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Oh boy!!! 
I think you all are familiar with my love for Englishisms. 
Here are more:
- biscuit / cookie
- tarmac / asphalt
- telly / TV (although this may be limited to certain areas– London?– or something, as you hear the Beatles refer to TV)
- carrier bag / shopping bag
- mackintosh (mac) / raincoat
- Wellingtons (wellies) / rain boots
- wireless / radio (possibly archaic/limited to certain areas/’Queen’s English’ only)
Different spellings, too:
- colour / color
- favourite / favorite
- manoeuvre / maneuver
- centre / center
And on and on and on!
Okay, I’m done now. 
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18 March 2013
Offline I have never heard of “keep your pecker up” before and my filthy mind would immediately think it was something dirty…
I’m going to comment on some Briticisms- but I’ll call them Irishisms or Hibernoisms (that would probably be the more correct term).
Silly Girl said
- telly / TV (although this may be limited to certain areas– London?– or something, as you hear the Beatles refer to TV)
- carrier bag / shopping bag
- mackintosh (mac) / raincoat
- wireless / radio (possibly archaic/limited to certain areas/’Queen’s English’ only)
First off Irish-English is far more affected by American culture than the general British-English and it’s becoming rather embarrassing as a lot of Irish children and teenagers (particularly on the east coast) have American accents and use American expressions rather than Irish or British ones (take the Dublin 4, D4, accent for example- *shudders*) but I’ll get back on track. Just
telly / TV (although this may be limited to certain areas– London?– or something, as you hear the Beatles refer to TV)
My family say telly but it’s a mixed bag, a lot of people say TV here as well.
carrier bag / shopping bag
I don’t know about the Brits here but I’d say “shopping bag” and everybody I know would say it as well, I don’t think I’ve heard anyone ever say “carrier bag” before.
mackintosh (mac) / raincoat
I’d say “raincoat” here as well, so would the majority of people I know of.
wireless / radio (possibly archaic/limited to certain areas/’Queen’s English’ only)
Old people use “wireless” around here, I’d only say “radio”.
I’ll add on some Briticisms/Americanisms:
Rubbish/Garbage-Trash
Maths/Math (let’s not start this one up again >.> )
Full-stop/Period *childishly giggles*
Holidays/Vacation
And here’s an Irish one:
Giving out=Scolding
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Online Ellie and I discussed this one when ordering pizza.
arugula = rockets
I’ve never heard it called rockets in the U.S.
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- Chips / French fries
- Crisps / chips
^ This gets confusing!
(To be honest, chips makes more sense as they aren’t French 
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Online I went to this exhibit at the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth.
BOTTICELLI TO BRAQUE: MASTERPIECES FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND
I really liked Monet’s “Poplars” painting.
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Offline The interesting thing is that even some Americans…….with say, pronounced Hillbilly accents will sing in ….er ‘American’ if you know what i mean. They’ll adapt their voice somewhat.
The whole of the US has only 24 regional accents…..The thing about England is the amazing number of accents within it and the strange vocabulary that means nothing to people from outside that small area. Do you know what a ‘guzzunder’ is?…….The whole of England is only about the size of Alabama……..
Ah well……… they reckon 80% of all the information stored on all the computers on earth is in English. Makes life easier I suppose and what a legacy to the world from that little island the size of Alabama.
Here’s some phrases I thought sounded very American……
‘Long time no see’
‘no go’
‘no can do’
……….But they turn out to be literal translations from Chinese.
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<trim>The thing about England is the amazing number of accents within it and the strange vocabulary that means nothing to people from outside that small area. Do you know what a ‘guzzunder’ is?…….The whole of England is only about the size of Alabama.
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I will if you tell me. 
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17 October 2013
Offline A guzzunder was the word that everyone I knew used when I was growing up in the part of London (where Eliza Dollitle was said to have come from)…. for a ‘poe’…….A chamber pot.
‘Goes under’…. the bed. I’m sure even a posh Beatle like John had one under his bed…….Don’t know what they would have called them up in Liverpool though.
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Offline Ahhh Girl said
I went to this exhibit at the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth.BOTTICELLI TO BRAQUE: MASTERPIECES FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND
I really liked Monet’s “Poplars” painting.
