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In message , Tony Williams writes

Ah yes - "fanny" another word with a different meaning in the UK to Ameristan

Better is in Germany where any fizzy drink is "Limonade"

even "Orange Limonade"

or in Indonesian where a piece of meat is often referred to as "Bistek" (I'm sure you can work that out if you try)

It's a good job he didn't need to ask for a cigarette. "Can I bum a fag?" could be even more capable of being misconstrued.

Even Cola Limonade, if memory serves.

Greg Guarino

ribbed for her pleasure....?

And available in all the best toilets

(or as the Septics call them - bathrooms. Who the hell would want to bath in the pisshouse ?)

I am reminded of a true story regarding Madame & Charles De Gaulle (Premier of France, which with due deference to American readers is somewhat South of England) at a very formal diplomatic dinner. Madame was asked 'What gave her the most satisfaction?' After some thought, and with complete attention of everyone at the table. She said 'a penis' The table was stunned for a second, or two. Chas De Gaulle leant over and said 'Happiness ...happiness'

Colin

I had a colleague who caused much hilarity by asking for a rubber when he wanted an erasor.

A female friend was asked by a desk clerk if she wanted to be "knocked-up in the morning". Say wha...

I believe the phrase "keep your pecker up", which in England is meant to extol people to be cheerful in the face of adversity, has a very embarrassing meaning in the States.

A few years ago we took a train trip across Canada and fell in with a group of Americans. By the end of the trip I had them calling the railroad: the railway, switches: points and ties: sleepers. Oh and the engineer was the engine driver.

And Americans drive on the parkway whereas we park on the driveway.

I got a reprimand for saying that 'the law is an ass' on one US forum.

Keeping one's pecker up would be embarrassing if it's publicly visible, I guess, but in private, it would likely be a source of pride to the pecker's owner.

Except on the Garden State Parkway, where you're actually parked, just wishing you were driving.

Sounds very much like the M25 around London - often referred to as largest car park in the UK

Unless you're in Boston (bah-stun), in which case the generic word is tonic (tah-nik). Don't ask me why. At least that's how it was 30 years ago when I lived there.

Jerry

I live very close to the busiest bit of the M25 (Surrey/Heathrow section) and we refer to it as a rotary car park.

Having said that, my wife and I drove from New Hampshire to JFK Airport in New York in the summer and the last 10 miles made the M25 look like Brands Hatch or Silverstone. It took 3 hours and we were told that that is perfectly normal on a Sunday.

Makes me quite glad to be up here where the only "hectic" time is when the ferry is due to arrive. Sometimes there are as many as 7 or 8 cars waiting in the queue.

And when I was in Boston this summer, every time I asked for Scotch and Tonic they gave me Scotch and Soda (which I dislike intensely).