Hot Heart Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Quite a bit here: http://www.bg-map.com/us-uk.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Quite a bit here: http://www.bg-map.com/us-uk.html psst dude. the OP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Haha. Whoops. Never even saw that. Don't mind me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Cotton Candy = Candy Floss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 more IT Crowd. Bonking Off = cutting work/playing hookie? I've never heard the term bonking off before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Bonking is an old euphemism for sex. If you mean 'bunking off' (I presume Roy said it in his Irish accent) then, yes, you are correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Yeah, something to that effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudkip3DS Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) On another note, I went all when I saw Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman I think?) in there. Edited January 13, 2011 by Mudkip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 On another note, I went all when I saw Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman I think?) in there. Ugh! Martha == WORST companion EVAH! Yep, worse than Rose and Melanie Bush PUT TOGETHER! Oh wait, this isn't the Doctor Who thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 It's Apollo from BSG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirandello Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) I find my language rubbing off on the side of the UK a wee bit more than usual as of late. I watch too much BBC. Actually, now that I think about it, BBC is just about the only thing I watch these days next to Food/Travel/Discovery Network. Also, Donna Noble is a FAT UGLY COW (whether I'm talking about Catherine Tate is up to you to decide). That is all. Edited January 13, 2011 by Pirandello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Am I buvahed though? See Donna was the only recent companion that was bearable. It could be because Catherine Tate is so funny. I <3 the Catherine Tate Show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I hate the catherine tate show, so Donna surprised me with being pretty good. About the only companion that doesn't have the hots for the doctor. edit: wait fuck..wrong thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I don't think "metro" is an American thing, I've only ever heard it used to describe subterranean train systems in other countries (particularly France). In the US it's just a subway. Everyone in DC calls the DC subway system the Metro. When I moved from there to NYC it took some effort to start saying subway again. Generally, though, DC folks will call NYC's system the subway, Chicago's system the El, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Well Chicago's is the El cause large portions of it aren't subways, they're elevated above ground. I didn't mean though that no one in America uses the term "metro", just that that's not a general American term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Well Chicago's is the El cause large portions of it aren't subways, they're elevated above ground. I didn't mean though that no one in America uses the term "metro", just that that's not a general American term. I always got the impression that here in the States each public transportation system has its own nickname. But I could be wrong. I've only lived in two places with subways. But, yeah; USians may call foreign transit system "metro", but in the states I think it pretty much is limited to the DC system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Yeah, I guess what I was really trying to say is that "metro" isn't a generic American term. The generic term in America is subway. If any specific system has a different name than that, it's more of a proper noun, like the El in Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Am I buvahed though? I hate you! And you're not even doing it correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Am I buvahed though? I hate you! And you're not even doing it correctly. But I ain't buvvahed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Yeah, I guess what I was really trying to say is that "metro" isn't a generic American term. The generic term in America is subway. If any specific system has a different name than that, it's more of a proper noun, like the El in Chicago. I've heard metro applied to public transit as a whole, not just for subways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Interesting thread. I'm not a native English speaker, but I use English way more than my own language for writing and even speaking (my job is heavily English-based because most of my clients are foreign). It's funny because I only started speaking English when I was 16, and I learned it by myself because I had a lot of interest in it (blame my interest for American and British music, and English-sung music in general and also the fact that I used to read a lot of GamePro, EGM and other US magazines). And also blame pop culture in general, because my accent is very American oriented. I really like to spot the differences between British, American and other accents such as Jamaican (a really fun version of English to my ears). I admit I had a hard time when I went to England for the first time, because I'm really used to the American accent, but after like 1 hour I was already used to it. It's cool to notice the different expressions used in both "versions" of the language. The same things happens with authentic Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. That said, one of the things I like the most about the British is their sense of humor and the expressions they use for cursing, which are really funny! Speaking of differences between Portuguese. This Portuguese lady was saying that she fell on her Cu the other day and it was hurting. Well that means dick in Brazilian Portuguese so we were laughing pretty hard afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Take Away = Take Out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Also "carry-out". In the US "take away" means what information you get out of a situation, or what the core point was. For example, "The take away from that after school special was that drugs are bad." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 selotape = scotch tape I've never heard the term selotape before probably because it's a brand that doesn't exist here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yeah, I only know selotape because of Flight of the Conchords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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