NA/EU Slang/Sayings Problems?!
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Posted on: 2011-03-20 01:21 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
The one that makes me smile, is one of the british slang terms for cigarettes. In the US it means something VASTLY different. 
Even the use of the Full US word means a Spicy Pork meatball in gravy.
It shouldn't be that much of a problem.
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Na, didn't say it was a problem. It's a fun post into how we are gonna get the slang we use mixed/cross-wired for the LOLz!!
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Originally Posted by TheDeepBlue
It shouldn't be that much of a problem.
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pissed = drunk, or angry?
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Originally Posted by Impish Kat
pissed = drunk, or angry?
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Elevator (or vator usually) is the only one of those words I can ever see myself using inside the game.
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Originally Posted by Mrs ?
Ok, with the NA and EU servers merging I can see some really strange and funny conversations starting up and getting what each other meant the wrong way round due to the different names/sayings we have for different things!
Like for example: Path = Sidewalk Lift = Elevator Chips = French Fries Crisps = Potato Chips Loo = Bathroom Treacle = Molasses Nappies = Diapers I know there are many others out there we are gonna get cross-wired with so feel free to add to the post (but keep it clean  ), but at 8am on a Sunday my brain takes a while to wake up |
Off the top of my head there's:
Pants
Biscuit
The others I can think of are perhaps veering away from keeping it clean (not sure how strict the moderation would be).
but what bit would a female toon be rubbing if they landed on their fanny? 
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And of course the same is true in the opposite direction for a certain American term for bottom.
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Originally Posted by Mr ?
The one that makes me smile, is one of the british slang terms for cigarettes. In the US it means something VASTLY different.
Even the use of the Full US word means a Spicy Pork meatball in gravy. |
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Wut? One of the maps that shows up a billion times can have 3 different elevators at time.
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Originally Posted by firespray
Elevator (or vator usually) is the only one of those words I can ever see myself using inside the game.
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And of course the same is true in the opposite direction for a certain American term for bottom.
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Trunk?
[Animal very similar to a donkey]?
Buttocks?
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It took me a couple years to realize why my British coworkers would titter uncontrollably every time someone mentioned how great these new-fangled things called "fanny packs" were.
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Originally Posted by Thyristor
but what bit would a female toon be rubbing if they landed on their fanny?
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It's the mash-ups that will be the most hilarious, I think. A "bum with a f.ag" is going to conjure up a bizarre mental image for most Brits.
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Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Rump?
Badonkadonk? Trunk? [Animal very similar to a donkey]? Buttocks? Heiny? Backside? |
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Originally Posted by Mrs ?
Ok, with the NA and EU servers merging I can see some really strange and funny conversations starting up and getting what each other meant the wrong way round due to the different names/sayings we have for different things!
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
Oh, we'll just have a little patience, apply some thought, and Bob's your uncle!
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i make stuff...
I think my safest bet would be to simply use Spanish. Unless it's those weirdo Spaniards with their weirdo Spanish.
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Originally Posted by Rikis
I think my safest bet would be to simply use Spanish. Unless it's those weirdo Spaniards with their weirdo Spanish.
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I am going to Icon. I don't like how my boot looks.
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Only one I can think of would be
Trunk = Boot
Hood = Bonnet
Oddly enough, add an s to one of those and they are all also clothing...
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One that I've found living in the USA that they're not aware of...
Cheers = Thanks
... I get the strangest looks at the store - "cheers" is not just for drinking
Slightly off topic, but I (an American) once had an Australian girl say the following to me. "Can I pinch a chip off ya, mate?".
It was a bit frightening, to be honest.
Ok, with the NA and EU servers merging I can see some really strange and funny conversations starting up and getting what each other meant the wrong way round due to the different names/sayings we have for different things!
), but at 8am on a Sunday my brain takes a while to wake up 
Like for example:
Path = Sidewalk
Lift = Elevator
Chips = French Fries
Crisps = Potato Chips
Loo = Bathroom
Treacle = Molasses
Nappies = Diapers
I know there are many others out there we are gonna get cross-wired with so feel free to add to the post (but keep it clean