Re: UK units (was roasting zucchini)

[Guest guest]

Lol at those stories of 'faux pas' moments when you say something!!! Thanks

Gerry and Melody!

I know one of our phrases in the UK is 'having a root' meaning to dig in a

drawer or cupboard to find something, but in Australia it means something quite

quite different... I got told off for saying it to an Aussie mate.

Also, in Turkey you can't greet someone with 'Hiya!'. It means a pair of male

appendages... lol

Charlotte

[Guest guest]

Lol at those stories of 'faux pas' moments when you say something!!! Thanks

Gerry and Melody!

I know one of our phrases in the UK is 'having a root' meaning to dig in a

drawer or cupboard to find something, but in Australia it means something quite

quite different... I got told off for saying it to an Aussie mate.

Also, in Turkey you can't greet someone with 'Hiya!'. It means a pair of male

appendages... lol

Charlotte

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I was shocked when I moved from the UK to the states in the eighties and " fanny

packs " had just become popular. I wanted one in the worst way, but didn't dare

ask my very British mother for one....fanny means something far different in the

UK! I was also chapperoning some young American kids on a trip in the UK once,

when a British lad saw one of the boys pulling a cigarette out and came up and

asked if he could have one of my fags! I had to stop a brawl on the spot, lol.

I probably shouldn't tell that on the same trip, one of the lads was asked if he

would like a " spotted dick " ...he got mad, but a spotted dick is a wonderful UK

dessert (pudding), lol.

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> Lol at those stories of 'faux pas' moments when you say something!!! Thanks

Gerry and Melody!

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> I know one of our phrases in the UK is 'having a root' meaning to dig in a

drawer or cupboard to find something, but in Australia it means something quite

quite different... I got told off for saying it to an Aussie mate.

> Also, in Turkey you can't greet someone with 'Hiya!'. It means a pair of male

appendages... lol

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> Charlotte

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