UK/US

[ginnyb]

Well we have the same language, but there are so many words that we do not share properly.First time I ever went to Florida, shops were selling "fanny packs", well in the UK a fanny is a pussy and a "fanny pack" is a bum bag.
When I want to smoke, I go out for a fag, can you imagine saying that in a crowded bar in New York
In the UK we walk on the pavement, in the US, you drive on it.
Ok over to u lot, be fun to keep this thread going.
Ginny xxx

[RandyKnight]

Originally Posted by ginnyb

Well we have the same language, but there are so many words that we do not share properly.First time I ever went to Florida, shops were selling "fanny packs", well in the UK a fanny is a pussy and a "fanny pack" is a bum bag.
When I want to smoke, I go out for a fag, can you imagine saying that in a crowded bar in New York
In the UK we walk on the pavement, in the US, you drive on it.
Ok over to u lot, be fun to keep this thread going.
Ginny xxx

LOL...40 years ago in the USA cigs were called fags, and fags were called queers...

Why the fuck are panties called knickers...

Now that most have cell phones to you still say "ring me"....instead of "give me a call".

[cijababe]

We don't call them cellphones - we call them mobiles, or mobile phones.

And knickers are short for 'knickerbockers'

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=knickers

[meforyou]

In the UK, pants are briefs or boxers. In the US they're trousers.

[RandyKnight]

Originally Posted by cijababe

We don't call them cellphones - we call them mobiles, or mobile phones.

And knickers are short for 'knickerbockers'

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=knickers

I always thought Knickerbocker was a hotel...

[cijababe]

Nope, these are knickerbockers on this side of the pond.

[pussy in boots]

knicerbockers were paint boys wore they came to knees and were worn with long socks

[meforyou]

I wonder how the knickerbocker glory got its name . . .

[magnus666]

told the girlfriend in the usa i needed to "get some wood" and she just fell about??? i needed some wood for some shelving,then she explained what she called "wood" i call a "stiffie"

[richief]

It is a car and not an auto-mobile.
It is a bonnet not a hood
It is a boot not a trunk.

A lift and not an elevator
the 1st floor is not the ground floor

They are crisps and not chips.

It is an arse not an ass
Trousers and not pants
knickers and not panties

and for fuck sake do not confuse what we do to faggots with what you do with them.

[patched]

its football not soccer

nappies not diapers

[AZRIEL]

[rowdy3128]

my grand parents would go to Scott land, are back ground....after they come back, could not under stand them for weeks.....

[m21]

Originally Posted by rowdy3128

my grand parents would go to Scott land, are back ground....after they come back, could not under stand them for weeks.....

I couldn't even understand what you said either.
Maybe you've caught something off them



its football not soccer Really ? You might like to look up where the word 'soccer' comes from. (in regards to the game of football).
Although I agree....It's football not soccer.

[richief]

Originally Posted by m21

I couldn't even understand what you said either.
Maybe you've caught something off them



its football not soccer Really ? You might like to look up where the word 'soccer' comes from. (in regards to the game of football).
Although I agree....It's football not soccer.

People seem to forget it is a contraction of Association, and was commonly used here in the 60s and 70s.

[Peachunter]

Color not colour
Mom not mum

As for faggots they both get eaten lol

[69magpie]

Here's an America being prompted with Oz slang

[Baddog_WOOF]

England and America are two countries separated by a common language.

G.B. Shaw.

They do teach Shaw in the UK, right?

[deviousdave]

Originally Posted by 69magpie

Here's an America being prompted with Oz slang

Adam Hills is great, I have seen him at a comedy club in England

[deviousdave]

[ELaken-Palmer]

Originally Posted by richief

It is a car and not an auto-mobile.
It is a bonnet not a hood
It is a boot not a trunk.

A lift and not an elevator
the 1st floor is not the ground floor

They are crisps and not chips.

It is an arse not an ass
Trousers and not pants
knickers and not panties

and for fuck sake do not confuse what we do to faggots with what you do with them.

Our 313-million people against your 62-million say...

It IS a hood (a bonnet goes on your head).
It IS a trunk (a boot you wear on your foot).
It IS an elevator
They ARE potato CHIPS (and there's no such thing as a crisp - unless you're a fag of some kind).
It IS an ass (and only a pompus fag says arse).
They ARE pants and women wear PANTIES (knickers are worn by Dutch people and baseball players).

And for God's sake it's a TOILET and not a fucking loo!

Americans play FOOTBALL and hate soccer with a passion.

[AZRIEL]

Originally Posted by richief

People seem to forget it is a contraction of Association, and was commonly used here in the 60s and 70s.

lemon head.jpg

[deviousdave]

Originally Posted by ELaken-Palmer

Our 313-million people against your 62-million say...

It IS a hood (a bonnet goes on your head).
It IS a trunk (a boot you wear on your foot).
It IS an elevator
They ARE potato CHIPS (and there's no such thing as a crisp - unless you're a fag of some kind).
It IS an ass (and only a pompus fag says arse).
They ARE pants and women wear PANTIES (knickers are worn by Dutch people and baseball players).

