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Irritating American names for things

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    #272
    batman_oh
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    I could care less
    So you could care less? Therefore you care a bit.


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    #273
    pawdee
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    Plow.


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    #274
    breezy1985
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    I've seen Americans go crazy on more then one occasion when the find out your regular pub in Ireland/UK doesn't do cocktails because they assume everywhere is like the US.

    Best of all is the horror when they ask for a Martini expecting some James Bond thingy and getting a grannys aperitif


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    #275
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,452 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    pawdee wrote: »
    Plow.

    The man you are "making love to" = your Daddy.
    Ed Byrne had a great sketch about it a few years back


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    #276
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    Kaybaykwah wrote: »
    Canadians used to say arse for a long time and now, I suppose more of us have erased the anglo influence over time.

    My dad used to say arse, I still do.

    Arse it is, on this side of the pond.


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    #277
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    3 things Americans call by the wrong name:

    Biscuits:

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    Sausages:

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    Beer:

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    #278
    breezy1985
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    Very good Gregor


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    #279
    [Deleted User]
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    Faucet. (water tap).

    Who came up with that one?


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    #280
    breezy1985
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Faucet. (water tap).

    Who came up with that one?

    Farrah Watertap doesn't really have the same ring to it though, just not as sexy soundin


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    #281
    km991148
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    Movie. Season.

    Fcuk off - I am watching a film, or a television series.


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    #282
    km991148
    Registered Users Posts: 4,275 ✭✭✭km991148


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    I've seen Americans go crazy on more then one occasion when the find out your regular pub in Ireland/UK doesn't do cocktails because they assume everywhere is like the US.


    You'd get a lager shandy or a half n half in most pubs tbh?

    :pac:


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    #283
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,452 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    km991148 wrote: »
    You'd get a lager shandy or a half n half in most pubs tbh?

    :pac:

    Ha.

    Used get English lads in London trying to look cool asking for screwdrivers so ide always pretend I had no clue that meant a vodka and orange just cause I refused to give in to their nonsense


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    #284
    [Deleted User]
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Farrah Watertap doesn't really have the same ring to it though, just not as sexy soundin

    You'd still "tap that" whatever she was called. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.....


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    #285
    scotchy
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    I've seen Americans go crazy on more then one occasion when the find out your regular pub in Ireland/UK doesn't do cocktails because they assume everywhere is like the US.

    Best of all is the horror when they ask for a Martini expecting some James Bond thingy and getting a grannys aperitif

    I had American relations staying, so brought them to the local. When I asked what they were drinking, the cousins wife asked for a Shirley Temple.

    Yea, I think they're out of that:rolleyes:

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    #286
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    Mom. I was raised by my Mam, or at worst,Mum. This is Ireland, not America.


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    #287
    dxhound2005
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    Stovepipe wrote: »
    Mom. I was raised by my Mam, or at worst,Mum. This is Ireland, not America.

    People in America could be reading this.


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    #288
    Kiith
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    Soccer cleats for football boots :confused:


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    #289
    Silver33
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    Chick! Always assumed it was a young hot female. Apparently the term refers to any age of any kind of female.

    Toona...

    Its TUNA - I pronounce it CHOONA.. .:rolleyes:wrong or right I don't know..

    An irish person saying the word "awesome" drives me mental. It just sounds fake..:D


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    #290
    breezy1985
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    scotchy wrote: »
    I had American relations staying, so brought them to the local. When I asked what they were drinking, the cousins wife asked for a Shirley Temple.

    Yea, I think they're out of that:rolleyes:

    ,

    There's a beautiful simplicity to the range of spirits in an Irish pub that blows Yanks minds and a lot of English too.

    I used pretend to be horrified and offended to when they would assume I knew how to make an Irish Car Bomb shot. Or when the Yanks would try look Irish in front of us by pouring a whiskey into a Guinness.


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    #291
    ohnonotgmail
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    There's a beautiful simplicity to the range of spirits in an Irish pub that blows Yanks minds and a lot of English too.

    I used pretend to be horrified and offended to when they would assume I knew how to make an Irish Car Bomb shot. Or when the Yanks would try look Irish in front of us by pouring a whiskey into a Guinness.

    who does that?


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    #292
    Rezident
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    Restroom - I'm just going for a rest.


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    #293
    Rezident
    Registered Users Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭Rezident


    Happy Holidays! It's Christmas you spanner.


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    #294
    breezy1985
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    who does that?

    Americans. But worse they do it over there because they think it's something we do. It's called a boilermaker I think


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    #295
    Gregor Samsa
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    pouring a whiskey into a Guinness.
    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    who does that?

    Had an American lecturer in college years ago that used to do that. In fairness, they probably poured whiskey on their cornflakes too.


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    #296
    scotchy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭scotchy


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    who does that?

    Savages, That's who.

    :)

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    #297
    jmayo
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    TheValeyard wrote: »

    Useless sack of fcuking Yankee doodle dandy sh1te.

    Isn't that a Hershey chocolate bar.


    Station wagon as in an estate car.
    Truck as in a pickup.
    Semi as in an articulated truck.
    Jelly as in jam.
    Jello as in jelly.
    Booger as in snot.

    Realtor as in born liar (alright an estate agent).
    Parking Lot as in carpark.
    Drugstore as in Pharmacy or Chemist.
    Liquor as in booze/alcohol
    Overpass as in flyover.
    Budweiser as in beer.
    Football as in only one person ever kicks the fooking ball and he is on the pitch for a couple of minutes a match.
    Hamsterchops wrote: »
    Deeepo instead of depot (deh.pow)
    Zee instead of zed.

    The only time Zee works is in the name of a band from Texas.


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    #298
    ohnonotgmail
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Americans. But worse they do it over there because they think it's something we do. It's called a boilermaker I think

    I've never seen that in ireland.


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    #299
    scotchy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭scotchy


    Cooties.

    I'm not even sure what it means.

    Kids seem to use it to put down other kids they don't like.

    Yewww, she has cooties. ie, some kind of imaginary germs.

    :(
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    #300
    For Forks Sake
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    scotchy wrote: »
    Cooties.

    I'm not even sure what it means.

    Kids seem to use it to put down other kids they don't like.

    Yewww, she has cooties. ie, some kind of imaginary germs.

    :(
    .

    Is that not yank terminology for headlice?


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    #301
    sbsquarepants
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Ha.

    Used get English lads in London trying to look cool asking for screwdrivers so ide always pretend I had no clue that meant a vodka and orange just cause I refused to give in to their nonsense


    Should have used the Basil Fawlty line on them "Just a screwdriver, nothing at all to drink then?":D


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