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tinkerbell
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Status: offline |  Posted - 25 Jan 2004 : 19:53:39  
| Rents wow! Thats a good one!
I say ressies, but thats an aussie thing I picked up from down under! I know what a hob is, but I never say it!
Potty is also a childs loo here in the Uk! It's quite funny when you consider that we desrcibe people as potty too! |
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chrisj
 United Kingdom
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Status: offline | Posted - 25 Jan 2004 : 20:15:08 
| You have to laugh at al this,
Mind you like ive said before even in England we have the same problems. Im from London and
work up north and have problems with the language |
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firsttimer
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Joined: 24 Jan 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 02 Feb 2004 : 15:45:29
| Power shower: a shower (bath not rain) with built in extra pressure- can be quite ferocious as opposed to a gravity powered gentle shower.
I once, on a camping holiday had problems when I needed a new bulb for my torch. I eventually found one but it was a push in one rather than screw in so I had to buy a new flashlight.
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fiona
 United Kingdom
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Status: offline | Posted - 02 Feb 2004 : 19:00:20
| Hob is usually the top of the cooker and is when the cooker is built in rather than freestanding, so you can have them not all on top of each other if you get what I mean!
A power shower relates to the force of water - and is exactly as the words say! Never heard ressies myself, prezzies yes, referring to presents, usually christmas ones!
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chrizzy100
 USA
7101 Posts
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Status: offline | Posted - 29 Mar 2004 : 01:42:00
| Before I get into trouble again..I thought I'd best post some slang words about homes....
Edward Scissorhands........homes that look mostly the same....clean streets.....maybe the homes are painted bright colours.....middle class American homes......people out cutting lawns on a Sunday.....
Stepford.....Small town America.....clean.....rich people.....the American dream homes......New England homes in a sunny setting.....
Banjo county.......no real roads.......no street light...well you can guess we all sing the song from deliverance while going through a street like that......
Most of them are terms I've picked up from builders and kids here in the USA......
So I hope no-one gets uppy if I use any of those terms.....I'm not being nasty.....it just things I've picked up over the last few years.....if its upset anyone....it could be because people don't use those terms where you live........
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bellaepovera
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SG
 United Kingdom
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Joined: 30 Dec 2003
Status: offline | Posted - 29 Mar 2004 : 08:17:03
| quote:
Originally posted by chrizzy100
Before I get into trouble again..I thought I'd best post some slang words about homes....
Edward Scissorhands........homes that look mostly the same....clean streets.....maybe the homes are painted bright colours.....middle class American homes......people out cutting lawns on a Sunday.....
Stepford.....Small town America.....clean.....rich people.....the American dream homes......New England homes in a sunny setting.....
Banjo county.......no real roads.......no street light...well you can guess we all sing the song from deliverance while going through a street like that......
Most of them are terms I've picked up from builders and kids here in the USA......
So I hope no-one gets uppy if I use any of those terms.....I'm not being nasty.....it just things I've picked up over the last few years.....if its upset anyone....it could be because people don't use those terms where you live........
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Shirley
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ctgirlscout
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chrizzy100
USA
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Joined: 26 May 2003
Status: offline | Posted - 29 Mar 2004 : 15:15:57
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Originally posted by bellaepovera
Never heard of Banjo county..we use to call that description either hick town or boon docks!! Now that one is cute
I only heard of Boon docks this last few weeks after watching the Boon Dock Saints.....is is a Boston thing...or used all over the USA......??
I think we picked up Banjo county on one of our road trips around the USA....my daughter uses it all the time....... | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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chrizzy100
USA
7101 Posts
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Status: offline | Posted - 29 Mar 2004 : 15:17:50
| quote:
Originally posted by SG
quote:
Originally posted by chrizzy100
Before I get into trouble again..I thought I'd best post some slang words about homes....
Edward Scissorhands........homes that look mostly the same....clean streets.....maybe the homes are painted bright colours.....middle class American homes......people out cutting lawns on a Sunday.....
Stepford.....Small town America.....clean.....rich people.....the American dream homes......New England homes in a sunny setting.....
Banjo county.......no real roads.......no street light...well you can guess we all sing the song from deliverance while going through a street like that......
Most of them are terms I've picked up from builders and kids here in the USA......
So I hope no-one gets uppy if I use any of those terms.....I'm not being nasty.....it just things I've picked up over the last few years.....if its upset anyone....it could be because people don't use those terms where you live........
Glad for the explanation of Edward Scissor Hands, would never have understood what that meant
My son came home from school with that one ......we were looking for a new home on the Cape...we drove down this street and my son goes ..I can't live in a scissorhands home.....I'd never seen the film so I never know what he was on about.....but its seems all the kids call the new homes going up around here by that name.......
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chrizzy100
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Status: offline | Posted - 29 Mar 2004 : 15:20:05
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Never heard the term "Edward Scissor Hands". We always called them "cookie cutter houses".
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blott
 United Kingdom
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bellaepovera
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Ana
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chrisj
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ctgirlscout
USA
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Status: offline | Posted - 29 Mar 2004 : 21:56:08
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You got a point there..I dont think its that on my part as Ive been away for over 20 years so not around the new generation to hear all the new stuff. I still hear some people say "Dude" which is a word that was used in the 60s..
"Dude" is a term that has come back around. All the kids say it now. My teenage son slipped up recently and called his dad "Dude". It was rather amusing to see my husband's reaction! |
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mikewj
 United Kingdom
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Status: offline | Posted - 05 May 2004 : 16:04:31
| Didn't Dude become popular again after That Seventies Show and Dude Where's My Car ??
I remember standing in line waiting for the front row of the Ice Dragon in IOA a couple of years ago and three American kids behind us were talking. All I can remember about the conversation is that virtually every other word was Dude. |
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Ray&Sarah
 United Kingdom
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Status: offline | Posted - 05 May 2004 : 19:06:57
| Heres a funny story told to us by a young american girl that we were chatting to in Disney. She said she had been to England for her university years and had gone out to a bar with some English friends. Some music came on the jukebox and she said to one of the boys in her group, "Oh the Shag, i'm really good at shagging, i've won prizes at it". She said that all the boys in the group looked at her wide eyed in amazement and it was only later when one of her room-mates explained to her what it actually meant here. She said she was so embarrassed but was more careful what she said in future. Made us laugh anyway!
No offense meant. |
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