My favorite is "suspenders":
UK "suspenders" = US "garters"
US "suspenders" = UK "braces"
2007-09-04 03:18:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
US fanny - butt
UK fanny - girls' rude bits
hearing an american say fanny-bag still has me in stitches - yes I know it's immature but it is funny
2007-09-04 04:49:44 · answer #1 · answered by Fröken Fräken 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the UK we see so much US tv that observant people are unlikely to make that sort of mistake. We might choose to ignore the difference and pretend that American have "got it wrong", but that's a different matter. I'd be interested in answers about the opposite point of view, from people in the US.
2007-09-04 03:25:10 · answer #2 · answered by Pedantic Scorpion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UK corn = wheat, grain
US corn = maize, Indian corn.
UK screw = salary
US screw= have intercourse
UK posting notices for a show= putting up billboards
US posting notices for a show= show is closing.
UK p i s s e d = drunk
US p i s s e d = very angry
2007-09-04 04:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked my cousin for directions to her place in Cornwall, and she told me to turn left at the spa. "What spa? Do you know the name?" She said "It doesn't have a name, it's just a spa." Hmm. So we're lost, eventually she figures out where we are and comes to meet us and lead us home, turning left at the SPAR store.
2007-09-04 03:24:34 · answer #4 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When a Brit comes to your house and knocks on your door, he "knocks you up".
the hood of a car is its bonnett, the trunk is the boot.
2007-09-04 03:26:12 · answer #5 · answered by Bob W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about that song "Skip to My Lou"? "Skip to My Loo"? That could get weird.
2007-09-04 03:24:31 · answer #6 · answered by Chuck Biscuits 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The absolute kicker....
UK "F.ag" = Cigarette.
US "F.ag" = Nasty word for gays.
2007-09-04 03:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
us "crumpet" = a pastry
uk "crumpet" = a tramp
2007-09-04 03:24:24 · answer #8 · answered by phlygirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