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Words With Different Meanings Depending On Country
June 26, 2023, 09:51 AM
Johnny 3eaglesWords With Different Meanings Depending On Country
Canada: Hydro
USA: Electricity
If you're goin' through hell, keep on going.
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June 26, 2023, 10:59 AM
John SteedI liked the British tv show "Wheeler Dealers". It was easy to understand that "wings" were "fenders" and similar just from context.
A couple that took me a little time:
"Hood" - no not the US meaning (to them that's the "bonnet") - the Brits call the soft top on a convertible "the hood".
"Sorted" - we say "fixed" or "repaired".
"Tickety-Boo", as in "Now it's all tickety-boo". - That I had to look up. Basically it means "Everything is fine".
One other one I picked up elsewhere
"A full stop" to us, "period".
... stirred anti-clockwise. June 26, 2023, 11:07 AM
RogueJSKquote:
Originally posted by John Steed:
"Sorted" - we say "fixed" or "repaired".
"Sorted" is used to designate any task being completed, not just repairs.
June 26, 2023, 11:31 AM
slosigRubber - in the UK an eraser, in the US a condom.
“I’ll knock you up in the morning.” - in the UK “I’ll swing by and knock on your door in the morning.” In the US I’ll impregnate you in the morning.
June 26, 2023, 01:29 PM
Pykerquote:
Originally posted by snwghst:
Add to the UK
Scrubber- prostitute
Strictly speaking a 'scrubber' in the UK is a 'skank' in the US. Not necessarily a prostitute, but just a lady of loose morals. See also 'A bike', sometimes prefaced by 'The Town/Village/Company'. A female that 'everyone has ridden'
June 26, 2023, 01:58 PM
SchmelbyI've always wondered how the term "Gobsmacked" came about.
June 26, 2023, 02:06 PM
RogueJSKquote:
Originally posted by Schmelby:
I've always wondered how the term "Gobsmacked" came about.
Gobsmacked means shocked/stunned/surprised.
Gob is a northern English and Scottish term for mouth, originally from Gaelic. (Also commonly seen with the phrase "Shut your gob!")
So basically, being gobsmacked is acting surprised and stunned like you've just been unexpectedly smacked in the mouth.
June 26, 2023, 02:13 PM
jhe888Like Steve Martin observed; "It's like those French have a different word for everything."
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. June 26, 2023, 02:16 PM
jhe888quote:
Originally posted by Schmelby:
I've always wondered how the term "Gobsmacked" came about.
See also "gobstopper." A candy that stops you from talking.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. June 26, 2023, 02:57 PM
HRKquote:
See also "gobstopper." A candy that stops you from talking.
They can be everlasting....
June 26, 2023, 03:06 PM
rtquigWhen I was young I lived for a year in Hollywood Fla. I worked nights painting department stores. One of the guys I worked with from Indiana said we should go out that night and get some cock. I was dumbfounded until he told me it meant women.
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June 26, 2023, 03:36 PM
Chris42OK, let’s try “gift”
US - a present for someone.
German - poison.
Not something to get confused when visiting overseas and you wish to leave something for the Fraulein.
June 26, 2023, 03:41 PM
CQB60Just be careful when asking a waitress for a napkin down under

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June 26, 2023, 03:43 PM
PASigWas watching Bluey with my children yesterday and the dad is cooking up Pikelets, I'm like "WTH is a Pikelet?"
Turns out that's what the Aussies call pancakes.
Who knew?
June 26, 2023, 03:52 PM
architectOf course, what you and I know as a cake, is called a "pudding" in the UK. Stick that in your gob!
June 26, 2023, 08:22 PM
MelissaDallasMy sister taught alternative high school. One day her Mexican kids were eating leche quemada candy, which is kind of like caramel milk candy. She, being a good Southern girl, was telling them about her mom’s penuche fudge. Their eyes all got huge and they gasped. She asked them “what did I say”? Apparently they thought she said “panoche.” In Spanish properly it means “vulva” but in the vernacular means something more like “nasty filthy c***.”
June 26, 2023, 08:35 PM
PR64Parking lot here is a car park in the UK.
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June 26, 2023, 10:20 PM
flashguyUK "biscuit", US "cookie"
US "biscuit", UK "scone" (sort of)
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Texan by choice, not accident of birth June 27, 2023, 09:31 AM
jhe888quote:
Originally posted by architect:
Of course, what you and I know as a cake, is called a "pudding" in the UK. Stick that in your gob!
I think "pudding" is dessert generally, and not cake, per se. Although they use the word dessert, too and I don't think I understand the distinction, if there is one.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. June 27, 2023, 09:42 AM
vinnybassquote:
Originally posted by Pyker:
quote:
Originally posted by snwghst:
Add to the UK
Scrubber- prostitute
Strictly speaking a 'scrubber' in the UK is a 'skank' in the US. Not necessarily a prostitute, but just a lady of loose morals. See also 'A bike', sometimes prefaced by 'The Town/Village/Company'. A female that 'everyone has ridden'
Also known as a slapper.
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