Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Divided by a common language......
We had GREAT British friends in our Village neighborhood. One day my wife asked him what time would be leaving to out to dinner. His reply was " I'll be around at 5pm and "knock you up." You can only imagine the look on her face.
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Hehehe... could not figure out what my mother in law meant at the dinner table when she stood up and said: “I have to spend a penny.”
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.......or a Jimmy Riddle,
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Heard at various times at work by co-workers and customers alike:
"That's dope." (not referring to drugs) "That's stupid." (not referring to an unintelligent behavior) "How YOU doin." (referring to Joey Tribiani; the correct response is "I'm doin. How YOU doin." Co-workers and bosses alternately use the terms "lock-box," "acrylic," and "ink boxes" to describe a clear acrylic box with a black magnetic top used to secure ink cartridges and other valueable goods in the store. If you try to take one out of the store, it sets off the alarm. A special magnet is used to unlock it and take the product out for sale. At different places of employment, white or kraft envelopes padded with bubble-wrap are called either bubble envelopes or Jiffies (referring to the most common manufacturer of these envelopes, Jiffy). |
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Sick...
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Just don’t be a Biter.
Use Urban Dictionary if needed. LOL Last edited by Nucky; 07-20-2019 at 02:51 PM. |
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Fanny pack has a whole nuther meaning in England..
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Pocketbook, purse, bag, handbag
pants, slacks, trousers pop, soda, tonic, soft drink - and in certain parts of the country, soda = soda-water and tonic is only tonic-water. So if you go to those places and ask for either of those two things, that's what you get. Milk shake, shake, frappe, thick shake - in Boston, it used to be that a milk shake would get you milk, with syrup, shaken. If you wanted what the rest of the country calls a shake, you'd have to ask for a frappe. Bostonians are smarter than the average bear though and figured out what you mean. |
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My fault for not spelling it out better..... but some got it.
Two countries divided by a single language. English in the U.K. and English in the U.S.A. Windscreen vs Windshield as an example |
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Don't be a wanker!
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Time: half six
Race (as in F1): cracking Brilliant or Rubbish Bangers and mash |
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I wear sweaters. Our British friends and Aussie son & DIL wear jumpers. If I get things "organized," they get things "sorted." If something works like a charm for me, it works a treat for them.
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Quote:
We drive on the road, and walk on pavement. Marked crosswalks, are Zebra Crossings. Two times is twice. Social Security, is what the unemployed receive. Retirees get their State Pension. Slang. A wig/hair piece is a ferret. Brahms and Liszt is drunk (****ed) Dog and bone is phone. Going for a Tom Tit. (you work it out!) |
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Two of the channels offered on a British Airways flight were in British English and American English. At a live show in Majorca the emcee asked the audience if they spoke American or British English.
British English - Lift American English - Elevator Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk |
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