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American Words you DO Like!
Is this going to be the shortest thread on record? We all have lots of gripes, but surely there must be some words or expressions that we like?!
I love the term "wrecker," far more evocative then "breakdown truck"! |
Re: American Words you DO Like!
Originally Posted by Nutmegger
(Post 9661305)
Is this going to be the shortest thread on record? We all have lots of gripes, but surely there must be some words or expressions that we like?!
I love the term "wrecker," far more evocative then "breakdown truck"! http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=725965 |
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It's true! The memory is indeed the first to go . . .
Well, I was correct about one thing, it will indeed be the shortest thread . . . :rofl: |
Re: American Words you DO Like!
Originally Posted by Nutmegger
(Post 9661305)
Is this going to be the shortest thread on record? We all have lots of gripes, but surely there must be some words or expressions that we like?!
I love the term "wrecker," far more evocative then "breakdown truck"! |
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"y'all"... seems nicer than "you lot"
"I'm all set" |
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Originally Posted by Nutmegger
(Post 9661341)
It's true! The memory is indeed the first to go . . .
Well, I was correct about one thing, it will indeed be the shortest thread . . . :rofl: |
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Originally Posted by BILDER
(Post 9661344)
Not everything can be awesome, because where do you go from that? Nothing can be better than that. Some things are not even awesome, they are not even that good! |
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Fanny pack.
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 9661410)
Fanny pack.
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 9661395)
I guess you could like some words without adopting them.
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Dude.
The way you say it imparts the entire meaning, anything from surprise to disgust to congratulations. |
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Originally Posted by Anian
(Post 9661649)
Dude.
The way you say it imparts the entire meaning, anything from surprise to disgust to congratulations. |
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Originally Posted by Anian
(Post 9661649)
Dude.
The way you say it imparts the entire meaning, anything from surprise to disgust to congratulations. |
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Originally Posted by nethead
(Post 9661685)
I like 'dude' too, but don't say it myself, I'd just sound stupid, and not keen when my kids call me dude either.
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dumpster
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Originally Posted by md95065
(Post 9661765)
dumpster
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motherfucker
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Can't think of even one. But I'm a miserable old cow this week who even told her daughter that we say sweeties and not candy. And we say "hello" or "hi" and not 'Hey" and we definitely do not say "awesome dude".
Note to self - cancel the sodding Disney channel from Sky. |
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Originally Posted by Manc
(Post 9661874)
motherfucker
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Second note to self - quite like Manc's quote - but not in front of the kids.
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 9661881)
Another trade name.
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Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza
(Post 9661879)
Can't think of even one. But I'm a miserable old cow this week who even told her daughter that we say sweeties and not candy. And we say "hello" or "hi" and not 'Hey" and we definitely do not say "awesome dude".
Note to self - cancel the sodding Disney channel from Sky. I like the word burglarize, just because it makes me snigger when people say it. We're going away for the weekend and I told my daughter to pack a jumper, she had no idea what a jumper was:ohmy: |
Re: American Words you DO Like!
Originally Posted by Nutmegger
(Post 9661305)
Is this going to be the shortest thread on record? We all have lots of gripes, but surely there must be some words or expressions that we like?!
I love the term "wrecker," far more evocative then "breakdown truck"! The longer I've been back (5 years now, after 23 years away), the fewer Americanisms I use, but I still find words like "lame" creep out now and then. |
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Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 9661902)
:lol: My PM entitled Hey! must have pissed you off then, sorry.
I like the word burglarize, just because it makes me snigger when people say it. We're going away for the weekend and I told my daughter to pack a jumper, she had no idea what a jumper was:ohmy: I meant more like greetings on the phone or in the streets or with friends and all this "hey" instead of "hi". But as you know - anything this week would have pissed me off xxx |
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Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 9661902)
:lol: My PM entitled Hey! must have pissed you off then, sorry.
I like the word burglarize, just because it makes me snigger when people say it. We're going away for the weekend and I told my daughter to pack a jumper, she had no idea what a jumper was:ohmy: |
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Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 9661927)
You mean "snicker", right? the first time I used the word above in class, I got some very shocked looks - I think because they thought I had used the N-word with an "s" before it. :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 9661930)
We should all just start saying 'marathon' to really confuse everyone.
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Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 9661932)
You beat me to it:p
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 9661934)
Ah, great minds think alike.
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Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza
(Post 9661936)
Was bigger and tasted better than a "snicker".
Of course, all chocolate bars were bigger in the 80s than they are now, I believe. |
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 9661941)
I seem to remember that too.
Of course, all chocolate bars were bigger in the 80s than they are now, I believe. |
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Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza
(Post 9661947)
and of course a hell of a lot cheaper - but a Mars was so big you could share it. Not any more.
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:sneaky: and I ain't sharing with anyone!
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Dink
As in "Dude, don't be such a dink" Possibly need to be a Main-ah to get it though. Also like Moxy. |
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Originally Posted by Bob
(Post 9662444)
Dink
As in "Dude, don't be such a dink" Possibly need to be a Main-ah to get it though. Also like Moxy. WTF? I have never heard 'dink' in the US. And, I have never even heard of Main-ah before and I have lived in the US since birth. |
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Originally Posted by Bob
(Post 9662444)
Dink
As in "Dude, don't be such a dink" Possibly need to be a Main-ah to get it though. Also like Moxy. |
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Originally Posted by BILDER
(Post 9662474)
WTF? I have never heard 'dink' in the US. And, I have never even heard of Main-ah before and I have lived in the US since birth.
You ain't from around heah, are ya? |
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Originally Posted by cindyabs
(Post 9662719)
DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You ain't from around heah, are ya? |
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Originally Posted by BILDER
(Post 9662474)
WTF? I have never heard 'dink' in the US. And, I have never even heard of Main-ah before and I have lived in the US since birth.
Like I said, it must be a Maine thing :) Though Main-ah is pretty common for describing the folks up in the nipple state. As for words, I really don't like them, but do find using them an awful lot - Dude and Awesome... Such as Dude, them Skanks getting beat lastnight, awesome :D But it was seeing A-Rod bomb in the 9th and Big Nose thinking he almost got a winning homer :D |
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