They don`t say `quarter past ` or `quarter to` because they have a coin that is a quarter and it confuses them. They say 15 after or 15 to, even something like `it`s 11 45`
I love putting them straight on the whole football, soccer thing. They can`t answer when I ask `so what part of the body do you use most in soccer and what are they kicking.....foot....ball
To be fair to them, It's named football not because you use your foot to kick a ball, but because it's played on foot, as opposed to horseback. Same as how rugby is officially called 'Rugby Football' Also, soccer is a British term, not American.
Remember in the 70s .Jasper Carrot. Told the story of how he went in a shop in America asking for some cream for his facial spots . He was told '' OH YOU MEAN ZITS.'' and was asked what is the word for zits in England. To which he replied "********". Can just imagine yanks (he or she) Asking in chemists over here asking for cream for their ********. He's to blame for zits taking off in UK.
Ed in bro... scar bro.. Leicestershire was a particular favourite, Lie sest er shire where the shire rhymed with hire...
Hate it when septics say “excuse me?” When they haven’t heard or understood what you’ve said. My response: “Why? What have you done?”
Football in English refers to two sports Association Football and Rugby football To differentiate between the two they were shortened in England to rugger and assoccer which then became soccer. Eventually football became the dominant sport and essentially took ownership of the football word while rugby largely dropped the football part altogether and was simply rugby. In America they had gridiron football and association football but again the most dominant sport kept the main word, football and the less popular sport took the other part, soccer. Basically soccer is a British word which we adopted for football before abandoning it
How they can't tell the difference between a windscreen wiper and a baby's nappy, so just call them both a 'diaper' !!!
Sincere apologies, Mr.67, I rather stupidly thought I was contributing to a thread titled 'Americanisms' and it came to my mind that, in America, they call both nappies and windscreen wipers 'diapers', but clearly I am just pissed out of my skull and dreamt this. Thank you for highlighting this for me, and ask they say in American, G'night Y'all!!
never heard of wiper blades being called diapers, where have you heard this? I've even spent the last half hour trying to find this "americanism". All I can find is stuff like this: and https://www.google.co.uk/search?sou...i39k1j0i67k1j0i131k1j0i20i263k1.0.izQ0SiOXb_I You'll have to enlighten me please.
You've actually gone to all that trouble in an attempt to prove a complete stranger wrong, or prove yourself right??? Maybe try enlightening yourself rather than telling me that's what I HAVE to do.
OK, I've never heard of it and it seems like no-one else has either. I've tried enlightening myself - to no avail. So just trying to ask you where you'd heard it that's all. No need to get all aggressive.