Words Brits use that Americans don't?

Interesting I knew a guy who lived in Jersey CI who I was told owned Stanley tools.

 

Unfortunately, all the changes have resulted in an unbelievable decline in quality. As well as their standard vices, Record offered a range of heavy chipping vices manufactured from drop forged steel. They could be used to secure a workpiece while forming it with a hammer or percussion tools. Even todays standard vices suffer leadscrew wear and stretching in a fraction of the use of the former products.
Stanley wood planes have suffered a similar decline and their spoke shaves are no longer available in forged steel.
Most of the products across the entire range are now manufactured in the far east.

Likewise, Startrite saws have declined in a similar manner, with their tilt arbour saws no longer produced in cast iron. Despite a price tag of around £8,000 the base unit is now flimsy fabricated construction with even more flimsy fences and sliding tables. The traditional 4 and 6 pole Brooke motors are also out of production. The replacements no longer have the Cylent (trade mark) sleeved phosphor bronze bearing liners that ran silently in an oilbath.

Old.


vs New

 

I was gobsmacked when he suggested we bunk on to the bus.
And he'd called me a geezer girl!
Say that here and no one knows what you're talking about!

 

This is the traditional Record chipping vice. Notice the stepped fitting jaws the newer vices have the jaws held only by the screws that bend a shear under vertical load placed on the workpiece.

The rear of the old design also served as a cold anvil.

 

I aint wearin an at on me ed for no one.

Notice the double negative.
Not wearing for no one = wearing for everyone.

 

To ghost someone
When you cut off communication with someone you’re no longer interested in.

 

To flex
Another way of saying someone is showing off.

Nowadays, teens have started using the slang phrase “weird flex but OK” as a snarky and mocking response to someone bragging about something considered questionable, bizarre or unusual.

 

Some or those amused me, I always had a reply.

Their is no such word as can't............................. I spell it without the 'T'
What did your last slave die of............................. Overwork.
No pudding unless you eat your dinner................With your puddings, that's a relief.
Because I said so................................................ Don't you know the answer.
It's like Blackpool illuminations............................ Can I have a shilling.
Were you born in a barn...................................... Yes, but it had a door.
I have told you 1,000 times.................................. 1,001 now.
Who's she, the cats mother................................. Can we have a cat.
Say pardon, not what........................................... Do you REALLY want me to be farting all day.
Eat your crusts.....................................................What do I do with all that spongy stuff in the middle.
Back in my day.................................................... Was Big Ben a little wristwatch before he grew up.
Wait until your dad gets home............................ I will be asleep when the pubs close. (That one came from Jane)

 

Love your answers Will

 

I sometimes wonder how my mother made it to 98. Perhaps I kept her young at heart.

 

Bless, I am 100% sure you did. xxx

 

On that topic Brits say 'mum" whereas most Americans say "mom"...
Cheers

 

Ok Moosh. lol

 

These differences can cause endless fun.
People rarely realise that they also exist between England and Ireland. When I first talked about my 'mum', Jane asked me how often I change her bandages.
We make the beds, while in Ireland they dress them and while we are making the tea, Irish people are wetting it.
When you think about it, the Irish versions are literally the correct ones.

 

“How’s your father,” “Rumpy pumpy,” “Good rogering”
Meaning: To have sex, sexual relations, get “your groove on.”

 

“I’ll give you a bunch of fives”
Meaning: You’re going to get a punch in the face.