Originally Posted by
LoE
The pronunciation certainly.
But really it was the slang that incomprehensible. For example:
PISSED: USA = angry / UK = drunk
FAG: USA = pejorative for homosexual / UK = cigarette
BANG ON: USA = can't repeat that here! / UK right or correct
Many many more examples. The point being the words themselves, alone or grouped with other terms, have completely different meanings.
Add the different pronunciations to the mix, then it can get quite interesting. It did for me, at least.
You’ll have all of those UK meanings here in Canada too.
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