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heathercobbett

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 18:08:03

I read in todays paper that it is becoming fashionable for Americans to usr English expressions,such as queue.

Won't that be nice to see things flow the other way?

I once almost made a grave error when I rang my agent to book some guests in for a fortnight.Fortunately,I always get the staff to read it back to me,so I was alerted when she said "so thats 4 nights from the 20th of June" None of the office staff had heard fortnight before!

Heather

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diabloartificial

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 18:11:26

ha lol ye that will be cool strange at first but cool (they hadnt heard of a fortnight!! omg)

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heathercobbett

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 18:26:45

Even stranger was that I had an American ask me if I had any danders in the house(!) I had no idea what that meant,so consulted my American MC,who had no idea either. (I did find out for myself and it is animak skin)

Heather

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E. Cosgrove

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 18:26:48

I once tried to book a meal at a restaurant in one of the National Parks. I asked for half past eight

It wasn't till I said eight thirty that they understood me

Liz
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diabloartificial

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 18:28:38

o god lol

they arent doing tht well stillll i cant wait to move there in 7 weeks!!

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andrewmckay5

Canada
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 18:41:11

I was a student at North Carolina and when the music was playing in the bars a few girls asked me if i wanted to Sh*g.
A well known dance and i was very lucky in the dimness they couldn't see me blush.
andrew

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LiesaAnna

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 19:12:09

nice one Andrew! or maybe not!

Liesa

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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 19:29:38

Two great nations divde by a common language now who said that ?.
allenc

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emm

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 19:44:34

quote:
Originally posted by allenc
Two great nations divde by a common language now who said that ?.
allenc

Was it Winston Churchill??

emm

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chrizzy100

USA
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 19:53:47

I have to go between English and American a lot everyday......I have American friends well trained in English .....but I have to remember to use American with new people.....

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Ray&Sarah

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 19:57:19

We had the fortnight thing come up the first time we were in Florida, I couldn't understand why they looked puzzled when I said we were staying for a "Fortnight", didn't realise that they don't ust that term in the US.

Sarah

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luckylady

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 20:25:40

The Americans dont say numbers like we do
I was in Sears store last year
ordering a air hockey do pick up later
The young assistant ask for my phone number
I said four, zero,seven double six ,eight, zero. double nine.
She just couldn't get it
in the end I had to write it down
Barbara

Barbara

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CERICROWLEY

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 20:49:46

I love the language difference in the states when we go.

The first time we went. we stayed in Animal Kingdom Lodge and used the cafe a lot, for pizza coffee etc.

When I order pizza I like to say tomayto instead of tomatoe and garage and hubby got very bemused, when order a pizza that he said can I have a pizza to take away instead of a pizza to go.

we are now becoming more used to the language and I can't wait to use it again when we are out in May

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CERI

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Lyn

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 21:07:26

When in Wal Wart we tried asking for 6oz of Ham they had no idea what we were talking about they only seem to deal in lbs. 1/4lb or 1/2lb.

Lyn

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LesleyB

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 22:09:53

When we first took my eldest son to Florida he was 5 and as he was missing some school time he was keeping a diary of his days in Florida. Unfortunately, although he was writing in pencil, he made mistakes. You should have seen their faces in Walmart when he asked them for a rubber!

He now knows to ask for an eraser!

Lesley
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bellaepovera

Italy
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 22:16:53

Oh Lesley that is funny!! They call an eraser the same thing here in Italy of course in italian. My friend once here was talking about additives and preservatives in foods and everyone starting laughing at her here in Italy as a preservative is a american rubber if you get my drift!

Patti

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DiannaUK

United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 23:28:05

Hi, the difference in language is funny, isn't it

My father is Canadian but we've always lived in the UK and when I first started school at the age of 5, I was talking sidewalks and elevators and my school friends thought I was a martian. I decided it wasn't cool to speak like that and it's taken 40 odd years to get out of the habit, but now I'm going to Florida regularly, it's all coming back to me.

I understand that the worst thing to say when looking for the ladies is to ask for the "toilet" as apparently this is considered a rude and crass word to use