Help For You To Understand What Us Brits Are Saying

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Haus

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so if you want a cigarette you would ask for a fag:smiley24:

that would be awkward in america.

Peter: i'm really in the mood for a fag. Give me one.

Haus::wtf:
 

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so if you want a cigarette you would ask for a fag:smiley24:

that would be awkward in america.

Peter: i'm really in the mood for a fag. Give me one.

Haus::wtf:

Its used both ways here. Believe me the humour isn't lost on us though the content it's used in dosen't really cause too many mix ups.:D
 

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The see-saw one is weird. It says that Americans say "teeter-totter", but I'm American and I say see-saw instead.
 

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:24: ... I think .. you did not look hard enough
 

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Something's gotta be wrong with this picture. This one just doesn't make sense.

Asian

UK Usage:
person of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi origin

USA Usage:
person of Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Philippino origin
 

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Something's gotta be wrong with this picture. This one just doesn't make sense.

Asian

UK Usage:
person of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi origin

USA Usage:
person of Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Philippino origin

If you refer to someone simply as being Asian, over here most people will assume you are talking about an Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi at first guess.
 
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