The big Difference between the UK and the States

[Brett_Tabke]

They eat pizza with a knife and fork.

[TheWhippinpost]

<Robin Williams> Crime prevention;

US: STOP! or I'll shoot!
UK: STOP! or I'll shout stop again!

</Robin Williams>

[Webwork]

I met a British woman, named Finola, at a hotel bar in Cancun.

I heard her say "Fan"ola, not "Fin"ola.

I asked if her friends called her "Fannie", a not so uncommon nickname in the States.

I was struck by her response, or, should I say her response was to strike me.

Moral of the story: A behind by any other name could be a ****.

Mind the gap, please!

[Nick_W]

>>We have a sense of humour

hehehehe ;)

Nick

[Webwork]

P.S. The word I chose, that was **** out, had 6 letters, not 4, so do not assume I was so vulgar.

So, now I understand that even the v----a word is ooo-la-la.

Wow. God forbid, next some system will lop off my "head", dare I use THAT expletive.

[Alphawolf]

Well, according to Google:

Link [itcilo.it]

According to alltheweb:

Link [guardian.co.uk]

AW

[Alphawolf]

alice,

Yes, what is that about "America"? Canada occupies a much larger land mass than any country in both of the Americas ~ there are two you know
But that's okay, because we do know how to spell colour, humour, and search engine optimisation.

Yeah...works out well- the whole Canada thing.

As soon as we run out of "nature" we'll be stopping by- and staying. :)

Please keep your land clean for us, eh? ;)

AW

[JudgeJeffries]

And then of course there's the 'rubber'
In the UK you buy them in the stationers.
I understand that knocking your friends wife up is a real problem over there but here in the UK your'e helping her get to work on time.
And one last thing, we dont have beaver here.....not for over 300 years.
Sorry to lower the tone :)

[alice]

Alphawolf ~ We'll be waiting for "y'all" with our igloos wide open. :)

[nutsandbolts]

Breakfast Biscuits and Gravy!

This, my friends, is what separates our two great nations.

Americans happily chew on, let's face it, ENGLISH SCONES AND WHITE GRAVY for breakfast!

Until that matter is sorted, we will never be fully integrated and continue to scoff at each other.

That, and this strange idea some Americans have that English food is so much more inferior to American Cuisine... Even in my small Cheshire county I have hundreds of amazing quality restaurants but could I find anything but cookie-cutter fast food slop-houses in America? Nope... Mind you, that might just be NC and WV...

Still, I do like those American girls...

[incywincy]

USA make great entertainment films (movies?) but we make better dramas.

As far as television (TV) goes, nothing gets close to the BBC.

I like USA citizens ;) for their openness, the british are repressed while people from the USA tell you their life history within 5 minutes of meeting them.

The USA have the best Search Engine in the world of course!

[tedster]

Here's a short list of some of the words and phrases that have tripped me up:

UK-------US
braces - suspenders
suspenders - garters
aubergine - egglant
biro - pen
anticlockwise - counterclockwise
mean - stingy [that really through me the first time]
twister - con artist
boiled sweets - hard candy
whinge - whine
live IN surrey road - live ON surrey road

[stickledene]

We (US) drive on the right side of the road. They (UK) drive on the wrong side of the road.

Yes, but we (UK) drive on the RIGHT side of the car. They (US) drive on the WRONG side of the car!

I was so very confused when I first hired a car in the states. I opened the door, only to find the steering wheel on the opposite side.

The Car Hire guy just laughed. "You brits" he commented. I think my face went the colour of "red" in the web paelette :)

Another difference is "US Garage" music is along the same lines as UK House music.

Nice post,

Sticky

[mivox]

If the pizza is made correctly, you have to eat it with a fork. It's a wimpy pizza if you can pick up a slice...

Nonsense. You just have to fold it in half, and hold it with both hands.

...and don't talk to them about pudding.

First, tell me what the heck pudding IS... Is is an upside-down bread shell stuffed in the middle with meats and gravy (Wild game pudding, according to one pub I ate at.)? Is it a sort of spongy bread bowl, with meat and gravy served on top (Yorkshire pudding, which I had in Yorkshire.)? Is it something more closely resembling a short, u-shaped sausage (Black pudding: Mmmm. Pig's blood for breakfast!)? Is it a sweet dessert dish made with bread(!) and raisins/currants/whatever (which I've read about in books)?

