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My friend is in England "for university," and she is dating the greatest guy. But I was teasing him about his accent and Englishisms (fair game! he teased me first!), and when I said something about bangers and mash, he got really ticked and told me "Never say 'bangers and mash' again!" Sore spot, I suppose. So naturally, I say it all the time when he visits! 
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#46956 - 02/27/04 11:40 AM
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Bevvy
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This is fun stuff. I love to hear Linz talk.
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Hey! You'd laugh at my HTB...he takes the piss out of my accent and stuff I say all the time and he's English too! God, you'd really have a ball talking to me!
Now....does everyone understand that? 
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Yeah, that stuff about lashings sounds like a foreign language to me... but I'm learning! Lol. I dated an Aussie a few years ago and I used to love the funny things he said too! It's sad, though, I've forgotten most of them... but I know he called the parking lot the "car park" all the time.
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It is a car park, it IS! It's where you park your car! Therefore it's a car park QED 
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I agree - it is a car park. So if we say "car park" in both England and Aus. we must be right!! Majority rules here 
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#47065 - 02/28/04 05:43 AM
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Okay, Carmen, tell me what you guys down there call the kitchen appliance that sits in the drain, chews up the garbage and spits it out?
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Bubbles and squeak is just potatoes and brussels sprouts! EW!! lol Linz, what are some American slang words that are weird?
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#47249 - 02/29/04 06:03 PM
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Linz
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Uh.....!?! Parking lot? Detailing? My mind is BLANK! Mainly it's just your spellings that get me.
I love "fall". It's so invocative (now is that the right word or am I talking nonsense? ).
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