Difference between American and British English

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anita_a

#41746 Wed, 11 Aug 04 06:16 PM

In UK English fag or faggot means a homo. In US English it means smoking.

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US UK

write her write to her

lets go see a movie lets go and see a movie

look forward to meet you looking forward to meeting you

meet with you meet you

look out the window look out of the window

come on in come in

anita_a

Joined on Tue, Jul 27 2004

Sunny California

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anita_a

#41747 Wed, 11 Aug 04 06:34 PM

Here are a few jokes to understand both the types of english better

1) An American lady on the side of the road is very concerned when the nice Englishman calls out from under her car, "I can't quite see where the petrol is leaking out. Would you hand me a torch? ( Torch means a lighted flame in US english)

2)An English exchange student asks someone “do you have a rubber?".Taken aback she says, “but I don’t even know you”. A bit confused, he assures her, “I’ll only be a minute. I’ll bring it right back”. (Rubber means condom in US english)

anita_a

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zeeshan_dhillo

#48744 Sun, 03 Oct 04 09:29 AM

Hello.
I am Zeeshan Nasir from Pakistan.
I know one word that has diffirence in American and British
American/British
Tactics/ Tacticks (These words represents the way or tricks.)
am i right ?
I participeted for the first time in this forum.
It's very much .

zeeshan_dhillo

Joined on Sun, Oct 3 2004

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anon1

#48797 Sun, 03 Oct 04 05:01 PM

Zeeshan,

Welcome to English Forums.

I don't believe you are correct. You want try looking for the words in an online dictionary, such as Merriam Webster at [link]

I hope that helps.

MountainHiker

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notwhy.whynot

#65633 Thu, 06 Jan 05 05:00 AM

"In UK English fag or faggot means a homo. In US English it means smoking."

Uh... You got that backwards, actually. In the US it means homosexual and is offensive.

back in another time didn't fag mean a peice of wood?

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nona the brit

#65801 Thu, 06 Jan 05 04:33 PM

Fag/Faggot has a few main meanings in British English.

Fag - very common slang for cigarette but we are also well aware of the US homosexual meaning, it just isn't the first thing that comes to mind to us.

Fag - I'm pretty sure this is now obsolete (but not by long) word for a sort of volunteer servant. Public schools used to have the younger boys as fags for the older boys - try reading Tom Brown's Schooldays!

Faggot - is a collection of dry twigs bundled together and used for hot fast fires (i.e. to start an old wood fired bread oven for example, which is when I have used them). Not exactly common in these electic and gas powered days and not everyone knows the word.

Faggot - a type of meatball from the north of Britain. The most famous has the brand name 'Mr Brain's Faggots' which has quite put me off ever tryng them. People who don't eat them find them a bit funny and there may be something a bit dodgy' about their ingredients with chopped up bits and pieces I wouldn't normally want to eat. On the other hand, maybe I'm just a prejudiced southerner, I haven't ever actually read the ingredients.

nona the brit

Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004

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The name says it all.

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Guest

#65977 Fri, 07 Jan 05 04:40 AM

I've heard of another one. When a girl wears her hair short at the front (cut just above the eyebrows), in the US they are called "bangs". I believe the British equivalent is either a "shingle" or a "shelf"??

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nona the brit

#66308 Sat, 08 Jan 05 11:09 AM

The British version is fringe, not shingle (a type of roof tile) or shelf.

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