anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 13, 2019 20:17:25 GMT
It does in the UK too depends if you're drunk or angry Pissed off is angry for me, as opposed to pissed/drunk. Me too.
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Post by lucyg on Aug 13, 2019 20:20:49 GMT
Self raising flour is just flour with baking powder in it. Yeh I know but we have specific self raising flour here though as well as plain flour do you ? I thought what you called all purpose flour is what we called plain flour. We still add some baking powder to a scone recipe even when using SR flour. We have both. My scone recipe is from the Two Fat Ladies and it only calls for self-rising flour, with no added baking powder. I’ve seen a lot of different kinds of scones in my day, but they don’t seem similar to baking powder biscuits to me. Of course, they usually do have sugar and fruit added so maybe it’s hard to tell.
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 13, 2019 20:21:32 GMT
Self raising flour is just flour with baking powder in it. Yeh I know but we have specific self raising flour here though as well as plain flour do you ? I thought what you called all purpose flour is what we called plain flour. We still add some baking powder to a scone recipe even when using SR flour. We do, but it is not something most people keep on hand since it is rarely used and baking powder is generally something everyone has. That is interesting you still add baking powder. Do you use self rising flour for other things? We call plain flour just flour or All Purpose/AP. We also have cake flour, but I don’t really know what is special about it other then it feels softer.
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Post by scrappintoee on Aug 13, 2019 20:57:55 GMT
That video was so fun to watch, then it lead me to a few more. I LOVE accents and vernacular / slang in other countries---especially English and Australian !!! Also, our whole lives, we enjoyed hearing our Dad imitate accents VERY well, so we picked up many of them. I can do some, but I cannot imitate someone from India or Ireland as well as Dad! One of my faves is "theatre" (operating room) and I think it's so cool how surgeons are called "Mister" instead of doctor. The first time I heard a doctor referred to as "Mister" (on some fabulous Netflix show), I googled and learned that only surgeons are referred to as "Mister", but other physicians are also referred to as "Doctor". I may have that wrong, feel free to correct me. I also love how the "the" is eliminated. They say "the patient is in __ theatre", whereas we would say " the patient is in THE operating room". Then, to make it MORE interesting , on the brilliant series "Doc Martin", they refer to his office as "the surgery". (example: when he told a patient "Make an appointment to see me at the surgery" I was confused (until I googled ). I was thinking, why would someone need SURGERY just to get a routine exam, vaccine, etc. )
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Post by kels99 on Aug 13, 2019 21:17:02 GMT
Really?! That could have been disastrous! I know in the US they call cordial Kool-Aid, but I didn't realise they also use cordial as an alcoholic drink. Oh yes, it's definitely used all the time here, and in the UK too I'm pretty sure. Haha yep, in fact I am cooking a roast chook tonight. And I might pop in to see my dad and pick up some chook eggs later. How weird, then, that she didn't know we have 4 underground train stations in the dead centre of Melbourne CBD called the City Loop. Like, literally every train on every single train line coming from the north, south, east and west goes through the city loop. In the US I think of cordials as a very sweet liquor, or liqueur. I don’t think of them as kool aid at all. It confused me when I was little and read Anne of Green Gables and Anne and Diana were drinking raspberry cordial as here even at a young age I thought of it as an alcoholic drink, something fancy old ladies would drink. Maybe that is regional though? Like soda, pop, coke? Oh my gosh, me too! I just now realized they weren't drinking alcohol. I thought they were either being naughty or it was ok for kids to drink a little bit of liquor in Canada. LOL
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 13, 2019 23:14:15 GMT
I too want to use 'bloody hell', thinking people here in the midwest US would think I'd lost my mind though Dh says the C word is used all the time in the UK, I told him he's wrong..... I now have confirmation that he's wrong, thank you.Most definitely he is. Even the ones that will use the F word will usually refrain from using the C word. Eh. I’ve said it here before - if I see the C bomb on Facebook comments I can almost guarantee it is someone from Australia or the UK / Ireland. DSO, DD and I use it amongst ourselves and certain friends. I wouldn’t use it in public or in front of most friends and relatives. Teens and young adults use it far too frequently in everyday discussions, when talking to mates: “Hey c*** are you coming out tonight?” Even though I use it myself, it still kind of shocks me how easily kids drop it into conversation these days. I’d hate it if my son started using it like that.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 13, 2019 23:25:01 GMT
. We consider the f word far more offensive than the US do. It's just below the C word here really. When you say “we” consider the F word more offensive than people from the US, I have to assume you mean your family and not the UK as a whole. Because I know a lot of people from the UK, and they say it far more frequently than any Americans I’ve met. And then there are the Irish..... they take it to a whole new level! 😂
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 0:06:24 GMT