They have some great paintings up in Scotland – I was surprised by the depth and breadth of some of the collections when we were there. I guess I shouldn’t have been given how important the region was during the Industrial Revolution and subsequently.
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17 February 2015
Offline Silly Girl said
How could I have forgotten?!
- Chips / French fries
- Crisps / chips
^ This gets confusing!
(To be honest, chips makes more sense as they aren’t French
)
Hotdogs/sausages
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1 November 2013
Offline Silly Girl said
How could I have forgotten?!
- Chips / French fries
- Crisps / chips
^ This gets confusing!
(To be honest, chips makes more sense as they aren’t French
People say “Excuse my french” when they swear. Maybe it’s because Fries are gross.
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Offline trcanberra said
Ahhh Girl said
I went to this exhibit at the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth.BOTTICELLI TO BRAQUE: MASTERPIECES FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND
I really liked Monet’s “Poplars” painting.
They have some great paintings up in Scotland – I was surprised by the depth and breadth of some of the collections when we were there. I guess I shouldn’t have been given how important the region was during the Industrial Revolution and subsequently.
The rule is if its been a Scots been there, done it and done it damn well. We’re an immense nation with fingers dipped in everything.
We’re a country that adds a traffic cone to a statue which becomes a must see for tourists and then mounts a successful campaign when the council try and get it stopped.
The petition stated: “The cone on Wellington’s head is an iconic part of Glasgow’s heritage, and means far more to the people of Glasgow and to visitors than Wellington himself ever has.
“Raising the statue will, in any case, only result in people injuring themselves attempting to put the cone on anyway: does anyone really think that a raised plinth will deter drunk Glaswegians?”
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Offline HongKongLady said
Silly Girl said
How could I have forgotten?!
- Chips / French fries
- Crisps / chips
^ This gets confusing!
(To be honest, chips makes more sense as they aren’t French
Hotdogs/sausages
Still sausages here in Oz – only a hot dog when it’s in a bun with some tomato sauce (aka ketchup).
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Silly Girl said
How could I have forgotten?!
- Chips / French fries
- Crisps / chips
^ This gets confusing!
(To be honest, chips makes more sense as they aren’t French
Hotdogs/sausages
Hot dogs are different then sausages in the U.S.
Also if you go to Ireland and have bacon, it tastes like American ham and bacon combined.
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Offline Wigwam said
Do you know what a ‘guzzunder’ is?…….
I know what a “guzzinta” is. 3 guzzinta 6 twice. 3 guzzinta 9 three times. And so on and so forth.
The thing about England is the amazing number of accents within it and the strange vocabulary that means nothing to people from outside that small area.
The same kind of thing happens here as well. Growing up in Upstate New York, I drank soda (Coke, Pepsi, etc…). I met a guy from Boston who called it tonic. When I moved to Arizona, they called it pop. Also in Arizona, a bag (paper or plastic) was called a sack. I was once asked by a cashier if I wanted my pop in a sack. It was a confusing conversation. Then when I moved to Maine, I discovered a shopping cart was called a buggy.
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Offline Zig said
Wigwam said
Do you know what a ‘guzzunder’ is?…….I know what a “guzzinta” is. 3 guzzinta 6 twice. 3 guzzinta 9 three times. And so on and so forth.
If we were to assign a family member part to each member here, Zig would surely have to be the uncle who every time you meet him would just crack a genius but at the same time awful joke.
I’d be the real hip teen who no-one understands.
Ooooh I’m so dark and mysterious
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If we were to assign a family member part to each member here, Zig would surely have to be the uncle who every time you meet him would just crack a genius but at the same time awful joke.
I have two of them. That’s where it comes from.
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Also if you go to Ireland and have bacon, it tastes like American ham and bacon combined.
Ye Yanks don’t know proper bacon!
(Wait a second, first we have to define what “bacon” we’re talking about- as there is mass confusion over the internet over what type of “bacon” we’re talking about)
This is “our bacon”
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I don’t eat pork anymore but that ^ is scrumdiddlyumptious with some cabbage! (And to put another myth to rest- we don’t eat corned beef, I don’t even know what corned beef is but it sounds nasty 
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Whereas what ye Americans would call “bacon”, we call “rashers”
And I have just made a load of you very hungry, sorry about that :/
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I went to Ireland and tried their “Bacon” have you went to the USA and tried bacon?
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