funny things american people say

[Freebasser]

i love it when american people say "fanny-pack"

[TurdBerglar]

no one says fanny pack

[b i o n i c]

british people win

[na§tee]

"kitty-corner"

[beastiegirrl101]

you guys
y'all

[Nuzzolese]

it's "catty corner"

[Nuzzolese]

you guys
y'all

I thought you were from Chicago

[na§tee]

it's "catty corner"
the american who said it to me said kitty corner. to be fair, catty vs kitty.. hmm

this american also did not understand "half past six"

HALF PAST SIX. i will meet you there at HALF PAST SIX
what? you what?
half past six
six what?
six thirty you fanny

[beastiegirrl101]

I thought you were from Chicago

I am, I say you guys.

[b i o n i c]

DA bearse

[Nuzzolese]

the american who said it to me said kitty corner. to be fair, catty vs kitty.. hmm

this american also did not understand "half past six"

HALF PAST SIX. i will meet you there at HALF PAST SIX
what? you what?
half past six
six what?
six thirty you fanny

Okay that person was a moron.
Perfect example of an American, good job!

[beastiegirrl101]

deese, dem and dose.

saaausage.

[mickill]

"howdy partna", "yee-haw", "we come in peace", "yippie ki yay"

[na§tee]

Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

[Lyman Zerga]

chevy chase

[Adam]

"right to bear arms"

cracks me up each time

[Nuzzolese]

Don't forget our funny natives


HOW!

we smokum peace pipe

hey-ah ho-ah-hey-ah ho-ah

[mickill]

And if your black people count, you also have,

"oh no he DIDN'T"

"aw, haaaayle naw"

"COT DAYUM, that muffucka done shawt me!"

[Videodrome]

whut it do

[Nuzzolese]

We have the BEST black people, and I hope I don't come across as just another arrogant american when I say that- or you might call me a YANK.

[Freebasser]

'Cockney Rhyming Slang' for 'Person of the United States of America' is 'Septic'.

'

[Adam]

We have the BEST black people...

We have the padster

owned.

[taquitos]

is 'dang' american?

i'll bet 'dang-old' is, at least...you know, like Boomhauer style; "dang-ol car broke down again" or whatever.

[Bob]

no one says fanny pack

i call it a minge sack

[saz]

'real good'

[DIGI]

"Land of the Free"

pppffffffft

[mikizee]

yeah land of the free, funny.

YOU ARE FREE TO DO WHAT WE TELL YOU, YOU ARE FREE TO DO WHAT WE TELL YOU!

What about ax instead of ask? Whats the deal with that?

[b i o n i c]

"O! say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!"

pfft whatever

[Documad]

it's "catty corner"

We say "kitty corner" in the heartland.

[funk63]

you guys
y'all


howbout yinz?

[Lex Diamonds]

"We're not fat and loud and annoying and responsible for most of the last 50 years' wars LOL!"

Oh those crazy Yanks!

[funk63]

"O! say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!"

pfft whatever

you gotta admit its kinda catchy though. Yanomsayin.

oh and also dude, brah, homie, broha, wassup man.

[Bob]

"We're not fat and loud and annoying and responsible for most of the last 50 years' wars LOL!"

Oh those crazy Yanks!

i do say that a lot

[ET]

"I'm proud to be an American/ Where at least I know I'm free!"

LOL!!!! Man, we are a hoot.

[ericlee]

Everything I fuckin say.

it's not an easy job keeping the eric in america.

[mikizee]

I love Bill Hicks' answer to when he got asked 'are you a proud American?'

He goes 'ummmm well, my parents fucked here, thats all I really had to do with it.'

[mate_spawn_die]

arse rubbish

[AceFace]

'Cockney Rhyming Slang' for 'Person of the United States of America' is 'Septic'.

'
Septic Tank
Bloody Yank!

my husband was a foreign exchange student and they used to call him Septic.

[hardnox71]

What about ax instead of ask? Whats the deal with that?

I can't stand when people do that ^.


More funny things from us crazy Americans:

"To serve and protect" (written on the side of police cars. Fucking joke.)

"Innocent until proven guilty" (what our justice system is supposedly based on. Another fucking joke.)

"You're not under arrest. We just want to take you down and ask you some questions." (Can't tell you how many times I've sat in a holding cell laughing at this while rubbing ink off my fingertips.)

[camo]

'Lynch him before he escapes again'

[hpdrifter]

'Cockney Rhyming Slang' for 'Person of the United States of America' is 'Septic'.

'

Septic...

Why, what does it rhyme with?

[hpdrifter]

Oh right, thanks to the AceFace.

[Whatitis]

This is an emergency, If I would have known they didn’t have McNuggets, I wouldn’t have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don’t want one, this is an emergency. I called 911 because I couldn’t get a refund, and I wanted my McNuggets!

[camo]

Septic...

Why, what does it rhyme with?


Septic Tank
Bloody Yank!
.



here

[Lex Diamonds]

Oh right, thanks to the AceFace..

[camo]

beach ball of death killed safari (n)

[mikizee]

Here we shorten Septic to 'Seppo'

In fact just about everything here gets shortened to something ending in 'o'.

ie david = davo

John = johnno

afternoon = arvo

bottle shop = bottlo

[Audio.]

Get'ur Durn (Get it done).

yadda yadda

[Pres Zount]

When did 'mum' become 'mom'?

Mom!

That's just weird. I don't like the sound of it. The sound little kids make when they say it, I mean.

[Adam]

When did 'mum' become 'mom'?

Mom!

That's just weird. I don't like the sound of it. The sound little kids make when they say it, I mean.

its cus americans speak through their nose, can't make the 'u' sound...

...or so i'm led to believe

[hpdrifter]

I think "mum" sounds uptight and stilted. When pretty much anyone says it.

[b i o n i c]

my sister is like 25 and she still calls my dad, "daddy" which i find affected and annoying. she gets a pass cause i like her

[Pres Zount]

Wrong thread Bionic.

[na§tee]

my brother calls my (er.. our) mother MOM in texts/emails and it really irritates me. he pronounces it "mum" so why americanise it when he writes it? gah.

he should make like our islander folk and just use MA and DA.

[DIGI]

howbout yinz?

Yessir. Yinz is HUGE here.

[saz]

'eye rack'

[AceFace]

my sister is like 25 and she still calls my dad, "daddy" which i find affected and annoying. she gets a pass cause i like her
i call my parents Momma and Daddy.

i even have Momma tattooed on me.

i find it endearing... also, it may be a southern thing.

[beastieangel01]

Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

bahahahaha!

am I the only one that is so very amused by this? :o

[jennyb]

'eye rack'

I cringe whenever I hear anyone say that especially an elected official...or 'respected' journalist... ugh.

[funk63]

Yessir. Yinz is HUGE here.

As affective as y'all without sounding like a cowboy.

[hardnox71]

its cus americans speak through their nose, can't make the 'u' sound...

...or so i'm led to believe

You (how's that 'u' sound?) are sadly mistaken. We all don't sound like Rosie Perez.

[Pres Zount]

bahahahaha!

am I the only one that is so very amused by this? :o

Actually, I forgot to congratulate the member for that one. I laughed quite hard.