"WHAT'S UP?"; "WASSUP?" !!

[mawilson 2,133]

I'm guilty of using this term as a greeting. I admit it.

There are some UK terms that "wrankle" me like "puffing a **."

Surely the word is "rankle", even in the UK.

[Mags 112]

I'm guilty of using this term as a greeting. I admit it.

There are some UK terms that "wrankle" me like "puffing a **."

Actually most Uker's who smoke say "havin' a **". I haven't heard anyone say "puffing a **" for about 20 years. But I'm from the south, maybe they do in the Northern areas.

And yes, it is "rankle". Even in the UK....

Edited November 23, 2006 by mags

[Tim and Bethanie 1]

I'm guilty of using this term as a greeting. I admit it.

There are some UK terms that "wrankle" me like "puffing a **."

Actually most Uker's who smoke say "havin' a **". I haven't heard anyone say "puffing a **" for about 20 years. But I'm from the south, maybe they do in the Northern areas.

And yes, it is "rankle". Even in the UK....

My first visit over, I had a gal ask me for a **. Let's just say she had to ask me three times before she finally changed her question to " do you have a cigarette". She probably walked back to her mates and called me a stupid American!

[Sharon 1]

I'm guilty of using this term as a greeting. I admit it.

There are some UK terms that "wrankle" me like "puffing a **."

Yeah...."Puffing a **" has a completely different meaning - here in the U.S. and in Canada!

[Mags 112]

I'm guilty of using this term as a greeting. I admit it.

There are some UK terms that "wrankle" me like "puffing a **."

Actually most Uker's who smoke say "havin' a **". I haven't heard anyone say "puffing a **" for about 20 years. But I'm from the south, maybe they do in the Northern areas.

And yes, it is "rankle". Even in the UK....

My first visit over, I had a gal ask me for a **. Let's just say she had to ask me three times before she finally changed her question to " do you have a cigarette". She probably walked back to her mates and called me a stupid American!

Yeah, whenever Larry nips outside I say to him "you having a **?" and he always replies "No, I'm smoking a cigarette!". Almost like he has to reassert his masculinity...cos, as you've mentioned, smoking a ** has different meanings in the USA.

Edited November 23, 2006 by mags

[RosaMystica7 0]

Our own little communication funny... in France, "stupid" is meant lightly, like "silly." Here... well... stupid isn't taken so lightly. My fiance luckily learned that BEFORE he met me. One time I was with him and another Frenchie, and I pulled a joke on the other guy. He laughed and said, "You stupid, stupid girl." I was offended, until my now-fiance jumped in and explained to him the difference between stupid in French and stupid in American, after which the guy felt horrible and apologized and we both realized the difference in words.

Another communication problem I had was with an Irish girl. She did something silly and I used the word "spazzy", to which she was offended. I was shocked by her response and asked her what I had said wrong, and she said, "what did you call me?" I asked her if "spazzy" means something different in Ireland and she said it's a curse. Oops. I apologized and told her what it means in the US.

Now, the first time a French girl speaking British-English said she went out and waited in a queue for a long time... she had to repeat it about 3 or 4 times before she explained what she meant and I said, "Oooooh, you waited on line." "You don't say queue here?" "No, I've never heard the word before." "Weird, it's in my French-English dictionary." She showed me her dictionary and I said, "That's British English... you might want to learn American English, they can be different!"

[PlatyPius 5]

Now, the first time a French girl speaking British-English said she went out and waited in a queue for a long time... she had to repeat it about 3 or 4 times before she explained what she meant and I said, "Oooooh, you waited on line." "You don't say queue here?" "No, I've never heard the word before." "Weird, it's in my French-English dictionary." She showed me her dictionary and I said, "That's British English... you might want to learn American English, they can be different!"

What is "waited ON line"? Is there a line on the floor that people stand on? LOL (Here in the midwest, it's standing IN line, because you are standing.....in a line of people.....)

I had heard Queue before, but never in that context. It was the term used for our web design projects. "Next project in the queue is the Department of Revenue website...."

[DeadPoolX 9]

I've known some British people before due to the Internet, and so I've become a little more familiar with a few of their sayings. I did learn that saying "what's up?" was taken a different way in the UK than in the U.S. and so I never said that to them. Took me a while to get into that habit though.

[Jenn! 918]

What is "waited ON line"? Is there a line on the floor that people stand on? LOL (Here in the midwest, it's standing IN line, because you are standing.....in a line of people.....)

