sibsie

I just had a talk with Mr Sibsie about us having a row (arguement) he'd never heard of the word.

Patrick

BITCH!

bored-silly

Are you calling me a bitch?

Jabba1

I learned what "row" meant by reading Harry Potter books.

Patrick

How long have you been married because your rubbish rowing

you say wanker

I come back with bitch

then you say bastard

I won't spoil the ending but one ends up crying an the other sleeps on the couch.

snowbunny

Translations please? I do know nicked = pinched = stole

Where to even start.... there are zillions for sport alone!

strip: uniform (tell an American: "have you seen Man Utd strip?")
pitch: field
touchline: sideline
full time: game over
match: game
supporter: fan
side: team
draw: tied game
level: score currently tied
nil: zero
grounds: stadium
derby: local rivalry
heated pitch: for wimps
physio: doctor, physical therapy
tackle: in soccer, take the ball away from the other team, rather than
hurling someone onto the pitch/field
booked: penalised/penalized (your choice of spelling)
booked for dissent: in trouble for arguing with the umpire/referee

not to mention that the "home" or host team is listed first in the UK but second in the US; in the UK it's "Norwich v (hosting) Ipswich" whereas in the UK it'd be "Ipswich v (visiting) Norwich."

And I haven't even started learning cricket yet!

snowbunny

I'm divorced. I tended to have blazing rows, not just ordinary rows. One thing that WILL get you into big trouble with an American woman is if you call her a cow, even in the most affectionate way -- "silly moo." You've just said she's as big as the side of a barn and YOU'LL be sleeping on the couch.

erkydooks

The time could be quarter past two, but never half past. Its always two thirty

Got to be carefull with the word pissed

They also seem to take offence at 'going for a Crap'

Even though the flush toilet was invented by thomas Crapper and the word comes from that

I also learned that 2 eights of an inch is a quarter. Darn that metric system

sibsie

I found that one out the hard way. I called someone a stupid cow after she did something exceptionally stupid. I meant it in a humourous way but she didn't quite get it.

Hubby loves that I swear like a pirate at home. He feels quite liberated that he can call me the C word and I don't take offence. It took him a while to not be scared of saying it though!

emmals

morngy.....someone who is miserable
morky......someone who sulks

snowbunny

Learning to convert fractions is simple maths, nothing to do with converting an Imperial unit to a metric unit!

:P

I could use a jug of scrumpy about now..... (noticing that you are from Yeovil)

ukemigrant

I'm here for the craic is how it's spelt....but pronounced as you said.

I have had to explain 'bob's your uncle' to almost everyone I've said it to.
Usually means (to me anyway) 'and there you have it', or 'good to go'.

If anyone can offer a better explanation please do.

ukemigrant

You mean 'damn that simple maths' shurely?

2/8 = 1/4

And here's something else you might not have known, 4 eighths of an inch is a half

Dazlin

Robert's your fathers brother

bored-silly

Riiiiight........I'll be ready next time. Not had my first row on here yet, I'm too scared!