Why do Americans say "Craig" funny?

The funnest thing is Marmite has now become a British slang all of its own. We use it as a metaphor for something that is an acquired taste or tends to polarise opinions. So even people e.g. "Justin Bieber is like Marmite" what that means is you either love or hate hate him.

Quote from Wiki;

"By the 1990s Marmite's distinctive and powerful flavour had earned it as many detractors as it had fans, and it was known for producing a polarised "love/hate" reaction amongst consumers. Marmite launched a "Love it or Hate it" campaign in October 1996, and this resulted in the coining of the phrase "Marmite effect" or "Marmite reaction" for anything which provoked strong and polarised feelings"
 
Ok so i've just had another termanology potential confusion over on another thread.

In UK:

Handbag: A bag that a lady uses to keep lady things in to go out. To the shops/cinema etc
Purse: LADIES a smaller specilised bag which you keep credit cards, change, money notes inside. Your purse is put inside your handbag.
Wallet: MEN a smaller specilised bag which you keep credit cards, change, money notes inside. A wallet is usually put in a mans pocket.

America:

Purse: A bag that a lady uses to keep lady things in to go out. To the shops/cinema etc
Wallet: now i'm not sure but is this for both men and women??? To keep money and credit cards inside?

Everyone else???

In the UK you wouldn't ask if a lady had a wallet. You'd get a very strange look. lol!
 
BagOLaughs said:
Ok so i've just had another termanology potential confusion over on another thread.

In UK:

Handbag: A bag that a lady uses to keep lady things in to go out. To the shops/cinema etc
Purse: LADIES a smaller specilised bag which you keep credit cards, change, money notes inside. Your purse is put inside your handbag.
Wallet: MEN a smaller specilised bag which you keep credit cards, change, money notes inside. A wallet is usually put in a mans pocket.

America:

Purse: A bag that a lady uses to keep lady things in to go out. To the shops/cinema etc
Wallet: now i'm not sure but is this for both men and women??? To keep money and credit cards inside?

Everyone else???

In the UK you wouldn't ask if a lady had a wallet. You'd get a very strange look. lol!
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We say the same thing in Canada as our American cousins.

Women put their wallet inside their purse (also known as a handbag).

Purse: women. Wallet: both men and women. Men (a bifold wallet but we never say the "bifold" bit) usually kept in the back pant's pocket. But sometimes in a front pocket if in a sketchy area with pick pockets. Women wallet: what we (women) put our money & credit cards in & is kept in our purse/handbag. Women also used to have a special little "coin purse" to keep loose coin in their larger purse but that isn't as popular now.

Now the really fun part . . . we get into the fanny packs & ab satches :-)
 


I think I've thought of another one: yard. I had a friend from South Africa who asked me to please not refer to her garden as a yard. I guess in some countries a "yard" means a junk yard and is derogatory. In North America, most of us think of a garden as something specialized like a flower garden or vegetable garden. When referring to our lawns, flower beds, etc we usually call it a yard like the back yard or front yard.
 
yea, good one.

Its garden here too but due to TV programs most people would know what a yard is too if you refereed to the garden as a yard.
 
In another post there was a mention about regional accents and diolects.

Thats one of the things i love about the UK. We're really small compared to massive contries like the US and Australia and yet we've got so many different accents. Some of them aren't even 100 miles apart

How does that even happen?! :rotfl:
 


Ok, so:
Vegemite is amazing. I don't remember trying marmite, it's a kiwi and British thing I think.
There's also something called Bonox, which is basically the same thing, but it's beef stock, and some people drink it like tea!

I use both yard or garden. "They're in the back yard" or "its in the back garden" but yard is more common.

So, @Teleclashter which is it? Creg or Cr-AY-g?

Oh, and we call an ab-satch a "bum bag" but it's worn in the front, not on your bum.
Bum = butt
Americans use the term fanny... Well, in australia, that's used for a similar body part... But one only women have.... Are you picking up what Im putting down guys?

We use handbag for the shoulder bag you carry a heap of crap in.
Wallet for men and purse or wallet for women. Purse is a bit old, like, the older generation would say purse. Us young'ins say wallet
 
BagOLaughs said:
In another post there was a mention about regional accents and diolects.

Thats one of the things i love about the UK. We're really small compared to massive contries like the US and Australia and yet we've got so many different accents. Some of them aren't even 100 miles apart

How does that even happen?!
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Around here, you don't need to go anywhere near 100 miles to find different dialects. I live in southern New Jersey, about 10 miles from Philadelphia. There are definite dialect differences in Philadelphia that you won't find in NJ, except among folks who move here from there (like me and my wife).
 
