English speaking countries still use some different words, tell us ?

Meanderer said:
...I know you shouldn't throw scones!:)

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LOL. I can't understand why in America scones are triangular and hard as rocks?
 

Funny..."comfort station" was a term my very-proper grandmother used when asking for directions. Never "restroom" or "bathroom". Occasionally "The Ladies' Lounge".

I read that in Colonial America, the outhouses were called "necessary houses".
 

hollydolly said:
This is pretty much the home counties generic accent ( home counties are the counties which surround London)...Rose, this will give you an idea of how we sound in this part of the UK.

There are huge regional variations in the uk given that it's such a small Island...and also of course there is slang talk within any county as well with lots of people particularly the young but the video shows our accent here in the London area pretty well for most of the average population..
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I guess blondes sound ditzy in ANY language ... :devilish:

Actually I'm a sucker for many British accents.
 
Wonder if someone I was talking from the UK was putting me on?

When I said I was going for a walk with my girlfriend they said they did not realize I was a lesbian.

I told them I was not a lesbian and why would they think that?

They told me that in the UK one woman referring to another woman as your Girlfriend means that you are referring to your lesbian partner, not just a friend?

True or False
 
I have to remind myself when visiting the US now not to ask where the toilet is. In the UK the toilet is the room not the bowl itself. I love how American tourists find that gross. No different from asking for the toilette in France.
 
Ameriscot said:
I have to remind myself when visiting the US now not to ask where the toilet is. In the UK the toilet is the room not the bowl itself. I love how American tourists find that gross. No different from asking for the toilette in France.
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Usually we just say Loo.. tho', or 'the ladies'.....you know this of course AS...but that's for the benefit of the Americans on the forum who don't.. :D
 
hollydolly said:
This is pretty much the home counties generic accent ( home counties are the counties which surround London)...Rose, this will give you an idea of how we sound in this part of the UK.



There are huge regional variations in the uk given that it's such a small Island...and also of course there is slang talk within any county as well with lots of people particularly the young but the video shows our accent here in the London area pretty well for most of the average population..
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Thanks HollyDolly. When watching this clip it hit me... the AH sound at the end of her words ending in R are why New Englanders do it, as in chow-dah. I am more southern near Ny & NJ so my accent is different.
 
That's a clever pic Phil, how did you manage to do it? I'm not very tech savvy.You should send it off to Hollywood, you may be a big star by next year, you certainly have the right menacing look for a Western [do they still make them?]
 
oakapple said:
That's a clever pic Phil, how did you manage to do it? I'm not very tech savvy.You should send it off to Hollywood, you may be a big star by next year, you certainly have the right menacing look for a Western [do they still make them?]
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I just go to FaceInHole.com, upload one of my few real pictures and voilĂ ! ;)

Cheating, I know, but it gets the necessary work done easily and quickly.

oakapple said:
You wouldn't need to use the guns, you could give them a hard stare and shoot a bit of Latin at them.;)
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"Aut neca aut necare, pardner!" :rolleyes:
 
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