Cloud

Not sure if there was a thread on this before.

Thought it deserved it's own thread based on the wee discussion in the lol pics thread.

I like talking about this type of thing and see the differences between the langauges, hopefully discovering ones that I don't know.

So post!

One of the ones that I found really odd is how you all pronounce Adidas, and Celica(as in the car toyota celica)



This also, is not a chicken sandwich!! :P

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Skuh

nee san for nissan (niss an)

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Jomick

Which was which? I say nee san, so I'm willing to assume that's the American way.

Does the complete change of words count in this thread?

Like lorry for truck, life for elevator, etc.?


Also off topic, but for Canadians: Aboot for about.

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Cloud

Of course!

American soccer terminology usually makes me go "wtf" like "he juked the player and makes the goal" O_o sounds weird.

Knee san just sounds weird. As does A-dee-dus (adidas)

The american pronunciation for Premier(as in the premier league) made me laugh so hard when I heard Jo say it.

The English and I think American way of pronouncing Graeme Mc Dowell's surname is odd to me too, it's pronounced Ma Dole here.(I think that is the proper way to say it)

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Jomick

Well juking is like faking someone out.

I find those pronunciations to be normal. How do yous on the other side of the pond say it?

Above goes for premier as well. I only see pree-meer as the pronunciation.

And I say is relatively close to my last name, so I say Mick-Dow-ull

God, you'd say my last name Ma Carin

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Cloud

Well it depends on the name, I have "mc" in my name but it is pronounced "mick"

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Jomick

So why don't you say Mick for that person's name?

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Skuh

Mc can be ma, mck, mick, or mack

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Colts23

But Cloud, that picture is a chicken sandwich.....

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"You told me yes / You held me high
And I believed when you told that lie
I played that soldier / You played king
And struck me down when I kissed that ring
You lost that right / to hold that crown
I built you up but you let me down
so when you fall / I'll take my turn
and fan the flames as your blazes burn"
- Linkin Park "Burn It Down" (Mike Rap Part)

Jomick

I think it's fish.

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Colts23

Its could be. They both looks the same.

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"You told me yes / You held me high
And I believed when you told that lie
I played that soldier / You played king
And struck me down when I kissed that ring
You lost that right / to hold that crown
I built you up but you let me down
so when you fall / I'll take my turn
and fan the flames as your blazes burn"
- Linkin Park "Burn It Down" (Mike Rap Part)

Jomick

Especially the fast food shit.

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Skuh

You're both concentrating on the wrong word in the phrase chicken sandwich

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Fr0stByte

Bathroom<--->Pisser

HBK

Lift =/= Elevator ???????????

Fanny - UK = down under, US = on the rear

Banger = sausage or old car.

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pantstofry

bonnet and boot.

also is it in britain where they say 350zed instead of just Z?

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abc

If a bonnet is a "hood" then what is the roof of a convertible for you lot?


We say "350 zed" in the same way you say "350 zee." Z to an Englishman is "zed" whereas to an American it's a "zee."


I find Top Gear USA hilarious. Knee-sahn GT Arrrr. Mittsu-bee-shee Lancer Evolution I Ex. I want to hear one of them say "Range Rover Evoque" or "Bentley Arnage." Boo-ga-dee Veyron. They say everything foreign in slow motion as though no-one in America has ever heard of it before. Poor-sha Nine One One Gee Tee Three ARR ESS. "Boy this thing really handles AANNDDD it'll out-do a 'Stang or Camaaroo down the I-95." I would love for Top Gear US to drive something like a Lotus Exige S/Ariel Atom V8/Radical/Caparo T1/Caterham/etc. Also the track is commendably twisty for a country with no corners?

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This is getting repetitive.

Cloud

Well not to me :P

I suppose in a way it is, chicken inbetween a piece of bread, but I would call that a bap rather than bread rolls as you probably call them.

I would call that chicken in a bap or just a chicken burger.

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abc

But this isn't a beef sandwich...




Also, how do Americans pronounce Celica then? England says sell-e-ka

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This is getting repetitive.

Fr0stByte

Biscuits to Cookies
Buttered Bread Rolls to Biscuits

get it right...jeez

Cloud

Sell Ik A, sounds weird.

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Colts23

• "Homely" means ugly to Americans whereas it means cosy, unpretentious, unsophisticated, or unassuming in the U.K.
• "pissed" means drunk. In America, it means very angry.

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"You told me yes / You held me high
And I believed when you told that lie
I played that soldier / You played king
And struck me down when I kissed that ring
You lost that right / to hold that crown
I built you up but you let me down
so when you fall / I'll take my turn
and fan the flames as your blazes burn"
- Linkin Park "Burn It Down" (Mike Rap Part)

Skuh

This one I find grating. Just hate it.
Motorsport.
The long unbendy bt of a track is called a straight. In America it's a straightaways.
wtf

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Fr0stByte

Like when Nascar is on tv....im gonna change the channel straightaways

GhostHands

@Cloud, the sammie pictured is the Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwich and it's delightful to eat!

This one messed me up too. I was talking to Voodoo (Aussie) and mentioned I was making Biscuits & Gravy for breakie and he was like WTF why are you putting gravy on cookies!! Our biscuits would be maybe like a UK scone only unsweetened.


Aluminum and Centrifugal are the two Hobbs and I argued about the most.

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