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Ha, I learned something new today! Has a totally different meaning on this side of the pond!
There are some amusing differences. I believe if you're piśśed on your side of the water it means you're angry; to us it means you're very drunk.

We do say 'piśśed off', which is probably similar to your meaning of piśśed (and they're most likely connected/related in some way) but I think our meaning of 'piśśed off' is probably better defined as 'angrily fed up' ( ... actually, does 'fed up' mean the same over there?).

(stupid word censor: Had to replace ss with śś. Why is piss allowed but not piss-ed!?)​

I'm not even gonna tell you what fanny means over here, but let's just say the first time I saw American TV shows talk of fanny packs and sitting on fannies, I thought I was watching a porno.

Which reminds me, I remember watching Married With Children one time (a show for all the family, or so I thought) when they started talking about Peggy's family, the Wankers who live in Wanker County (apparently). I had to rewind several times to check ... I thought I must've misheard. :D

A few other differences that spring to mind:

Ass is like a Donkey ... We say arse.

Faggots are meat balls, usually made by Brains (that's by brains, not from. I think they're probably made from arseholes).

Shag is not a dance. Well ... I suppose it can resemble the Hokey cokey (or Hokey pokey) perhaps (in, out, in, out).

Sneakers are called trainers.

And Randy is not a good name to christen your child on this side of the water (it means roughly the same as horny).
 
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Seems like a perfectly reasonable response to me. It's important to be sure you've killed the little f*****r.


Incidentally @Barcelona, have you ever watched the old BBC comedy, Fawlty Towers?

Apologies in advance (and no offence intended) but whenever I see your username I can't help but think of Manuel, in particular the line "I know nothing. I am from Barcelona!" :


Not that I'm implying that you 'know nothing' of course :D

And neither does Manuel ... His statement stems from an earlier scene in which Basil is trying to teach him to keep his mouth shut about his earlier bet on the horses:

 
Seems like a perfectly reasonable response to me. It's important to be sure you've killed the little f*****r.


Incidentally @Barcelona, have you ever watched the old BBC comedy, Fawlty Towers?

Apologies in advance (and no offence intended) but whenever I see your username I can't help but think of Manuel, in particular the line "I know nothing. I am from Barcelona!" :


Not that I'm implying that you 'know nothing' of course :D

And neither does Manuel ... His statement stems from an earlier scene in which Basil is trying to teach him to keep his mouth shut about his earlier bet on the horses:


One of the greatest comedy series of all times.
 
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