Words Brits use that Americans don't?

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  1. ~Zen~

    ~Zen~ California Tripper Administrator

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    You lot are an amazement :)
     
    ~Zen~, Nov 18, 2021
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  3. roadhogg

    roadhogg Senior Member

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    yea maybee your right vlad ,i was a young lad when i heard that saying ,possibly a slight miss interpretation
     
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  5. oldguynurse

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    Yep, Zen, every Sunday, on the way to church, we had to pass by it, and got 'the smell'.
     
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  7. Candy Gal

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    Gawd.
    Twat
    Sex pot
     
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  9. oldguynurse

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    Those are universal, though 'sex pot' is pretty dated, like from the '50s-'60s.
     
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  11. Candy Gal

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    I like that old word.:D

    Do you use lanky for tall people?
     
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  13. ~Zen~

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    More like 'tall glass of water' ... LOL!
     
    ~Zen~, Nov 18, 2021
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  15. Candy Gal

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    Too posh.
     
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  17. Candy Gal

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    Dicky

    No not that. lol

    Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
     
    Candy Gal, Nov 18, 2021
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  19. KathyL

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    My understanding was that the knacker was the person whose job it was to dispose of injured or sick livestock. Presumably, the carcasses ended up as glue or fertilizer, not in the food chain. I hope. Anyway, the knacker's yard was the place where farmers took their sick livestock so the knacker could do his job.

    Other meanings are derived from that.

    Knacker - Wikipedia
     
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  21. soulcompromise

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    Are you being silly while British? :D

    [​IMG]
     
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  23. roadhogg

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    farting like a trooper ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
     
    roadhogg, Nov 19, 2021
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  27. Candy Gal

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    Trouble and Strife - Wife

    Ball and Chalk - Walk

     
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  29. roadhogg

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    wonga -------dosh -------cash
     
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  31. Candy Gal

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    Todger - Little willy
     
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  33. KathyL

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    Acadian French is still spoken in Nova Scotia. I suppose that Acadian and "Cajun" French might have drifted apart a little bit in the last 250 years since they were separated geographically. But I suspect they are more similar to each other than they are to either Parisian or Quebec French. My high school French is not bad, but I can't understand a word of Acadian French.
     
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  35. Candy Gal

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    Ooh shall we do French letters? lol
     
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  37. roadhogg

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    yea ,,and get some frogs legs ,and garden snails ,,,YUMMMM
     
    roadhogg, Nov 20, 2021
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  39. Candy Gal

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    Oh gawd. lol
     
    Candy Gal, Nov 20, 2021
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