Changing Words Across tHE pOND

[Captain_BluTac]

As someone who has spent time in both the U.S and the U.K I have noticed words that meanings change quite dramatically depending on what country your in so I thought I would list a few I thought you might find interesting.

Word - U.S meaning - U.K meaning
Teddy - a peice of lingerie - a stuffed animal / Cuddly Toy
Stuffed Animal - a teddy - a taxidermied pet
Pants - trousers - underwear
Fanny - bum - vagina

also swear / curse words have different impacts depending on where you are

H*ll - a curse / swear word in the U.S but not in the U.K

B*gg*r - doesnt get used in the U.S one of the worst curse / swear words in the uk

B*st*rd - general use in the U.S one of the worst curse / swear words in the U.K

theres a load more but I'm just not sure how many i can get away with so i will leave it there but yeah I thought you might just be interested

 

[Apollo]

i thought Bum was a Butt.

 

[Captain_BluTac]

bum means butt yes as does fanny unless i seriously misunderstood the term "fanny pack"

 

[Apollo]

fanny pack

 

[Captain_BluTac]

yeah its what i thought it was ... thank god

 

[chaseter]

Since when does fanny mean vagina?

 

[deemar325]

What about the two fingers for brits and the middle finger for US

 

[Abaddon]

teddy's are stuffed animals here too.

 

[chaseter]

teddy's are stuffed animals here too.

I need to buy my g/f some Teddy's here and then take her to London and have Fanny secks

 

[deemar325]

Oh and my favorite is *** = Cigarette

 

[Avangarde]

Since when does fanny mean vagina?

In Australia "fanny" is a nick name for vagina, that little pack displayed on the above pic is called a "bumbag" over here.

 

[Argyle of Sock]

B*gg*r - doesnt get used in the U.S one of the worst curse / swear words in the uk

It took me like three minutes of thinking to figure out what word this one even was.

 

[Drizzle]

"Oh, bugger."

 

[Apollo]

is it true that the pinky finger in china is like the middle finger in the USA?

 

[Avangarde]

Bugger isn't a swear word.

 

[Apollo]

You Broomhead!

 

[chaseter]

Bloody is...

 

[Apollo]

is it really? then why do they say bloody in all the harry potter movies?

 

[Avangarde]

Well that depends on which context it is used, "Bloody Hell" is pretty loose over here anyway.

 

[chaseter]

is it really? then why do they say bloody in all the harry potter movies?

Same way we get away with saying hell, @ss, s***, in some PG and most PG-13 movies.

 

[Captain_BluTac]

Since when does fanny mean vagina?

atleast in the south of england fanny has meant vagina for longer tan i can remember

What about the two fingers for brits and the middle finger for US

the two finger thing means up yours, the middle finger thing means f*** you

 

[Danalys]

teddy means both in both countries. i made up taxidermied to refer to stuffed animals, but that's just me.

 

[sinewave]

What does "Bob is your uncle" translate to in the U.S.?

 

[Captain_BluTac]

i coudnt really think of an estute definition but i found these

Bob's your uncle

there you go/it will be done and sorted

to run a ps2 game you put in in the games console and bob's your uncle

Bob's your uncle



Well, its used to say "And there you go. That simple"

I have no idea where it come from.

Click that there, and bobs your uncle!

from
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=your+uncle+bob's

its just one of those phrases with a fairly loose meaning like "it"

 

[sinewave]

i coudnt really think of an estute definition but i found these

Bob's your uncle

there you go/it will be done and sorted

to run a ps2 game you put in in the games console and bob's your uncle

Bob's your uncle



Well, its used to say "And there you go. That simple"

I have no idea where it come from.

Click that there, and bobs your uncle!

from
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=your+uncle+bob's

its just one of those phrases with a fairly loose meaning like "it"

thanks.