English English & American English

[rrkss]

In America I rarely hear the expression.

Its bloody hot outside.

People tend not to use bloody over here.

 

[msouth468]

I'd bring up the different names for Smokes but that might be a little to offensive.

 

[rrkss]

Can you please give me a light for my ***?

Can you please give me a light for my cigarette?

Might sound corny but I don't smoke so I am not exactly sure how you smokers would phrase that statement.

 

[Lila]

Can you please give me a light for my ***?

Can you please give me a light for my cigarette?

Might sound corny but I don't smoke so I am not exactly sure how you smokers would phrase that statement.

We simply say, "Hey, got a light?"

"Can I borrow a light?"

"Can I bum a smoke of ya?"

That's about it.



Lila

 

[Galaxie]

"Meh. At petsmart a few days ago I saw a woman buying 4 bettas for one tank."

I read this in another thread, by CBTF. Is "meh" a Canadian term? I think I've seen it used before.

 

[sumthin fishy]

Eh (like the letter "a") is a word used in Canadia. "it's cold out, eh?"
Not sure about meh.

 

[OrionGirl]

Meh is an attempt to spell an emotion, I think.

What I find droll is the fact that there are actually more variances within American English than there are between American English and English English.

 

[sumthin fishy]

I'd bring up the different names for Smokes but that might be a little to offensive.

In America you bum a ciggarette(ask for a smoke), which in the uk would be quite nasty.
But then they think nothing of blowing ***s.

 

[ksimmo1]

I spent a couple weeks in London during my senior year in college. Towards the end of my stay I got lost trying to find my way back to the tube. I ended up following a couple signs that pointed me in the direction of a "subway" which led me to an underground street crossing. So, instead of realizing my mistake, I walked through the thing four or five times trying to fnd a train station somehow hidden in it. It was only until I scared a couple of 10 year old girls when I asked them where the subway was, while we were standing in it, that I figured out what happened.

 

[Lila]

I spent a couple weeks in London while during my senior year in college. Towards the end of my stay I got lost trying to find my way back to the tube. I ended up following a couple signs that pointed me in the direction of a "subway" which led me to an underground street crossing. So, instead of realizing my mistake, I walked through the thing four or five times trying to fnd a train station somehow hidden in it. It was only until I scared a couple of 10 year old girls when I asked them where the subway was, while we were standing in it, that I figured out what happened.

I'm sorry, but that is funny!