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Title: Get It Off Your Chest
Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 09, 2024, 05:43:10 pm
Annoying Americanisms

"Math." It makes no bloody sense. "Maths" is short for mathematics. We didn't do mathmatic at school, did we?

The word "pants" comes from pantaloons. We don't put our bloody "pant" on in the morning, do we?

Title: Re: Get It Off Your Chest
Post by: Hounslowrover on February 09, 2024, 06:12:34 pm
Agreed, my grandchildren now ask for cookies, they're biscuits!!
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 09, 2024, 06:14:28 pm
Agreed, my grandchildren now ask for cookies, they're biscuits!!
:mad:
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 09, 2024, 06:19:41 pm
In a fast food place where you hear someone say "Can I get a......"

It makes my blood boil. NO, YOU CAN'T GET IT, YOU CAN WAIT THERE WHILE THE BLOODY SERVER GETS IT FOR YOU.
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Post by: Hounslowrover on February 09, 2024, 06:29:06 pm
They also ask for candies, not a word used in my time in Yokshire or London.
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Post by: scawsby steve on February 09, 2024, 06:29:28 pm
Agreed, my grandchildren now ask for cookies, they're biscuits!!

Yep, and biscuits to the Yanks are breadcakes. I used to think "how can you mop gravy up with a bloody biscuit?".
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 09, 2024, 06:35:31 pm
Why would anyone want to copy off the yanks, they talk out of their fannies.
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 09, 2024, 06:36:47 pm
Agreed, my grandchildren now ask for cookies, they're biscuits!!

Yep, and biscuits to the Yanks are breadcakes. I used to think "how can you mop gravy up with a bloody biscuit?".
That really does take the breadcake.
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 09, 2024, 06:58:00 pm
People who pronounce Z as Zee instead of Zed. Also, people who use the letter Z when it should be an S.

Those found guilty of this should get 6 months in the slammer!
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Post by: ncRover on February 09, 2024, 08:06:33 pm
The increasing use of the name Santa Claus instead of Father Christmas.  :santa:
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Post by: Dagenham Rover on February 09, 2024, 08:36:03 pm
In a fast food place where you hear someone say "Can I get a......"

It makes my blood boil. NO, YOU CAN'T GET IT, YOU CAN WAIT THERE WHILE THE BLOODY SERVER GETS IT FOR YOU.

My daughter says that when shes over "Can I get a bath now" why? we dont need a new one do we  :)
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Post by: idler on February 09, 2024, 08:36:57 pm
Snuck instead of sneaked. I agree about the s and z issue.
Plow not plough as well.
I call American English, English for dummies.
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Post by: TonySoprano on February 09, 2024, 09:59:20 pm
Calling Christmas, "the holidays"
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Post by: Nudga on February 09, 2024, 10:05:51 pm
School proms. What happened to school disco and getting hammered on Kestrel lager?
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 09, 2024, 10:09:33 pm
Liberals. I have a joke about Liberals, but they would cancel me for it.
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Post by: Nudga on February 09, 2024, 10:10:58 pm
Oh, and transgender and all the different genders. That poisonous shit came from America.
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 09, 2024, 10:11:20 pm
Trick or Treat.

What happened to good old mischievous night?
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Post by: drfchound on February 09, 2024, 10:11:49 pm
Black Friday.
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Post by: Darren on February 10, 2024, 09:46:01 am
 My bad, i have seen it used on here. Sounds like a stereotypical cartoon caveman.
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Post by: Draytonian III on February 10, 2024, 09:58:22 am
School proms. What happened to school disco and getting hammered on Kestrel lager?





Kestrel Lager, I remember that, who made it and how long since ??
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Post by: belton rover on February 10, 2024, 10:06:45 am
British football commentators describing the middle of the pitch as ‘centre field’.
f**k off!
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Post by: tommy toes on February 10, 2024, 10:14:04 am
They used to be buns, now they're all cup cakes.
It used to be from the start, now it's from the get go.
I agree with Darren, my mistake being now My bad is the worst of the lot.
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 10, 2024, 10:34:29 am
"To go" or "take out" instead of the old good and proper "Take away."
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Post by: Nudga on February 10, 2024, 10:38:02 am
School proms. What happened to school disco and getting hammered on Kestrel lager?





Kestrel Lager, I remember that, who made it and how long since ??

No idea but Brian Lee's shop on Balby road had no problem selling to us 14/15/16 year olds.

Great days playing cuppies on Westfield park at 10pm pissed.
Title: Re: Get It Off Your Chest
Post by: tommy toes on February 10, 2024, 11:03:10 am
School proms. What happened to school disco and getting hammered on Kestrel lager?





Kestrel Lager, I remember that, who made it and how long since ??

No idea but Brian Lee's shop on Balby road had no problem selling to us 14/15/16 year olds.

Great days playing cuppies on Westfield park at 10pm pissed.
Used to go in there every day when I lived on Queen St.
Got quite friendly with Brian and his wife.

