Im doing a paper for school comparing the English and American languages. I was wandering what are some words we use here in american that mean something different in Britain and vice versa.
The word "Fag" is a slang term here for "Homosexual", but in Britain it is slang for "Cigarettes".
A classic!
British:
Telling a friend: I'll knock U up in morning!
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I.e. he/ she is a dozy so and so and always has a problem getting up / out of bed in the morning
American.
I'll knock U up in the morning!
Means he / she will be getting laid !
lol I read the Georgia Nicholson books, and they have a dictionary in the back, so the ones I remember are..
Spot means pimple
Chips means fries
Crisps mean chips
Trainers mean sneakers
Lippy means lipstick
To think someone's fit is to think they are hot
to fancy someone is to like them
mates=friends
blokes=guys
****=***
lots more you should look it up.
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