Make up your minds on the pudding issue, and we'll talk. As long as you're not talking about the nasty powder-mix dessert the Jell-O company sells over here, I'm game.

a short list of some of the words and phrases that have tripped me up

sweater = jumper

That one really threw me. And I just can't get used to saying "petrol" instead of "gas" either.

[namniboose]

Hi Mivox,

To elucidate:

I was not talking about black pudding or yorkshire pudding but pudding pudding, which is of course...............DESSERT!

By the way, if a Brit tells you they are pissed, that means they are drunk. If they are pissed off, however, that is another matter.

Which brings me to another difference: unlike our yankee friends, you might not know if a Brit is pissed off, because, being so horribly repressed, we will more than likely say something with a funny accent rather than actually sound pissed (off).

Have I lost you yet?

[edited by: namniboose at 5:04 am (utc) on June 17, 2003]

[mivox]

Well, I don't generally eat dessert... so I don't have much to say about that sort of pudding.

But you can generally tell when anyone of any nationality is pissed, because they start stumbling about, talking funny, and they smell like a distillery.

Whether or not someone's any good at expressing their anger is another matter... but I've heard about your football riots over there, so I think I'd just as soon you all stayed repressed all the time. Seems much safer that way.

[vitaplease]

American and British troops handed out food to hundreds of Iraqis. Not surprisingly, Iraqis handed the British food back.

Conan O'Brien

American food?

[guddu]

Ha-Ha, Oh god save my stomach.

This post has been real fun. Specially, by TheWhippinpost

<Robin Williams> Crime prevention;
US: STOP! or I'll shoot!
UK: STOP! or I'll shout stop again!

</Robin Williams>

I think Indian Food is the best. You can have it through forks and spoons and you can have it with your hands. Your choice ofcourse. So, before the bullets start approaching towards each other, stop arguing about British Food, American food and try out some Indian food. Its spicy, its sweet, its delicious, and its digestive with a lot of variety to suit every taste.

[jatar_k]

I just love watchin the funny looks when the two sides talk together cause I get you both.

and the big difference between Canadians and everyone is poutine.

[nicebloke]

>"They eat pizza with a knife and fork. "

Never have, never will!

[vitaplease]

Its not a pizza, its what Italians would call a cake or quiche.

[WibbleWobble]

twister - con artist

Twister has never (to my knowledge) been used to describe a conman, except perhaps in Cockney London Backstreets. Its a game that we Brits play when drunk, with members of the opposite sex, because it gets us all close. Subtle, see?

(You must have twister in the US, surely?)

[outrun]

At least there is something in common an oldie but a goodie.

DIETS & DEATH

Here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting medical studies.

The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

The French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

CONCLUSION:
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

Well maybe I do have weird sense of humour im Australian.

regards,
Mark

[chris_f]

British beer is great!

<monty phython rip off>
American Beer is like making love in a canoe ....
</monty phython rip off>

Chris

[tigger]

>"They eat pizza with a knife and fork. "

Never have, never will!

Agree 100%

[Mike12345]

The americans have our place names and just add the word "New" before it. ;)

Where did brett get that knife and fork thing from? Maybe the Queen eats pizza with a knife and fork. :P

[edited by: Mike12345 at 10:47 am (utc) on June 17, 2003]

[edit_g]

The big Difference between the UK and the States

About 5-6 hours on the east coast?

[Monkscuba]

Guddu : "I think Indian Food is the best"

Indian food as served in British curry houses. Almost regarded by some as "typical" British food! So many Asians (not people from China, Singapore, Vietnam etc..) living in the UK now that is more or less true. Best food in the UK!

Words that are different :

UK - US

Pavement = Sidewalk
Road = Pavement
Herbs = ERBS (there's a bl***y H in it)
Football = Soccer

And to clarify previous posts : In the USA you drive on the right and wrong sides of the road, depending on your point of view.

The big difference is that Britain used to be important and still pretends to be. The USA used to be unimportant and still has an inferiority complex about it and so needs to flex it's muscles and shout a lot.

Thankfully, I live in Thailand.

[fathom]

The big Difference between the UK and the States

UK very selective... they just kicked the fore fathers of the US out...

US kicks everyone out... country doesn't matter either! ;)

[TheWebographer]

If you smoke a fag in the United States you can go up for ManSlaughter

[Mike12345]

"If you smoke a fag in the United States you can go up for ManSlaughter" - lol! or indecent exposure ;)