"SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE..." Idioms of English Speaking Countries

@Setanta,

all- dressed is for potato chips

the works is what you put on burgers/dawgs

(in Canada, that is)

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@dyslexia,

dyslexia wrote:

yeah "the works" seems common", when I order a burger or baked potato, I usually ask for it "loaded" which means the same as "the works"

interesting. We get quite different results from a "loaded" baked potato than from a burger ordered with "the works". Loaded baked potato here would give you butter/sour cream/chives/dill/crispy bacon. The works for your burger is going to be lettuce/tomato/pickle/mustard/relish/onion. Ketchup and mayo will show up on the side, in most cases.

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@ehBeth,

I recall saying "Ich bin heisz" in Germany. I was looked at as if I was a perv.
The proper way to complain about the heat is to say "It gives hot"
Es Gibt Heiss.(Or better, Es ist heiss, das wetter)
An idiom that can get you insome trouble (or you may get lucky) when in a german speaking country

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@farmerman,

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The proper way to complain about the heat is to say "It gives hot"

well ... i'm not so sure about that .

in northern germany we said : " viel heiss aber wenig BAVARIA " .

meaning : " lot of heat but little BAVARIA ( beer ) " .

http://www.brewtruck.co.uk/country/images/B/bavaria_daf.jpg

just keep it coming

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@hamburgboy,

Nice bakkie wid a roller dere Hbg

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@Joe Nation,

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So if I said to you "I'll see you this Tuesday" that would be the 1st
AND
If I said to you "I'll see you NEXT Tuesday." that would be the 1st as well, right?

You be right, Joe.

I'll see you [on the] next Tuesday. vs I'll see you on the Tuesday after next Tuesday.

I'll see you this [coming] Tuesday.

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Someone mentioned pronounciation before...there is a classic joke about a scotsman and a southern states man talking about how a friend of one had died from a heart attack. The other, who is annoyed that someone would try to convince him that anyone could possibly even be injured by a hat, argues vehemently. Heart/ hat prounced the same by the same language, different accent.

Here we are always pulling the piss out of kiwis for their pronounciation of six. It seems they have "sex" twice a day whether they like it or not.

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@Ionus,

In the US, the New England accent would make the word sound like "Hat" also. In our southern states , heart would be pronounced "Hawt"

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@farmerman,

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In our southern states , heart would be pronounced "Hawt"

The conversation is hilarious, "hawt" sounds something like the pronounciation both sides use.

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@Ionus,

In the lands south of the Commonwealth of Virginia "heart attack" would be pronouced Hawt Attayuck

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@ehBeth,

It's interesting that ketchup is on the side in Canada.

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Thongs = flipflops
the tar on the road sticks to my thongs.
petrol = gas
Wally = Setanta
Poofter = Fag (gay man) Poofters cant tap dance!

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http://www.savagechickens.com/images/chickenquantities.jpg

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Bite me, Jackass. Keep your school yard insults to yourself, clown.

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@Setanta,

NOW what I say?

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

NOW what I say?

I think that choice offering was for me mate.

I was gonna say wanker but refrained.
No longer refraining

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Everybody settle down, I'm from Australia as well. And no, we're not all jerks like that. Also have you noticed how if somebody said to me "So you're not going to school tomorrow?", then I cannot say either "yes" or "no". Whereas in German, for example, the responses for "yes" and "no" mean more of a "that is correct" and "that is incorrect".

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@dadpad,

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Poofters cant tap dance!

Wish I had a dollar for every time I had tap danced when someone yelled that out .....

Given all the latest interest in towel heads, we changed our definitions of homosexuality to include :
More gay than Abdul's birthday party
More camp then the bedouin reunion
Queerer than a drunk camel
More poof than the inside of the sheik's tent

Any of these made it to the USA yet ?

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@calebburke,

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And no, we're not all jerks like that.

Stone the bloody crows, speak for yourbloodyself sheila.

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hahaha (and no that wasn't sarcasm)

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