And for God's sake it's a TOILET and not a fucking loo!

Americans play FOOTBALL and hate soccer with a passion.

Hood is also worn on a head
Trunk is what you can find on an elephant
It's a lift. It can lift you up.
It's a crispy slice of potato, chips are thick chunks of potato.
Arse. Ass is a donkey
Trousers. Pants are underwear.
It's a lavatory, toilet is the loo in the lavatory.
Football is the biggest sport in the world, it's only you and the Canadians that call it something different.

[michael saint]

Originally Posted by ELaken-Palmer

Our 313-million people against your 62-million say...

It IS a hood (a bonnet goes on your head).
It IS a trunk (a boot you wear on your foot).
It IS an elevator
They ARE potato CHIPS (and there's no such thing as a crisp - unless you're a fag of some kind).
It IS an ass (and only a pompus fag says arse).
They ARE pants and women wear PANTIES (knickers are worn by Dutch people and baseball players).

And for God's sake it's a TOILET and not a fucking loo!

Americans play FOOTBALL and hate soccer with a passion.

By your own reasoning, you cannot have Football.


"An estimated 3.2 billion have interest in football around the world. Sports like Cricket and Rugby are a distant 2nd and 3rd respectively"

[ELaken-Palmer]

Football was first played, in America, in 1858. Soccer came along in 1872 and they should have never stolen our name (football) for our sport. Call it soccer or mollybumps or sissykick but leave the name football for football.

[deviousdave]

Originally Posted by ELaken-Palmer

Football was first played, in America, in 1858. Soccer came along in 1872 and they should have never stolen our name (football) for our sport. Call it soccer or mollybumps or sissykick but leave the name football for football.

Wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...rican_football

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football

[michael saint]

Originally Posted by ELaken-Palmer

Football was first played, in America, in 1858. Soccer came along in 1872 and they should have never stolen our name (football) for our sport. Call it soccer or mollybumps or sissykick but leave the name football for football.

Are you insane?

Sheffield F.C. (1857)

Hallam F.C. (1860)


Cray Wanderers F.C. (1860)


Wanderers F.C. (1860)


Worksop Town F.C. (1861)


Notts County F.C. (1862)

Stoke City F.C. (1863)




These are the first League clubs. The game of Football was played YEARS before these clubs were formed.


Don't be so obtuse.

[ELaken-Palmer]

Originally Posted by deviousdave

Wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...rican_football

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football

I know. How about calling it "net flicks"?

The first game if soccer was played in 1872, November 30th
The first game of football was played in 1858, August 7th"

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_older_football_or_soccer#ixzz20FyA23iH

[cijababe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...glish_football

[ELaken-Palmer]

I'm just tryin' to yank some chains. I don't mean any of it. We can all enjoy whatever sport we choose and call it what we will.

Here's to footballs, be they round or oblong. And I owe you a Bass ale and a bag of crisps.

[michael saint]

Originally Posted by ELaken-Palmer

I'm just tryin' to yank some chains. I don't mean any of it. We can all enjoy whatever sport we choose and call it what we will.

Here's to footballs, be they round or oblong. And I owe you a Bass ale and a bag of crisps.

It's no problem and adds to the amusement


American Football was derived from Rugby anyway.

[ELaken-Palmer]

Originally Posted by michael saint

It's no problem and adds to the amusement


American Football was derived from Rugby anyway.

Yes it was and Rugby looks like a much tougher game.

[Lioness]

And cock is.....cock!!!

I prefer the words knickers and knackered rather than panties and tired.

[Lioness]

I love a Brit's accent...makes my knickers damp....

[ELaken-Palmer]

Originally Posted by Lioness

I love a Brit's accent...makes my knickers damp....

This accent isn't British but I could listen to this girl all day... even if she were bitchin' at me....

[deviousdave]

Originally Posted by ELaken-Palmer

This accent isn't British but I could listen to this girl all day... even if she were bitchin' at me....

You could move to Cork, but it's a rather depressing part of Ireland

[ELaken-Palmer]

Originally Posted by deviousdave

You could move to Cork, but it's a rather depressing part of Ireland

We have an area of Detroit (where the old Tiger Stadium was) that is called Corktown. It's where the Irish used to live.

[deviousdave]

[deviousdave]

[m21]

Originally Posted by ELaken-Palmer

I know. How about calling it "net flicks"?

The first game if soccer was played in 1872, November 30th
The first game of football was played in 1858, August 7th"



Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_older_football_or_soccer#ixzz20FyA23iH

Using wiki ? Are you serious ?

The game of football was played in England centuries before those dates.
It was even banned at one stage, in 1314
http://www.footballnetwork.org/dev/h...tory8_18_1.asp

Nobody knows for sure where football originated, although variations of the game can be traced back as far as 200 BC in China.

[tim929]

What has the world come to?

[tommyturtle]

Originally Posted by tim929

What has the world come to?

I'm sure SMC is booking her flight here now.

[meforyou]

On behalf of the British/English people, I apologise for our most shameful export

[deviousdave]

Originally Posted by meforyou

On behalf of the British/English people, I apologise for our most shameful export

On the subject of apologies.

