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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: Ken Shelmerdine on October 20, 2008, 04:22:44 PM
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Go on Charee you think of one. The rules are that the questions are not to be answered from any person from the country who asked the question.
Fire Away. :2thumbsup;
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now i have to think of one , might need awhile !!! my minds gone blank !!
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Ok I'll start. Anyone know what a North of England Steak Pudding is? :ukflag;
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I'm guessing steak and kidney pie ???
Anyone know what a double double refers to in Canada?
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is it some kind of coffee, Monrein? :rofl; I have NO idea............just playing along............
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Ok I'll start. Anyone know what a North of England Steak Pudding is? :ukflag;
"Babby's Yead" or Baby's Head? minus the kidneys?
Anyone know what a double double refers to in Canada?
- two creams, two sugars in your coffee?
- two creams, two sugars at Tom Horton's?
Okay, so here's mine - do they have english muffins in England?
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Correct Pelagia. They are often called Babbies 'eads because of their shape. English muffins a type of bread roll a little bit like a small hamburger Bun.
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Anyone know what a double double refers to in Canada?
Don't know this one Monrein so I'll take a guess. 4 IN A BED? :rofl;
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okay the English muffin sounds the same as what we call an English muffin, which is not at all like our "regular muffins" which are more like a cupcake, just not so sweet. Do you have cupcakes over there? We bake them in muffin pans! :rofl;
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Anyone know what a double double refers to in Canada?
Don't know this one Monrein so I'll take a guess. 4 IN A BED? :rofl;
While the four in a bed sounds like a crowded idea, Pelagia got this one. A double double is a coffee from Tim Horton's with two cream two sugars.
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4 in a bed sounds like where FlipBob lives Kentucky backwoods I could not find the next question good idea Ken
why is dip bad in the south
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IN USA a bonnet is something you wear on your head.
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Is dip snuff Twirl? or chewin tabaccy???
And Okarol, a boot is something we put on a foot, right? So boot to bonnet would be quite different in North America than in Britain.
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boot to bonnet
why would you kick a blue bonnet------ our state flower and our state footwear
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okay the English muffin sounds the same as what we call an English muffin, which is not at all like our "regular muffins" which are more like a cupcake, just not so sweet. Do you have cupcakes over there? We bake them in muffin pans! :rofl;
No they are called Muffins. :rofl; There's English muffins and muffins which are like a cup cake. Small cup cakes in the UK are called Fairy Cakes.
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IN USA a bonnet is something you wear on your head.
Same in UK. It's also the hood on a car and the boot is the trunk. Anybody know what car fenders are called in the Uk and the windshield? Twirl what's a dip and why is it bad in the south?
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dip is chewing tobacco
that stuff you chew and spit
we had a yankee teacher come to work for us and she saw a referral - a student had been sent to the principal for dipping in class -
she thought he got up and danced and dipped his parnter
it is bad b/c of the cancer causing factors
and have you ever knocked over a spit-can-- very sickening---- chewed tobacco spit
Ken your buns are getting cold
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Anybody know what car fenders are called in the Uk and the windshield?
The fender is a wing, I think ?
Do all school children in the UK have rubbers? LOL That's a controversial subject in the US!
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Is a fender a bumper and a windshield a windscreen? Jamaicans used to call them that.
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and then there are bumpers that hang off the side of boats.
The whole British pudding thing is also very confusing. Here in the US pudding is a sweet dessert, kind of like an egg custard, but thickened with cornstarch or maybe tapioca and cooked on the stove rather than baked. What do you call that in England?
aubergine is a color in our country, but a food in other places
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Aubergine is also the french for eggplant. (It's a feminine noun)
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I thought rubbers were shoes you wear over your shoes in the rain for protection
wait
that does sound like the rubber you wear over something else for protection, does not matter if it is raining or not
when I was in school we called those plastic shoes rubbers
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In the English Caribbean we have a mixture of both vocabularies - British and US. So we tend to use both interchangeably. However, because of the influence of American TV, our last generation is losing the British Vocabulary. Don't think any of them would know what a 'lorry' was, and that was the word we used when I was a child.
What's a 'lorry'?