He had these big ovens at the back of the shop where they cooked massive lumps of ham and beef.
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Post by: Filo on February 10, 2024, 11:11:39 am
Soccer, it’s Football you colonial t**ts!

Baseball, is Rounders

American Football is throwing a ball while fouling everyone

Baseball World Series is the American Championship
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Post by: Iberian Red on February 10, 2024, 11:20:24 am
Soccer, it’s Football you colonial t**ts!

Baseball, is Rounders

American Football is throwing a ball while fouling everyone

Baseball World Series is the American Championship

You're talking out your ass! :)
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Post by: Colin C No.3 on February 10, 2024, 11:30:09 am
“Have a nice day”. Yeah, eff off you insincere t**t.

Oh, & ‘Mother fu**er’. Doesn’t bear thinking about!
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Post by: Hounslowrover on February 10, 2024, 03:43:29 pm
They also put gas in their cars!
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 10, 2024, 03:52:42 pm
Diapers? They're chuffin Nappies FFS.

 :headbang:
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Post by: mugnapper on February 10, 2024, 04:04:31 pm
Football commentators who say 'Frame of the goal' instead of bar or post.
Football managers who use 'football club' in interviews instead of club. ie 'It's a nasty injury but everyone at the football club wishes him well'. We know it's a chuffing football club as you are a football manager being interviewed by a football commentator for a football programme watched by people who like football!!
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Post by: welloffside on February 10, 2024, 04:55:31 pm

Filo,

  I read recently (I think it may have been Bill Bryson) That the 'World' series was named for the original sponsor, an American newspaper 'The World'. It was never intended to imply world  championship.
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Post by: Donnywolf on February 10, 2024, 06:34:29 pm
My bad, i have seen it used on here. Sounds like a stereotypical cartoon caveman.

I believe BB used it very recently  ;) :lol:
Title: Re: Get It Off Your Chest
Post by: Donnywolf on February 10, 2024, 06:55:31 pm
Soccer, it’s Football you colonial t**ts!

Baseball, is Rounders

American Football is throwing a ball while fouling everyone

Baseball World Series is the American Championship

Baseball World Series was won twice in a row by Toronto Blue Jays

Name dropping , I was in Las Vegas and was watching the World Series Final. Atlanta Braves got whoo whoos every time they did anything such as pick up the ball and throw it in to back stop or a Base. Or if the Pitcher beat the Batter with some trick ball

In contrast Toronto could have the Ball to Mars or Jupiter and it was not even get a response other that total silence. I watched for half an hour before asking a friendly yank why the disparity

Easy he said its the World Series and we dont want THEM to win it. Toronto gained a new fan immediately. It was a challenge initially cheering in the right places but I was hooked for exactly his reason and I wanted THEM to win

I went home a couple of days later and watched for the results and eventually Blue Jays prevailed as World Champs and did it again the following year - I was ecstatic

Then probably later that year I was touring New England and went to Niagara. I noticed Blue Jays were at Home to Oakland As and asked the Receptionist if getting Tickets would be easy and she said Yes and gave me the best way to get there etc

I told her my story above and she said yes its amazing that Buffalo people were always in Toronto shopping and Torontarians reciprocated shopping in Buffalo but she said when Atlanta met the Blue Jays the Buffalo people became Atlanta fans even though they were 900 miles away as against under a 100
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 10, 2024, 07:27:48 pm
Comedians, especially when listening to a fellow comedian, throwing their heads back and proceeding to give one massive clap of the hands in uncontrollable laughter.

Pretentious b*llocks.
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Post by: idler on February 10, 2024, 07:38:51 pm
School proms. What happened to school disco and getting hammered on Kestrel lager?





Kestrel Lager, I remember that, who made it and how long since ??

No idea but Brian Lee's shop on Balby road had no problem selling to us 14/15/16 year olds.

Great days playing cuppies on Westfield park at 10pm pissed.
Used to go in there every day when I lived on Queen St.
Got quite friendly with Brian and his wife.

He had these big ovens at the back of the shop where they cooked massive lumps of ham and beef.
Did you go in the old Prince Of Wales on Queen Street Tommy?
I was a regular in there between 1966 and 1970.
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Post by: tommy toes on February 10, 2024, 08:48:40 pm
Yes I did, Idler though moved to Queen St. in 78 left in 81 when we bought a house.
Did you know Granville?
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Post by: idler on February 10, 2024, 09:13:33 pm
Yes I did, Idler though moved to Queen St. in 78 left in 81 when we bought a house.
Did you know Granville?
The name rings a bell. I used to live in St. Catherine’s Ave. My gran was born in 56 Queen St. and the house was lived in by her family from being built to being demolished in 1970 I think.
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Post by: Nudga on February 10, 2024, 09:21:07 pm
Yes I did, Idler though moved to Queen St. in 78 left in 81 when we bought a house.
Did you know Granville?
The name rings a bell. I used to live in St. Catherine’s Ave. My gran was born in 56 Queen St. and the house was lived in by her family from being built to being demolished in 1970 I think.

