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Ah, wonderfully divided by a common language!!!! :) "Fanny" is a great cause of transatlantic fun too. And if you are a Brit in the US, never ever say, "Im di
by alan_cx 13y ago
Ah, wonderfully divided by a common language!!!! :)
"Fanny" is a great cause of transatlantic fun too. And if you are a Brit in the US, never ever say, "Im diving out for a fag". You're gonna get some odd looks.
- cschmidt 13y agoMy British in-laws always have a good laugh when we go by the "Frugal Fannies" store in the States.
- ronaldx 13y agoReading that in British English: coffee, meet keyboard.
- madaxe 13y agoEven better is "can I bum a fag?", which wins odd looks on both sides of the pond.
- moioci 13y agoAnd British hosts, please don't offer to knock your American houseguests up in the morning, or any other time.
- btilly 13y agoUnless you're attractive. Then they might appreciate the offer.
- JonnieCache 13y agoFascinating fact: the phrase "knock up," as in awaken by knocking, comes from the industrial revolution, after people were having to rise at a certain hour for the first time in history, but before the invention of the alarm clock. The "knocker-upper" was a person who went round with a long wooden pole, knocking on the windows to get people out of bed for their factory shifts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up
- BerislavLopac 13y agoMy favo(u)rite ambiguous sentence: I'm mad about the flat. What do you think it means? ;-)