SpeedRacer 1 #1 December 20, 2002 I feel like starting some shit here so this thread is for Brits & Americans to make fun of each other for the way they talk. i.e., Some brits don't understand the reaction they get from Americans when they say things like "I'm going to step outside & blow a fag!" Hey, and what's up with the alternative profanities you hear from the Irish, i.e., "feck" and "shite" and "arse"?? Is it similar to the American "friggin'" or "frickken" as in "Why must I be surrounded by frikken idiots?" Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #2 December 20, 2002 I'm keen to hear this conversation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #3 December 20, 2002 Some brits don't understand the reaction they get from Americans when they say things like "I'm going to step outside & blow a fag!" haha some americans will be offended by that! what about rubbers , knock me up , sex/six My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #4 December 20, 2002 I think it would be a good time to also discuss how we spell words differently...certainly such behaviour/behavior is not limited to color without the "U".... Nevermind the realization....oh excuse me, realisation that the poor blokes across the way put "S" where "Zs" rightfully belong. What other words are there? And if it really is the Queen's English, why doesn't Sangiro's spell check agree? Is Arse, really a polite Ass? Bloke isn't derogatory is it? Is "Blagg" real slang over there? Personally, I've heard only good things about our friends in the UK and Australia...though I've never been there. It is interesting talking with some of you fellas and trying to understand everything... *L* edit..corrected some "real" spelling errors... So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #5 December 20, 2002 Another difference...where an American might say "fucking around" or "farting around" Brits will say "arsing around" or even "arse-holing around" Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,108 #6 December 20, 2002 "Fanny" has a subtly different meaning in US vs UK English. Other neat words: tosser, wally, wanker... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #7 December 20, 2002 ausie's will say... didja Giv'er the root, mate?!or refer to women as birds. some American's use "Chick" guess its the same thing theyre both birds I guess the americans are smaller haha chicks=baby birds My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZBone 0 #8 December 20, 2002 Had a friend who went shopping in London for a "belt for his pants". Got some odd looks... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
easyglider 0 #9 December 20, 2002 "Hey, and what's up with the alternative profanities you hear from the Irish, i.e., "feck" and "shite" and "arse"?? " The "feck" and "shite" are considered more acceptable than fuck and shit: just like crap is considered more acceptable than shit practically everywhere. Blue skies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #10 December 20, 2002 Quote I feel like starting some shit here so this thread is for Brits & Americans to make fun of each other for the way they talk.i.e., Some brits don't understand the reaction they get from Americans when they say things like "I'm going to step outside & blow a fag!" Hey, and what's up with the alternative profanities you hear from the Irish, i.e., "feck" and "shite" and "arse"?? Is it similar to the American "friggin'" or "frickken" as in "Why must I be surrounded by frikken idiots?" Check out the gesture that Yank actor James Marsters (playing a British vampire) makes in an Emmy-nominated episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer called "Hush"). My wife and I about fell out of our chairs when we saw how cleverly producer Joss Whedon had put one over on the network censors."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akaGQ 0 #11 December 20, 2002 Oh Bloody hell!¡!¡- GQ ... it was the love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty ... -Charles Lindberg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masher 1 #12 December 21, 2002 And in Oz, 'root' has an entirely ... different meaning-- Arching is overrated - Marlies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #13 December 21, 2002 Quote "Fanny" has a subtly different meaning in US vs UK English Umm there is nothing subtle about it. You slap someone on the Fanny here in Oz and find out how subtle it is.You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #14 December 21, 2002 QuoteCheck out the gesture that Yank actor James Marsters (playing a British vampire) makes in an Emmy-nominated episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer called "Hush"). My wife and I about fell out of our chairs when we saw how cleverly producer Joss Whedon had put one over on the network censors. OK, so what's up with the TWO finger gesture? Does it mean "fuck you two times"? Or is it like the thing we did as kids, where you gesture with the first three fingers held together & tell someone to "read between the lines." Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #15 December 21, 2002 QuoteOK, so what's up with the TWO finger gesture? Does it mean "fuck you two times"? Or is it like the thing we did as kids, where you gesture with the first three fingers held together & tell someone to "read between the lines." Quote from an urban legend page about the origins of the giving the finger: QuoteThis story has been circulating on the internet for a few years now but, despite its elaborate detail and use of impressive phrases like "labiodental fricative", it is absolutely false. There are several reasons why this "etymology" is spurious but the most glaring error is that the raised-middle-finger gesture is essentially American. This gesture was largely unknown in Britain until it began appearing in Hollywood movies in the 1960s and 1970s. (I believe its first screen appearance was in "Easy Rider".) The British equivalent of this gesture uses the middle and index fingers held in a V - similar to the "Victory V" sign of World War II (later revived as the "peace sign" of the Vietnam era) but with the palm toward the gesturer. This "etymology" actually works much better for the British gesture than the American one as you need two fingers to draw a bow. It is still wrong, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,108 #16 December 21, 2002 Quote Quote "Fanny" has a subtly different meaning in US vs UK English Umm there is nothing subtle about it. You slap someone on the Fanny here in Oz and find out how subtle it is. I think the difference escaped you too.