George Carlin - English Language
Added 2023-07-06 13:00:08 +0000 UTCThis was back when I was dying of heat! Lol, not sure how I never got around to uploading before, but here it is!
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"Takes the biscuit" sounds less important! Haha, some of my favorite's I have learned so far is "shut the front door", "bless your cotton socks" and "you never see an old man eating a twix" LOL š¤£š¤£š¤£
Mandy Cane Lane
2023-07-16 22:57:26 +0000 UTCHey Mandy! Ok, so many American sayings have travelled across the pond, because of cultural influence, TV and film, but thereās still differences š 2:38 āLegally drunkā nope, we donāt say that here. The word drunk is reserved for those who are inebriated, on the wrong side of merry, and have either lost control of their faculties, or are behaving way too inappropriately, by definition well over the driving limit. The offence here is ādrink drivingā not ādrunk drivingā. The threshold is much lower! 2:58 āyou know you can stick itā An Americanism, stick it (where the sun donāt shine) a euphemism of a euphemism š (April 15 - still havenāt a clue about the date!) 3:39 Well you canāt listen to the quiet ones, they aināt making no noise. So whatcha gonna do eh Mr Carlin? Ya gotta watch em, thatās what š You wonāt get squat using the four other senses. 4:27 ālock em up and throw away the keyā sounds American, even if I canāt prove it š§ 4:55 ādown the tubesā - definitely an Americanism, recognisable but we donāt refer to plumbing as tubes, pipes like you said. A British equivalent would be its āgone down the panā or āgone down the drainā. 6:05 ātakes the cakeā In the uk, weād rather say ātakes the biscuitā š 7:55 āToiletsā Well, if you mean āthe modern sewer systemā then yeah, I gotchu. But if you aināt thinking bout where that shit goes, youāre missing the bigger picture š Thereās little point in a toilet if all you do is throw the waste out on the street š¤£ Ye oldie cities used to stink rotten, āGardy Louā! 8:38 āout walking the streetsā, sounds like theyāre soliciting, in the American sense. 9:10 āFine and dandyā so American. Thatās way too optimistic and upbeat to come out of a true Britās mouth. š¤£ 10:32 āwalking papersā never heard of that phrase. What-about āhe got sackedā or in cockney rhyming slang: āhe got tin tackedā 11:16 āThe Riot Actā well you learn something new every day: an Act of parliament in Great Britain in 1714, a group of 12 individuals in public could be read the Riot Act and if they didnāt disperse theyād be considered in a state of riot, and authorities could use force to disperse the crowd, and impose harsh penalties. G
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2023-07-16 00:18:06 +0000 UTCYes! He was also the Grandpa in "Jersey Girl" basically played himself š¤Ŗ
Mandy Cane Lane
2023-07-06 18:08:05 +0000 UTCGeorge Carlin was Thomas the Tank Engine's pal in America. In the UK, his pal was Ringo Starr, from The Beatles!
Jeffrey44
2023-07-06 17:36:44 +0000 UTC
