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Irritating American names for things

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    #212
    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 15,589 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Pantyhose instead of Tights. I much prefer the word tights myself. Pantyhose does not sound as nice.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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    #213
    440Hertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 651 ✭✭✭440Hertz


    The one that gets me is why they insist calling the perfectly non- controversial planet Uranus, which we pronounce "Your in us", "your anus”.

    There’s absolutely no need to make it sound that rude.


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    #214
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    .... although, your anus is definitely preferable to your fanny , which the Americans call their bum, I think.


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    #215
    lobbylad
    Registered Users Posts: 124 ✭✭lobbylad


    Order a "biscuit" in a restaurant and you'll get a scone

    Pronounce "fillet" (steak) as fill-ay but a Coupe (2 door car) as Coop


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    #216
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


    Axed for the word "asked"


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    #217
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    Cab (taxi)

    A cab and a taxi are two different things.


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    #218
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,418 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Gwynplaine wrote: »
    Axed for the word "asked"

    Also pretty normal pronunciation in Limerick when axing someone something


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    #219
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,164 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    Inflammable means flammable?! What a country!

    that is not an american thing.


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    #220
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    dooouchebaaaaaaag

    I don't give a rrrrratttts assssss


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    #221
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Gwynplaine wrote: »
    Axed for the word "asked"

    i think that's a mental thing, irish people do it too


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    #222
    Casey78
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 873 ✭✭✭Casey78


    My kids were calling sweets "candy" over the Halloween weekend there. Had to give them a couple of clips around the ear to knock sense into them.


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    #223
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    440Hertz wrote: »
    The one that gets me is why they insist calling the perfectly non- controversial planet Uranus, which we pronounce "Your in us", "your anus”.

    There’s absolutely no need to make it sound that rude.


    Not me pal. I go with your anus all day long, so to speak;)


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    #224
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    looksee wrote: »
    Recipes that use almost entirely brand names for ingredients - and no, a packet of cake mix is not an ingredient.


    A stick of butter - what the fúck is a stick of butter!


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    #225
    stoneill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭stoneill


    Using lawyer when you mean solicitor, autopsy when you mean post mortem.


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    #226
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,418 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    A stick of butter - what the fúck is a stick of butter!

    Better than a knob of butter.


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    #227
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Gwynplaine wrote: »
    A cab and a taxi are two different things.

    “A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver”


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    #228
    Sgt Hartman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭Sgt Hartman


    A coffee "to go" instead of a takeaway coffee. It always irritates me.


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    #229
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,418 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Sgt Hartman wrote: »
    A coffee "to go" instead of a takeaway coffee. It always irritates me.

    Asking to "go large" with food just doesn't seem right grammatically


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    #230
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Better than a knob of butter.

    Was about to post that, word for word.


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    #231
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    Feisar wrote: »
    Fun instead of craic.


    The fucking worst is actually using "fun" as an adjective.


    "It was so fun"


    FUN is a NOUN. You have fun.


    Another one is when someone requests that you write them a letter:


    "Write me"


    What? Do you mean write "me" on a wall or on a piece of paper or do you mean Write TO me?










    FCUK it! I could care less :eek:


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    #232
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,482 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    2sBCy02.jpg


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    #233
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,418 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    2sBCy02.jpg

    Don't you also throw, chest and head the ball in so called "football" where as everyone wears socks in soccer

    I agree with handegg though as I see very little foot involved


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    #234
    boardise
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭boardise


    Gwynplaine wrote: »
    Axed for the word "asked"


    'Aks' was the original form in Old English! Switching consonants is a process that can crop up in all languages...people make mistakes, mishear etc. Many words we use are a product of the mistakes of the past.


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    #235
    boardise
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭boardise


    Americans never took to the good old Anglo-Saxon 'arse' ...instead giving us the less rumbustious 'ass' not to mention 'hiney' - presumably derived from 'hind' (quarters).


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    #236
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    Movie Theatre :mad:

    Radio Nova started calling it the Movie Theatre a few years ago during their entertainment slot, don't know if they've dropped it or not?


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    #237
    [Deleted User]
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Its not as bad as using sweets for desert

    A desert is something you see in eye-rack, not eye-ur-land ;)


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    #238
    [Deleted User]
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Don't you also throw, chest and head the ball in so called "football" where as everyone wears socks in soccer

    I agree with handegg though as I see very little foot involved

    Presumable also rugby hand egg as well


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    #239
    BailMeOut
    Registered Users Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭BailMeOut


    They do not pronounce the H in Herb for some reason.


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    #240
    Kaybaykwah
    Registered Users Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭Kaybaykwah


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    Inflammable means flammable?! What a country!


    Lol. So it is in French. Inflammable, and the antonym is ininflammable.


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    #241
    scotchy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭scotchy


    Using the word freaking instead of fu@king.

    :rolleyes:

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