Ahh, puts a whole new slant on
You mean
English muffins or breakfast muffins
Or
Yorkshire muffins (Yorkshire puddings)
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Tap or Faucet
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Ahh, puts a whole new slant on
You mean
English muffins or breakfast muffins
Or
Yorkshire muffins (Yorkshire puddings)
Storm stick? You dont want to be carrying a brolly in a storm
I know it but not seen since the ohc engine
Recognized the cockney slang for deals and stairs. The latter came up in a cryptic crossword last week!
Oh, for a nice scone with Devon cream and jam! It's been ages!
Howard Is
Lucky Mud
Year Month Day makes the most sense, then the whole number is correctly arranged to show temporal flow. Any two dates can be compared, the larger number is the later date.
birds, and sheet
I worked (long time ago) in a small town Canadian tavern which also had a military base, and the British Airborne, amongst other regiments came for training sessions. My Quebecois friend, who had come out west to learn English, refused to serve them, for language barrier issues that resulted in frustration. I, on the other hand, did manage somehow. They were lousy tippers, and it took awhile to train them to sit at a table, not stand up beside the bar.
Two words I got asked about commonly were if there were any birds about, and if I knew where to get some sheet? (Bull____) but pronounce 'sheet'. Took awhile but eventually figured it out. So it was 'No, and 'No.
Using different words is one thing, but if you really want to dig in, go for the slang.
I worked (long time ago) in a small town Canadian tavern which also had a military base, and the British Airborne, amongst other regiments came for training sessions. My Quebecois friend, who had come out west to learn English, refused to serve them, for language barrier issues that resulted in frustration. I, on the other hand, did manage somehow. They were lousy tippers, and it took awhile to train them to sit at a table, not stand up beside the bar.
Two words I got asked about commonly were if there were any birds about, and if I knew where to get some sheet? (Bull____) but pronounce 'sheet'. Took awhile but eventually figured it out. So it was 'No, and 'No.
Using different words is one thing, but if you really want to dig in, go for the slang.
@columbus's ilk are also prone to wearing chaps....& nothing else.
Father Heathen
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We have jam, which is slightly thicker than what we call jelly. What you call jelly we call gelatin.
Father Heathen
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STD
Chitterlings?
Father Heathen
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Flashlight and torch. In the U.S. it's not a torch unless it involves flame.
Father Heathen
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In the U.S. pants are trousers
Im the U.K. pants are underwear.
Im the U.K. pants are underwear.
exchemist
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Knickers.
exchemist
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Ooh er missus.
exchemist
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In fact the tappets are/were the cylindrical cam followers on an OHV engine, not the rocker arms, but even mechanics commonly used to speak of "adjusting the tappets", when what they meant was the clearances between the pushrods and the rocker arms. And you're right that OHC engine today don't seem generally to have cylindrical cam followers any longer. As I recall, there are all sort of funny designs, some looking like half a clothes peg, which are far harder to lubricate, as they can't rotate like an old tappet so the wear is always in exactly the same spot.
Anyway, "cam follower", though longer than "tappet", is hell of a lot clearer - and was the term we exclusively used when I worked in the lubes industry.
Altfish
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The Brits usually write day/month/year, ie in order
I use Year/Month/Day for filing documents
But Month/Day/Year makes no sense
PureX
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There ya go.
Augustus
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You mean full stops?