You think you've mastered all American terms...
Oct 7th 2010, 1:52 pm
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You think you've mastered all American terms...
Planning to hang out with friends from work and drink some beer tomorrow night. This is a copy and paste of the e-mail I got:
I almost spat my coffee out over my keyboard.
Turns out a "Packy" is an Eastern Mass term for a liquer store. I'm going back to England next week for a few days... think I'll stick with "offi"
DISCLAIMER: Absolutely no offense intended. And I've warned them about using the same term around Brits!
I will get all of the beer - one of the packies in town has a bunch of different styles of pumpkin beer. You guys can then re-imburse me or just pay for food.
And did I spell the pluralized version of packy right? This will bother me.
And did I spell the pluralized version of packy right? This will bother me.
Turns out a "Packy" is an Eastern Mass term for a liquer store. I'm going back to England next week for a few days... think I'll stick with "offi"
DISCLAIMER: Absolutely no offense intended. And I've warned them about using the same term around Brits!
Oct 7th 2010, 1:56 pm
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Re: You think you've mastered all American terms...
Slang obviously for the package store where liquor is sold. Yes, it is packies.
But pumpkin beer
But pumpkin beer
Oct 7th 2010, 2:11 pm
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Re: You think you've mastered all American terms...
I'd skip it. Pumpkin beer, blergh.
Oct 7th 2010, 4:04 pm
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Re: You think you've mastered all American terms...
Ah, makes a change 
Bit of a New England tradition I think. Just blending in
Bit of a New England tradition I think. Just blending in
Oct 7th 2010, 5:29 pm
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Re: You think you've mastered all American terms...
We have a Wahoo's Fish Taco next to my work. I love the food.
Not sure if the name is risque or not.
Not sure if the name is risque or not.
Oct 7th 2010, 6:05 pm
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Re: You think you've mastered all American terms...
It is not risque at all. The US Navy naming conventions used to name submarines after fish. One of the more famous US submarines during WWII in the Pacific was the USS Wahoo.
In a useless BTW, in the 1970's the naming convention changed -- Ballistic Missile submarines ["boomers"] were named after states and attack submarines were named after US cities. During WWII the convention was to name battleships after states and cruisers after cities. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule -- USS New York
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Oct 7th 2010, 6:20 pm
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Re: You think you've mastered all American terms...
Fish taco could also be described as a fur burger.
Oct 7th 2010, 6:51 pm
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Oct 7th 2010, 7:31 pm
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Re: You think you've mastered all American terms...
What's a wahoo to you?
I almost went :thud: the first time a Florida redneck told me he was going dolphin fishing.
Oct 7th 2010, 7:35 pm
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Re: You think you've mastered all American terms...
A swordfish?
What's a hee-haw?
What's a hee-haw?