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Aloone_Jonez:
One thing that (I've recently found out) some people in the US are totally unaware of UK slang. Some words have a totally differant meaning - often it's quite funny. :D

Here in the UK:
Fags are cigarettes.
If you're pissed you're drunk.
If someone takes the piss they're mocking you.

I can't think of anything else at the moment can you?

sporkme:
knock you up means get you pregnant in america
if i'm not mistaken, it means wake someone up by knocking in the uk

Jack2000:
I do not like accents ...
but they are an integral part
of our life :)



ps:what is my accent ?? how do I sound ?? (i mean from what i write on this forum)

H_TeXMeX_H:
Accents ... bahhh ... as long as I can understand what you are saying you don't have an accent to me ... the only English speaking accent I cannot understand is an Irish accent ... or it takes me asking them 20 or so times before I figure it out

Dark_Me:

--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---One thing that (I've recently found out) some people in the US are totally unaware of UK slang. Some words have a totally differant meaning - often it's quite funny. :D

Here in the UK:
Fags are cigarettes.
If you're pissed you're drunk.
If someone takes the piss they're mocking you.

I can't think of anything else at the moment can you?
--- End quote ---
Interesting. We have the same slang in Australia.

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