sorry but we americans tend to talk a little different, so i was wonderin if you all could help me out. Trying to figure out all these :

-TTE??
-boot??
-£?? is this euro dollars??
-tyre?? is this tires??
-bloke??

-TTE?? .......................................Toyota Team Europe
-boot??.......................................trunk
-£?? is this euro dollars??...........Pounds stirling......
-tyre?? is this tires??...................yes
-bloke?? ......................................man, fella,geeza,mate,mucka

Boot =Trunk
£=English pounds
tyres=tires
Bloke=Man

[quote name='ADVANCE' date='May 14 2003, 11:28 PM']sorry but we americans tend to talk a little different, so i was wonderin if you all could help me out. Trying to figure out all these :

-TTE??
-boot??
-£?? is this euro dollars??
-tyre?? is this tires??
-bloke??[/quote]
[i]TTE (Toyota Team Europe)
Boot (Trunk to you)
Pound Sterling symbol
Tyre (Also known as boots- the rubber bit around your wheels-tire)
Bloke (man)[/i]

[i]Theres also

Wing (Fender)
Bonnet (Hood)
[/i]

Is there an echo in here??

Is there an echo in here??

[i]Pardon could you repeat that[/i]

"com on me homies get wiv it"

[quote name='Supracharged-IS340' date='May 14 2003, 10:30 PM']-TTE?? .......................................Toyota Team Europe
-boot??.......................................trunk
-£?? is this euro dollars??...........Pounds stirling......
-tyre?? is this tires??...................yes
-bloke?? ......................................man, fella,geeza,mate,mucka[/quote]
Thanks you all!

Mat, did u get my PM?

yep, im contacting UPS,FEDEX.....etc this friday

[quote name='Supracharged-IS340' date='May 15 2003, 05:24 AM']yep, im contacting UPS,FEDEX.....etc this friday[/quote]
sounds good "MATE" (since im chillin here, i mightta well talk like ya'll, lol)

hopefully, they wont charge me an arm and a leg for shipping but im ready to here the bad news

okay one more question. Is a sterling the same thing as UK pounds?

Yep! (we use the £ sign)

And rusty is prounounced , WD40

oh,

and aluminum = alumin[b]I[/b]um



seriously tho - there are probably quite a few words out there that non-english visitors to this site probably dont understand at all !

innit!! (= isn't it)

oh.....and here's one thing you may not know about if you've not been to europe (quite genuinely not trying to take the mick here.....i know of many people who dont know what one is or how to use it)......

...roundabouts.

Yup - where you guys (americans) have 4-way stop signs, we'd have a roundabout. (bare in mind we drive on left hand side of road here) you basically have a circle in the middle of a junction, and you give way to whoever's coming from your right around the circle, then go when it's clear. (it's not like the US where you go in order of who arrived)

[url="http://www.roundabouts.net"]visit here to learn all about how roundabouts work (yes, this site really does exist !!)[/url]

I lived in the states for a year and they do have the odd roundabout.

What state are you in Advance?

[quote name='tony_hetherington' date='May 15 2003, 04:34 PM']oh.....and here's one thing you may not know about if you've not been to europe (quite genuinely not trying to take the mick here.....i know of many people who dont know what one is or how to use it)......

...roundabouts.

Yup - where you guys (americans) have 4-way stop signs, we'd have a roundabout. (bare in mind we drive on left hand side of road here) you basically have a circle in the middle of a junction, and you give way to whoever's coming from your right around the circle, then go when it's clear. (it's not like the US where you go in order of who arrived)

[url="http://www.roundabouts.net"]visit here to learn all about how roundabouts work (yes, this site really does exist !!)[/url][/quote]
and indicate

[quote name='burnsy234' date='May 15 2003, 04:49 PM']and indicate[/quote]
...badly!

just one question, this was a joke when you posted it, wasn't it?

[quote name='Parthiban' date='May 15 2003, 05:05 PM']just one question, this was a joke when you posted it, wasn't it? [/quote]
we all got it

the scary thing is you can continue to turn right on a red light...

filter through

first time i done this i was very nervous!

also when driving a left hand drive why is it when i go to turn left i wanna look over my left shoulder??

[quote]we all got it[/quote]
eh?

[quote name='ricky_is200' date='May 15 2003, 03:45 PM']I lived in the states for a year and they do have the odd roundabout.

What state are you in Advance?[/quote]
Im from colorado! some of the best skiing slopes ever.




and yes, we have little roundabouts but nothing big.

and its not scary to turn right at a red light! lol

It could be if your a left hander

think we should do an english english - american english comparison.

ok i'll go first


HO = woman
biatch = woman

fender = wing
wrench = spanner
muffler = exhaust

[quote name='ADVANCE' date='May 15 2003, 06:42 PM'][quote name='ricky_is200' date='May 15 2003, 03:45 PM'] I lived in the states for a year and they do have the odd roundabout.

