English is a foreign language
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NecroN
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Canadiana
Thought I would add some Canadian ones to this.
US: Couch
CDN: Chesterfield
CDN: Deke
US: umm... dodge out of the way.
CDN: Two-Four
US: Case of beer
CDN: Z = Zed
US: Z = Zee
CDN: Double Double
US: coffee with two cream, two suggar
CDN: loonie
US: 1 dollar coin
CDN: Tuque
US: wool hat.
CDN: The Ballet
US: Strip club
CDN: Peeler or Ripper
US: Stripper
CDN: Cougar
US: middle aged woman on the prowl
CDN: Runners
US: Sneakers
CDN: Sloshed
US: Drunk
CDN: Buck(s)
US: Dollars
CDN: Chocolat Bar
US: Candy bar
CDN: Klick
US: Killometer
CDN: Dart
US: Cigarette
CDN: Dick all
US: nothing
CDN: F! the Dog (or Making Puppies)
US: do nothing.
CDN: Hose
US: Trick
CDN: Homo milk
US: Whole Milk
CDN: Hoodie
US: hooded sweatshirt
CDN: Pogo
US: Corn Dog
Thought I would add some Canadian ones to this.
US: Couch
CDN: Chesterfield
CDN: Deke
US: umm... dodge out of the way.
CDN: Two-Four
US: Case of beer
CDN: Z = Zed
US: Z = Zee
CDN: Double Double
US: coffee with two cream, two suggar
CDN: loonie
US: 1 dollar coin
CDN: Tuque
US: wool hat.
CDN: The Ballet
US: Strip club
CDN: Peeler or Ripper
US: Stripper
CDN: Cougar
US: middle aged woman on the prowl
CDN: Runners
US: Sneakers
CDN: Sloshed
US: Drunk
CDN: Buck(s)
US: Dollars
CDN: Chocolat Bar
US: Candy bar
CDN: Klick
US: Killometer
CDN: Dart
US: Cigarette
CDN: Dick all
US: nothing
CDN: F! the Dog (or Making Puppies)
US: do nothing.
CDN: Hose
US: Trick
CDN: Homo milk
US: Whole Milk
CDN: Hoodie
US: hooded sweatshirt
CDN: Pogo
US: Corn Dog
vincegamer
Active member
He beat me to it.
The dollar/buck thing is interesting because I just realized that the Brits do the same thing. At least I think they do.
What do they call those logic tests? Sillogisms?
Dollar is to Buck as Pound is to Quid.
If I\'m wrong, please let me know.
Trick/Hose confuses me though.
USA:
Trick: deceive; a session of sex for money
Hose: flexible tube for transfering fluid; injure in an overwhelming way, as in hosed with machinegun bullets.
So which meanings were you referring to?
One more thing, Couch/Chesterfield. Where does sofa fit in? Is that a USA regional thing? We always had sofas when I was a pup.
The dollar/buck thing is interesting because I just realized that the Brits do the same thing. At least I think they do.
What do they call those logic tests? Sillogisms?
Dollar is to Buck as Pound is to Quid.
If I\'m wrong, please let me know.
Trick/Hose confuses me though.
USA:
Trick: deceive; a session of sex for money
Hose: flexible tube for transfering fluid; injure in an overwhelming way, as in hosed with machinegun bullets.
So which meanings were you referring to?
One more thing, Couch/Chesterfield. Where does sofa fit in? Is that a USA regional thing? We always had sofas when I was a pup.
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NecroN
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Hose - the tube definiation still fits, but in Canada you can say \"I got Hosed\" for I was tricked, or you can \"Hose someone out of a buck\"
Personaly I call them couches or sofa\'s but I know relatives from further up North that call them Chesterfields.
A few years back I was in MI buying smokes (were 1/5 the price over the border) and found a brand called Chesterfields. I had to buy them. All my mates were dying since we were smoking couches. Figured some American company must have thought the name sounded high class or something.
Chesterfields is one of the oldest brands of smokes that I know of.
