Hot Heart Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Air conditioning in a British house would be bloody pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Air conditioning is standard depending on where you live. For instance here in Kansas it's pretty damn standard, but then again it gets pretty warm here in the summer. You don't want to live somewhere where the high temperatures top 105 F (40 C) for weeks at a time without an air conditioner. You will die (and people do when their air conditioners break). Â Most girls are skanks that don't know how to dress appropriately for their size. Yeah, that's definitely a problem here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Skanks are universal. God bless them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Diet Pepsi and Pepsi Max don't use sugar as they are zero calorie drinks so it would be different sweeteners that account for the difference. Most of our regular fizzy pops use sugar rather than fructose syrup though as they do in the USA. Â Yeah, there is a shift back towards sugar vs HFCS due to consumer complaints. I think Pepsi were caught off guard at how successful their Pepsi Throwback (the sugar version of Pepsi) would be as it was supposed to be for a limited time and now it appears to be a regular product offering. Â Most girls are skanks that don't know how to dress appropriately for their size. Going from the Ricki Lake show, this is a problem in the US too though. Short shorts and opaque tights (not stockings - stocking over here are the ones that use suspenders) are very popular at the moment. Kids these days really aren't keeping their kidneys warm any more. Â The last thing I expected to see on my honeymoon was a high school girl flashing her panties on the subway. I wanted to yell "Put some damn pants on girl!" Â It never occurred to me that proper butter would be different! I personally like slightly salted butter which is about 1.5% salt particularly lurpak. mmm. Â I never bake with salted butter. In fact, I no longer buy salted butter at all. Salted butter can throw off recipes in baking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 So ..the Milky Way bar. Â In UK it's a chocolate coated soft nougat. In US it's a fucking Mars Bar. Â (a US Mars Bar is more like an Almond Snickers) Â Oh and Smarties are fizzers. Â And now for the 1980s edition: Also Opal Fruits are called Starburst and Marathon bars are called Snickers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Oh, forgot to ask this. Â If I were to say 'suss out', would that make sense to an American? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 So if the Milky Way is a chocolate coated soft nougat in the UK, whats a 3 Musketeers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Doesn't exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Woah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 In Sweden, Milky Way is a whole variety of different chocolate bars. =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Oh, forgot to ask this. If I were to say 'suss out', would that make sense to an American? It would to me, but only because I've spent so much time on the forum with you limeys. I don't think most Americans would have any idea what you meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezacant Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Oh, forgot to ask this. If I were to say 'suss out', would that make sense to an American? It would to me, but only because I've spent so much time on the forum with you limeys. I don't think most Americans would have any idea what you meant. I can confirm this... I have no idea what "suss" is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Ah, thanks! Â I'm sure you can suss out the meaning from this sentence though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 In Sweden, Milky Way is a whole variety of different chocolate bars. =D Â I'm sure the UK has the different varieties as well. I know Ireland has....but the only one I can think of is the Milky Way Crispy Roll. I love those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezacant Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Â So I guess suss out = figure out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 So I guess suss out = figure out? Yep! Â There is also sussed to mean that you've got someone or something's true nature or purpose figured out. Â "He thought he was away free, but I had him sussed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 (edited) So ..the Milky Way bar. Â In UK it's a chocolate coated soft nougat. In US it's a fucking Mars Bar. Â (a US Mars Bar is more like an Almond Snickers) Â To throw in more confusion with Canada... An almond Snickers? That sounds awesome, but I've never seen one. Our Mars bars look exactly like a Milky Way though - nougat, caramel and sweetened milk chocolate; no nuts. Â I've heard some parts of the world mainly have dark chocolate bars... that would be awesome, though for more cash, bigger places like grocery stores have a selection of those here - largely Lindt. (Though we do have dark chocolate Kit-Kats. Not sure how prevalent those are since that bar has all sorts of regional mutations like the Japanese versions. It was a test run here, and went well so they kept it and started doing trials of other dark chocolate versions of bars.) Â Also, sussed is interesting. For all the BBC shows I've watched, I had no idea before today what that would mean. Â [edit: Careless bracket usage can change the meaning of what I'm saying...] Edited November 3, 2011 by fuchikoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainHurtBoy...2 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 We get Almond Snickers here in the US, as well. The only thing is that a US Milky Way doesn't have, or taste like it has, almonds in it. So I'm not quite sure where you're getting that from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 The US Milky Way is what we would call a Mars Bar. Nougat n Caramel in thick layer of chocolate. Â What we call a Milky Way, so just nougat in chocolate, is what in US is called a Three Mustaketeers. Â And what you guys call a Mars Bar is a bit like an almond Snickers (as opposed to Peanuts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 (edited) Got it - so in the US, a Milky Way has caramel, and in Britain, it does not. I've never seen a Mars bar with nuts or peanuts in it though, so I guess Canadians get the British version too. Edited November 3, 2011 by fuchikoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainHurtBoy...2 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 (edited) No, I get the first two parts about the Mars Bar, I've lived in India for, like, half my life, it's just that we don't call anything a 'Mars Bar'. EDIT: "We" being Americans, not Indians. Â Or.... wait. Â Okay, I live in Seattle, and there isn't a Wal-Mart anywhere near me. US Mars Bars only got picked up recently, last year, I think, and they're a Wal-Mart exclusive product. I was unaware they sold "Mars bars" in the US. I get it, now. But just so you know, if you ask people in the US what a Mars bar is, they'll say, "Oh, that thing that's like a Milky Way, but you don't get in Canada." My point is, Mars bars are not very popular here and are only sold in one chain. I haven't encountered them ever because I live in a city where there are no Wal-Marts. Â Glad we cleared this up. Edited November 3, 2011 by BrainHurtBoy...2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 The Wikipedia article on Mars bars says they were discontinued in the USA betwen 2002 and 2010, so that may explain why they seem rare? Â I think this is pretty interesting. I knew special versions of bars were offered in different regions, but I didn't know that the basic versions were different in some places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainHurtBoy...2 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Yeah. I mean, I've lived all over the states for a.... while, and I've never seen a Mars bar outside of the 'International Foods' section. I have seen Almond Snickers, though. Quite often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 I have never wanted an (English) Mars bar so much in my entire life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kovach_ Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 I pity every country that doesn't have Mars bars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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