. I often cook things on the grill which is in the oven. And this week my knee is really crook because of trolly mishap at Woolies.
Four years ago, I would have said....
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09-08-2009, 11:28 AM
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unregistered mutt. woof!
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Once as I was boarding my flight to go from McGuire AFB to Frankfurt, I was pissed about having to sit in the middle row. On the flight I kept buying drinks until I was pissed. I frequently had to go to the head and piss.
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I like; a) taint brushing: b) a good cigar: c) our juices together; d) champagne: e) protein squirts; f)more of these; g)much more of these; h) Damn, slide that thing into me. Deep!
Adage: 2 things are certain in life; Death & Taxes. Therefore; God & Beelzebub had a meeting to fix the problem. A mighty storm prevailed for ages until finally they ended the storm with the agreement: From now on Anyone whom chooses doesn't have to die. "Everyone wins said Beelzebub. You get an eternally grateful bunch of worshippers praying forever for lower taxes as I goad & prod them forever with higher & higher taxation."
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09-08-2009, 02:35 PM
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Did they tell you to piss off?
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09-08-2009, 03:42 PM
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Yeah who said that the Brits and the Americans are separated by a common language ?
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09-08-2009, 03:57 PM
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Just about everybody.
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