It's ARSE! 🇬🇧

[BlowDryRat]

Unless you're American, in which case it's "ass".

That's probably because you are a senior.

Ha! Excellent😁

"How very dare you?!" 😄😄 How do you know I'm probably a senior?!

Wanker is excellent

The second 'i' in 'aluminium' went the same way as the second 'i' in 'speciality'.

But where? When? How? It seems such a strange thing to just remove a letter. Is "aluminum" really that much less effort to say than "aluminium"?

@HappiestSleeping

They seem to manage ok with sodium, helium, strontium etc. 🤷‍♀️

It was aluminum first, even in the UK. We Americans didn't remove a letter.

Ditto to ‘pissed’ when they mean ‘pissed off’!

In a similar discussion on another forum, someone pointed out 'That jock is pissed' means something completely different depending on whether it's said by an American or a British person.

Pet peeve -
'Have you got....?'
'No I don't.'

That is true although Davy changed his mind before it was used widely, and it wasn't until 92 years later that the Americans adopted non 'i' version.

It seems to be all down to the preference of Webster.

Who knew?

Whatto?

In preference to "Hi".

Language is indeed culture, which is why regional/national variation like the use of 'gotten' is a good thing.

I think it's "What-ho!"

Yeah, that would be it 🤣

Yes, but I've never heard it. 'Wotto'? Is that how you pronounce it? Or do you mean 'What Ho'? as in 'What ho Jennings'?

Yes! Some of us haven’t absorbed ‘gotten’ from American TV and YouTube, but have always used it. I remember being very shocked the first time I heard someone berating it (on here🤣) because in Ireland (north for me) it’s part of everyday language and nobody ‘cringes’ or so much as bats an eyelid when they hear it spoken or even, shock horror, see it written down.

in other news, I was watching ‘The Jetty’, a BBC drama, the other night and Jenna Coleman’s character used ‘faucet’ instead of ‘tap’. A small area of my brain might have forcibly shut down at that point.

in other news, I was watching ‘The Jetty’, a BBC drama, the other night and Jenna Coleman’s character used ‘faucet’ instead of ‘tap’. A small area of my brain might have forcibly shut down at that point.

The BBC are especially bad for using American words in British dramas. I’m guessing they do it so they can sell it to American channels and streamers. I was annoyed in one of the Strike episodes where a character talked about his wife claiming alimony from him.

Oh we just watched that and I missed it! Am normally eagle-eared about that sort of stuff. I did notice she said “statutory rape” at one point.

What was the context of “faucet”? I bet we have 20 people on here soon today that everyone in Lancashire says “faucet” and has done for hundreds of years!

The BBC are especially bad for using American words in British dramas

on one occasion, someone said 'cell phone' in the BBC Sherlock. It turned out to be a plot point, and I missed it, because I assumed it was just included for US audiences.

Another time, characters were taking a taxi in London, and went past a load of sights that are not on the route from where they were to where they were going.

That's a bit odd because Americans know what a tap is and many Americans use that instead of faucet, especially in the context of drinking "tap water" as opposed to bottled water.

I remember somebody in my RE lesson reading a chapter of the Bible out loud, and thought Jesus rode into Jerusalem on his arse.

Still funny 30 years later.

I certainly agree - when I read this a few years ago, I thought Sarah Vine must have a remorseful pet donkey.
https://x.com/WestminsterWAG/status/1289895372676947968

What was the context of “faucet”?

I honestly can't remember @TimeandMotion. I was attempting to watch it while I crocheted, so a lot of it was going over my head (probably just as well.) But 'faucet' certainly grabbed my attention. Lucky I didn't sustain a crochet related injury. It was definitely a later episode. I might have to check😆

I was telling my pupils about different animal names and mentioned that a donkey could be called an ass. Cue "Miss, you swore" "You said a bad word" etc etc.