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Irritating American names for things

  • 01-11-2020 10:53pm
    #1
    Brussels Sprout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭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").


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Comments

  • #2
    fatbhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭fatbhoy


    Fanny

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

    WTF :pac:


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


    fatbhoy wrote: »
    Fanny

    Beat me up it.


  • #4
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,729 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Vitamins


    It's VIT-a-min

    It's not VITE-a-min.


    Useless sack of fcuking Yankee doodle dandy sh1te.

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,192 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Repressive strong armed and excessive policing



    Freedom


  • #6
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Restroom.


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  • #7
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Candy


  • #8
    SineadSpears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


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


  • #9
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Catsup


  • #10
    Ikozma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Ikozma


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


  • #11
    Arthur Helpless Dart
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Arthur Helpless Dart


    St. Patty's Day.


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  • #12
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Zucchini

    Eggplant

    Yams


  • #13
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,729 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Path / sidewalk

    Lift / elevator

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #14
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Missile, pronounced miss-ill.
    Aloominum for aluminium.


  • #15
    Hatshepsut
    Registered Users Posts: 168 ✭✭Hatshepsut


    Kerb for footpath

    Garbage for rubbish

    Candy for sweets

    Mail for post

    Hood for bonnet


  • #16
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,000 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


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

    But that's their way.


  • #17
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,011 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Aluminum


  • #18
    Bicyclette
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 379 ✭✭Bicyclette


    Eatery


  • #19
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Faucet.


  • #20
    Feisar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,700 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Shots for injections

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #21
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,000 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


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


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  • #22
    Feisar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,700 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Fun instead of craic.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #23
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Trailer (caravan)


  • #24
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Aloominum


  • #25
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,000 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Feisar wrote: »
    Fun instead of craic.

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


  • #26
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,388 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #27
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,000 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


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


  • #28
    Captain Red Beard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭Captain Red Beard


    Cilantro.


  • #29
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,110 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


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


  • #30
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,000 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    They think everyone else is a Redneck.


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  • #31
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,172 ✭✭✭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.


  • #32
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Turn signal (indicator)

    Transmission (gearbox)


  • #33
    Captain Red Beard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭Captain Red Beard


    Arugula.


  • #34
    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,687 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


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


  • #35
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


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


  • #36
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Kardashian


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  • #37
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,388 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Hatshepsut wrote: »
    Kerb for footpath


    Curb for kerb, sidewalk for footpath.


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Useless building with no functionality built by impoverished workers.

    Irish: Folly

    Murican English: Gazebo


  • #39
    Hatshepsut
    Registered Users Posts: 168 ✭✭Hatshepsut


    Pacifier


  • #40
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #41
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,000 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #42
    fishy_fishy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 452 ✭✭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.


  • #43
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,110 ✭✭✭✭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!


  • #44
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,000 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Diaper.

    Really where did that come from.


  • #45
    Jen Pigs Fly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭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!


  • #46
    LJ3103
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭LJ3103


    Erbs for Herbs


  • #47
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,388 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #48
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,000 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #49
    Captain Red Beard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭Captain Red Beard


    Cups. As a measurement.


  • #50
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,110 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Automobile, instead of car.


  • #51
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,110 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Girlie


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