The greatest thing to come between the UK and the USA is . . .
The greatest thing to come between the UK and the USA is . . .
Pants.
This was probably the only real slang that caught me out on my trips over there. Being an American, trousers and pants are always the same to me. I finally caught the lip biting and giggle suppressing after coming back from a long hike on a holiday in Scotland.
Me: Hey everybody. We're back.
Room: How was it?
Me: Not bad. I was really tired. Plus, by the time we got to the top of the hill, my pants were really muddy!
Room: . . .
Me: *forging on* Seriously! They're muddy almost to my knees.
Room: .! .! .!
Me: What's worse is that they're my white pants, so I'm worried they'll stain.
Room: *almost nobody is looking at me*
Me: uh .. what? I .. *suddenly makes a connection from remarks earlier* noooooooooooo
Room: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I considered myself to have a reasonable degree of UK TV knowledge, but displayed horrid ignorance when I accidentally pronounced Z-cars as 'Zee Cars'. The shouted correction was impressively done by the whole room with one voice! It seems to be generally considered mildly cute when we refer to the maps as "London Ay to Zee" but geez, mispronounced 'Zed Cars' and boom! :)
Pants.
This was probably the only real slang that caught me out on my trips over there. Being an American, trousers and pants are always the same to me. I finally caught the lip biting and giggle suppressing after coming back from a long hike on a holiday in Scotland.
Me: Hey everybody. We're back.
Room: How was it?
Me: Not bad. I was really tired. Plus, by the time we got to the top of the hill, my pants were really muddy!
Room: . . .
Me: *forging on* Seriously! They're muddy almost to my knees.
Room: .! .! .!
Me: What's worse is that they're my white pants, so I'm worried they'll stain.
Room: *almost nobody is looking at me*
Me: uh .. what? I .. *suddenly makes a connection from remarks earlier* noooooooooooo
Room: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I considered myself to have a reasonable degree of UK TV knowledge, but displayed horrid ignorance when I accidentally pronounced Z-cars as 'Zee Cars'. The shouted correction was impressively done by the whole room with one voice! It seems to be generally considered mildly cute when we refer to the maps as "London Ay to Zee" but geez, mispronounced 'Zed Cars' and boom! :)