. We consider the f word far more offensive than the US do. It's just below the C word here really. When you say “we” consider the F word more offensive than people from the US, I have to assume you mean your family and not the UK as a whole. Because I know a lot of people from the UK, and they say it far more frequently than any Americans I’ve met. And then there are the Irish..... they take it to a whole new level! 😂 No I don't mean just me but generally in the UK. I've never seen the word F used on any UK forum as much as I have on here.In fact I've never read it on any that I belong too. I don't see it on my Facebook feed either. gar and gillyp seems to think that's it not acccepted either so it's just not me. Schools will call kids out for using it too. I agree that it is used more and more by some youngsters but generally it is still frowned upon.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 0:36:53 GMT
One of my faves is "theatre" (operating room) and I think it's so cool how surgeons are called "Mister" instead of doctor. The first time I heard a doctor referred to as "Mister" (on some fabulous Netflix show), I googled and learned that only surgeons are referred to as "Mister", but other physicians are also referred to as "Doctor". I may have that wrong, feel free to correct me. A Doctor is a general Doctor who hasn't as yet specialized in any one field of medicine. We call all consultants Mr. so it applies to others and not just surgeons. In the UK you have to have a three year university graduate degree in Medicine then a further 3 years training, covering the different fields of medicine before you become a qualified Dr. You then follow a specialist path in your chosen field with another 3 years if you choose to become a GP ( General Practitioner/our family Doctor) who we still call Dr even after they finish their GP training or a further 6/8 years to become a specialist in other fields of medicine such as Cardiology/Gyne/Dermatology/Anaesthetists/Orthopedics etc which eventually leads you to a consultancy and the title of Mr rather than Dr.
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Post by pjaye on Aug 14, 2019 1:25:31 GMT
One of my faves is "theatre" (operating room) and I think it's so cool how surgeons are called "Mister" instead of doctor. The first time I heard a doctor referred to as "Mister" (on some fabulous Netflix show), I googled and learned that only surgeons are referred to as "Mister", but other physicians are also referred to as "Doctor". I may have that wrong, feel free to correct me. This is correct in Australia. Only surgeons are called Mr/Miss, specialists in non surgical fields will keep the title of Dr. However both can do the required study/get published etc and eventually become Associate Professors or Professors, but the Mr/Miss title is only for surgical specialists.
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Post by rahnee on Aug 14, 2019 4:21:10 GMT
Cordial.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 14, 2019 4:28:07 GMT
Cordial. "My dad picks the fruit That goes to Cottee's To make the cordial That I love best!"
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Post by pjaye on Aug 14, 2019 4:40:38 GMT
How weird, then, that she didn't know we have 4 underground train stations in the dead centre of Melbourne CBD called the City Loop. Like, literally every train on every single train line coming from the north, south, east and west goes through the city loop. Not quite...I'm on the Sandringham line and it definitely does not ever go through the loop. And even though the loop in underground, I don't consider Melb as having an "underground railway system". If someone asked me if we have an underground railway system I'd say no, because I'd assume they meant the whole system and not just 4 stations in one small section.
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Post by kels99 on Aug 14, 2019 5:04:22 GMT
When you say “we” consider the F word more offensive than people from the US, I have to assume you mean your family and not the UK as a whole. Because I know a lot of people from the UK, and they say it far more frequently than any Americans I’ve met. And then there are the Irish..... they take it to a whole new level! 😂 No I don't mean just me but generally in the UK. I've never seen the word F used on any UK forum as much as I have on here.In fact I've never read it on any that I belong too. I don't see it on my Facebook feed either. gar and gillyp seems to think that's it not acccepted either so it's just not me. Schools will call kids out for using it too. I agree that it is used more and more by some youngsters but generally it is still frowned upon. I watched the first season of Love Island UK and every other word was the F word. And they weren't bleeped. Is that normal for tv in the UK?
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Post by gillyp on Aug 14, 2019 7:17:15 GMT
No I don't mean just me but generally in the UK. I've never seen the word F used on any UK forum as much as I have on here.In fact I've never read it on any that I belong too. I don't see it on my Facebook feed either. gar and gillyp seems to think that's it not acccepted either so it's just not me. Schools will call kids out for using it too. I agree that it is used more and more by some youngsters but generally it is still frowned upon. I watched the first season of Love Island UK and every other word was the F word. And they weren't bleeped. Is that normal for tv in the UK? Love Island isn’t normal, never mind the language they might use! “Reality tv” at its most shallow. To answer your question properly, bad language isn’t beeped in shows like this as they are usually on after the watershed of 9pm when its expected children won’t be watching. Other shows in a similar vein are beeped or the contestants are warned not to swear when the show is being broadcast and they are usually on more mainstream tv.
