Peckris Posted May 24, 2018 Posted May 24, 2018 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. Quote
zookeeperz Posted May 24, 2018 Posted May 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Peckris said: Underpants are indecent? Who knew. Crotchless ones are unless you are in Brighton Quote
Paddy Posted May 24, 2018 Posted May 24, 2018 ...and in America you can get pissed without touching a drop... Quote
Peckris Posted May 25, 2018 Posted May 25, 2018 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... Quote
1949threepence Posted May 25, 2018 Posted May 25, 2018 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". 1 Quote
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