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Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:19 pm  |
| marina wrote: |
| If it's 'fanny' as in your butt, it means the same thing here...I can't really visualize it meaning anything else. |
No fanny is the front in the UK! |
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Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:31 pm |
| Janna wrote: |
| Okay. enighten me....pretty please. |
sure...now squeeeeeeze and relax  |
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Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:35 pm |
| sarahb wrote: |
| marina wrote: |
| If it's 'fanny' as in your butt, it means the same thing here...I can't really visualize it meaning anything else. |
No fanny is the front in the UK! |
I get it..twat & fanny are essentially reversed..explains an interesting conversation I had with a salesperson in London a couple of years back  |
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Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:39 pm |
| marina wrote: |
| sarahb wrote: |
| marina wrote: |
| If it's 'fanny' as in your butt, it means the same thing here...I can't really visualize it meaning anything else. |
No fanny is the front in the UK! |
I get it..twat & fanny are essentially reversed..explains an interesting conversation I had with a salesperson in London a couple of years back |
No, they are the same in english, as in lady garden rather than bum |
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Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:43 pm |
ahhhhhhhhhh!  |
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Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:48 pm |
| O.K. normally I would just move on with my life but NyQuil is making me a bit plucky...which one's the lady garden & which one's the bum???? |
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Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:51 pm |
| marina wrote: |
| O.K. normally I would just move on with my life but NyQuil is making me a bit plucky...which one's the lady garden & which one's the bum???? |
The lady garden is the bit that guys don't have but everyone's got a bum!
If you still don't get it PM me and I'll explain graphically and in private! |
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Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:54 pm |
O.K. I'll wait till the nyquil haze is gone first...that may help..otherwise Mabsy's going to have a field day with this one..thanks  |
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Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:50 pm |
| So, what do you Brits and Scots think of that song by The Band, "The Weight"? ("Take a load off Fanny...") |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:52 am |
| amnis wrote: |
| So, what do you Brits and Scots think of that song by The Band, "The Weight"? ("Take a load off Fanny...") |
 Never heard of the song but do they mean Fanny as in the name. We had a Fanny Craddock you know!  |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:54 am |
| Bangs!! That's another one I never could understand. Where does that come from? Took me ages to realise it was the front of your hair, what we call a fringe. Now a fringe I get, but bangs?!!!? |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:13 am |
| I always find the suspenders thing funny. In the uk they are a sexy item, but in the US they are not! |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:43 am |
| as for rubbers........... |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:04 am |
Maybe we should just make a list, I hope this is correct in my understanding of differences between certain British and American words.
British is in LEFT column, American in RIGHT:
Rubbers - erasers
Lift - elevator
Trolley - cart, wagon
Hopper - shuttle (airport related)
Fanny - female private parts
Braces - suspenders
Suspenders - garters
Fringe - bangs
Knickers - panties, underwear
Trousers - pants, slacks
Jumper - sweater
Fags - cigarettes
This is what I've thought of so far, how am I doing? There are too many to think of. Sometimes it's amazing that either side can understand the other. |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:08 am |
very good. If I can think of any I will add them. I am sure Guapa has a few more.  |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:21 am |
| loopylori wrote: |
| as for rubbers........... |
I can still remember the stunned silence when, during one of my first trips to the States I made a mistake writing something down (a shopping list, I think) and then asked in a very loud voice if anyone had a rubber handy. We truly are two nations separated by a common language . |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:52 am |
| pants in english is the same as knickers as well. I remember meeting an american guy who told me that he loved me. In English, what he meant was he wanted to get into my drawers |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:34 am |
| guapagirl wrote: |
| pants in english is the same as knickers as well. I remember meeting an american guy who told me that he loved me. In English, what he meant was he wanted to get into my drawers |
I thought that was the same in any nationality
By the way did he  |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:45 am |
| Mind yer own beeswax you! He was handsome is all I'll say |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:34 am |
| guapagirl wrote: |
| Mind yer own beeswax you! He was handsome is all I'll say |
You brazen hussy! |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:50 am |
"Drawers" in American English are cabinetry that pull out in places like kitchens, bathrooms and so on. You put utensils and such in them.
It can also refer to a piece of furniture that are for storing clothes, like a bureau also called a dresser. |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:56 am |
| Anna_in_Sweden wrote: |
Maybe we should just make a list, I hope this is correct in my understanding of differences between certain British and American words.
British is in LEFT column, American in RIGHT:
Rubbers - erasers
Lift - elevator
Trolley - cart, wagon
Hopper - shuttle (airport related)
Fanny - female private parts
Braces - suspenders
Suspenders - garters
Fringe - bangs
Knickers - panties, underwear
Trousers - pants, slacks
Jumper - sweater
Fags - cigarettes
This is what I've thought of so far, how am I doing? There are too many to think of. Sometimes it's amazing that either side can understand the other. |
This is funny....I will tell you what connotations those words have in the US...atleast for me.
Rubbers - condoms
Lift - a ride, "I'll give you a lift home"
Trolley - vehicle that runs on tracks, like in San Fran
Hopper - the box that bills are put in for voting in Congress (Legally Blonde!)
Fanny - someone's behind
Braces - things that straighten your teeth
Suspenders - hold pants up
Fringe - wispy things that hang off shawls/ 90s clothes
Knickers - underwear
Trousers - pants
Jumper - a dress that girls wear with straps on top
Fags - a not PC term for gay people |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:42 am |
| Anna_in_Sweden wrote: |
"Drawers" in American English are cabinetry that pull out in places like kitchens, bathrooms and so on. You put utensils and such in them.
It can also refer to a piece of furniture that are for storing clothes, like a bureau also called a dresser. |
drawers are also pants! or knickers, or panties. Whatever! |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:05 pm |
Again, it's amazing that either side can understand the other.  |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:37 pm |
well there have been misunderstandings. I distinctly remember writing something about my mate, I just wonder if Carrie remembers what she thought about me and my mate. Obviously mate is not used instead of friend in America.
Come to that girlfriend over here implies more than friendship. |
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