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Post by Jockscrap on Aug 14, 2019 7:24:46 GMT
One of my faves is "theatre" (operating room) and I think it's so cool how surgeons are called "Mister" instead of doctor. The first time I heard a doctor referred to as "Mister" (on some fabulous Netflix show), I googled and learned that only surgeons are referred to as "Mister", but other physicians are also referred to as "Doctor". I may have that wrong, feel free to correct me. A Doctor is a general Doctor who hasn't as yet specialized in any one field of medicine. We call all consultants Mr. so it applies to others and not just surgeons. In the UK you have to have a three year university graduate degree in Medicine then a further 3 years training, covering the different fields of medicine before you become a qualified Dr. You then follow a specialist path in your chosen field with another 3 years if you choose to become a GP ( General Practitioner/our family Doctor) who we still call Dr even after they finish their GP training or a further 6/8 years to become a specialist in other fields of medicine such as Cardiology/Gyne/Dermatology/Anaesthetists/Orthopedics etc which eventually leads you to a consultancy and the title of Mr rather than Dr. As far as I am aware, only doctors who are surgeons lose the doctor title. I’ve never seen or heard of a consultant in any other field who isn’t a doctor. From the BMA website: “Doctors who perform surgery may, due to historical reasons, use the titles ‘Mr’, ‘Mrs’, ‘Miss’ or ‘Ms’ instead. A doctor that is a university professor may also use the title ‘Professor’ instead of ‘Dr’.”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 8:20:59 GMT
A Doctor is a general Doctor who hasn't as yet specialized in any one field of medicine. We call all consultants Mr. so it applies to others and not just surgeons. In the UK you have to have a three year university graduate degree in Medicine then a further 3 years training, covering the different fields of medicine before you become a qualified Dr. You then follow a specialist path in your chosen field with another 3 years if you choose to become a GP ( General Practitioner/our family Doctor) who we still call Dr even after they finish their GP training or a further 6/8 years to become a specialist in other fields of medicine such as Cardiology/Gyne/Dermatology/Anaesthetists/Orthopedics etc which eventually leads you to a consultancy and the title of Mr rather than Dr. As far as I am aware, only doctors who are surgeons lose the doctor title. I’ve never seen or heard of a consultant in any other field who isn’t a doctor. From the BMA website: “Doctors who perform surgery may, due to historical reasons, use the titles ‘Mr’, ‘Mrs’, ‘Miss’ or ‘Ms’ instead. A doctor that is a university professor may also use the title ‘Professor’ instead of ‘Dr’.” Thanks. I thought they all carried the title of Mr/Mrs etc. Guess I've only ever seen consultants that are also surgeons and I should have checked as not all of them are surgeons. It depends on what field of medicine they're in.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 8:33:45 GMT
And then there are the Irish..... they take it to a whole new level! Mostly when they've had a few, I don't hear it when I'm out and about in general. I was quite shocked to hear a small boy about 7 screaming at his dog that he was a 'stupid effing doggy' the other day.
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Post by scrapalotomous on Aug 14, 2019 10:30:13 GMT
Well I wear my thongs on my feet.
A fanny is a (giggle) front bottom (giggle)
Piss is alcohol so if I am pissed I am not angry but drunk. But, if I am pissed off then I am angry.
Rooting means having sex so I can't help but embrace my inner 12y/o boy maturity level whenever I hear or read that someone is rooting for me. Also makes teaching etymology to 11 and 12 year old kids hard as I have to refer to base words not root words.
I also giggle (I am really showing my level of maturity here) when people refer to a full stop (.) as a period.