I apologise for this

[nikkitassassin]

Originally Posted by patched

its football not soccer

True, but thats different.

Thats because of American Football. It's to stop confusion. (and before anyione syas it AMERICAN FOOTBALL IS NOT RUGBY - THEY ARE 2 DIFFERENT GAMES!!!)



Did anyone see the Ben Stiller gag on this btw

[baller16]

Originally Posted by magnus666

told the girlfriend in the usa i needed to "get some wood" and she just fell about??? i needed some wood for some shelving,then she explained what she called "wood" i call a "stiffie"

That's just your girlfriend's dirty mind. Wood means wood over here. That's how a hardon got that nickname in the first place.

Originally Posted by richief

It is a car and not an auto-mobile.
It is a bonnet not a hood
It is a boot not a trunk.

A lift and not an elevator
the 1st floor is not the ground floor

They are crisps and not chips.

It is an arse not an ass
Trousers and not pants
knickers and not panties

and for fuck sake do not confuse what we do to faggots with what you do with them.

Seeing as you did not invent the automobile, you don't get to say what it's called. Secondly, nobody says automobile over here except when referring to the official name.
Again, seeing as you didn't invent the automobile, you don't get to name any part of it. It's called a hood, and it's called a trunk. Period.
It is literally an elevator. The word "lift" is nothing but slang.
The first floor isn't the ground floor where I live because where I live is full of rowhouses with stoops, but it is almost everywhere else. The ground floor is whatever floor is literally on the ground.

Seeing as you didn't invent them, they're called chips, not crisps. Seeing as you didn't invent what you call chips either, they're called fries, not chips.

It's an ass. The only people who say arse are those with English accents and the douchebags who say/type things as if they did.
Seeing as you didn't invent either undergarments or pants, you don't get to name those either.

Seeing as most guys who smoke look like a bunch of fagots, I'd say both definitions work. Or, you could call them fagot sticks.. as in smoking one makes you look like a fagot.

Lastly, it's a cell phone (which is short for cellular because of the way it works), not a mobile. You didn't invent it so you don't get to name it, and any cordless phone is mobile.

Originally Posted by michael saint

By your own reasoning, you cannot have Football.


"An estimated 3.2 billion have interest in football around the world. Sports like Cricket and Rugby are a distant 2nd and 3rd respectively"

No, basketball is 2nd and it's definitely not a distant second.

Originally Posted by ELaken-Palmer

Yes it was and Rugby looks like a much tougher game.

It isn't.


Now in response to the OP, in older East Coast urban areas, we walk on the pavement. That's because the sidewalks existed before the roads were even paved, therefore they were the only pavement at one time. Outside of older, urban areas though, the sidewalks were built after the roads had already been paved. That's where it comes from, so it's not a UK vs US thing.

We also have cellars, not basements.
Parlors, not living rooms.

There are other things we say differently than the rest of the US but they don't have anything to do with England to my knowledge so I won't mention them.

That is unless you call the toppings sprinkled on ice cream (commonly referred to in the US as sprinkles) jimmies like we do.

[michael saint]

Originally Posted by michael saint

By your own reasoning, you cannot have Football.


"An estimated 3.2 billion have interest in football around the world. Sports like Cricket and Rugby are a distant 2nd and 3rd respectively"

Originally Posted by baller16

No, basketball is 2nd and it's definitely not a distant second.

My God you are a fucking simpleton.

Here is some news you unbearable fucking retard.


YOU SPEAK ENGLISH WITH AN AMERICAN ACCENT.

Prove to me that this is not a fact.

[AZRIEL]

Originally Posted by michael saint

YOU SPEAK ENGLISH WITH AN AMERICAN ACCENT.

[baller16]

Originally Posted by michael saint

My God you are a fucking simpleton.

Here is some news you unbearable fucking retard.


YOU SPEAK ENGLISH WITH AN AMERICAN ACCENT.

Prove to me that this is not a fact.

I'm sorry that you can't handle the fact that an American sport is the second most popular sport in the world... and gaining.

There is no such thing as an American accent. I speak with a Philly accent, which comes from Irish, English, German, and especially Italian influence.

Oh, and by the way... English is derived from other languages.

[Ed Itor]

The first recognized Automobile was created by German Karl Benz.

Primitive elevators were in use as early as the 3rd century BC, operated by human, animal, or water wheel power. In 1743, a counter-weighted, man-powered, personal elevator was built for King Luis XV connecting his apartment in Versailles with that of his mistress, Madame de Chateauroux, whose quarters were one floor above King Luis.
Elisha Graves Otis did not actually invent the first elevator - heinvented the brake used in modern elevators, and his brakes made skyscrapers a practical reality.

So baller, sorry to once again prove that you know very little about the real world and things American.

In Canada it is a chesterfield as well as a couch or sofa, we understand what both The Yanks & Limeys mean by 'knocked up'. We get it that other than in U.S. & Canada it is called 'Ice Hockey' but grass hockey is for girls.
Curling is our answer to bowling, both boring to watch on TV.

The colour khaki is pronounced differently by each of The British (include Aus & NZ), U.S. & Canucks.