Great-Bit-O-Stuff Full Member Oct 17, 2024 #111 Ghoti said: Anyone heard any Britishisms? I've heard "Oh, my days!" twice from Irish people. Click to expand... M8
Ghoti said: Anyone heard any Britishisms? I've heard "Oh, my days!" twice from Irish people. Click to expand... M8
L Lee Bushwacker Oct 17, 2024 #112 Ghoti said: Nice finds. Another one I've heard a young relative use is "or no" instead of "or not". Are you going to the shop, or no? Is dinner ready yet, or no? Click to expand... ? Spanish influence on American English. "¿O no?
Ghoti said: Nice finds. Another one I've heard a young relative use is "or no" instead of "or not". Are you going to the shop, or no? Is dinner ready yet, or no? Click to expand... ? Spanish influence on American English. "¿O no?
Great-Bit-O-Stuff Full Member Oct 17, 2024 #113 Lee Bushwacker said: ? Spanish influence on American English. "¿O no? Click to expand... Not as dumb as you look, Lee
Lee Bushwacker said: ? Spanish influence on American English. "¿O no? Click to expand... Not as dumb as you look, Lee
T Tricolour Oct 19, 2024 #114 Irish people saying siblings seems an American thing. Can you imagine an irish mother saying '' go and tell your siblings to come in for their dinner ''?
Irish people saying siblings seems an American thing. Can you imagine an irish mother saying '' go and tell your siblings to come in for their dinner ''?
C corkcityfcpoolie Oct 19, 2024 #115 Ghoti said: Anyone heard any Britishisms? I've heard "Oh, my days!" twice from Irish people. Click to expand... Cockney rhyming slang : Porkies - pork pies - lies Brown bread - dead Embarrassing from anyone other than a Cockney.
Ghoti said: Anyone heard any Britishisms? I've heard "Oh, my days!" twice from Irish people. Click to expand... Cockney rhyming slang : Porkies - pork pies - lies Brown bread - dead Embarrassing from anyone other than a Cockney.
King Silkbeard Full Member Oct 19, 2024 #116 Very well known Americanism is "kicking the can down the road" or " stop drinking the kool aid".
Dr. Aaoouh Full Member Oct 19, 2024 #117 King Silkbeard said: Very well known Americanism is "kicking the can down the road" or " stop drinking the kool aid". Click to expand... Yeah. Maybe thirty or forty years ago. Just hitting Ireland now?
King Silkbeard said: Very well known Americanism is "kicking the can down the road" or " stop drinking the kool aid". Click to expand... Yeah. Maybe thirty or forty years ago. Just hitting Ireland now?
J JohnJoePo Oct 30, 2024 #118 "Search up" I fucking detest that this has become normalised. It's just "search" you fucking cretin!
Ghoti Full Member Oct 30, 2024 #119 "You're throwing me under the bus"/"Threw him under the bus" Basically, it means shafting someone. Getting very popular. Also, the protest chant of "Hey-hey, ho-ho, something I don't like has got to go!" has come directly from American campuses.
"You're throwing me under the bus"/"Threw him under the bus" Basically, it means shafting someone. Getting very popular. Also, the protest chant of "Hey-hey, ho-ho, something I don't like has got to go!" has come directly from American campuses.