I don't know where the lines are drawn for these regional differences, but I hear a lot of people even here in Boston saying waiting on line, or it happened on accident.

For me, I wait in line and something happens by accident.

[RosaMystica7 0]

What is "waited ON line"? Is there a line on the floor that people stand on? LOL (Here in the midwest, it's standing IN line, because you are standing.....in a line of people.....)

I don't know where the lines are drawn for these regional differences, but I hear a lot of people even here in Boston saying waiting on line, or it happened on accident.

For me, I wait in line and something happens by accident.

Yeah we say waiting on line here. I hear some "happened on accident" but I always say "happened by accident."

Edited November 23, 2006 by Angilla

[SoL. 0]

Yeah it can be confusing even here in the USA, like:

Sac vs Bag

Cola vs Soda

I am used to say "soda" but there are people from everywhere in this city and they look at you funny... I have asked, do you say sac or bag? And it's like lottery, random, depending on where the cashier is from that day and they pick the one they use. So if I say sac and get this look then I say bag and the same with soda and cola LOL

Edited November 23, 2006 by Sol-de-Verano

[Alex+R 0]

What is "waited ON line"? Is there a line on the floor that people stand on? LOL (Here in the midwest, it's standing IN line, because you are standing.....in a line of people.....)

I don't know where the lines are drawn for these regional differences, but I hear a lot of people even here in Boston saying waiting on line, or it happened on accident.

For me, I wait in line and something happens by accident.

I used to work with this woman from Boston and she'd always say "oh, I have to go to market after work..." and I would think, #######, it's an effin' grocery store. You're going to THE GROCERY STORE. Make a market list? Go to market? Sounds so pretentious and lame. It's not a quaint 19th century farmer's market, it's Cub Foods or something. Then again, I guess everyone in New England uses this term.

But then again, I also really didn't like that woman.

[Jenn! 918]

What is "waited ON line"? Is there a line on the floor that people stand on? LOL (Here in the midwest, it's standing IN line, because you are standing.....in a line of people.....)

I don't know where the lines are drawn for these regional differences, but I hear a lot of people even here in Boston saying waiting on line, or it happened on accident.

For me, I wait in line and something happens by accident.

I used to work with this woman from Boston and she'd always say "oh, I have to go to market after work..." and I would think, #######, it's an effin' grocery store. You're going to THE GROCERY STORE. Make a market list? Go to market? Sounds so pretentious and lame. It's not a quaint 19th century farmer's market, it's Cub Foods or something. Then again, I guess everyone in New England uses this term.

But then again, I also really didn't like that woman.

I say I have to go to the supermarket. This little Piggy goes to market....

Everyone not from this area makes fun of when I call my shopping cart a carriage.

[Alex+R 0]

What is "waited ON line"? Is there a line on the floor that people stand on? LOL (Here in the midwest, it's standing IN line, because you are standing.....in a line of people.....)

I don't know where the lines are drawn for these regional differences, but I hear a lot of people even here in Boston saying waiting on line, or it happened on accident.

For me, I wait in line and something happens by accident.

I used to work with this woman from Boston and she'd always say "oh, I have to go to market after work..." and I would think, #######, it's an effin' grocery store. You're going to THE GROCERY STORE. Make a market list? Go to market? Sounds so pretentious and lame. It's not a quaint 19th century farmer's market, it's Cub Foods or something. Then again, I guess everyone in New England uses this term.

But then again, I also really didn't like that woman.

I say I have to go to the supermarket. This little Piggy goes to market....

Everyone not from this area makes fun of when I call my shopping cart a carriage.

This lil Piggy... exactly... Sadly I know I would also make fun of you for carriage! I've never heard that but it's hilarious!

[pedroh 21]

In the UK, if one says "what's up?" to someone, it means "what's the matter?" (as in....you suspect that someone is ill, depressed, or somesuch). Here, it seems to mean "how are you doing?" or "what's happening?" (in your life) etc.

Just a little wrankle.......Neil.

The English language is something many have butchered..

Soon you will be saying Si hablar inglés..

looks like u know nothing about languages.. english as any other language, has its dialects and ask any english teacher, they'll say it's acceptable to have different versions of english and is not considered 'butchering the english'...

so wassup, we was talking, we were hablando, are acceptable forms of english, of course, not formal, but are part of the different cultures of the country...

and si hablar ingles is spanish, not english