Where do you come from? Same word different meanings!?

Question

Have you ever visited another country or had a visitor from another country and you or the visitor said something innocent and everyone starts to laugh because it sounds so wrong.

For example: If I say to you "I feel like a F A G". What am asking for?
If you are in the UK and sometimes said here where I live in Australia, you would be asking for a cigarette. http://www.aussieslang.com/slang/au...

What do the words and terms below mean to you?
1. Hi I’m Randy (Randy)
2. Do you have a “Rubber” (Rubber)
3. A “Queue” (Queue)
4. What team do you “Root” for? (Root)
5. Dutch Oven
6. What part of the meal is the Entrée. (Entrée)
7. Thongs?
8. Port?
9.Fanny?
10. You go to a BBQ and you take a Plate! (Plate)
11. Barney?
12. Billabong?
13. Mate!
14. "Homely"
15. Chemist?
16. Cordial?

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1. Horny
2. pencil eraser
3. To line up
4. To have sex
5. You cover yourself and your partner under a blanket and do a big smelly.
6. Entrée is the starter meal. Not the main course.
7. foot wear
8. Suit Case
9. Woman’s private Parts
10. Plate. Is you all bring a plate of food to share.
11. Barney. Is you have a fight with someone.
12. Outback Water Hole
13. Mate. Is your friend
14. I nice cozy home.
15. Drug Store
16. Cordial is a sweet non-alcoholic fruit flavoured drink concentrate that is diluted with water to taste.

Answer 1

If you asked for a fag, you'd want a smoke.

My buddy's mom messed up good in Australia. After a huge formal dinner, their waiter came up and asked if he could get anything else for them. She replied, "Oh no, I'm stuffed."

Have you ever been in a very crowded room, and all the conversation just suddenly stopped? Like somebody just dragged the needle on a record player? My buddy's dad motioned the waiter over and asked him what was the matter. The waiter cupped his hand over my buddy's dad's ear and explained that in Australia, "stuffed" is slang for f'ed, fornicated, however you want to term it.

It took him 5 minutes of laughing his @$$ off before he could explain to his wife the gaffe she had made.

The answers to your questions:

1. A guy's name, or a state of horniness.
2. An eraser.
3. A line to wait in.
4. Root = Cheer.
5. Dutch Oven = Large Iron cooking utensil.
6. Entree = main course
7. Thongs = Beach footwear
8. Port = Dock or Wine
9. Fanny = Rump, or a lady's name.
10. Take a plate = Bring a dish, Potluck
11. Barney = Retail store or an oaf
12. Billabong = Clothes Line
13. Mate = Friend
14. Homely = a relaxed feeling
15. Chemist = Bartender or Pharmacist
16. Cordial = After dinner drink.

Hope I got them right.

Answer 2

I'm from Ohio, in the United States of America. 'Fag' is a derogatory term for gay men. 1. Randy is a man's name, derived from Randall, I guess. 2. 'Rubbers' are what older people call condoms. 3. I don't call anything a 'queue' except maybe a Netflix queue and I've never heard anyone else call anything a queue. We call 'queues' lines. 4. Root means to cheer on, the roots of a tree, or to dig around looking for something. 5. A dutch oven is a crock pot. I think. 6. Entrée is the main part of the meal. Appetizers come first. Dessert comes after. 7. Thongs are underwear, not flip-flops. 8. Port is where boats park. 9. Your fanny is your butt. 10. A plate is the dish you put food on. You could also use 'plate' as a verb ("Let's plate the fish next!") but you probably wouldn't unless you worked in restaurant. Plates are also the metal identification tags on your car. 11. Barney is a name. It's the name of a dinosaur, Fred Flintstone's best friend, and a drunk guy from The Simpsons. I have never met a person named Barney, but I'm sure there are some out there. 12. Billabong is a line of surfer-ish clothing for teenagers. At least, it used to be, I don't know if it still exists. 13. Mate isn't really a word I use, except maybe in the scientific sense. "The monkeys in the zoo are mating" kind of way. Also, some people say that their spouse (husband/wife) is their mate. 14. Homely means plain-looking, not especially attractive. 15. A chemist is a scientist who works with chemicals. 16. Cordial is being nice/polite to people. Also I think it's also an alcoholic drink of some kind but I only know this from reading Anne of Green Gables when I was 10, and Anne was in Canada, so I don't think that counts for me.

