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tezz7628
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Status: offline |  Posted - 15 Jun 2004 : 15:39:42  
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Originally posted by hayter
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.
just checking through the forum to see if this had been mentioned
you should have seen my aunts face when somebody asked if she wanted one
my sister knew what it meant
then explaining it to my english cousin's american wife when she came over!!!!! |
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E. Cosgrove
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tuzanne
United Kingdom
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Joined: 05 Mar 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 16 Sep 2004 : 22:13:42
| It is really annoying that when ever we sell a successful show to the americans they always want to record it again with american actors and script. I think that is why the US can seem to be very insular to the British and the rest of the world. Someone mentioned the show Coupling earlier on. I just loved this show and thought it was very like a British version of the very successful american show Friends but with British humour. I loved both shows as they were so why change either. How would the americans like it if we decided that Rachel, Joey, Ross etc had to have British accents and come from London instead of New York for us to find it funny. It is through watching shows from other countries that we find out how other people live.
As for the man from New York not knowing he had an accent, how stange is that. The NY accent is the one that is the most recognisable to me of all the accents, apart from one from the deep south.
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tuzanne
United Kingdom
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Joined: 05 Mar 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 16 Sep 2004 : 22:21:06
| What about purse instead of handbag, elevator instead of lift, flatware instead of cutlery, comforters instead of bedspreads, linens instead of sheets.
I once made an american girl look very puzzles when I said that I was going to the loo. For the US forum readers that is slang for bathroom.
Also we once went to a so called 'English Pub' where they had a dart board. A young couple of lads asked if we would play with them. We agree and they were very upset when we started reducing the score with each throw. They said that how could you play a game where the aim was to have less of a score rather than more. It obviously went against their whole philosophy.
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bellaepovera
 Italy
1966 Posts
Joined: 25 Jul 2002
Status: offline | Posted - 17 Sep 2004 : 09:39:55
| They also play that way in the states in the newer version..Here in Italy they play also going downward..Also here when dealing cards they go counter clockwise which I found real hard to get use to.
I never realized I also had an accent as everyone always tells me ohhh your from the mid west i can tell by your accent!!
Now I am told I have an Italian touch to the way I talk as I tend to add Osss and Asss to the ending of some of my words..Beat that!!I dont even notice. |
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moonbeam
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Joined: 12 May 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 12 May 2005 : 14:00:18
| lol.....just spent a most enjoyable 1/2 hour reading this whilst having lunch at my desk. co-workers must think I am mad as i keep giggling at some of the replies.
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florida gold
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ctgirlscout
 USA
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Status: offline | Posted - 06 Jul 2005 : 13:13:01
| | I don't know about Florida, but in most of the US, tomato sauce would equate to spaghetti sauce, i.e. Ragu. Of course, I have known a lot of southerners to subsitute tomato sauce with ketchup on pasta! |
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ctgirlscout
USA
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Status: offline | Posted - 06 Jul 2005 : 18:45:06
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My son asked for tomato sauce in Orlando and was given a bowl of mushed up tomatoes.
That certainly wouldn't be what I was expecting!  |
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Ray&Sarah
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Status: offline | Posted - 06 Jul 2005 : 20:12:16
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quote:
Originally posted by Ray&Sarah
My son asked for tomato sauce in Orlando and was given a bowl of mushed up tomatoes.
That certainly wouldn't be what I was expecting!
Nor us Teresa but it did make him smile. |
Sarah
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mistert
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Status: offline | Posted - 18 Jan 2006 : 16:38:59
| Ah - the good old fanny-pack! Still causes much ammusement to my three daughters - and they're all in their 20's now. Sad really!
The 1st time we went to FL was a Christmas and I had to explain (even in the Downtown Disney Store) what Christmas Crackers were. Got a lot of blank looks and offers of nut crackers.
I did actually see some this year in the Kitchen shop in Premium Outlets Mall - but it was November.
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flyrr100
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Joined: 06 Jun 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 13 Aug 2007 : 13:23:54
| When my sister was here in Florida she was constantly getting into a confuzed state!
She kept on talking about her Mobile. And her People Carrier. Turned out it was her Cel and her Mini Van!
Her daughter, with her trendy London accent, mentioned a 'Fong'...? After some questioning she ment a thong!
Being a Londoner myself I'm trying to change soccer to football. But It's getting very negative responses from the locals! "Football", I argue, "is a game where a BALL is kicked by a FOOT. Therefore, FootBall!" "No" they argue. "Football is our game and you Brits can play your girls game. soccer, but dont mess with our game!" This after they all secretly send their kids out on a Saturday morning to play soccer!
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sunseeker
 United Kingdom
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Joined: 02 Apr 2003
Status: offline | Posted - 13 Aug 2007 : 20:52:39
| quote:
Originally posted by flyrr100
When my sister was here in Florida she was constantly getting into a confuzed state!
She kept on talking about her Mobile. And her People Carrier. Turned out it was her Cel and her Mini Van!
Her daughter, with her trendy London accent, mentioned a 'Fong'...? After some questioning she ment a thong!
Being a Londoner myself I'm trying to change soccer to football. But It's getting very negative responses from the locals! "Football", I argue, "is a game where a BALL is kicked by a FOOT. Therefore, FootBall!" "No" they argue. "Football is our game and you Brits can play your girls game. soccer, but dont mess with our game!" This after they all secretly send their kids out on a Saturday morning to play soccer!
jeff just remind them who invented the game, and then tell them we also have a game similar to American football, rugby, and no girlie pads either 
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bvrlyfs
USA
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Joined: 25 Jul 2002
Status: offline | Posted - 07 Jun 2008 : 17:16:51
| I think there are several of US citizens on the forums. I know of several from Westridge Development, including us.
Blott you will find almost every state in the US have their own accent and even we have trouble with some of them. Where we live they use a lot of the Canadian slang. |
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