Princess Jes said:
Oh, and we call an ab-satch a "bum bag" but it's worn in the front, not on your bum.
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I never actually heard the term ab satch until they spoke about it on the show recently. We call those bags fanny packs. And yes, they are worn in the front, not in the back.
 
Teleclashter said:
I approve this thread.
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I know this sounds silly... But I'm so excited that craig likes this thread!! Lol
bjmort said:
I'm totally with you Jes! As a fellow Melbournian it sounds weird to me. The character on SouthPark is also Creg. You never encounter a Creg in Australia.if I said "hello Craig" to someone here and they said "sorry it's Creg" I'd be like "get outta my country!"
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What area are you from bjmort? I'm western suburbs.

samsteele said:
Jes: what's the difference between Vegemite and Marmite?

When I went through frosh initiation (first week of university), I had to eat a couple big spoonfuls of Marmite to get to the next station. Never had it before. I thought it was chocolate. Nope. Definitely not chocolate. We also had to kiss rotten fish hanging from the ceiling, had wet garbage dumped on us and had to sizzle like bacon on the sidewalk. Amongst other lovely things. Those were the good old days. Sadly, a few people abused it (and otherso_O) and no more frosh week or hazing at my alma mater.
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Even Aussies wouldn't eat a mouthful of Vegemite.
I lean more to the heavy handedness of Vegemite, and the best way to eat it us on crumpets or English muffins with lots of butter.
You have one half with Vegemite, one half with peanut butter, then, put the top back on the bottom, the top with the peanut butter, and it will melt onto the Vegemite. It's a taste sensation!!!
I also think our peanut butter might be different from yours. Not as sweet. And we love a good crunch peanut butter!!
 
Princess Jes said:
Bonox, which is basically the same thing, but it's beef stock, and some people drink it like tea!
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We have this too but its called Bovril over here. Its definately an older generation thing though. Like my grandparents time. To me it just seems gross. like drinking watery gravy. Blegh!

Princess Jes said:
Americans use the term fanny... Well, in australia, that's used for a similar body part... But one only women have.... Are you picking up what Im putting down guys?
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Well put! :rotfl: same in the UK
 
Princess Jes said:
Wallet for men and purse or wallet for women. Purse is a bit old, like, the older generation would say purse. Us young'ins say wallet
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I think thats really interesting. For most people I know, if you said to a girl have you got your wallet on you, they might take that as a bit of insult (obviously if you were foreign they'd understand you may have a different term) as most girls would think you're referring to them as being a bit masculine.

Speaking of masculine/femanine:

Pants: under clothes for men (but referring to boxers/boxer shorts specifically they're are loosing fitting under clothes)
Knickers: under clothes for women
Trouser/Jeans: long legged clothing for your legs

I personally wouldn't get too crazy if someone asked me about my pants but mostly its knickers for the ladies.
 
BagOLaughs said:
Well put! :rotfl: same in the UK
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I did not know this! Fanny used to be a popular first name for women in the U.S. and Canada years ago. You Aussies, Kiwis & Brits must have just piddled yourselves when you were introduced to: "Hello, my name is Fanny Arbuckle" or such. :joker:
 
Princess Jes said:
I know this sounds silly... But I'm so excited that craig likes this thread!! Lol

What area are you from bjmort? I'm western suburbs.


Even Aussies wouldn't eat a mouthful of Vegemite.
I lean more to the heavy handedness of Vegemite, and the best way to eat it us on crumpets or English muffins with lots of butter.
You have one half with Vegemite, one half with peanut butter, then, put the top back on the bottom, the top with the peanut butter, and it will melt onto the Vegemite. It's a taste sensation!!!
I also think our peanut butter might be different from yours. Not as sweet. And we love a good crunch peanut butter!!
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Much of our commercial peanut butter is made with icing sugar as a main ingredient so is very sweet. I usually just buy smooth (sometimes called creamy) peanut butter because it is handy to have on hand to use for baking eg peanut butter cookies. While I like crunchy peanut butter, it just isn't as practical to have around the house.
 
samsteele said:
I did not know this! Fanny used to be a popular first name for women in the U.S. and Canada years ago. You Aussies, Kiwis & Brits must have just piddled yourselves when you were introduced to: "Hello, my name is Fanny Arbuckle" or such. :joker:
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You can imagine our horror when reading Enid Blyton's "the Faraway Tree" and the characters are named Dick (the blanked out work is the shortened name for Richard... Get it?) and Fanny... It was changed to Rick and Frannie in more modern times as its a very old book series.
 
ankther name brand we use here in the land down under that applies to all items of the same nature:
Eski (sounds exactly hownits spelt)
It's a cooler, like the big plastic box things you put ice and beer in (or you know... Other beverages and food....)
The good brand is Eski, so they're all referred to as that.
In New Zealand, they call them chilly bins
 
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