RE: British vs American terms
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RE: British vs American terms - 7/7/2005 8:25:38 PM
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05LandRover
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where do you live? 200,000 is twice midland's size.
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RE: British vs American terms - 7/11/2005 1:43:36 PM
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Benhamtroll
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Some of my favorite Brit-speak is the rhyming slang. I've always found it truly bizzare that you can get things like:
china=friend/pal
If I recall correctly, it runs something like this: mate>plate>china.
I also remember studying dialects in college for theater. Listening to the tape of the Yorkshireman was pretty mind-numbing.
< Message edited by Benhamtroll -- 7/11/2005 1:44:32 PM >
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RE: British vs American terms - 7/11/2005 1:55:18 PM
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Patrick
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i dont think that a class about british slang coud be that bad..i played hockey with a kid from GB...he had an accident, and said things from time to time that seemed unusual...but i had a roommate who took a class on ebonics...and he used it all the time...THAT was annoying. 
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RE: British vs American terms - 8/3/2005 6:37:15 AM
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Randy Lover
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what about....
pop - soda
chips - fries
path - sidewalk
pund - dollar, obviously
telle - tv.set
mobile - cellphone
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RE: British vs American terms - 12/3/2005 7:54:38 PM
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1150adv
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quote:
ORIGINAL: HAMROVER
I can't believe you lot don't have roundabouts!
I've never heard anyone call a sump a 'bottom sump' either, its just a sump.
Only in Northern England do they call a girl a lass, you'd be surprised at how many accents and language dialects are in the UK.
I'd be mightily impressed with any American who could hold a conversation with a Georgie (pronounced 'jor-di').
Righty oh bonnie lad .
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RE: British vs American terms - 12/4/2005 6:17:20 AM
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Randy Lover
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Newcastle kicks ass and im proud to live there. (well very close)
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