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In Canada a "cordial" is like a mixed drink (eg: rum & coke)
in Australia a "cordial" is a drink you make up from syrup (sort of like kool-aid in the US i guess) and kids get hyper on red cordial!!
and more contraversial along the lines of rubbers (which down here are the erasers not what you put on your ahem... )... in the USA you "root" for your team (ie: support or barrack).. in oz that will get you tears of laughter (or red faces) because "to root" down here is something you may well need those rubbers for... unless they're aussie rubbers ! Yes to "root" is to have sex (or "hook up" as they say). You can imagine my hysterics on my first visit to the US in the 90's when I saw an ad on TV for the "rapid rooter" (some kind of weeder) .....
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lorry truck
I think
what is a roly poly
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Is a fender a bumper and a windshield a windscreen? Jamaicans used to call them that.
That's correct Monrein. Pelagia deserts are also called puddings in the UK. There's also black pudding which you'd have with a fried English breakfast. It's dried pig's blood fried in a frying pan yum yum delicious. Twirl a we have jam roly poly pudding as a desert. It's a bit like a swiss roll with jam in the middle and you eat it with hot custard.
By the way ladies if you ever come to the UK and your looking for a place to sit down don't go saying some thing like 'I think I'll sit on my Fanny! :rofl; :rofl;
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bachelor: ("They have a bachelor for rent"). I am looking for a Canadian meaning!
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another one... chesterfield.....
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chesterfield is a cigarette brand
roly poly is a doddle bug or pill bug--- those little things that roll into a circle
so what does fanny mean
Canadian meaning for bacholor------ single man?
that roly poly dessert sound yummers especially the hot custard
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fanny - down here... something unmentionable in polite company! LOL Well ok, girls have them and boys don't :p
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chesterfield ...............couch
Canadian meaning for bacholor------ to "rent"a bacholor... apartment that your bedroom is in the living room, with a kitchen and bath
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a fanny is a WHAT :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
to rent a bachelor here would have a total different meaning - and could be against the law :clap;
I had a neighbor from England and I used to laugh when she said her daughter was being cheekie or cheeky
he son's kindergarten teacher complained to his mom b/c he kept saying stroller started with a P - Pram
the mom said it does start with a p
this is a fun thread
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lol@fanny. I would have thought it was a bum?
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lol@fanny. I would have thought it was a bum?
yeah... down here it's 'round the other side.....
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and shrimp on the barbie
so they eat grilled shrimp on a Barbie doll?
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chesterfield ...............couch
Canadian meaning for bacholor------ to "rent"a bacholor... apartment that your bedroom is in the living room, with a kitchen and bath
In the uk that's a Bedsit.
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a fanny is a WHAT :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
to rent a bachelor here would have a total different meaning - and could be against the law :clap;
I had a neighbor from England and I used to laugh when she said her daughter was being cheekie or cheeky
he son's kindergarten teacher complained to his mom b/c he kept saying stroller started with a P - Pram
the mom said it does start with a p
this is a fun thread
In the UK a pram is the traditional way to transport a baby. It is basically a cot (that would be 'crib' in USA) with four
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a fanny is a WHAT :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
to rent a bachelor here would have a total different meaning - and could be against the law :clap;
I had a neighbor from England and I used to laugh when she said her daughter was being cheekie or cheeky
he son's kindergarten teacher complained to his mom b/c he kept saying stroller started with a P - Pram
the mom said it does start with a p
this is a fun thread
In the UK a pram is the traditional way to transport a baby. It is basically a cot (that would be 'crib' in USA) with four wheels and a handle to push it. The baby can lie down or sit up as in a bed. A stroller on the other hand is called a 'baby buggy' in the UK.
Anyone know what a shopping cart is called in the UK?
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a wheelbarrow? :rofl; I have no idea, just being silly!
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A buggy? A grocery buggy?
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a grocery getter
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A thong is NOT worn on your Fanny! :rofl;
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thongs used to be sandels could not wear those on a fanny either
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A studio is what?
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down here thongs are still worn on your feet.. not on your butt (or fanny :p )
We also have prams (or sometimes called pushers) here.
and of course a barbie is a BBQ and a shrimp=prawn
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Studio - A small room or office. Used by Artists or Musicians. :guitar:
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Studio an apartment all in one room.
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A buggy? A grocery buggy?
A shopping trolley.
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Studio an apartment all in one room.
A Bedsit.
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way back to the boot/hood line - when I was in high school (late 60s, early 70s) the kids that wore black leather jackets and smoked cigarettes were called "hoods"
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I'm in Newfoundland , Canada. We have a lot of "unique words". Anyone know what a "sleveen" is? or a "yaffle"??
