pants= underwear
marking papers= grading papers
armored hand egg= american football
tara=goodbye
ta= thanks
cheers=goodbye or thank you
innocently saying to the engineer on the phone that you are transferring to a coworker that Naz will "give you one" as in give you a job to go to = everyone around me laughing hysterically:)
bum bombs=farts
bottom ballistics= more farting
get a leg over= having sex with
just a few things that are quite different than in the states and just make me laugh or shake my head:)
A blog about my journey cross the pond:) From Birmingham Alabama to Birmingham England.
a safety tip i discovered on my first trip to Enbland...
ReplyDeletewhen you're a pedestrian about to step out into a street, always look BOTH ways! because the way you naturally think as being "oncoming traffic" in the lane you're about to step out into... isn't.
i love this! always wanted to go to britian too :) their accents are the best
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