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Bucky

(54,013 posts) Sat Aug 1, 2020, 07:29 PM Aug 2020

Does anybody know, do the British say orange peel, orange skin, or orange rind? [View all]

It just seems like something they'd get idiosyncratic about, like when the call apartments "flats" even if they're split-level, or elevators "lifts" even when they're on the top floor

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Does anybody know, do the British say orange peel, orange skin, or orange rind? [View all] Bucky Aug 2020 OP

in my other life i worked as a sex texter for a british company... samnsara Aug 2020 #1

That whole pants/trousers thing must have been confusing! nt Shermann Aug 2020 #2

Yep, our pants are underwear. Doodley Aug 2020 #5

Fanny is... not what it is here! soothsayer Aug 2020 #8

How about checking a British cook book? Sanity Claws Aug 2020 #3

A Brit here! Orange peel. Doodley Aug 2020 #4

And your first floor is our ground floor. Your second floor is our first floor, etc. Doodley Aug 2020 #6

We all call the Donald, the Orange Anus, on both sides of the pond. sinkingfeeling Aug 2020 #7

What I don't get is why they spell so many words the French way? Binkie The Clown Aug 2020 #9