How funny is your American?

...most of us are in the wrong place!!     

otterpop...I've been in the wrong place (at the wrong time) my whole life!  You know the saying -- when my ship comes in, I'll be at the airport.

Well, the panties were never funny, for starters. We're mostly women here. Who wants to see someone else's ass?

Phil finally let go the fact that  I
smeared half a jar of english mustard on my
yummy roast beef sarnie one day nearly
choking on the thing not knowing it was going to be so
hot  :\\\'(
OMG did that sting !! Never again!! 

I know EXACTLY what you mean, Alicia!!!!

I think one of the funniest moments i've had was when Molly first came over.  We were at the pub when one of my friends announced "I'm going outside to smoke a fag!" (Think of it from an american point of view). 

The look on Molly's face was a mixture of terror, shock, disgust and panic.  It was one of the funniest things i've ever seen. 

Hard to believe that people in the US haven't vaguely heard in some way 'ha-ha-ha, those crazy brits call cigarettes 'fags', ha-ha-ha' after all these years and BBC America, etc.   

Well this was nearly 8 years ago. 

Here's one for you Liz:

In the early days of my UK residency, we were driving along the M40.   There was lots of patchy fog with those lighted signs warning of it.

However, the lettering on those signs is pretty basic (dotted lights) and certain letters don't hang "below the line" - letters like "g" which looked like numeral 9.

So I'm reading it, not making the connection and asked my husband "What's f-o-9 (nine)?"     

I don't know about anyone eles's area but here sandwich's are called buties.......well I can't say it the way they do and my step son and DH make fun of the way I say it........it comes out butteess and that isn't even close...

Not as bad as me. The first time I heard it ( 2 yrs ago) was at work I thought they were saying who wants a "bacon buddy". I had no idea what they were talking about.  Yes, really stupid I know....guess it was the accent as I was in Manchester at the time. 

Really? With an 'R' on the end?! I've never heard that! What a sheltered life we live down south!

I know in Hull, people say tarrah... Maybe tar is short for that?

I don't know if it is a general English thing, or just a Northwest thing, but in Wigan everyone refers to family members as 'our' Ian or 'our' kid, etc.

Of course, when I first came over I didn't know this - and with the way my husband's family pronounced their 'our' I kept thinking they were calling his brother 'HOWARD' John rather than 'OUR' John... I just didn't get it. I actually had to ask my husband if his brother's name was just John or Howard John like his parent's say...

He still laughs at me about it.

I don't know if it is a general English thing, or just a Northwest thing, but in Wigan everyone refers to family members as 'our' Ian or 'our' kid, etc.

i reckon it's a Northwest thing!
I used to love listening to the Mark Radcliffe show... Mark's from Poulton-le-Fylde, and Marc is from Manchester, and they always used to say 'our kid'.   

I've also heard this in the Northeast.

I know in Hull, people say tarrah... Maybe tar is short for that?

tarrah is a word for goodbye.. also pronounced "chura". My mum's from Derby and says that sometimes lol

I live in the Midlands, and it's only heard from older people, but you do hear folks say, 'Tarrah my duck'--which comes out sounding sort of like 'tarrar me dook'.

Sorry we've hijacked the original thread!