British American vocabulary
Oct 4, 2019 20:44:52 #
An American cab driver had an English
passenger. When they came to a food processing factory the driver said that their motto was "What we can eat we can and what we can not eat we can."
When the British man got back to England a friend asked what he thought about Americans and he replied "They are an odd lot because they have a motto outside of a food processing plant that says, "we eat what we can, but what we can not eat we tin."
passenger. When they came to a food processing factory the driver said that their motto was "What we can eat we can and what we can not eat we can."
When the British man got back to England a friend asked what he thought about Americans and he replied "They are an odd lot because they have a motto outside of a food processing plant that says, "we eat what we can, but what we can not eat we tin."
Oct 4, 2019 21:07:44 #
Oct 5, 2019 06:17:47 #
Dwight Logan wrote:
An American cab driver had an English
passenger. When they came to a food processing factory the driver said that their motto was "What we can eat we can and what we can not eat we can."
When the British man got back to England a friend asked what he thought about Americans and he replied "They are an odd lot because they have a motto outside of a food processing plant that says, "we eat what we can, but what we can not eat we tin."
passenger. When they came to a food processing factory the driver said that their motto was "What we can eat we can and what we can not eat we can."
When the British man got back to England a friend asked what he thought about Americans and he replied "They are an odd lot because they have a motto outside of a food processing plant that says, "we eat what we can, but what we can not eat we tin."
Oct 5, 2019 19:24:31 #
Dwight Logan wrote:
An American cab driver had an English
passenger. When they came to a food processing factory the driver said that their motto was "What we can eat we can and what we can not eat we can."
When the British man got back to England a friend asked what he thought about Americans and he replied "They are an odd lot because they have a motto outside of a food processing plant that says, "we eat what we can, but what we can not eat we tin."
passenger. When they came to a food processing factory the driver said that their motto was "What we can eat we can and what we can not eat we can."
When the British man got back to England a friend asked what he thought about Americans and he replied "They are an odd lot because they have a motto outside of a food processing plant that says, "we eat what we can, but what we can not eat we tin."
The English take some getting used to. I worked with a lot of folks from the UK when I worked overseas. Some of my idioms were shocking to them and vice versa. First time an English friend told me he would "Knock me up in the morning" I was shocked. He meant he would call wake me in the morning. Once he offered to "Hump me around the corner". Thank goodness he was only offering me a ride. I once mentioned that in the winter I enjoyed warming my fanny by the fire. He corrected me by telling me , "Men in the UK don't have fannys". I was wrong for all those years. I guess that is why travel is so enlightning.
Semper Fi
Oct 5, 2019 19:52:54 #
GmanTerry wrote:
The English take some getting used to. I worked wi... (show quote)
I met a Cockney lady. She said when she moved to America, she'd say how the f are you or do you have a fag? Cigarette.
She told me she didn't know any better.
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