Name: Don’t Use these American English Words in Britain! You Could Be Rude!
Uploaded: 2020-11-05T19:10:42.000Z
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I'm Andrea, your real life English fluency coach.

Adverbs of manner

And in today's lesson, we are helping you to understand everyday American words that can actually be rude or offensive in Britain.

So today I'm here to tell you these words that you don't get in trouble if you're visiting Britain or if you're speaking to someone from Britain.

We've got quite a few words here that can actually be very, very rude because they have different meanings in Britain than in America.

Just a little warning for you now that some of these words can be quite rude and offensive, so have a think about whether or not this lesson is for you.

But if you definitely want to find out, then keep watching.

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Okay, so the first word that we're going to take a look at is the word thick now in American English.

On the way that you might think of this word is to describe something that is quite thick.

The opposite would be something that slim or thin.

But in Britain, this is actually a slang way of calling someone unintelligent or stupid.

It's used quite often, actually in Britain to describe this.

Should you ask no more favors from me, like for than in your fake insurance claims?

Dad reckons his way up that ladder twittering taught you couldn't teach him a thing.

I mean, it's never occurred to him that he might just be thicker picture.

Okay, so moving on our next word is Randy.

Now in America, this is actually a male name, so there are probably many boys of many men that are called Randy.

One that springs, to my mind, is a wrestler.

If there are any wrestling fans here from the nineties called Randy Savage, so it's very common to be a male name, However, in the UK, it is actually a slang way of saying that you are sexually aroused.

So another word for horny basically give me one good reason why I shouldn't.

Just run the so the next everyday American word that can be rude in Britain is the word pans.

So in America, this is what we would call trousers.

So it's a piece of clothing that you wear on the lower half of your body so you might have a trouser suit.

Or in America, they would call it a pantsuit, where it's basically mainly what men would always wear on what women wear as well also, but we would wear it instead of a skirt or a dress on our lower half of our body.

However, in the UK, this word is what we call underwear.

So if someone is talking about your pants, we are actually talking about underwear in the UK So if, for example, you were to go shopping and you ask for the pants department, you might be a bit surprised when the sales assistant takes you to the underwear section.

Because if you're in Britain, this is what people would think when you ask where the pants are.

I think it's also important to know that this word is also used as a slang way of saying that something is not very good.

So in the UK, we might say something is a bit rubbish if it's not very good or we might also say it's pants.

So if someone asks you or what did you think of the new movie?

When you went to the cinema, they might say, Oh, it was pants So they would mean that it wasn't very good.

Take your tie off a least why you won't track see bombs.

The tracksuit bottoms air from lost property as our my new underpants, which I won't show you what's in that bag.

Well, in there are the trousers and pants I water school this morning.

Are you doing a fashion show or something?

Okay, So keeping in the region of where you wear your pants or your underwear, the next word we're going to look at is bum.

So in America, this can actually be a derogatory way of calling ah, homeless person.

So they might say that there were a lot of bums on the street or something.

However, if you say this in Britain, people are going to be really confused and think that you are talking about people being naked on the street or something because a bum in the UK is your bottom.

Or you could also say in a rude way, ass and in America they would call it in ass.

Okay, so be careful with that word as well.

Let's have a look at some examples of this word in use.

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Okay, so the next word is actually related to this one because the word is fanny.

So in America, this word actually means your bomb.

So you might have heard that people wear a fanny pack, which is a kind of a bag that you attach around your waist to keep your belongings in.

It's really handy if you go out running or cycling, for example, whereas in the UK we call this a bum bag.

But funny, however, in Britain is not the word for bum.

It actually means, ah, woman's private area, So her vagina.

I have seen a lot of people laughing when there is confusion around it, so it's still in the same kind of region, but to very different meanings.

It's really important to notice, well, that this word would only be used amongst close friends because it is British slang, and it's a very informal way off describing this part of the body.

It's just I've helped an old lady to the toilet, and now she's in the toilet, and I didn't realize the help would extend helping to go on.

I don't think it's right for me to see her.

Why am I talking about old ladies families while we're talking about families?

Okay, so the next word that is used every day in America can also sometimes be used every day in Britain as well is the word knob.

So when you think of this word, you might think of a door knob or the drawer knobs.

So the little handles on the door or on a chest of drawers that allow you to open and close it.

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