Answer 3

1 randy is a mans name or it means horny
2 rubber is a condom or rubbers mean galoshes
3 a queue is a list or a line
4 root or route is what your getting at right?
5 dutch oven is something you cook in
6 the main course
7 thongs are underwear or sandals
8 port is where a ship docks or wine
9 fanny is your backside or a womans name
10 plate is a plate
11 barney is apurple dinosaur or a mans name
12 thats australian right/
13 mate is a match or a friend or a partner for an animal
14 homely means ugly
15 its a person in the feild of chemistry
16 it means to be polite

Answer 4

1. a guy named Randy
2. someone's going to have sex
3. a letter of the alphabet
4. Cheer on
5. I'm not sure but I think it's gross
6. Main part
7. underwear(butt floss)
8. alcohol
9. a**
10. will I get to put food on it after I take it?
11. a purple dinosaur
12. a clothing line
13. a sailor
14. ugly
15. a scientist
16. polite or chocolate

In my defense, I also know almost all of the "other"meanings. I have the same problem sometimes because I'm from the south and we have a language of our own. Ex: Some people don't understand that when I ask for a Coke, I just mean a soda in general.

Answer 5

US
1. randy =dandy
2. rubber=back massager
3. queue=how long you wait to get in
4. root=the one you pick , like
5. dutch oven+tiny oven
6. entree= the main dish 9 (meat most times)
7. thongs=type of sandal
8.port=part of a computer
9.fanny=the behind
10 plate=the dish that will hold the food
11. barney=the purple Dino
12. billabong=a wave
13.mate=a boy or girl counterpart your boyfriend/girlfriend
14homely=feeling comfort
15 chemist=someone that messes with chemicals
16 cordial=chocolate cover cherry

Answer 6

First off, if you said you feel like a f a g you would be saying you felt g a y.
1 your name is Randy
2condom
3chinese mans ponytail
4cheer for or support
5not sure, crock pot or slow cooker I think
6main dish
7undies with string up butt
8place you board a boat
9butt
10bring your own dishes? doesn't make sense to me, maybe bring food to share like a potluck?
11annoying purple dinosaur
12a clothing line i think
13have s e x to get pregnant
14ugly, a face only a mother could love
15a scientist who works with chemicals
16polite

I do know other meanings of these words, but these are the most common meanings where I live in Massachusetts

Answer 7

1) Your name
2) condom
3) ?
4) cheer
5) An oven
6) the main meal
7) shoes or underwear
8) ?
9) Your butt
10) A plate you eat on
11) The big purple dino. or the store barneys
12) The surf clothing line
13) What you call your friend
14) something that feels like being at home
15) A person who deals with chemistry
16) Someone that is being nice and inviting

Answer 8

Australia..
1. um.. aroused
2. oh.. condom
3. just a line up of some sort
4. um.. sex
5. a woman is having twins
6. the first part
7. foot wear
8. carry bag
9. ah that cracks me up.. a lady's private
10. barbecue and bring your own
11. Fight.. domestic
12. watering hole.. drink
13. friend
14. a little on the plump side and plain
15. chemist or pharmacist (pharmacy)
16. flavoured drink
Great question.. :)

Answer 9

My former husband's name was (and still is) Randy. This was a source of unending amusement for my British friends.
I've since married a Dutch man and here's something from Dutch which I found interesting. In Dutch the word "lul" (pronounced lull) means "prick". So the English expression, "There's a real lull in the conversation", has taken on a whole new meaning for me!

Answer 10

I live in CA

1. name
2. lol condom
3.line
4. cheer
5. an oven lol
6. main food dish
7. sandals or type of underwear
8. where the boats land
9. fanny=butt or fannypack= little pouch
10. plate=food
11. purple dinosaur
12. clothing line (though I know it means something else)
13. animals having sex lol (but friends in UK and Aus)
14. like a home? lol
15. a scientist who specializes in chemistry
16. nice

One time while in mexico, my friend said something embarrassing and then said, "oh lo siento, ahora estoy embarazada" because she thought it meant "I'm embarrassed, when it actually means "I'm pregnant." !!!!! LOL