lofty1966 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Britain and the United States: two countries divided by a common language. Ditto Canada and UK ! Often have to get a friend to "translate" and I've lived in Canada for ten years ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) Apparently it's a form of swing dancing. Like the word 'jazz' the meanings may be more similar than you think. And to think that I thought it might be something that ought to be reported to the American equivalent of the RSPB Edited May 5, 2015 by BG John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted May 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) Last Monday a family of four boarded the train at Bournemouth. At Southampton as we left the station we went into the tunnel. As we came out of the tunnel one of the little girls said to her parents 'are we still in England Mummy?' Edited May 6, 2015 by roundhouse 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2015 Another example of possible misunderstanding between English English and American English Best wishes Eric The 'Band of OZ' has nothing to do with Australia, otherwise the band members could be expecting something quite different, to what the organisers are planning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Just my schoolboy humour found this to be funny: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 bet this place was popular during the fifty shades frenzy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams442T Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 From somewhere oop North........ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 From somewhere oop North........ eh up.jpg Er ... Oh aye, ah gerrit - they spelt 'osses wrong!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2015 Spelt 'old and leet wrong an'all. Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 bet this place was popular during the fifty shades frenzy ? Isn't there a branch of this in Middlesbrough? You can see it from the train.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I don't usually agree with the rubbish they print in the 'Mail', but this time they got summat right;- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2111592/Best-beach-UK-Bournemouth-voted-coastal-spot-travellers--fourth-best-beach-Europe.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platform 6 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Apparently it's a form of swing dancing. Like the word 'jazz' the meanings may be more similar than you think. I was sufficiently swayed by the genre to purchase a couple of records in the 1980s - very popular on Pub Disco Nights later in the evening :- And the follow-up:- Strangely available on the Virgin label Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams442T Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) It was just calling out for someone to do it............. Edited May 9, 2015 by Adams442T 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 It's as good as a sign I saw by some local road works recently where a sign said 'cat's eyes removed', some wit had added ' £25 per cat'!!? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymw Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Evolution- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymw Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 evolution 2- 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams442T Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) The Irish certainly have an oblique way of looking at things.................. Edited May 13, 2015 by Adams442T 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 The Irish certainly have an oblique way of looking at things.................. lawnmower.jpg Wonder what the Welsh version of that would be.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted May 14, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2015 Wonder what the Welsh version of that would be.....? Ride behind lawnmower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jub45565 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Britain and the United States: two countries divided by a common language. I was in Vegas recently, and the woman on the monorail till had overheard some British women the previous day talking about putting money 'in the kitty'. She was quite confused... Apparently, the Americans are aware of the concept of 'chipping in' (as in for that specific set of tickets everyone puts the money together to pay) but they don't have a concept of all throwing in money to a central fund that covers everything for everyone until the next topup is required... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Ride behind lawnmower? Coupling not supplied? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie_pudd Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Coupling not supplied? only if the built-in ramrod screw link has fallen off then extra coupling may be required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted May 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2015 Yep, that stops them... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted May 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2015 Yep, that stops them... 20150514_075359.jpg Nah, you know the ploy soldiers use whereby one lays down on barbed wire and the others go over the top of them. . . . . . . . .yep it's the same tactic. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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