Americanism in England. Please explain.

Blackpoolmad

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10 May 13 23:01

HandyAndy

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11 May 13 03:09

Originally posted by Blackpoolmad
Thoughts please?

Quit bellyaching.

ChessPraxis

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11 May 13 03:39

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Quit bellyaching.

Blimey 😞

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11 May 13 03:47

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Blimey 😞

unfunny...

Kewpie

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11 May 13 07:05

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Blimey 😞

I remember that one from childhood, before American TV arrived we used a lot of pommy expressions here.

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HandyAndy

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11 May 13 10:32

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We just do it to annoy foreigners.

Great Big Stees

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11 May 13 11:50

Originally posted by HandyAndy
We just do it to annoy foreigners.

Huh?
Oh I get it eh?

drdon

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11 May 13 12:02

Why do "elevators" go down?

Tabitha Marshall

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11 May 13 12:09

Originally posted by drdon
Why do "elevators" go down?

Because what goes up must come down. 🙂

johnnylongwoody

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11 May 13 12:29

Originally posted by Tabitha Marshall
Because what goes up must come down. 🙂

Love in an elevator.......
livin' it up when I'm goin' down.........

Americans say elevator. In Ireland we say lift.
Take the lift to the seventh floor.

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11 May 13 12:35

Originally posted by Tabitha Marshall
Because what goes up must come down. 🙂

There's lots of "space junk" that went up but isn't coming down.