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This is scary, I lived in the US for 2.5 years, and after 1 year back in the UK, I still have trouble asking for the "toilet". I keep wanting to say "restroom", and well, I cringe somewhat (on the inside only) when I realise it is not going to work over here. But in my experience lots of guys in the US would ask for "the little boys' room". Of course a (US) friend once said she'd go "shake the dew of her lily pad" - I think we were still laughing when she returned. Now, if someone could explain to me why Americans call it "aluminum" when lots of other countries (UK included) call is "aluminium", I'd be pretty happy! Hanne in London (Originally from Denmark, via Wales, Scotland and Virginia) Ask and ye shall receive: http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/13.html -- Jo in Scotland |
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Johanna Gibson wrote: Now, if someone could explain to me why Americans call it "aluminum" when lots of other countries (UK included) call is "aluminium", I'd be pretty happy! Hanne in London (Originally from Denmark, via Wales, Scotland and Virginia) Ask and ye shall receive: http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/13.html -- Jo in Scotland Thanks, Jo! I get the drift of it, but that 2nd paragraph just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me??? Hanne in London |
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Hanne Gottliebsen wrote:
But in my experience lots of guys in the US would ask for "the little boys' room". Of course a (US) friend once said she'd go "shake the dew of her lily pad" - I think we were still laughing when she returned. There's a LOT of euphemisms for this. If you want, I'll try to find a compendium. If you ask for a loo, bog, or WC in America, you get blank stares- they work fine in UK. My favorite disco in Bath is called something else formally but we all called it Bog Island, because it used to be a public loo under the sidewalk at a large busy intersection. When I was little, I was horse mad. So when my grandfather informed the dinner table, he had to "see a man about a horse," I wanted to go with him, and was very much disappointed to learn he meant to go for a walk out back. He was also good at explaining pulling over to the side of the road and going for a walk as an experiment to make sure water still ran downhill. Grandpa Burt had more phrases for shaking his stick than anyone I've ever known. Yes, he's the one that started the family privy collection/obession -georg |
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Bonnie wrote:
You don't have to leave the states to find differences in language. I grew up in Philly and then moved upstate. I had to learn a whole new vocabulary. Red up - means to tidy the room Outten the light - means to turn the light off It's all - means there is none left Make down - means it's raining There are others, but these are the ones that popped in my head. Same here. In common parlance 'knock you up' means get you pregnant... In the NE where I was a student it meant knock on your door to wake you! A hangover from the days of the 'knocker uppers', who went round the streets with a long pole to bang on bedroom windows so workers could get to their shifts on time, in the days before alarm clocks... I just got the giggles the first time my local male friend in the next room offered to knock me up in the morning so we'd get an early breakfast and be on the road before most students emerge from their pits! I think we were going climbing... -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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In Illinois, Chicagoan's who find themselves south of I-80 are puzzled
when someone asks if they "want to go with?" Bonnie wrote: You don't have to leave the states to find differences in language. I grew up in Philly and then moved upstate. I had to learn a whole new vocabulary. Red up - means to tidy the room Outten the light - means to turn the light off It's all - means there is none left Make down - means it's raining There are others, but these are the ones that popped in my head. |
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KJ wrote:
Neeps?? Is this something that would change DD's mind about doing her student teaching in Scotland? Turnip - 'chappit neeps' is really not quite mashed swede with butter and pepper. It's like rutabaga, I am told. Tatties, chappit neeps and haggis - food of the gods and Burns Night Suppers! YUM! Whiskey is also wonderful. Do not listen to the denigrations of the furriner! ;P There's a very good haggis recipe on my web site, along with instructions for chappit neeps. -- Kate XXXXXX (Ex-patriot Scot in the lost land of Kent... ) Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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georg wrote:
Violet "F'loonslayer" Volfie wrote: I love raw rutabaga. It's sort of sweet and crunchy. Good diet food. You can pretty well eat it all day and not worry about calories. I just eat it because I like it, tho'. I must be the only person in Indiana who buys it, though, because they never know what it is when I get to the cash register. I like turnips armored. That means sort of like au gratin, but with some cinnamon on top. I have served them to people who assumed it was taters, and they were only surprised by the cinnamon. Otherwise, taste was about the same. When served with haggis everything is mashed up so I mix about a 1/3 fork load of all three, chew, swallow and follow with a wee dram. Yum. I can honestly say the only time I've ever had haggis was while I was drinking (a couple of years in a row at Pennsic). So I don't know if I would have it sober- I've never been given that option. Blood pudding I did have- and loved it. For breakfast even. -georg Called black pudding here, though often dark red inside. Yummy, but high in fat, so I have to avoid it these days. It's a traditional breakfast food all over Scotland and the North of England. Seen down here in the heathen south, but not so often. -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Maureen Wozniak wrote:
In Illinois, Chicagoan's who find themselves south of I-80 are puzzled when someone asks if they "want to go with?" That one if familar too! -- Bonnie NJ |
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And here I thought "steg" was for guys, the equivalent of "beefcake". A
"chick" is also a "sild"? Roberta in D "Hanne Gottliebsen" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... In Danish "chick" as in good looking girl is "steg", the word normally used for a roast. You guys make me laugh! Hanne in London Pat in Virginia wrote: A modern roast? One with tattoos and piercing. PAT in VA/USA Johanna Gibson wrote: On 19 Jan 2005 00:58:00 -0800, "Dee in Oz" wrote: Down under they were often cooked with the Sunday Roast, not so much now with the 'modern roast' Dee in Oz What is a 'modern roast'? -- Jo in Scotland |
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OK, unless this is another case of words changing their meaing
180degrees in 5 years (this happens), "en laekker steg" is definitely a chick. "En dejlig sild" of course, is the same thing. Actually, I'm struggling to think of the Danish version of "hunk", maybe "en god cigar"? But I think that might be a bit old fashioned by now. Gees, I've been away too long already! Hanne in London Roberta Zollner wrote: And here I thought "steg" was for guys, the equivalent of "beefcake". A "chick" is also a "sild"? Roberta in D "Hanne Gottliebsen" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... In Danish "chick" as in good looking girl is "steg", the word normally used for a roast. You guys make me laugh! Hanne in London Pat in Virginia wrote: A modern roast? One with tattoos and piercing. PAT in VA/USA Johanna Gibson wrote: On 19 Jan 2005 00:58:00 -0800, "Dee in Oz" wrote: Down under they were often cooked with the Sunday Roast, not so much now with the 'modern roast' Dee in Oz What is a 'modern roast'? -- Jo in Scotland |
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