Before I bother reading this, is this thread the abortion I imagine it's going to be?
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Loads of Brits are familiar with 'baby shower' and 'intern' btw before Americans flip out.
My old boss at Blockbuster video used to not only use 'buddy' but abbreviate it to 'bud' all the time. man he was a dick.
― blueski, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
haha a friend of mind once told me that she was in england when she was 12 or so an awkward age and she had a new fannypack and she was telling some nice english lady abt it and the nice lady informed her abt like what fanny meant to britishes and my friend was embarrassed and stuff so then when they were leaving the country an official asked her for her passport and she went to say oh i've got it right here in my fannypack but then remembering the local meaning stopped halfway through and just said "oh its right here in my fanny..." and then she was really embrassed
― jhøshea, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
ENBB right re: interns.
I call people "hoss" sometimes.
― Ms Misery, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah but there's familiar with (via US TV shows) and actually being used.
xpost to blueski
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
"oh its right here in my fanny..."
Awesome.
― ENBB, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
"hoss" ?!
It was fine until you showed up
― Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
no fighting in the US vs UK room
― blueski, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
"Buddy" instead of "mate"!
I kind of hate "buddy," tbh.
― jaymc, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean no IN-fighting
It's from Bonanza (which I actually never watched). It's the same as "buddy" or something.
― Ms Misery, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
where america has a 'rostrum', we have a 'podium' or a 'lectern'
What the fuck is a rostrum?
― jaymc, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Exactly.
― ENBB, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
No perma-grumpy sub-Charlie Brookerisms either
― Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
in nova scotia they have an excellent usage for buddy = any guy
as in: so im on the bus and buddy just walks over and pukes on my feet right!
― jhøshea, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Sounds like a cross between a nostril and a rectum.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Ugh. Sorry. If I could undo that I would.
how common is 'grumpy' in the States as opposed to cranky's reign of terror?
― blueski, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:41 (sixteen years ago) link
"Grouchy"!
― Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:41 (sixteen years ago) link
crabby
― Laurel, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
And the verb "to crab".
crabby is more feminine.
American Heritage sez "rostrum" is: 1. The curved, beaklike prow of an ancient Roman ship, especially a war galley. 2. The speaker's platform in an ancient Roman forum, which was decorated with the prows of captured enemy ships. 3. A beaklike or snoutlike projection.
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
The Scottish word is "crabbit"
― Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:43 (sixteen years ago) link
ticked off
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't think I've ever used "crab" as a verb, but I say "grumpy" a lot. "Cranky" seems more befitting of a baby crying over a full diaper.
― jaymc, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
NB: When I use "grumpy" it's almost always in a cute way, like "Awww, why are you so grumpy?"
― jaymc, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
"snippy"
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I like that being "crabby" makes you "snippy" in your dialogue. It's a nice evocative progression.
Awww xp!
― Laurel, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
grumpypantsed
― nabisco, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
the use and difference of cranky as opposed to crank (as in joke) is interesting.
― blueski, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
No one outside the US says "check" to mean "bill," right?
― Sundar, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
The speaker's platform in an ancient Roman forum, which was decorated with the prows of captured enemy ships.
I like this. What would Bush's podium be decorated with.
― Ms Misery, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
American tourists.
― nabisco, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Only time i've ever heard "rostrum" was in The Who's "Sally Simpson"
xp
crabby => http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/a/a6/Lucyvanpelt.jpg/200px-Lucyvanpelt.jpg
― kingfish, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
has anyone mentioned "dude" yet? or do they say that in the UK?
― Will M., Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Or even cheque!
― Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link
i say dude a lot. i blame/credit certain american ilxors for this tho.
― blueski, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
"Guess" for suppose - that prob'ly will cross over
― Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
surely it did long ago.
― blueski, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Did "tube" for television make it over?
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Give me an example (xp)
Years ago
― Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
saying "momentarily" instead of "in a short while" when it means "FOR a short while" already. OH WAIT.
― Alan, Thursday, 28 June 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
"Tube" for television is vestigal in the US and shows only in expressions like "boobtube", as far as I can tell!
― Laurel, Thursday, 28 June 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i guess that's why they all it the blues - elton john
inevitable xpost
― CharlieNo4, Thursday, 28 June 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
It's a rock song! They don't count!
― Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
ok
i say it all the time and have done for at least a decade.
― CharlieNo4, Thursday, 28 June 2007 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i see dentistry has been mentioned already...
regarding an interest in guns as a patriotic duty
― Alan, Thursday, 28 June 2007 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i say 'guess' for suppose. i say 'douchebag'. i say 'psyched'. "write me" is the dative tense and entirely acceptable english. i have taken to saying 'season' where britishes say 'series'.
― That one guy that quit, Thursday, 28 June 2007 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
trunk or is it still called a boot?
― carne asada, Thursday, 28 June 2007 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link