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A sleveen is a sly, untrustworthy person.
A yaffle is a European green woodpecker.
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Got sleveen right David but not yaffle!! Has nothing to do with a woodpecker in Newfoundland!!!
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yaffle - handful??
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An arm load Kim!!! A yaffle of wood is an armload of wood.
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I have a ton of Newf. friends :) and over 1/2 the time I have NO idea what the heck you all are talking about!! :shy;
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Anybody know what I mean when I say "the picture on the wall is squish"
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the future looks bad
or you just swatted an insect
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No clue on that one Del, I am going to email my friend, don't give the answer to fast
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For those in the Northern Hemisphere what do you call some of the features of the night sky? I think it varies but it might be by language. What would you call this?
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Big Dipper!
Constellation?
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Big Dipper!
That's what we call it in the States ... I think in German it is the big wagon. What do you Brits call it?
In Oz are there many named constellations? Seems like most of the night sky names came from the Romans, who got to to name the features of the Southern sky?
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For those in the Northern Hemisphere what do you call some of the features of the night sky? I think it varies but it might be by language. What would you call this?
The Plough or the big dipper.
What is the sidewalk called in Britain?
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footpath
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footpath
Sometimes called footpath but more often refered to as the 'pavement'. As I recall but not quite sure, do Americans call the road 'the pavement'?
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footpath
Sometimes called footpath but more often refered to as the 'pavement'. As I recall but not quite sure, do Americans call the road 'the pavement'?
is it not called "sidewalk"
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footpath
Sometimes called footpath but more often refered to as the 'pavement'. As I recall but not quite sure, do Americans call the road 'the pavement'?
is it not called "sidewalk"
Not in the UK
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Here's an :ausflag;
durrey
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Here's an :ausflag;
durrey
Never heard that one before. Heard of a Dunny though (hehehe)...
Guess I'm just not aussie enough.... although we're from different ends of the place :)
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What's a "vamp"????
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or vamps???
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vamp = femme fatale, like some of the old time Hollywood actresses
or part of a shoe!
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part of a shoe is getting a little closer lol!!!
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Here's an :ausflag;
durrey
cigarette
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part of a shoe is getting a little closer lol!!!
heel of a shoe :urcrazy;
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Nope!!! It's the name for wool socks. The socks are knit from real sheeps wool. You wear them over your regular socks to keep your feet warm in the winter. They only come a few inches above your ankle. They would be too itchy to wear with out regular socks inside them!!!
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Here's an :ausflag;
durrey
cigarette
Onya cobber! :yahoo; :yahoo; :clap; :clap; :ausflag; :ausflag;
Here's an :ausflag;
durrey
Never heard that one before. Heard of a Dunny though (hehehe)...
Guess I'm just not aussie enough.... although we're from different ends of the place :)
I hope you dont have a few roos short in the top paddock :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Dunny is a good one mate! :clap; :clap;
How about "humbug" or
I love eating pie with dead horse :thumbup;
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Nope!!! It's the name for wool socks. The socks are knit from real sheeps wool. You wear them over your regular socks to keep your feet warm in the winter. They only come a few inches above your ankle. They would be too itchy to wear with out regular socks inside them!!!
sounds toasty!
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I hope you dont have a few roos short in the top paddock :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Dunny is a good one mate! :clap; :clap;
How about "humbug" or
I love eating pie with dead horse :thumbup;
definitely a different world up North...... I always though a humbug was a lolly/candy... but I'm sure that's wrong in your context lol
And I've been to Darwin too... well OK for a weekend.....
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here's another Newfoundland term!!! Anybody know what drawn butter is??? I am having it tomorrow night.
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Is it the same as "clarified" butter or Indian ghee? The milk solids are separated from the clear butter. I bet you dip lobsters in that. Mmm.
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Actually monrein drawn butter does have butter in it. You melt butter , add chopped onions and cook until the onions are clear. Add flour (usually about half a cup) and salt and pepper. remove from heat and add about 1/2 cup of water. stir. Return to heat and add more water until the sauce is the thickness that you want. it is delious served over fish and boiled potatoes. I had some for supper actually!!! very similar to a white sauce only you use watr instead of milk.
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That's totally different than what I was thinking. Sounds good Del.