English vs. American

[KamaAina]

[d_r]

1. I got one

beer
water

[KamaAina]

2. DUzy!

[sakabatou]

3. Better

beer
water
WTF is thie shit?

[hifiguy]

7. An Aussie friend of mine once said to me

that "American be-ah is like makin' love in er canoe. It's fuckin' close to wottah!"

[Arugula Latte]

4. I always think of curtains as short and drapes as long.

Am I wrong?

[annabanana]

5. according to my grandmother

curtains were the the sheer panels, draperies were the fabric ones that framed them (ps.. was declasse to use the word "drapes&quot

[Arugula Latte]

10. Johnny Carson voice: "I did not know that."

[3catwoman3]

6. Just taught my 92 yr old mom...

...what "does the carpet match the drapes?" phrase means. She got a good chuckle out of it.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Ha ha! That's awesome.

Speaking of carpets, I wasn't a Joan Rivers fan, but she had a great line (at least it was attributed to her): "That dress has seen more red carpets than an Irish lesbian."

[hifiguy]

8. Two peoples separated by a common language,

as Mr. Churchill put it.

[trof]

11. Torches and lifts, bonnets and loos.

Our closest friends are a couple of Brits.
We speak nearside and offside wings.
Bonnets and boots.
Not to be confused with 'Boots', the chemist.