People post alsorts of stuff on here, but how many yanks realise that ASDA is WALMART in Britain? There are misunderstandings on so many questions. Which ones make you laugh and which ones confuse you. If you put one that you do not understand maybe I know it and can add it to additional details on the question, or maybe someone else knows and can post it with their reply!!
2006-07-06 07:05:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
SLANG IS WORDS THAT ARE ENGLISH BUT ARE ONLY USED IN CERTAIN AREAS
2006-07-06 07:11:17 · update #1
PLEASE DO NOT BE ABUSIVE BECAUSE A DIFFERENT CULTURE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. COMMENTS LIKE IDIOT AMERICANS DO NOT BELONG HERE
2006-07-06 07:16:11 · update #2
canadianphatkid - wanker is a british term meaning a person who masterbates, though it is used more in the sense of calling someone an a$$hole
2006-07-06 07:17:46 · update #3
I guess you mean like
Nappy=Diaper
Toilet=Bathroom/Restroom
Rubbish=Trash
Front door step=Stoop
Car boot=Trunk
Pavement=Sidewalk
Lift=Elevator
Bum Bag=Fanny Pack (nearly had a sticky situation with this one)
Bin=Trash can
Petrol=Gas
I hope these help, but the one I want to know is when we see a tramp on the street in UK we call them a bum do Americans call them a booty.
2006-07-06 07:15:39 · answer #1 · answered by LEONARDO P 3 · 16⤊ 2⤋
Well there are the different versions of the these answer sites for each country and you can either filter the UK and Ireland only questions or go wider.
Slang is so regional as well. I live in Essex but when I travel the 25 minutes to East London, and people there start talking in rhyming slang for just about every word then I just have to walk away.
i.e.(in a market) How much for that mate?
A monkey.
Can't I just give you cash instead??
2006-07-06 19:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw an exerpt of an American actor who is living in the UK at the moment on the television the other day. He was on the chat shows and kept using a word that is used quite often here as a derogatory term or an insult - *anker starts with a 'w'.
I feel pretty sure that he knew the meaning of the word.
2006-07-06 07:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by peewit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was in America a few years ago and someone asked me the time and i said quarter past two and the guy was like "huh? whats quarter past?" i think they say 15 after or something! Also someone asked me how long i was staying in America and i said a fortnight and again they were like huh?? whats a fortnight! when i think of these times they make me smile! : )
(fortnight is 2 weeks)
2006-07-06 07:16:02 · answer #4 · answered by jayne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a English woman i'm for the Brits
2006-07-06 07:16:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you ask a Brit for afag (or fags), you'll get cigarettes.
americans say "subway", Londoners say "the tube" ( subway means an underpass )
there's loads more but i can't be bothered coz im hungry!
2006-07-06 07:17:15 · answer #6 · answered by Weapon X 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we give the americans a perfectly good language and they can't even get that right!!!!
what chance do we have of them understanding our regional dilects and slang.
you really are a numpty
2006-07-06 07:18:40 · answer #7 · answered by willygromit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i remember once someone asking why do british people try to change the english language.
2006-07-06 07:12:45 · answer #8 · answered by Polly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean like the americans thinking that 'smoking a f_ag' means killing a gay guy? you cant even write fa_g normly or it comes out like this ***.
a fa_g is a ciggy btw. you silly americans.
2006-07-06 07:15:07 · answer #9 · answered by drunkredneck45 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wot on earth are you blahing about??? blahblahblah idot blahblahblah cant think blahblahblah I dont know anything anymore blahblahblahblah
2006-07-06 07:10:36 · answer #10 · answered by paul_9_25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