Language differences

[Poppytree]

We have started a sewing/quilting group at our church with a group of lovely Persian ladies from Iran (mainly 'boat' people) and a quilting friend has donated a sewing machine and loads of fabrics.

As well as teaching them some skills it is a great opportunity to help them learn more about our culture and improve their English ............. which reminds me once again of the differences in English speaking countries - Australia, Britain and USA. Australia seems to have a mixture of both so its even more confusing for them

20 BRITISH WORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN THE U.S. ? Bigstock Blog

[Jean Sewing Machine]

That's funny!

[bubba]

Well that was good for a giggle! I knew a lot of them already, as I am a huge Royal fan and read the Daily Mail everyday. Thanks for sharing!

[HdWench]

I heard Elton John reportedly say, he was the biggest Queen of England! Very cute Loved reading and seeing these pictures
Thanks

[Alpha O]

I heard Elton John reportedly say, he was the biggest Queen of England! Very cute Loved reading and seeing these pictures
Thanks

Looking at your signature, you have a few moggies. My daughter married a Brit, lives there, and I'm slowly getting used to some terms. I have 3 moggies, she has 6.

[Jeannie acton]

I heard Elton John reportedly say, he was the biggest Queen of England! Very cute Loved reading and seeing these pictures
Thanks

There is also a story about the late queen mother who called down to the kitchen one day and asked if any of the old queens down there could make a pot of tea for this old queen.

[SiobhanF]

That was cute! I've often said that we're two peoples divided by a common language.

[brenmar]

Ple-e-ease don't believe everything (or anything!) you read in the Daily Mail.

[Sandy Navas]

You know my DH is an interpreter, right?

Now you understand why an American Lady (?) and a Native Spanish Speaker do not converse well . . .

Definitely the same the world around.

Maybe that's because he's male though . . .

[Jeannie acton]

Differences can be soooo embarrassing. True story: I am a Brit and my mother was in Miami many years ago and she wanted a wake up call so she asked the guy on the reception desk if he could " knock her up" at 6am. She did to understand why he almost choked trying to suppress his laughter ! I now live in the East Midlands (Nottinghamshire ) and I used to work for a US company. Originally from the southern part of England I have much less of an accent than the locals who not only have their midlands accents but also use a lot of dialect, so, when anyone came over from Seattle to the UK office I often had to walk round with the guys and, for want of a better word 'interpret' the conversation.. For instance if it looks like it is going to rain, locally that would be expressed as - it's black over our Bills mothers. Honest. I am not making this up. Another thing that springs to mind as typically local to here was when I heard some one say 'mek it go backards' when trying to tell a drive r to reverse his car. Don't you just love the thing that make us all just that little bit different? I hope I have not bored your eyes shut here. I am not known as the mouth from the south for nothing you know! Lol