My favourite American Expressions/phrases

[wounded horse]

I'll start it off for us limeys:

cooties = nits
sodering = soldering (is this correct?)
Pantywaist = wuss. I'm trying to get this one into common UK use. This is a great word.

[Bruce Weldy]

I'll start it off for us limeys:

cooties = nits
sodering = soldering (is this correct?)
Pantywaist = wuss. I'm trying to get this one into common UK use. This is a great word.

Yes, soldering is correct .....sodering is not a word, some people just have a little problem with spelling.....

The proper spelling is pantywaste. I won't post the definition here....just google it.

[wounded horse]

Nope, saw it in some pulp novel or other and I prefer this one.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pantywaist

Not keen on the waste one.

[Bruce Weldy]

Nope, saw it in some pulp novel or other and I prefer this one.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pantywaist

Not keen on the waste one.

Kinda' makes you think about some of the words we use without thinking....where they really come from.

[UROK]

I learned "posterize" (v.) just this week.
Apparently from basketball when someone makes a defender look like an idiot whilst scoring.

[Mikey]

I find it interesting that "fanny" refers to two completely different parts of the anatomy to Yanks and Brits.

[Harley]

I find it interesting that "fanny" refers to two completely different parts of the anatomy to Yanks and Brits.

Aahh yes. Here 'fanny' means female genitalia.

I was hosting a barbeque once and we had an American female guest, who because of her accent and perception of self importance came across in conversation as rather LOUD. She was get starting to get annoying.

Anyhow, we had some of those plastic/portable seats which for some reason ( rain..beer..whatever ) had gotten quite wet.

As usual, guys standing at the BBQ, beers in hand chatting about fast cars, cricket scores etc, women in the other corner chatting about ???.

This lady goes to sit down on one of the chairs, right smack dab into the puddle of water.

She screams and then at the top of her voice yells "Oh my God....LOOK ... my fanny's all wet"

We guys could not believe it...there was one of those pregnant silence moments ( nothing to do with the fanny ) followed by embarrassed looks between us guys then the popping of beer tops as we all looked skywards searching for some way to change the subject without pissing ourselves laughing.

This episode is firmly etched in my memory.

[Dave Non-Zero]

A good example is shopping for clothes....

If you went into a store in America or Britain and asked for

Pants
Vest
Suspenders

You would get completely different items.

[CafSentryGnome]

I find it interesting that "fanny" refers to two completely different parts of the anatomy to Yanks and Brits.

Aahh yes. Here 'fanny' means female genitalia.

I was hosting a barbeque once and we had an American female guest, who because of her accent and perception of self importance came across in conversation as rather LOUD. She was get starting to get annoying.

Anyhow, we had some of those plastic/portable seats which for some reason ( rain..beer..whatever ) had gotten quite wet.

As usual, guys standing at the BBQ, beers in hand chatting about fast cars, cricket scores etc, women in the other corner chatting about ???.

This lady goes to sit down on one of the chairs, right smack dab into the puddle of water.

She screams and then at the top of her voice yells "Oh my God....LOOK ... my fanny's all wet"

We guys could not believe it...there was one of those pregnant silence moments ( nothing to do with the fanny ) followed by embarrassed looks between us guys then the popping of beer tops as we all looked skywards searching for some way to change the subject without pissing ourselves laughing.

This episode is firmly etched in my memory.

just imagine the response when we had a woman say 'uh my fanny is sore from bouncing around in the back of the car'. it was one of those errr what were you doing moments

[UROK]

In the UK now that they have passed a new law, if you want to smoke a fag you gotta do it outside the pub.

[Harley]

just imagine the response when we had a woman say 'uh my fanny is sore from bouncing around in the back of the car'. it was one of those errr what were you doing moments

Classic!

What about when they go out for a walk and they wear 'A fanny pack' hahahahahaha

[CafSentryGnome]

In the UK now that they have passed a new law, if you want to smoke a fag you gotta do it outside the pub.

same in Australia now too. so now everyone sits out side.

[Harley]

In the UK now that they have passed a new law, if you want to smoke a fag you gotta do it outside the pub.

A flame thrower gets it done in quick time

[BrentEvans]

In the UK now that they have passed a new law, if you want to smoke a fag you gotta do it outside the pub.

Around here they call that a hate crime.