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      OK....I love teasing BonnyMiss about words/phrases they have across the big pond that is different than in Texas.  Example buttered buns.  I think of buttering someone's butt  
    
what are some other phrases or words that have different meanings where you are?  | 
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      Fanny pack = Bum bag.
 
  Fag = Cigarette.     
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       Dzien Dobry-----  Good Morning 
    
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      you crazy English  
    
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      There are crazy Canadians that will tell you about aboot...... 
    
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      what is aboot?  I know I wear 2 boots  
    
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      Cars have boots in the UK.
     
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       piwo ---- beer  
    
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      Tab = Cigaretts
     
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     Cars have boots in the UK. That's the trunk?  | 
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       papierosy------cigarette ,
     
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     Cars have boots in the UK. That's the trunk? It is.   
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      Arse about face - This means you are doing something back to front. 
     
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      Bang - Nothing to do with your hair - this is a rather unattractive way of describing having sex. Always gets a smile from Brits in American hair dressers when they are asked about their bangs. 
     
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      Bender - Gay man
 
  To go on a bender - a pub crawl or a heavy drinking session.     
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      Biggie -  A biggie is what a child calls his poo! Hence the reason Wendy's Hamburgers has never really taken off in England - who would buy "biggie fries"? Yuck - I'm sure you wouldn't buy poo fries! The other meaning of Biggie is an erection.
 
  Yellowrose, are you sorry you started this thread?             
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      Over here we throw a blanket on the horses, over there they rug them.
 
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     Bang - Nothing to do with your hair - this is a rather unattractive way of describing having sex. Always gets a smile from Brits in American hair dressers when they are asked about their bangs. We use Bang over here too for sex as in "I'd bang her."  | 
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      "There's a moose loose aboot this hoose!"
 
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        Edited by
        feistybaby
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        Mon 07/26/10 10:31 AM
       
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      windshield here = windscreen there 
 
  spotted dick is something you eat not something contagious.... bangers and mash are suasages and potatoes not people haveing sex and stalkers   
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