I love how the Brits say "in hospital"

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

when they mean in hospital

[skygazer]

1. I love how they call the boot the boot

And the bonnet the bonnet. :thumbsup:

[Left Is Write]

2. They call the loo the loo too.

[trof]

3. Brit quiz: In 'American'...

What's the offside wing?
The nearside wing?
The chemist?
A roundabout?
Trouble and strife? (cockney)
Apples and pears? (cockney)

Just a few.
My best friends are a couple of Brits so I know about lifts and loos and torches and Wellies.
:-)

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. I can answer all those, but my nickname isn't The Vic for nothing.

[flvegan]

9. I can take a swing at a few of those

Offside/nearside wings are car mirrors.

Chemist is a doc or pharmacist, I think.

Roundabout is a rotary (traffic).

Trouble and strife is your SO or spouse or something like that.

Apples and pears is either a staircase or a ladder. Something with steps.

[trof]

14. Pretty good. Wings are fenders.

The front offside wing would be the one on the left, on the passenger (off) side in an right-hand drive vehicle.

Maybe I should have said "chemist's".
It's a pharmacy, but not like our drug store.
More like an apothecary.
Do they still exist?

Trouble and strife: wife
Apples and pears: stairs
Cockney rhyming slang

[DemBones DemBones]

16. The car mirrors (side mirrors) are called

wing mirrors.

[trof]

21. There ya go.

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. I love how they say, "I've got this round, mate."

[yellowdogintexas]

6. having a 'lie down' instead of a nap, being on queue instead of in line

cooker instead of stove

[trof]

22. And a lie in is sleeping late.

[Captain Hilts]

25. You're starting to see this one on this side of the pond. The languages are rapidly merging. nt

[Drunken Irishman]

7. I like when they say, "no need to reciprocate..."

[Orrex]

19. Classy!

:rofl:

[flvegan]

8. Cars get knackered and wind up on a lorry.

I've used mucking about or muck around since I was a kid.

[mix]

10. i love how they enslaved millions, destroyed cultures, and created the biggest empire EVAH

and we still think they're COOL!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

11. everyone loves winners?

i guess, of course they did not hold it too long, did they?

[mix]

12. long enough to fuck it up, royally n/t

[flvegan]

13. And the US proving that imitation is the highest form of flattery, eh?

So yeah, I guess we do think they're cool.

[trof]

15. 'And let he who is without sin cast the first...

you know...
;-)

[Jamastiene]

17. I love the way the British say a log of things.

I like the way Canadians say some things too.

[Orrex]

18. It makes me want to punch them right in face

It's one of the most annoying idioms in world.

[nytemare]

20. Or, "I went to university".

:D

[Orrex]

23. They also 'come round in the morning to knock you up'

They can't be trusted.

[Captain Hilts]

24. It's like "going to university." nt

[Sultana]

26. I wish they would stop calling bathrooms or restrooms, toilets

:puke: