ORIGINAL: jamesg1213

ORIGINAL: Mod Bod

After associating with Brits for the last 35 years, I find myself using Brit flavored phrases all the time, which blended with my southern American accent and dialect can be quite funny sounding.

I ask the lovely Mrs. Mod Bod if she's seen my "proper" trousers.

That's not very American, is it? See. There I go again. It's maddening, it is.

I'm all for the use of word 'trouser' Dave. good on yer! 'Pants' is just, well..'pants' really.

The lovely Mrs. Mod Bod and I still have a laugh about the time that we were getting dressed to go to church at First Baptist Church in Weymouth. She asked Clive and his wife (who are now dear friends of ours of over 15 years),

"Do the ladies wear pants to your church services?"

He replied, "Well, I should hope so."

Fog, I laughed out loud at your post #49 (page 2) - good stuff!

ORIGINAL: Mod Bod

Clive asked TLMM if she would like him to knock us up in the morning.

now thats some funny ish.... I think though it's more to do with age / regional differences as even to me thats a bit "carry on" (films famous for the double entendre's / meanings)

Well, you know you are in trouble when you say " I'm going to warsh my car". That's how I sounded in Chicago. After 34 years in Arizona I now say "I'm going to warsh my caro." You just can't win!

ORIGINAL: montezuma

I hear a lot of Americans say (check out any of the gearwire yuotube videos) these 2:

"...you know what..."
"...I'm gonna go ahead and..."

They seem to be pretty common

rent 'office space'

I'm an Aussie, several years ago for breakfast it would be a cuppa tea and either raisin toast or Vegemite on toast or porridge!! Nowadays after living in the USA it's coffee (usually Flogers) and a donut. Simple! But effective, although the caffeine and sugary donut tends to get me talking a million mph and feeling jittery it's a wonder anyone can understand a word I'm saying it's like hello, y'know, y'all are moving way too slow, come on now get with the freaking program!!! Hop 2, hop 2, we ain't got all freaking day!!!

ORIGINAL: jamesg1213

ORIGINAL: Russell.Whaley

You could be in the Upper Midwest (USA), where we regularly end sentences with prepositions and other grammatical mis-steps: "Are you going to stay home this afternoon, then?"

You hear that a lot in the UK The Bristol area is a goldmine of oddities, not only do they add an 'l' to the end of words 'areal', Marinal' etc, but you'll hear 'where's it to?' (where is it?) and 'woss on then?' (what's happening?)

And for some real confusion from Yorkshire:

Q "Where's our kid then?"

A "He's gone out, he'll be back while teatime"

Translated it means he will NOT be back UNTIL teatime. That one still makes my head hurt.

You hear that a lot in the UK The Bristol area is a goldmine of oddities, not only do they add an 'l' to the end of words 'areal', Marinal' etc, but you'll hear 'where's it to?' (where is it?) and 'woss on then?' (what's happening?)

Yep - I can confirm that the Bristol accent is probably one of the harshest regional accents in the UK - it's even worse han Welsh!

If any one has seen Little Britain, the character Vicky Pollard, played superbly by Matt Lucas, then go into any pub in Bristol, preferably one frequented by teenage girls (not that I EVER do this of course)grab a beer and just listen to the accents - it's pure, unadulterated Vicky P.

"Yeah but, no but, our ma said I 'ad to go into town and pick up some turnips for our dad's brekkie, but they didn't have none, gurt wazzocks the lot of 'em"

Or... pick up a copy of the book "Krek waiter speak Brizzle"

Paul, you might be right about what Lucas based it on, but having lived in Bristol for far too long now (approaching 40 years) I have to say the accent has to be the broadest of the broad, but harsh at the same time. To my ears, people from Devon & Cornwall have a much softer lilt to their voices, almost like a sing-song effect.

But Bristol!!!!! - It's probably the cider.

For anyone interested in football [not soccer] Chelsea have just sacked Scolari.

Yep - I can confirm that the Bristol accent is probably one of the harshest regional accents in the UK - it's even worse han Welsh!

When I've been to Wales, I never thought that the accent was that hard to understand. Of course I was in southern Wales - Risca and the folks might have had mercy on me by watering down the accent. I do the same when I'm over there. I speak fluent "good 'old boy" southern American dialect when I'm talking to the locals here but I clean up quite nicely when speaking to proper Brits.

Oh, I must say, I love Little Britain. I have (I think it's the) first three seasons on DVD. Vickie P is awesome (no but - yer but - no but - yer but) - those guys are awesome! Love all the characters. What sketch brilliance.

One show I'm glad didn't get watered down when it came to the US (as far as I know) is "Spooks," marketed over here as "MI-5." We get each season about a year after it's out from Netflix, and my wife and I are completely hooked.

When "The Office" came to American television... ugh. Totally lost the charm of the original.

Russell , spooks is good.. I mean they finished with the new series here and no I won't give away the plot.. but it's one that couldn't be remade.

maybe they had or will remake "life on mars" for the US.. but I like the UK version and they could have got another series out of it

my friend in germany is mad about trailerpark boys? never seen it though.
I do like, my name is Earl though

I just watched a show earlier "shameless" I'd be curious if it ever made it there and if people actually thought that was how the UK all was..hehe
(although in some places, it's not miles off the truth )

ORIGINAL: SteveStrummerUK

ORIGINAL: Bristol_Jonesey

But Bristol!!!!! - It's probably the cider.

The title of your autobiography Colin?

Steve, for years my epitaph was going to be "Just popped in for a quckie" as I was notorious for just nipping into the pub for a quick beer - and staying all day/night.

These days I only drink at most once, twice a week, and simply don't have the capacity for it any more.

And suffering from hypertension and late-onset diabetes isn't exactly conducive for drinking the copious amounts of alcohlo I used to consume on a regular basis.

But it's got it's plus points! I sleep better, weigh less, but sadly no richer - this 'hobby' of ours could keep anyone poor.