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I use it when I'm trying really hard not to say, "F***ing hell!" Which I think we Brits say a lot but I've never heard an American use that phrase. I like to crack up my American coworkers by using archaic English phrases and slang and I use, "Cheers!" a lot. But then they think I'm a raging alcoholic so tend to assume I'm talking about drinking again.
Well Americans would say Freakin Hell anyway.
I can't bear that word-if you want to swear just swear!
We also spend a lot of time teaching slang !
We found our Cockney rhyming slang book and also "Lorn yesel Jordy" too.
To me that's one of the biggest differences between American and English languages.
We have lots of slang words and different geographical areas have different slang word, but in the US you don't really get that.
Well Americans would say Freakin Hell anyway.
I can't bear that word-if you want to swear just swear!
We also spend a lot of time teaching slang !
We found our Cockney rhyming slang book and also "Lorn yesel Jordy" too.
To me that's one of the biggest differences between American and English languages.
We have lots of slang words and different geographical areas have different slang word, but in the US you don't really get that.
You're teaching americans Geordie?! Awesome . Perhaps that will come in handy when they start broadcasting "Geordy Shore" on BBC America
To me that's one of the biggest differences between American and English languages.
We have lots of slang words and different geographical areas have different slang word, but in the US you don't really get that.
Again, I have to strongly disagree. When I moved merely from one area of PA to another, I came across phrases I'd never heard before. Like "My Bad" (my mistake). Other's I'd heard before but because my parents were from the Philly area like "hoagie" instead of "sub".
I can't remember where this person was from but I once came across the odd usage of the word "stoved" to mean "hurt" or "injured", ie "He stoved his finger with the knife!"
Also, a common Pennsylvania Dutch term which means to clean up is "red up", ie "I need to red up the room".
These are just some I've come across within PA and thought of off the top of my head - I'm sure there are hundreds maybe even thousands of other examples of regional slang and terminology across the country.
You're teaching americans Geordie?! Awesome . Perhaps that will come in handy when they start broadcasting "Geordy Shore" on BBC America
Well, I have more of a Durham NE accent rather than Geordie. My vowels are different!
My husband is from the east end of London and frequently we have been asked if I was born in a different country and then moved to England!
Or if I'm Irish, Scottish or Australian.
I tell people that they heard someone speak in broad Geordie they would never understand it- I used to have trouble if it was someone with a deep voice and they were talking fast.
I mean , we have so many different words for the same thing in the UK-it's pretty astounding really. I also think that some words that used to be commonly used are being lost and the younger generations are picking up more Americanisms.
Well, I have more of a Durham NE accent rather than Geordie. My vowels are different!
My husband is from the east end of London and frequently we have been asked if I was born in a different country and then moved to England!
Or if I'm Irish, Scottish or Australian.
I tell people that they heard someone speak in broad Geordie they would never understand it- I used to have trouble if it was someone with a deep voice and they were talking fast.
I mean , we have so many different words for the same thing in the UK-it's pretty astounding really. I also think that some words that used to be commonly used are being lost and the younger generations are picking up more Americanisms.
What Is Geordie Shores?
It's a new TV program starting in the UK based on the New Jersey show on E! over here (I think it's called Jerseylicious?). I get asked if I'm Australian a lot too altho my "hometown" is actually Oxford, but then I'm an ex-military brat with a German mother, Gateshead father and we travelled a LOT so I've probably picked up a real mash-up of accents over the years.
Well Americans would say Freakin Hell anyway.
I can't bear that word-if you want to swear just swear!
We also spend a lot of time teaching slang !
We found our Cockney rhyming slang book and also "Lorn yesel Jordy" too.
To me that's one of the biggest differences between American and English languages.
We have lots of slang words and different geographical areas have different slang word, but in the US you don't really get that.
I'd also have to disagree. The language differences between the areas of the country (America) can be huge! Moving to the southern part of the country from the midwest required a huge learning curve. Many words do not travel well, if you get my drift.
The differences between the western part of the country and the eastern part are not quite as pronounced, but, they are there.
And, yes, we DO have many different accents here, too!
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Which I think we Brits say a lot but I've never heard an American use that phrase. I like to crack up my American coworkers by using archaic English phrases and slang and I use, "Cheers!" a lot. But then they think I'm a raging alcoholic so tend to assume I'm talking about drinking again.
. Perhaps that will come in handy when they start broadcasting "Geordy Shore" on BBC America
