Relearning American English

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:21 pm

I will be going back to California on the 2nd of May and am practicing my native tongue, American English.

Yis, Yis--------translates to Yes Yes

or

Yep, Yep-----to Yes Yes

Tea translates to---------dinner or supper

Toe---maaa---toe to------------Ta-may-toe

Handle to---------------mug (beer)

Bum------------ass

Knickers---------------panties

and so it goes

American versus New Zealand vocabulary

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:37 pm

Bloody Colonials.......tut

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:38 pm

CHups....................Fries .:yh_rotfl

freetobeme · Post by **freetobeme** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:10 am

don't forget:

coffee = cwaffee

chesterfield -= couch

serviettes = napkins

reheat in the microwave = nuke

pop = soda

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:41 am

:-3.....ive never called a sofa a chesterfield :yh_rotfl

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:45 am

beowulf;1305725 wrote: :-3.....ive never called a sofa a chesterfield :yh_rotfl

And yet it was one of my questions in the Trivia test, in Science & Technology I believe. :wah:

freetobeme · Post by **freetobeme** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:35 pm

beowulf;1305725 wrote: :-3.....ive never called a sofa a chesterfield :yh_rotfl

Why ?

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:42 pm

cos we call them sofas or settees not chesterfields ..............a chesterfield is a very stylised type of sofa.....low and buttoned leather as i remember

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:02 am

beowulf;1305780 wrote: cos we call them sofas or settees not chesterfields ..............a chesterfield is a very stylised type of sofa.....low and buttoned leather as i remember

You mean like this ?

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:16 am

I was curious to see if a Chesterfield could be covered in fabric so I Googled it. I have this upholstered chair that I've always considered a Queen Anne, that has metal buttons . It once belonged to Dr. Papanicolaou, developer of the Pap smear. There was a leather couch also, which his son had and I believe it was a Chesterfield, but my chair isn't.

The Chesterfields are lovely, sturdy pieces of furniture, aren't they?

freetobeme · Post by **freetobeme** » Sat May 01, 2010 4:11 pm

Huh, I always referred to any sofa thingy as a chesterfield... guess I'd better call 'em sofas from now on.

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