Watching TV the other day...

holnrew

Philly_Q said:

Col_Decker said:

Saying Antony, but somehow putting some extra Fs in there to make 'Antff feny'.

They also somehow manage to turn "Craig" into "Creg".

And Graham into GRAM. Grr.

EricTheWeary

Cider. In the US that's a drink for children.

ICBM

"Soddering"… that really gets on my nerves.

Although it's their word for soldering (rather than buggery) it does make me want to shove something hot and pointy……...

equalsql

Saying tomato as tomato.. 

breakstuff

EricTheWeary said:

Cider. In the US that's a drink for children.

To be fair the same thing could be said for some parts of this country.

EricTheWeary

breakstuff said:

EricTheWeary said:

Cider. In the US that's a drink for children.

To be fair the same thing could be said for some parts of this country.

apparently the alcoholic stuff is known as hard cider over there.

Neil

They are indeed funny people (my daughter in law is American)

What is often confusing is the way they shorthand dates to month/date/year whereas we always use date/month year. 

johnnyurq

Yes the date thing is silly and the few US fora I am on they say happy birthday to me on 9/11 (rather unfortunate) instead of November the 9th.

Cot instead of bed, least worst option, deplane, detrain, bangs (fringes) and period which has gotten me into trouble with US friends.

stickyfiddle

I hate the way they call crisps "chips" even thought they were invented in America by an American who decided they should be called "chips" and it was us who got it wrong when they came over here. What a bunch of bastards!