What state are you in Advance?[/quote]
Im from colorado! some of the best skiing slopes ever.




and yes, we have little roundabouts but nothing big.

and its not scary to turn right at a red light! lol [/quote]
we do not do that here.. it its red we stop

They thought i was from Oz when i was in NY...........wondered why i didnt have the brash cockney accent........

No wot I meen.....Sniiiifffffff

[quote name='Supracharged-IS340' date='May 15 2003, 08:56 PM']think we should do an english english - american english comparison.

ok i'll go first


HO = woman
biatch = woman

fender = wing
wrench = spanner
muffler = exhaust[/quote]
man= dude, gee, dawg, bro,
women= chick, hottie, bitch,

bhp- rwhp (rear wheel horse power)

another saying for "that looks good" = "that shi#s off the hook","That looks soo phat","im feelin it"

rich person - high roller, Bling Blingin, cash cow,

"nice car man" - "phat ride bro"

hello = "whats up" "whad up" "yo" "hey"

food- grub, mcdonald's(lol, had to throw that one in)

bloody hell - fuc#

[quote name='Administrator' date='May 15 2003, 09:04 PM']we do not do that here.. it its red we stop[/quote]
unless, of course - you are the woman in the white Ford Fiesta who tried t drive through me a year or so ago

I bet matthew is all confused being a scouser... they have there own language dont they matt

[quote name='Administrator' date='May 15 2003, 10:42 PM']I bet matthew is all confused being a scouser... they have there own language dont they matt [/quote]
more like im conffused...."scouser"???

[quote name='ADVANCE' date='May 15 2003, 10:44 PM']more like im conffused...."scouser"???[/quote]
a person from Liverpool is referred to as a "scouser".

(Liverpool is where The Beatles come from? I am named Matthew after Matthew Street - home of the Cavern).


we don't have our language - ignore Steve.











we pinch someone else while their not looking!

Always found the BOLL***S (can be spelt with an 'X') an interesting word to explain

pinched is a scouser word. means to steal something.



hmmm gettting hot round here.. feel i might get flamed!

A fender bender always made me laugh - meaning a crash/accident

That and fanny - meaning your ar se.

jus listen to some hip-hop or RnB and you will get the hang of the phrases soon enough recommend some 50cent or DMX or soem 2pac and B.I.G 2 name but a few

peace out dawgs

mitch

p.s advance welcome to the club son

pants = trousers

in the uk Pants = underwear

aint it

draws= pants

pants = undercrackers =underpants = skiddys

pants = crap(as in this item is pants(crap)

[quote name='Supracharged-IS340' date='May 16 2003, 12:23 AM']pants = crap(as in this item is pants(crap)[/quote]
which item????

[quote name='Mitch' date='May 15 2003, 11:31 PM'][quote name='Supracharged-IS340' date='May 16 2003, 12:23 AM']
pants = crap(as in this item is pants(crap)[/quote]
which item???? [/quote]
actually fender bender is a small minor accident or minor car crash! lol



heres another one

Gas=petro (all makes me laugh when i here a british person saying "i need petro!" lol

Take a nice stroll (walk) down the pavement in England and the worst that could happen is that you tred in some chewing gum or dog ****.

Go for a walk down the pavement in the USofA and even if you manage to dodge the Dodge's and prance out of the way of oncoming Pontiacs, you'll still be arrested for jaywalking.

PS I notice that ***** is censored and even ***** (with a 1 instead of the I). If John Humphries is allowed to say it on the news [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4540409,00.html"]STORY[/url], isn't it about time that we all stopped living in the Victorian age for damn flipping botherations sake

Advance, below are some must know phrases in order not to embarass yourself.


"I am ******" (UK, meaning I am drunk) = "angry" (Yanks)

"****** off" in UK means "Angry" (Yanks)

"Shag" in UK means " to bone someone" (Yanks)

"Kerb" in UK means " a pavement" (Yanks)

Admin, please forgive me for the 3rd one. I just woke up with a massive boner, so couldn't forget that one.

and a Fanny isnt the rear one..its the front one on a lady

this is an important one that we REALLY must clear up.

FAG in england means a cigarette.. "I'm going for a fag"



FAG in usa does not

[quote]Gas=petro (all makes me laugh when i here a british person saying "i need petro!" lol[/quote]

That'll be 'petrol'. Short for Petroleum. A 'gas' is not a liquid. Petroleum is.

[quote]jus listen to some hip-hop or RnB and you will get the hang of the phrases soon enough recommend some 50cent or DMX or soem 2pac and B.I.G 2 name but a few[/quote]

lost me what language is this !!!!




the older i get he less i seem to know

[quote name='Mitch' date='May 15 2003, 11:18 PM']jus listen to some hip-hop or RnB and you will get the hang of the phrases soon enough recommend some 50cent or DMX or soem 2pac and B.I.G 2 name but a few

peace out dawgs

mitch

p.s advance welcome to the club son[/quote]
BIG was da man though. He had some phat rhymes. Still pump them in the Altezza.
50 seems to be a cross between BIG, and PAC.