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #17 December 21, 2002 Quote Some brits don't understand the reaction they get from Americans when they say things like "I'm going to step outside & blow a fag!" I've lived in the UK for 6 years now and I've never heard that. Sure, they call cigarettes fags, but 'blow' a fag??? I think someone was 'blowing' smoke up your arse/ass... One thing I couldn't understand in California was how much the sentence "You know what?" gets used. Because as soon as they've said "You know what?" they promptly tell you whatever they were going to say anyway. Weird man... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #18 December 21, 2002 Quote .understand in California.... Understand this too: "Right On!" Took me a while to get used to that one...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #19 December 22, 2002 How do you figure that Kal, US version of fanny is gluteous muscles, Oz and UK is Vagina. Slap someone on the fanny here in Oz and your your likely to get knocked outYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #20 December 22, 2002 Actually the British "V" for victory sign pre-dates the Second World War by a few centuries. Churchill's "V" for victory sign dates back to the Battle of Crecy or Agincourt. After the British archers thoroughly trounced the French, they cut off the first two fingers on every French archer's right hand, thereby rendering them useless in battle. Back in those days a popular insult was for a British archer to hold up his right hand and proudly display his two most important fingers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #21 December 22, 2002 Quote After the British archers thoroughly trounced the French, they cut off the first two fingers on every French archer's right hand http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mac266 0 #22 December 22, 2002 Quote "I'm going to step outside & blow a fag!" never in my life have i heard this! except in some of the seedy soho joints of London by rent boys popping out to make some quick fast cash! Quote Nevermind the realization....oh excuse me, realisation that the poor blokes across the way put "S" where "Zs" rightfully belong. What other words are there? never understood this! we gave you a good solid language and you choose to personalise / personalize it!!! Quote Another difference...where an American might say "fucking around" or "farting around" Brits will say "arsing around" or even "arse-holing around" arse holing around??? again i think a way for rent boys to earn money!!! Quote "Fanny" has a subtly different meaning in US vs UK English. yep and i would rather phuq our fanny than yours!! Quote ausie's will say... didja Giv'er the root, mate?! and here we would say "so didcha root the bitch" remember you are also from the UK but are more dishonest!! Quote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the British archers thoroughly trounced the French, they cut off the first two fingers on every French archer's right hand -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.htm well phuq me its on the internet so i suppose it must be true!!! Gawdon Bennet! I really thought dis fread abaaaht americans an' english could 'ave 'ad da potential ter be a Chicken an' Rice friendly flamin' war. Suckh is life i suppose!!! 'ow very reserved everyone is!! Pull 'igh live longer ....... Pull low live life 'arder! OK? bloody hell fire - fuck me - I fought this fread could 'ave 'ad some spice ter it wiv the old a septic tanks and english givin' it some in a freindly flamin' war about 'ow we gave them a 'am sandwich and they decide ter personalise it as wiv evryfink else ! Oi! - remember this is a country wiv the world series where only they compete in it! Oi!! Struth! - fuck this im off ter the rub-a-dub wiv some real english blokes where yer can understand wot they rabbit and pork about! Blimey!! Struth!! Be safe........ be takin' the piss out of the a septic tanks! Struth!! Right! (althought that sounds like and UK aussie mix!! - any ladies wanna replicate??) or for those of you living in the "good ol US of A" bloody hell - fuck me - ah thunk this hyar thread c'd haf had some spice t'it wif th' old South Car'linans an' inglish givin' it some in a freindly flamin' war about how we gave them a language an' they decide t'varmintalise it as wif ev'rythin' else ! Fry mah hide! - remember this hyar is a country wif th' wo'ld series whar only they compete in it! Fry mah hide!! Fry mah hide! - fuck this hyar im off t'th' pub wif some real inglish varmints whar yo' kin unnerstan' whut they talk about! Fry mah hide!! Fry mah hide!! Fry mah hide! Be safe........ be takin' th' piss outta th' South Car'linans!! Fry mah hide! Be Safe.............. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #23 December 23, 2002 Quote bloody hell - fuck me - ah thunk this hyar thread c'd haf had some spice t'it wif th' old South Car'linans an' inglish givin' it some in a freindly flamin' war about how we gave them a language an' they decide t'varmintalise it as wif ev'rythin' else ! Fry mah hide! - remember this hyar is a country wif th' wo'ld series whar only they compete in it! Fry mah hide!! Fry mah hide! - fuck this hyar im off t'th' pub wif some real inglish varmints whar yo' kin unnerstan' whut they talk about! Fry mah hide!! Fry mah hide!! Fry mah hide! Be safe........ be takin' th' piss outta th' South Car'linans!! Fry mah hide! Damn! First post a bin able ta undastand in awaal. Damned brits are finely learnin to talk right! "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #24 December 23, 2002 "Fry mah hide"??!! Where the f&*k does this come from??!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!Anyone ever see A Fish Called Wanda?? I'm reminded of when John Cleese is trying to distract the ("don't call me stupid!") American "ex-CIA" guy, & talking about North Vietnam in an American Western accent..."THEY WHIPPED YER HIDES REEEEEEL GOOOOD!!" Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