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StephDRebel
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Post by StephDRebel on Aug 14, 2019 10:49:19 GMT
So what goes into a US biscuit? The biscuits I make have flour, baking powder, salt, shortning (cut in) and a bit of milk. You form them into balls, flatten a bit and bake for about 15 minutes. I sometimes put them on top of a thick stew and bake them there. The scone recipe I have is the same, but with the option to add in sugar &/or some raisins or other fruit. I just want to agree with Skellington. I’m from the South and the biscuits we have here are nothing like the scones I had in England. Same. We joke that biscuits are the only thing keeping us from moving out of the US
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Post by delila on Aug 14, 2019 16:02:20 GMT
As an Aussie living in Texas Fairy Floss is my favourite!! I love that stuff anyway & love asking for a bag of it at the state fair. When I first moved to the States my American family wanted to hear me speak “Australian” all the time. They just thought it was fantastic how we have the same words with different meanings. 1. Fairy Floss= cotton candy 2. Thongs= flip flops 3. Rubber=pencil eraser
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Post by lucyg on Aug 14, 2019 16:13:52 GMT
We used to call flip-flops thongs, back when I was a kid (the ’60s), but that changed around the time my kids were young (’80s-’90s) when thong came to mean super-skinny panties ... my kids retrained me to call them flip-flops. Which you have to admit is a much cuter name.
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 14, 2019 16:46:19 GMT
We used to call flip-flops thongs, back when I was a kid (the ’60s), but that changed around the time my kids were young (’80s-’90s) when thong came to mean super-skinny panties ... my kids retrained me to call them flip-flops. Which you have to admit is a much cuter name. Yeah, I sometimes slip up and get very odd looks from older children when I remind them to put their thongs back on when they are on the playground, or when I ask Frank to hand Nora her thong because it came off when she was using the monkey bars.
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Post by mandolyn9909 on Aug 14, 2019 16:46:21 GMT
I don't know if it is truly used or not, but I've always wanted to add "bloody hell" to my usual vocabulary. I had british cousins visiting us for a couple weeks and my 11 yr old has been using bloody hell since. LOL
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Post by scrappintoee on Aug 14, 2019 19:11:29 GMT
This is funny..... Steven Colbert teases Rachel Weise about the "unneccessary" letter U that's used in words like "favourite", "colour", etc. "...... where do you guys get off wasting so many 'U's ?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbGVl4N3sVw
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AllieC
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Post by AllieC on Aug 14, 2019 23:19:09 GMT
I thought of the Peas last night when watching the latest episode of the Australian Bachelor.
One of the girls allegedly called Matt a "dog c..." and the amount of times it was repeated as he asked other girls if it was true "did Monique call me a dog see you next Tuesday?" LMAO, it was very funny and dramatic. Even funnier was that she also allegedly said he was a "filthy pig" and when she was challenged by him about both comments she said "I would never call anyone a pig" - no mention of the C word!
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Post by pjaye on Aug 15, 2019 0:23:30 GMT
I thought of the Peas last night when watching the latest episode of the Australian Bachelor. OMG yes, I kept thinking who are these girls using the term "dog c..." so casually, or jokingly? I've used it on occasion when I've REALLY hated someone (Trump) because it's the most extreme word I know to express my disgust. I don't think I'd like to be hanging around with girls who use this for people they are supposed to like, or used so casually. They must be real treasures in their own environments. Obviously the producers make him keep her for drama purposes. Matt needs to pace himself though, I was saying to someone the other day he's going in too hard and fast & he risks becoming more hated then Blake Garvey.
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AllieC
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Post by AllieC on Aug 15, 2019 5:58:07 GMT
I thought of the Peas last night when watching the latest episode of the Australian Bachelor. OMG yes, I kept thinking who are these girls using the term "dog c..." so casually, or jokingly? I've used it on occasion when I've REALLY hated someone (Trump) because it's the most extreme word I know to express my disgust. I don't think I'd like to be hanging around with girls who use this for people they are supposed to like, or used so casually. They must be real treasures in their own environments. Obviously the producers make him keep her for drama purposes. Matt needs to pace himself though, I was saying to someone the other day he's going in too hard and fast & he risks becoming more hated then Blake Garvey. It seems like the C word here is increasingly being used as a "term of affection" by the younger generation and doesn't have the same awful connotations that it has with us. I really like Matt at this stage, I think he is a nice guy but agree that he needs to slow down a bit.
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Post by lauradrumm on Aug 15, 2019 17:47:39 GMT
Now I want tea. I have a friend here who’s from the UK, although she’s been here for years and is a citizen now. Just listening to her speak makes me want tea. Thanks for the link. I love this entire topic. And isn’t “tea” their word for dinner?
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Post by lauradrumm on Aug 15, 2019 17:50:35 GMT
Erm, some of the ice pops we sell are actually called ice poles or ice batons. and in my neck of the woods the ones on a stick are called lolly ices but up here they are ice lollies. We often call the petrol station the garage. we in my family can a gas station the garage, too. I grew up with that. My mother was very English. Her dad wasn’t Austrian at all. I think it harkens back to when there were full service gas stations that had a mechanic.
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