I think the couch/sofa thing is regional, to a certain extent. Growing up in Texas I heard them called couches, usually, but there were some people who called that piece of furniture a sofa. My grandmother, who was Norwegian by birth and grew up in South Dakota, called it a davenport.
I can\'t believe I forgot my favorite \"Britishism\":
US: toilet, bathroom
UK: loo
I\'m still waiting for the answer to the pickup truck question. And what about the cola/pop/soda issue? What\'s it generically called in the UK? Fizzy drink?
Shawn R. L.
New member
A few Califronia/US isms
Sup - what are you doing? What\'s up?
Chill - calm yourself down.
Old School - something from or done in a way more than 5 years old. Hate this one. Old used to be 60 years ago.
Dude\'s a yahoo - someone\'s not a likeable person.
Noshing - eating
faced - very drunk
knockers, knobs, hooters, boobies, cones, thingies, love pillows, Wally and the Beave, lungs, bazoob\'s, golden bozo\'s, winabegos, etc.... - breasts
Sup - what are you doing? What\'s up?
Chill - calm yourself down.
Old School - something from or done in a way more than 5 years old. Hate this one. Old used to be 60 years ago.
Dude\'s a yahoo - someone\'s not a likeable person.
Noshing - eating
faced - very drunk
knockers, knobs, hooters, boobies, cones, thingies, love pillows, Wally and the Beave, lungs, bazoob\'s, golden bozo\'s, winabegos, etc.... - breasts
vincegamer
Active member
Yeah, warsh is one of those things that might get mentioned in \"Do You Speak American?\"
I guess the Bostonians all gave there \'r\'s to the midwesterners (pak the ca)
I guess the Bostonians all gave there \'r\'s to the midwesterners (pak the ca)
well, oregon is partially in the intermountain west region, which has distinct elements of southernness to it. If it was someone more on the coast of oregon, then I\'d be a bit amazed. English is fun. I think a lot of people disregard ebonics, when in fact it is a nice subset of english with its own grammatical rules and the like (look it up on wikipedia!)
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NecroN
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No it\'s Tuque
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tuque
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=touque
Amusing story about that one. Friend of mine, a goth, goes to hot topic somewhere in MI. He is wearing a Misfits Tuque. Two guys at the store stop him and ask where he got the awesome hat, and note they have never seen anything like it, what\'s it called etc.
Most of those Calli ones are used up here. Chill etc.
A Couple French Candian ones:
Snow Machine vs Snow Mobile
Side by each vs Side by side
I have noticed one that seems to have undergone a change in recent years here in the States, or maybe it\'s a regional thing:
to stand in line vs. to stand on line
I\'d only heard \"stand in line\" for most of my life and don\'t remember noticing people saying \"stand on line\" until recently, but it could be a change due to my relocation to Oregon. I\'ve lived here for 15 years, though, and only lately have I noticed that turn of phrase.
to stand in line vs. to stand on line
I\'d only heard \"stand in line\" for most of my life and don\'t remember noticing people saying \"stand on line\" until recently, but it could be a change due to my relocation to Oregon. I\'ve lived here for 15 years, though, and only lately have I noticed that turn of phrase.
I thought that was how it was spelled, too.
More British/American comparisons that I was reminded of whilst reading in another forum:
US: fired
UK: sacked
US: canned
UK: tinned
US: flat (tire)
UK: puncture (tyre)
US: on welfare
UK: on the dole (Or is the dole more like US unemployment benefits?)
vincegamer
Active member
We use both in the USA.
Oddly enough, this also means fired/sacked
freakinacage
Well-known member
Originally posted by sniffles
US: toilet, bathroom
UK: loo color=Blue]dont forget toilet, wc and, of course, bog[/color]
I\'m still waiting for the answer to the pickup truck question. And what about the cola/pop/soda issue? What\'s it generically called in the UK? Fizzy drink?
in wales and the north they refer to it as pop usually but in the south its just fizzy drink
and another:
uk - tart
us - slut
