Irritating American names for things

Brussels Sprout

What are the perfectly good names of things that the Americans have, for some reason, decided to call completely different things that annoy you.

I'll open the bidding with them calling Fruit & Vegetables Produce (and pronouncing it "pro-juice").

fatbhoy

Fanny

Yank: She has a nice fanny on her, hasn't she?
Me: I wish I knew.

WTF :pac:

Rodney Bathgate

fatbhoy wrote: »

Fanny

Beat me up it.

TheValeyard

Vitamins


It's VIT-a-min

It's not VITE-a-min.


Useless sack of fcuking Yankee doodle dandy sh1te.

Repressive strong armed and excessive policing



Freedom

the purple tin

Restroom.

Rodney Bathgate

Candy

SineadSpears

Chips, for crisps.
I don't mind fries for chips, but I hate chips for crisps

Rodney Bathgate

Catsup

Ikozma

Sidewalk, cookies, trunk(BOOT) jelly(jam)

St. Patty's Day.

Rodney Bathgate

Zucchini

Eggplant

Yams

TheValeyard

Path / sidewalk

Lift / elevator

the purple tin

Missile, pronounced miss-ill.
Aloominum for aluminium.

Hatshepsut

Kerb for footpath

Garbage for rubbish

Candy for sweets

Mail for post

Hood for bonnet

Spanish Eyes

Bathroom... when someone just wants to sit on the pot. They are so ridiculous about that.

But that's their way.

PsychoPete

Aluminum

Bicyclette

Eatery

the purple tin

Faucet.

Feisar

Shots for injections

Spanish Eyes

Elsa May Jayzee. Or something. Some of the names they bestow on their poor kids is amazing.

Feisar

Fun instead of craic.

Rodney Bathgate

Trailer (caravan)

SEPT 23 1989

Aloominum

Spanish Eyes

Feisar wrote: »

Fun instead of craic.

I don't think they do fun, they do something else and call it fun.

dxhound2005

TheValeyard wrote: »

Vitamins


It's VIT-a-min

It's not VITE-a-min.


Useless sack of fcuking Yankee doodle dandy sh1te.

Vitamins are vital in a good diet.

Spanish Eyes

Trump is great, Ta se mahogany gaspipes. Not long to go now.

Captain Red Beard

Cilantro.

cnocbui

Gas, for a flammable liquid that isn't a gas.

Spanish Eyes

They think everyone else is a Redneck.

screamer

Trash can
Diaper
Va frigging cation
Getting the check when you need the bill

I could go on and on. I work with Americans and have for years, and I always have to click into Americaneese when talking to them or I just get rabbit in the headlight looks.

Rodney Bathgate

Turn signal (indicator)

Transmission (gearbox)

Captain Red Beard

Arugula.

Signore Fancy Pants

Trash, cookie, period (full stop), sneakers.

the purple tin

Muffler is a scarf.
Comforter is a blanket.
Sneakers are runners.

punisher5112

Kardashian

dxhound2005

Hatshepsut wrote: »

Kerb for footpath

Curb for kerb, sidewalk for footpath.

Useless building with no functionality built by impoverished workers.

Irish: Folly

Murican English: Gazebo

Omackeral

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Elsa May Jayzee. Or something. Some of the names they bestow on their poor kids is amazing.

Working in a prison you hear the creme de la creme. Kayden, Jayden, Brayden and Okayden

Hatshepsut

Pacifier

Spanish Eyes

They work all hours and days and get two weeks off if lucky.

There are many religions and none that home school. Some countries cannot wait to get their kids out of their hair. But guns might be an issue for sure in American Schools as we have seen.

fishy_fishy

Silverware. Witnessed American asking for some recently. Cue utterly baffled look until someone else intervened and told the waitress the yank was asking for cutlery. The American in question looked like they thought everyone around was like, so stupid like, cos who doesn't know what suhlverwurr is.

cnocbui

Nodding his head no, instead of shook his head.

Drug instead of dragged.

I need to speak with Stephen King to see if we can have a bit bigger dome next time; over the whole country!

Spanish Eyes

Diaper.

Really where did that come from.

Jen Pigs Fly

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Elsa May Jayzee. Or something. Some of the names they bestow on their poor kids is amazing.

I’m in a march 2021 due date page on Facebook, it’s 99% Americans, the names they're coming up with Is one of the biggest collection of cringe, disbelief, despair, hilarity and disgraceful.

Especially when they butcher Irish names, oh and cause it’s a march due date page, theyre all talking about ‘St Patty’s day’. I swear it makes me want to scream!

LJ3103

Erbs for Herbs

dxhound2005

fishy_fishy wrote: »

Silverware. Witnessed American asking for some recently. Cue utterly baffled look until someone else intervened and told the waitress the yank was asking for cutlery. The American in question looked like they thought everyone around was like, so stupid like, cos who doesn't know what suhlverwurr is.

Obviously the person who intervened was Irish, and the waitress must have been foreign. Lots of people in Ireland know about Newbridge Silverware.

Spanish Eyes

Jen Pigs Fly wrote: »

I’m in a march 2021 due date page on Facebook, it’s 99% Americans, the names they're coming up with Is one of the biggest collection of cringe, disbelief, despair, hilarity and disgraceful.

Especially when they butcher Irish names, oh and cause it’s a march due date page, theyre all talking about ‘St Patty’s day’. I swear it makes me want to scream!

I know.

Captain Red Beard

Cups. As a measurement.

cnocbui

Automobile, instead of car.

cnocbui

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