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With all this new info, I may have to write a second article, a part 2! Submitted by Karyn P. from Union City, CA, USA Submitted by selena from TX, USA

And you don't have to leave the country to experience colloquial differences! Tricia Mason from The English Midlands on July 13, 2012: I always use 'stones' for my weight, though medical officialdom tends to use 'kilos' now. I have read books that are more popular in England and written by authors who reside in England, and sometimes I have to read the sentence a couple times to realize what they are talking about. ": You're asking too many questions. 3. 78.

It will help me help others, and that’s always cool. Except if it’s two teenagers fighting over who has the privilege of riding shotgun…. Sit on it: An insult, i.e., “Sit on it, creep!”. Blow your wig: To become really excited. I will have to check out Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Hi , many thanks .

Lay a patch: To accelerate so rapidly you leave a patch of rubber on the road. With your long legs you have to ride shotgun. Hah, thanks, that’s a great compliment I imagine! It’s not very nice to call someone “a couch potato” because it means they just sit on a couch all day and watch TV, look at their smartphone, or play video games. Joshua Patrick from Texas on July 28, 2012: Cockney rhyming slang is always fun to try to decipher - Michael Caine is fluent in it. Glad you liked this hub. lol! There is a Southern saying heard at school "You get what you get, so don't throw a fit" In the North, they say "You get what you get, so don't be upset" It rhymes depending on how you pronounce "get". Google has been lying about the penalty against this site for years. They really jack up their prices. : Do you kiss now or later? We sometimes use the British spelling for special occasions. That is funny about the pie. As Trish M says, we have started using kilos more, particularly at the doctors, but I think most Brits still don't have a real understanding of what that is - we know how much a stone is, but a kilo is still some strange thing that they use on the continent. So I try to pull out a few expressions, and really present them in a clear way so people can learn them. she also got really stroppy (pissed) with a guy when he walked past and said, there goes the biggest bum in America, he was talking about another guy, she thought he meant her backside! After all, who can really pinpoint the moment when a word becomes not just a word, but something that forever represents a moment in time? And there are loads of words we've absorbed from India; words like verandah (I guess 'porch' might be the nearest US equivalent), bungalow (a single stor(e)y house) & countless words related to curry, which has almost become the British national dish. on Aug 10 2002. 86. 3. I think that US TV programmes have been very informative for the British, re American Engish. It’s hard for me to access to those things when I’m not living in the native-speaker environment. My friend just threw a few more at me, so I may need to revise soon! on Oct 19 1999. http://www.usa-vs-uk.com/usvsuk-dictionary.html. Submitted by Anonymous from San Francisco, CA, USA It is especially used by particular groups of people.

I love their slang over in England. The Americans, however, might be wondering what STD the groom has and why on earth would he be letting his father-in-law "have a butchers" at him, whatever that means! Naw man, I got a rad Camaro up on blocks, but that engine just ain't no account. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA Submitted by Anonymous Zonked - Completely exhausted, very tired. Robert Levine from Brookline, Massachusetts on January 07, 2015: Ah yes, as George Bernard Shaw wrote, Great Britain and the United States are the only two countries separated by a common language. ": Yeah, totally, duh. Slang is also not jargon, which is terminology associated with a particular profession or pastime. 42. 15. "Odds and ends" is used, too, and "bits and pieces" but they aren't as catchy. Let me give you a definition and show you what the word means. I have a lot of American friends and we often have such difficulties.

Sarah Johnson (author) from Charleston, South Carolina on April 11, 2012: Thanks, Teresa. endstream endobj 173 0 obj <. You are riding shotgun.” his friend would most likely look at him confused and be completely irritated. Tricia Mason from The English Midlands on July 14, 2012: I agree, Rebecca, it's a foreign language to me :). Indeed, creative use of slang can be a fun and enlightening component of anyone's vocabulary. You know, I think my friend would call her chips "crisps", and her "chips" would be her french fries!

Especially American slang and idioms. However as a pit yacker a fanny is a bread bun. And it’s $100 in July. I have noticed some things my friend says are just a little different, and now that I think about it - it is those prepositions. Sarah Johnson (author) from Charleston, South Carolina on August 14, 2012: Hmmm...never heard of the odds and sods either though it is catchy. Trish, we still say pocketbook in my area, but maybe an old fashion term? Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA What a great contribution to English learners! Try again. For more context, explore the history of American slang words.

You’re not happy and you think the price increase is unfair. %%EOF Mazzy Bolero from the U.K. on August 14, 2012: A bob was a shilling before we got decimal currency, but I'm not sure if it's the same bob here. (meaning pizza) she thought they were talking about just the dessert!

The use of slang has no correlation to the speaker's intelligence or grasp of language. Last edited on Dec 24 2010. I was thinking that term had been phased out.

I now have a new interest for England and will have to chart the different areas. It’s certainly not good to have the physique of a potato!

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