Yes, though if someone said, "I was nicked by the Old Bill and banged up" instead of, "I was arrested by the police and jailed" it would sound very Cockney (East End of London) to my ears, though it's possible people in other areas of England would say that too. If you were in Scotland you'd say. "I was lifted by the polis and put away" instead.
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Lost in translation (US to UK)
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Yes, though if someone said, "I was nicked by the Old Bill and banged up" instead of, "I was arrested by the police and jailed" it would sound very Cockney (East End of London) to my ears, though it's possible people in other areas of England would say that too. If you were in Scotland you'd say. "I was lifted by the polis and put away" instead.
The origin of the expression "the Dogs Bollocks" to describe something good is because they must be good, why else would they be licking them all the time? 
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The origin of the expression "the Dogs Bollocks" to describe something good is because they must be good, why else would they be licking them all the time?
I thought it was more down to the obvious point of how proud they are of them...
Churchill said we were two nations divided by the same language.I don't think Americans have 'fortnights' do they? Expressing a liking for faggots will get two completely different responses either side of the pond. Cars here have bonnets and boots not hoods and trunks. Two Americans I met in a bar in Ireland once kept arguing whether 'soda' or 'pop' was the correct term for a soft drink (we call it pop) but they both said 'bicyclists' whereas we just say cyclist.
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I thought it was more down to the obvious point of how proud they are of them...
This. I always thought it was something so good, that you want to show it off all the time.
I would call my bass the dogs bollocks, I don't want to lick it all the time though.
What's a slang term for Macca's up in the US of A and England?
colloquially, McDonald's is known as Macca's down here.
i.e: "Lets go for a Macca's run" = "Lets get some drive-thru Mcdonald's"
colloquially, McDonald's is known as Macca's down here.
i.e: "Lets go for a Macca's run" = "Lets get some drive-thru Mcdonald's"
Its interesting to see that canadian english is closer to british english.
Can you imagine how funny it is for us then considering in british-english it means vagina?
We'd say neither washroom or westroom. We'd say toilet, or if its got a bath or shower in it we'd say bathroom. Usually i'd spell and pronounce arse as arse
Fanny here means a woman's rear end, and it is funny when we hear Americans use it as a woman's name.
Can you imagine how funny it is for us then considering in british-english it means vagina?
We'd say neither washroom or westroom. We'd say toilet, or if its got a bath or shower in it we'd say bathroom. Usually i'd spell and pronounce arse as arse
Yeah, that ones true, in yorkshire too which is more NE than west.
A typical conversation between some kids might be something like this.
"Ay-up cock hows thi doin, has tha bin aaght toneat lake-in?"
"Naa, wi adter gu to mi nanns, she giv me sum spice"
"As tha gorrit withthee?"
"I eignt gorrit soz"
"I bet thas etten it"
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Its interesting to see that canadian english is closer to british english.
Can you imagine how funny it is for us then considering in british-english it means vagina?
Us old timers might recall an All-female Band of the 1970's from the USA - June Millington played Bass - called "Fanny"?.
I once worked with a singer in a production show on a US based cruise ship who called himself:
"John Thomas"
That means "Dick" (anatomically) in English.
"John Thomas"
That means "Dick" (anatomically) in English.
... have we got to pronunciations yet?...
In both the UK and th USA the colo(u)r of army uniforms is "Khaki".
In the UK we say it as Car-Key, in the US you say it as Cackie.
In the UK Cack, or Cackie, is Sh*t.
In both the UK and th USA the colo(u)r of army uniforms is "Khaki".
In the UK we say it as Car-Key, in the US you say it as Cackie.
In the UK Cack, or Cackie, is Sh*t.
Mickey D's is a common nickname for McDonalds around here.
The "BK Lounge" would be it's counterpart Burger King.
I had a friend of mine that worked for a plastic injection mold manufacturer. They spent several weeks re-tooling the John Thomas Batts (A maker of plastic clothes hangers) molds deleting the John Thomas from the logo as they had just secured a larger contract somewhere over the Atlantic.
Just to be purely semantic, its hurling and GAELIC football, or collectively, G.A.A. sports, and both predate American football (and football and International Rules and Cricket and pretty much every other modern sport) fairly significantly! Hurling in particular is quite possibly the roughest and fastest ball game in the world.
And the ice cream is called a "99" and the chocolate is a "flake"
Us poor Irish seem to have a hard time being understood anywhere! Myself and a few mates nearly got a fairly hefty kicking from a couple of guys in New York when I said, "The craic was mighty".....they were much bigger than us, gave us "the look" and said, "YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF CRACK-HEADS?" Hastily explained ourselves before being crushed into the ground!
My brother's wife is English and one time I had to pick her up from work and she told me to come get her at "half four"
My response was "so, like 2:00?"
Another English friend of mine, when he first moved to the states almost got himself beat up for asking a guy at a bar if he could "bum a fag"
My response was "so, like 2:00?"
Another English friend of mine, when he first moved to the states almost got himself beat up for asking a guy at a bar if he could "bum a fag"
