I had to do my fair share of adjusting when I moved to England. I survived the culture shock and the beans for breakfast. But it was the whole “You say tomAAAto , I say tomAHto” thing that took a while. If I’m honest, it’s still taking. (Last week I asked a concierge for directions to the rest room. He sent me to the lobby.) <\/p>\n
So here we go. For the American novice (i.e. tourist, holidayer, vacationer) traveling to the mother land, a few pointers – because our English, isn’t always that of the Queen. <\/p>\n
Bangers<\/strong> (n.) – Sausages. As in ‘Bangers and Mash’. An English meal. Am I missing anything? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I had to do my fair share of adjusting when I moved to England. I survived the culture shock and the beans for breakfast. But it was the whole “You say tomAAAto , I say tomAHto” thing that took a while. If I’m honest, it’s still taking. (Last week I asked a concierge for directions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hum-drum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3806,"href":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/3806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBiscuit<\/strong> (n.) – Cookie or Cracker.
\nBrolly<\/strong> (n.) – Umbrella
\nBum<\/strong> (n.) – A humorous term for a person’s backside. (Not vagrant.)
\nButty<\/strong> (n.) – Sandwich.
\nCheers <\/strong>(phrase) – Drinking toast. Also means goodbye and\/or thanks.
\nChemist<\/strong> (n.) – Pharmacist\/Pharmacy
\nChippie<\/strong> (n.) – Fish and chip shop. (Chips = Fries)
\nCupaa<\/strong> (n.) – A cup of tea.
\nFootball <\/strong>(n.) – Soccer
\nGob<\/strong> (slang) – Slang for ‘mouth’
\nHoliday<\/strong> (n.) – Vacation
\nKnackered<\/strong> (phrase) – Tired
\nLift <\/strong>(n.) – Elevator
\nLorry<\/strong> (n.) – Truck
\nNick <\/strong>(v.) – To steal
\nPants<\/strong> (n.) – Underwear (Can also mean lame.)
\nPetrol<\/strong> (n.) – Gasoline
\nPinch <\/strong>(n.) – Steal
\nQuid <\/strong>(n.) – Pound (As in money, not weight)
\nSnog <\/strong> (v) – To Kiss (thanks oob)<\/em>
\nStone <\/strong>(n.) – 14 pounds (weight)
\nTea<\/strong> (n.) – A light early evening meal (also a drink of course)
\nTorch<\/strong> (n.) – Flash light
\nUnderground<\/strong> (n.) – Subway<\/p>\n