Ask an American Person.......

[robbied196]

In Britain we've just had Celebrity Hell's Kitchen on the TV won by ex Dynasty actress Linda Evans Being the only American in the series, the rest being British, she raised the question of what the english word 'Wanker' meant. Obviously, this was very funny for us Brits as 'wanker' is one of our favorite words A 'wanker' being a reference to a person who masterbates.

So, the question is, what word do you guys use for the term 'wanker'?

 

[biomech]

I like to use the word jerkoff, like "Hey, that Johnny guy, he's a real friggin jerkoff".

 

[BlueBalls]

Look in the game section, this thread already exists.


Like a cat locked in a box, is it alive or dead ...... who cares?

 

[thapie]

jerkoff is pretty much the same in my region,ya jerk off = ya wanker

 

[Bigoldowls]

Why are you American's coy when describing the toilet? You use plenty of euphemisms such as 'the rest room'.

We in the UK have a phalanx of words to describe the toilet.

1), The Bog
2), The Karzee
3), The Loo
4), The Dump Station

 

[habo9]

Why are you American's coy when describing the toilet? You use plenty of euphemisms such as 'the rest room'.

We in the UK have a phalanx of words to describe the toilet.

1), The Bog
2), The Karzee
3), The Loo
4), The Dump Station

5), The John
6), The office
7), The Shithouse

 

[tunsty]

Wanker = It's one of those [wanker] words that, no matter how [wanker] many times you hear, read or [wanker] say it, it just gets [wanker] funnier..
I could say it out [wanker] loud for hours and still [wanker] find it amusing [waaannnkkkeeerr]

 

[D-rock]

Look in the game section, this thread already exists.


Like a cat locked in a box, is it alive or dead ...... who cares?

By the known properties of what we discovered about quantum physics some people believe that the cat could be both alive and dead at the same time, as described in the Schrodinger's cat thought experiment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrodingers_cat

:dunno::1orglaugh

 

[BlueBalls]

By the knows laws of what we know about quantum physics some people believe that the cat could be both alive and dead at the same time, as described in the Schrodinger's cat thought experiment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrodingers_cat

:dunno::1orglaugh

Which was kind of what I was alluding to there D-Rock.

 

[habo9]

Whats the difference between a hillbilly & a redneck?

Or are they the same thing?

 

[jasonk282]

Whats the difference between a hillbilly & a redneck?

Or are they the same thing?

A hillbilly lives in the mountains of Appalachia, a redneck is just a crude white person typicaly from the South.

 

[habo9]

A hillbilly lives in the mountains of Appalachia, a redneck is just a crude white person typicaly from the South.

I kind of know a Rednecks from the south & a Hillbilly lives in mountains , what I meant is arent they just the same thing , except their from different places? :thumbsup:

 

[Baill Inneraora]

I kind of know a Rednecks from the south & a Hillbilly lives in mountains , what I meant is arent they just the same thing , except their from different places? :thumbsup:

They aren’t really completely different places. Much of Appalachia is in the South.

Side note: The people that settled Appalachia were predominantly of Scottish and Scotch-Irish decent. (Relatives of mine) One theory on the name “hillbilly” is that the term might actually originally come from Ulster. Supposedly it was a derogatory term referring to the Scotts who settled in Ulster’s hills in the late 1600’s, were Protestant and so sided with William of Orange over James II.

 

[jasonk282]

I kind of know a Rednecks from the south & a Hillbilly lives in mountains , what I meant is arent they just the same thing , except their from different places? :thumbsup:

not really
Mountain men are completle different than rednecks. True both might use the same slang and slightly similar accent but they are completly different,.
It would be like saying Scots and English are the same becuase they are on the same isle and have a similar accent.

 

[Riffy]

The John

I met a lass from Seattle once and asked her why Americans called the toilet a John..

She said she'd never heard of that expression. Is it a local thing to certain states?

 

[habo9]

I met a lass from Seattle once and asked her why Americans called the toilet a John..

She said she'd never heard of that expression. Is it a local thing to certain states?

Wouldnt know Im from Scotland & I have always heard people here calling it the John :dunno:

 

[habo9]

not really
Mountain men are completle different than rednecks. True both might use the same slang and slightly similar accent but they are completly different,.
It would be like saying Scots and English are the same becuase they are on the same isle and have a similar accent.

LOL youve not heard the scottish accent much have you?

Even I dont know what some people from parts of Scotland are saying & Im born & bred here

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

I met a lass from Seattle once and asked her why Americans called the toilet a John..

She said she'd never heard of that expression. Is it a local thing to certain states?

In 1596, John Harrington invented an indoor water closet for Queen Elizabeth I. But Harrington then published a book with tasteless puns about his own invention. The toilet then dropped into obscurity for nearly 200 years.

The American word for toilet, "john", is called after the John Harington mentioned above.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

So why is this thread not in the general discussion forum along with the "Ask a British Person" thread. I call discrimination.

 

[lurkingdirk]

there was a guy with the last name "crapper" involved:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper