Worst Work Screw Up?

haha luckily my husband speaks "American" so he can pretty much figure out what I mean when I say stuff like this most of the time. It's funny because, obviously depending on the context, he's able to just tell what meaning of a word I'm using without me having to specify or ask if he knew which version of the word (like "pants") I meant.

It's actually funnier when my husband uses an American word in conversation! 

@jimbocz you old charmer, you know how to woo the French.

Yeah, definitely my husband knows and uses American words now!

Although it is my pet peeve when you use an American word or pronunciation and people go out of their way to correct you, or 'don't understand' (in quotes because I'm not convinced that the girl at the chip shop didn't truly understand when I said to take out rather than takeaway, etc).  My middle name is pronounced one way in the US and another in the UK and the amount of people who have been like 'Oh you mean [UK way]' is astounding.  It's my name isn't it! 

All of that compounded by people finding my husband's UK-isms charming in the states, lol.

Yeah, definitely my husband knows and uses American words now!

Although it is my pet peeve when you use an American word or pronunciation and people go out of their way to correct you, or 'don't understand' (in quotes because I'm not convinced that the girl at the chip shop didn't truly understand when I said to take out rather than takeaway, etc).  My middle name is pronounced one way in the US and another in the UK and the amount of people who have been like 'Oh you mean [UK way]' is astounding.  It's my name isn't it! 

All of that compounded by people finding my husband's UK-isms charming in the states, lol.

I know that feel....

My mom says britches.  <sigh>. And then she'll ask my three year old about her britches...  who looks at her like a crazy woman (fair enough).  Then she'll switch and says pants.  Three year not old enough to know American pants...     Two weeks of this starting on Saturday.  Pray for me!

My husband no longer "strokes" animals after directing him to Urban Dictionary.  We all pet animals now!   

I worked for a UK branch of a US company in Reading and they sent us a huge haul of American goodies for Fourth of July. We got little American flags; red, white and blue tableware; a whole bunch of charcoal; some Webber BBQ grills; frozen hamburgers and hot dogs and all the fixings and CASES of beer. The director of the company loved having a party and a drink and we had one hell of a party but since I was new, I was stuck on the switchboard taking calls and writing down messages. This was MY holiday but I was the only one working. The director saw this and decided to sit with me and have a couple of bevvies with me to keep me company. I kept up with him! My husband has two beers and he's done. My director probably drank two beers probably to get up in the morning. We literally had a 12-18 pack easily in a two-three hour span. I have very little recall of that afternoon. All I know is that I laughed and laughed at something pretty stupid when the Spanish representative of the company called to ask about the status of her orders. I don't use my Spanish skills often unless I drink so I know I must have been a little "ghetto". It was 1996 and I do remember serenading someone with "Killing Me Softly" and having a sing-a-long with the guys in warehousing. And I do know I cried my eyes out whilst the "Star Spangled Banner" was played. For some reason, whenever I hear The Progidy's "Firestarter" it brings up some sort of memory but I can't make heads or tails of it. Someone I'm still friends with from those days says, "Yeah, that Fourth of July and Firestarter...awesome!" I have no idea what the hell happened! It's a cross between being hysterical and totally embarrassing.

In my very first job back in Houston in the '90's, I was going on and on about how I thought the owner's new company was really stupid. I was angry because she promised the money to my department and put us into modern times but she channeled the money to what I thought was a stupid business idea. I had no idea she was listening to me. I got an earful from her and thankfully she didn't fire me. But she gave me the "stink eye" every time she saw me which was daily.

I had an affair with my immediate boss at that company in Houston. That's a pretty bad screw-up.

And people wonder why I've been self-employed for 20 years. Possibly because I'm a bit unemployable...




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+1 for the list of people I need to have a beer with

Although it is my pet peeve when you use an American word or pronunciation and people go out of their way to correct you, or 'don't understand' (in quotes because I'm not convinced that the girl at the chip shop didn't truly understand when I said to take out rather than takeaway, etc).

All of that compounded by people finding my husband's UK-isms charming in the states, lol.

Agree! In a similar story but opposite situation... when my family came to visit last year my husband suggested getting a fish and chips takeaway one evening. My brother in law looked at him blankly and asked him what a takeaway was. I thought to myself "really? you couldn't figure out that takeaway meant take out?"

My family also likes his UK-isms. We once went out to eat with them when my husband excused himself by saying he had to pop to the loo. My sisters, who had been drinking and were a bit tipsy at the time, just gushed over it. "Pop to the loo, that is SO CUTE!" Hubs took it in good stride 

Agree! In a similar story but opposite situation... when my family came to visit last year my husband suggested getting a fish and chips takeaway one evening. My brother in law looked at him blankly and asked him what a takeaway was. I thought to myself "really? you couldn't figure out that takeaway meant take out?"

My family also likes his UK-isms. We once went out to eat with them when my husband excused himself by saying he had to pop to the loo. My sisters, who had been drinking and were a bit tipsy at the time, just gushed over it. "Pop to the loo, that is SO CUTE!" Hubs took it in good stride 

haha I totally get the whole Americans loving the UK-isms! It's hilarious how they even just love the accent even when he's using American-isms. Everytime we go to order coffee, the baristas just get giggley while taking his order. It doesn't even matter which coffee shop! haha

We went into Dunkin Donuts to grab coffee and munchkins for the kids before going to the beach with my sister, niece, and nephew. The lady was like "Are you from England??". My husband cracked a smile and said "yeahh" and she was like "How are you liking it over here?? You must think we sound soooo funny! Well have a great day!" with a massive grin on her face. She did hear me talk so it's not like it was all him. The kicker is that the dunks was in my hometown hahaha I didn't have the heart to tell her that I was born and raised in this town as she seemed SUPER excited to be talking to us.

lol about UK-isms. My wife says one of my favorite words in her British accent when I'm annoyed at her, and I melt every time. It's so unfair.

Omg me too!!!


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Oh, I haven't heard the term "dungarees" in over 50 years!  It's from the Irish, isn't it? My mother and grandmother used to use it, and that was their background.

[Edit - No, it was the era. WWII utility cloth. http://www.historyofjeans.com/jeans-history/history-of-dungaree-fabric/   and apparently now synonymous with overalls?]

Oh, I haven't heard the term "dungarees" in over 50 years!  It's from the Irish, isn't it? My mother and grandmother used to use it, and that was their background.

[Edit - No, it was the era. WWII utility cloth. http://www.historyofjeans.com/jeans-history/history-of-dungaree-fabric/   and apparently now synonymous with overalls?]

Not entirely sure about that as my heritage is Italian and my nana used to use that word hah