A few newbie questions

[Peckris 579]

8 minutes ago, zookeeperz said:

If you run around the street in america in your pants nobody would blink an eyelid but Do that in the UK you would be arrested for indecent exposure 

Underpants are indecent?  Who knew.

[zookeeperz 470]

1 minute ago, Peckris said:

Underpants are indecent?  Who knew.

Crotchless ones are unless you are in Brighton

[Paddy 1,542]

...and in America you can get pissed without touching a drop...

[Peckris 579]

13 hours ago, Paddy said:

...and in America you can get pissed without touching a drop...

Though I have noticed some Americans using the "pissed off" form.

One of the biggest laughs was when Phil Collins made a guest appearance in Miami Vice, and as a typical Brit one of his lines included calling someone a "wanker". "I can't say that!" protested our Phil, and explained to the producers what it meant. "That's ok" they replied. "Americans don't know the word so we'll leave it in." Phil decided not to remind them that the show was also syndicated for UK television...

[1949threepence 3,366]

49 minutes ago, Peckris said:

Though I have noticed some Americans using the "pissed off" form.

One of the biggest laughs was when Phil Collins made a guest appearance in Miami Vice, and as a typical Brit one of his lines included calling someone a "wanker". "I can't say that!" protested our Phil, and explained to the producers what it meant. "That's ok" they replied. "Americans don't know the word so we'll leave it in." Phil decided not to remind them that the show was also syndicated for UK television...

I think the word "jerk" is virtually the US equivalent of our "wanker" or "tosser".