Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Jul 3rd 2015, 3:43 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Cannot bring myself to say "panties".
Jul 3rd 2015, 5:45 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Homely (havent you got a homely house I have said on more occasions that I can bear to think of now that I know it means ugly here ) 
Jul 3rd 2015, 5:46 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Baking/boiling (hot day)
Jul 3rd 2015, 7:46 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
"at the weekend"
vest (when referring to children's clothing)
jumper
rucksack
vest (when referring to children's clothing)
jumper
rucksack
Jul 3rd 2015, 7:49 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Girls calling other girls their Girlfriend (not in a gay way)
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Jul 3rd 2015, 7:49 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
if arranging to meet someone on the next day ..........
I'll knock you up in the morning
Plus, it isn't always the word(s) used, but the way they are pronounced.
I'll knock you up in the morning
Plus, it isn't always the word(s) used, but the way they are pronounced.
Jul 3rd 2015, 9:06 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Wimbleton
Jul 3rd 2015, 9:14 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
That black sauce Lea and Perrins makes that you put in a Caesar drink as most people can't even pronounce it correctly.
Jul 3rd 2015, 9:22 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Of all the above/foregoing words, "rubber" is that one that always causes a double-take to non-Canadians. From time to time I find myself reminiscing about life in Toronto (I was married there in January 1967; so was my wife, as it happens...), and among the native eccentricities I relate is the custom of putting one's rubbers on before going outside in the snow. I expect that most readers of this thread have encountered the usual shock reaction - namely, "You what, John???"
Jul 3rd 2015, 10:05 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Geezer, Boozer , Bollocks my list goes on forever
Jul 3rd 2015, 10:19 pm
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It's a good old sauce, good in beans too. Soy sauce is another, but far less complicated to spell. I tell kids it's the black stuff they squeeze out of grasshopper heads.
Jul 3rd 2015, 11:06 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
I had to do the bollocks vs dog's bollocks explanation the other weekend.
I have also introduced her to the wonder of 'cockwomble'.
She did also wonder why I was laughing at someone's name on a list, it was "John Thomas". Yes, I'm childish, and I explained the joke, which she duly notified the person about, to some hilarity!
I have also introduced her to the wonder of 'cockwomble'.
She did also wonder why I was laughing at someone's name on a list, it was "John Thomas". Yes, I'm childish, and I explained the joke, which she duly notified the person about, to some hilarity!