Looks like a heavy snowstorm is heading eastward.
It may ease up by the time it reaches the Great Lakes region. Still, I guess it means that Old Man Winter has arrived.
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Looks like a heavy snowstorm is heading eastward.
It may ease up by the time it reaches the Great Lakes region. Still, I guess it means that Old Man Winter has arrived.
The first few snows are pretty.
It always surprises me how year after year, folks seem to forget how to drive in it...
I just learned another way to say that you are embarrassed for somebody else (first is new, second I already knew). Others might like these words, too:
- Pena ajena (Spanish) - "Pena ajena refers to the kind of embarrassment or shame that you feel because of the actions of others."
- Fremdscham (German) - "shame felt for actions done by someone else; vicarious embarrassment, secondhand embarrassment."
- Schadenfreude (German) - "pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune."
- Epicaricacy (English) - "Rejoicing at or deriving pleasure from the misfortunes of others."
So after working outside are you having second lunch?
At least he wasn't hit by a wayward shovel
English is not English. Let's take a break for a ***, I have sufficient petrol in the lorry to get us to the car boot sale and back. Do you have sufficient quid?
He's not a hobbit.
That doesn't even make sense.
A break for what? Tea?
Lorries generally run on diesel.
No one would say "Do you have sufficient quid?" But "...enough money" or "... enough cash"
You don't need big feet to enjoy food
break for a three letter word used as a slur in the USA referring to someone who is gay but is used in the UK to refer to a cigarette.
As to the others, you prove my point. English is not English.
Oh oh ouwwch. Ow ow ow.
How the hell did we make it to the Moon?
Of course you do because RF is an American site. Cigarette - Wikipedia and search for British slang to see the three letter word starting with an "f"
Sorry is that a straw man i see before me?
That's not to say its often used. More common is ciggy, smoke or even would you believe cigarette.
Often used was not the point. The Brits having different words (and weird spelling) for the same thing means that English is not English Britishisms 101: An American’s Guide to Decoding British English - a couple I don't agree with but most, yes.
Loo = toilet
Rubbish = trash
Boot (of a car) = trunk
Cash point = ATM
Rubber = eraser (not condom, a very important distinction)
Wanker, twat, tosser, chopper, a right plonker = idiot
Chuffed = pleased
Gutted = not pleased
Pissed = drunk (not angry)
Jiffy bag = padded envelope
Motorway = freeway
Lift = elevator
Fortnight = two weeks (this isn’t an old-timey word, it’s actually used today)
Chemist = pharmacist (not someone who works in a science lab)
Off license (also “offy”) = liquor shop
Booking = reservation
Arcade = mini mall (not a place of Skee-Ball, Pac-Man, and fun)
Trolleyed = drunk
Knackered = tired
Peckish = hungry
Jammy = lucky
Nutter = crazy person
Public school = private school
But wait, there's another list which also contains some I don't agree with The Differences Between American and British English Vocabulary
| antenna | aerial |
| mad | angry |
| anyplace | anywhere |
| fall | autumn |
| bill | bank note |
| attorney | barrister, solicitor |
| cookie | biscuit |
| hood | bonnet |
| trunk | boot |
| suspenders | braces |
| janitor | caretaker |
| drug store | chemist's |
| french fries | chips |
| the movies | the cinema |
| rubber | condom |
| patrolman | constable |
| stove | cooker |
| wheat | corn, wheat |
| crib | cot |
| thread | cotton |
| wreck | crash |
| intersection | crossroads |
| drapes | curtains |
| checkers | draughts |
| thumbtack | drawing pin |
| divided highway | dual carriageway |
| pacifier | dummy |
| trashcan | dustbin, rubbish-bin |
| garbage can | dustbin, rubbish-bin |
| garbage collector | dustman |
| generator | dynamo |
| motor | engine |
| engineer | engine driver |
| movie | film |
| apartment | flat |
| overpass | flyover |
| yard | garden |
| gear-shift | gear-lever |
| alumnus | graduate |
| boiler | grill |
| first floor | ground floor |
| rubbers | gumshoes, wellington boots |
| sneakers | gym shoes, tennis-shoes |
| purse | handbag |
| billboard | hoarding |
| vacation | holiday |
| vacuum cleaner | hoover |
| sick | ill |
| intermission | interval |
| sweater | jersey, jumper, pullover, sweater |
| pitcher | jug |
| elevator | lift |
| truck | lorry |
| baggage | luggage |
| raincoat | mackintosh, raincoat |
| crazy | mad |
| highway | main road |
| corn | maize |
| math | maths |
| stingy | mean |
| freeway | motorway |
| diaper | nappy |
| vicious, mean | nasty |
| noplace | nowhere |
| private hospital | nursing home |
| optometrist | optician |
| liquor store | off-license |
| kerosene | paraffin |
| sidewalk | pavement |
| peek | peep |
| gasoline | petrol |
| post | |
| mailbox | postbox |
| mailman, mail carrier | postman |
| potato chips | potato crisps |
| baby carriage | pram |
| bar | pub |
| restroom | public toilet |
| blow-out | puncture |
| stroller | push-chair |
| line | queue |
| railroad | railway |
| railway car | railway carriage |
| spool of thread | reel of cotton |
| round trip | return (ticket) |
| call collect | reverse charges |
| raise | rise (in salary) |
| pavement | road surface |
| traffic circle | roundabout |
| eraser | rubber |
| garbage, trash | rubbish |
| sedan | saloon (car) |
| Scotch tape | sellotape |
| store | shop |
| muffler | silencer |
| one-way | single (ticket) |
| someplace | somewhere |
| wrench | spanner |
| faculty | staff (of a university) |
| oil pan | sump |
| dessert | sweet |
| candy | sweets |
| faucet | tap |
| spigot | tap (outdoors) |
| cab | taxi |
| dish-towel | tea-towel |
| semester | term |
| pantyhose | tights |
| schedule | timetable |
| can | tin |
| turnpike | toll motorway |
| flashlight | torch |
| hobo | tramp |
| pants | trousers |
| cuffs | turn-ups |
| subway | underground railway |
| shorts | underpants |
| shoulder (of road) | verge (of road) |
| vest | waistcoat |
| closet | wardrobe |
| wash up | wash your hands |
| windshield | windscreen |
| fender | wing |
| zipper | zip |