I lived on St Catherine's avenue. Peglars chimney was directly behind my bedroom window.
There was a regular whooshing sound that came from the factory that I found quite soothing. When I moved out and got my own place, I couldn't sleep properly because I missed the noise.
Weird that eh.
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Post by: tommy toes on February 10, 2024, 09:28:12 pm
Yes I did, Idler though moved to Queen St. in 78 left in 81 when we bought a house.
Did you know Granville?
The name rings a bell. I used to live in St. Catherine’s Ave. My gran was born in 56 Queen St. and the house was lived in by her family from being built to being demolished in 1970 I think.

I lived on St Catherine's avenue. Peglars chimney was directly behind my bedroom window.
There was a regular whooshing sound that came from the factory that I found quite soothing. When I moved out and got my own place, I couldn't sleep properly because I missed the noise.
Weird that eh.
We could hear the trains when in bed at night and the noise from Peglers. Yes it was disarmingly quiet when we moved to a cul de sac with no noise.
Also they were filming Open All Hours when we lived there and we often saw the glare from the lights on Lister Ave when they were filming at night.
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Post by: Bristol Red Rover on February 10, 2024, 09:38:20 pm
Agreed, my grandchildren now ask for cookies, they're biscuits!!
Easy, just say I've got none and grab yourself a jammy dodger.
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Post by: idler on February 10, 2024, 09:54:01 pm
Yes I did, Idler though moved to Queen St. in 78 left in 81 when we bought a house.
Did you know Granville?
The name rings a bell. I used to live in St. Catherine’s Ave. My gran was born in 56 Queen St. and the house was lived in by her family from being built to being demolished in 1970 I think.

I lived on St Catherine's avenue. Peglars chimney was directly behind my bedroom window.
There was a regular whooshing sound that came from the factory that I found quite soothing. When I moved out and got my own place, I couldn't sleep properly because I missed the noise.
Weird that eh.
We could hear the trains when in bed at night and the noise from Peglers. Yes it was disarmingly quiet when we moved to a cul de sac with no noise.
Also they were filming Open All Hours when we lived there and we often saw the glare from the lights on Lister Ave when they were filming at night.
I lived at 49, next door but one to the fish shop from being born in 1948 until getting married in 1972. The noise could be horrendous in summer when they had the windows open on nights. You got used to it though. The train noise was worse as well before Peglers built on the allotments.
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Post by: Colemans Left Hook on February 10, 2024, 10:13:17 pm
Fanny pack - Wikipedia
A waist bag, fanny pack, belt bag, moon bag, belly bag (American English), or bumbag (British English) is a small fabric pouch worn like a belt around the waist by use of a strap above the hips that is secured usually with some sort of buckle. The straps sometimes have tri-glide slides, making them adjustable in order

they called if a "fanny bag" when i heard it on the radio
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Post by: Bristol Red Rover on February 10, 2024, 10:37:46 pm
Not sure which is the scariest, a wolf pack or a fanny pack  :chair:
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Post by: BahrainRover on February 11, 2024, 01:33:32 am
Going on Vacation.
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Post by: Bristol Red Rover on February 11, 2024, 02:50:00 am
Ismo has some fab takes on US language.
Here he doesn't know shit.
https://youtu.be/igh9iO5BxBo?si=CEGwxql6k3v3LNtk
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Post by: SydneyRover on February 11, 2024, 03:17:30 am
Stadium instead of Ground, huh?
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Post by: Donnywolf on February 11, 2024, 07:40:44 am
Football commentators who say 'Frame of the goal' instead of bar or post.


Agree , and I have posted this times many .

Commentators who say " he just about ...." and add kept that out if it's a keeper saving a shot , or kept that in if a player prevented a ball going for a throw or a corner

In truth the keeper didn't just about keep it out . He actually kept it out.

In truth the player didn't just about keep the ball in he actually kept the ball in

Frame of the goal , yes I'm right there with you and would also throw in " just about to pull the trigger"

Whatever happened to shoot ?
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Post by: Not Now Kato on February 11, 2024, 09:00:29 am
I positively hate the word gotten!
 
America and Britain, two countries separated by a common language.
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Post by: TonySoprano on February 11, 2024, 09:55:33 am
When they say "I could care less "
Meaning they couldn't care less !!!
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 11, 2024, 10:32:17 am
"Cheap at half the price." What's that all about?
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Post by: ravenrover on February 11, 2024, 08:35:06 pm
Get in the hole
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Post by: SydneyRover on February 11, 2024, 08:35:59 pm
See ya rather than fare thee well
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Post by: ravenrover on February 11, 2024, 08:44:05 pm
Fawcett for tap, the only Fawcett I fantasised about was Farrah
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on February 11, 2024, 09:06:30 pm
Fawcett for tap, the only Fawcett I fantasised about was Farrah
You wouldn't have to Fawcett with her.