The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33063   Message #438735
Posted By: Sorcha
11-Apr-01 - 11:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: Transatlantic Idioms
Subject: RE: BS: Transatlantic Idioms
LOL, Yankee! That's the way to handle them Brits! Nathan, I'll scorch you for that. After all, it was clearer than mud........(wasn't it?)
My personal favorites are still Cholmdomley (chumley) and Worchestershire (Wost-te-shr)......of course we don't have any of these in the US.......
Ar-kan'-sas vs. Ar-kan-saw'
bag vs sack
cattle gaurd vs auto gate
kill, as in hunt--bag or get
And we have two Washingtons to boot.......
(and where did "to boot" come from, anyway?)