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Topic: Lost in translation
yellowrose10 Joined Tue 12/11/07 Posts: 52804	Mon 07/26/10 07:36 AM
OK....I love teasing BonnyMiss about words/phrases they have across the big pond that is different than in Texas. Example buttered buns. I think of buttering someone's butt what are some other phrases or words that have different meanings where you are?

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Mon 07/26/10 07:40 AM
Fanny pack = Bum bag. Fag = Cigarette.

Bella0 Joined Mon 01/18/10 Posts: 170	Mon 07/26/10 07:44 AM
Dzien Dobry----- Good Morning

yellowrose10 Joined Tue 12/11/07 Posts: 52804	Mon 07/26/10 07:45 AM
you crazy English

newarkjw Joined Sun 05/25/08 Posts: 17172	Mon 07/26/10 07:48 AM
There are crazy Canadians that will tell you about aboot......

yellowrose10 Joined Tue 12/11/07 Posts: 52804	Mon 07/26/10 07:50 AM
what is aboot? I know I wear 2 boots

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Mon 07/26/10 07:56 AM
Cars have boots in the UK.

Bella0 Joined Mon 01/18/10 Posts: 170	Mon 07/26/10 08:03 AM
piwo ---- beer

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Mon 07/26/10 08:04 AM
Tab = Cigaretts

newarkjw Joined Sun 05/25/08 Posts: 17172	Mon 07/26/10 08:06 AM
Cars have boots in the UK. That's the trunk?

Bella0 Joined Mon 01/18/10 Posts: 170	Mon 07/26/10 08:06 AM
papierosy------cigarette ,

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Mon 07/26/10 08:09 AM
Cars have boots in the UK. That's the trunk? It is.

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Mon 07/26/10 08:11 AM
Arse about face - This means you are doing something back to front.

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Mon 07/26/10 08:12 AM
Bang - Nothing to do with your hair - this is a rather unattractive way of describing having sex. Always gets a smile from Brits in American hair dressers when they are asked about their bangs.

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Mon 07/26/10 08:14 AM
Bender - Gay man To go on a bender - a pub crawl or a heavy drinking session.

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Mon 07/26/10 08:17 AM
Biggie - A biggie is what a child calls his poo! Hence the reason Wendy's Hamburgers has never really taken off in England - who would buy "biggie fries"? Yuck - I'm sure you wouldn't buy poo fries! The other meaning of Biggie is an erection. Yellowrose, are you sorry you started this thread?

EquusDancer Joined Sun 04/05/09 Posts: 6281	Mon 07/26/10 10:11 AM
Over here we throw a blanket on the horses, over there they rug them.

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Mon 07/26/10 10:18 AM
Bang - Nothing to do with your hair - this is a rather unattractive way of describing having sex. Always gets a smile from Brits in American hair dressers when they are asked about their bangs. We use Bang over here too for sex as in "I'd bang her."

JOHNN111 Joined Wed 05/13/09 Posts: 9273	Mon 07/26/10 10:21 AM
"There's a moose loose aboot this hoose!"

feistybaby Joined Fri 04/25/08 Posts: 2422	Mon 07/26/10 10:21 AM Edited by feistybaby on Mon 07/26/10 10:31 AM
windshield here = windscreen there spotted dick is something you eat not something contagious.... bangers and mash are suasages and potatoes not people haveing sex and stalkers

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