Now although our cousins across the pond do speak English, they say things a bit differently than we do. Normal phrases such as, “Nice pants”, have an entirely different meaning as pants here = underwear. So to stop yourself from looking like a complete pervert, unless of course that’s your thing, below is a list of British word and their American equivalent.
| British | American |
| pants | underwear |
| toilet/loo | bathroom |
| spirits | hard liquor |
| chips | French fries |
| crips | potato eraser |
| rubber | underwear
|
| Yank | American |
| Saffa | South African |
| Kiwi | New Zealander |
| Aussie | Australian |
| fanny/minge | vagina |
| cuppa | cup of tea/coffee |
| mug | fool/idiot |
| minger | fugly |
| dodgy | shady/sketchy |
| courgettes | zuchhini |
| aubergine | eggplant |
| rocket | arugula |
| faggot | pork meatballs made from pig's heart,liver & fatty belly meat |
| puff/faerie (fairy) | derogatory term fro homosexual |
| bollocks | balls (as in testicles;can be used interchangeably with bullshit |
| touts | ticket scalpers |
| gig | concert |
| cinema | movie theatre |
| dosh | money |
| quid | another word for pound (£) |
| shattered/gutted | really upset, devastated |
| stone | unit of measurement;(1 stone = 14 lb) |
| jumper | sweater |
| wanker | jerk off |
I complained that my pants were going to be wet all day once (it was rainy). That didn't go over too well.
ReplyDeleteLOL. That's fantastic.
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