Odd question from an American new q post 91

[Dr_Finkelstein]

Up here in Scotland, we also have haggis, neeps and tatties (yummy), black pudding, tablet, macaroons, deep fried mars Bars, Irn Bru and our national dish - curry!
Typical Scottish diet - salt and sugar!
I'll have my heart attack/stroke and CPR on the side please!
Di x

 

[Tricia819]

Up here in Scotland, we also have haggis, neeps and tatties (yummy), black pudding, tablet, macaroons, deep fried mars Bars, Irn Bru and our national dish - curry!
Typical Scottish diet - salt and sugar!
I'll have my heart attack/stroke and CPR on the side please!
Di x

Have you ever seen the Mike Myers movie, So I Married an Axe Murderer? He says most Scottish food is based on a dare.

I saw the deep fried candy bars on Samantha Brown. Looks yummy, but sheesh I can image the saturated fat in one of those.

 

[Tricia819]

The intestines of a pig. As Bill Cosby once said, "I think they spelled that wrong."

 

[Beep]

Peanut butter is the nectar of the gods, especially with jelly. Mmmm. Love pancakes and bacon with maple syrup, can't get to grips with grits though.

For our Sunday lunch just gone we had fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. And i wonder why last years trousers don't fit

I love just about everything there is to eat out in the States but chitlins? Err, no. Nor tripe over here. Blehh!!

 

[Vana]

Up here in Scotland, we also have haggis, neeps and tatties (yummy), black pudding, tablet, macaroons, deep fried mars Bars, Irn Bru and our national dish - curry!
Typical Scottish diet - salt and sugar!
I'll have my heart attack/stroke and CPR on the side please!
Di x

How could you leave out Rowies and Fish Suppers?

mmmmm rowies with butter ( pastry dish like french crossiant (sp) but dense and fattening )

 

[Snowy-girls]

The intestines of a pig. As Bill Cosby once said, "I think they spelled that wrong."

Bleurrggggghhhhhhh .x.

 

[#1MMFan]

Love peanut butter. Have it on a sandwich most days. Love coffee, hardly ever take tea unless I'm ill and then it's black (no milk).

I've never eaten a deep-fried Mars Bar (which is like an American MilkyWay btw) and never intend to.

Shepherd's Pie I always thought was specifically minced lamb whereas Cottage Pie is minced beef.

Biscuits and Gravy are, frankly, fairly disgusting to me. As was grits. I once had breakfast at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville. I could only eat the bacon.

Yuck!!

 

[almburr]

new question. Why do we spell things differently? DD6 has a pen pal form England. We noticed that we spell a few things diffrent, like color / coulor,
favorite / favourite, mommy/mummy. Anyone know how this has happened?

 

[#1MMFan]

Don't know, but it is "colour". I think Canadians spell the same way we do. I'm thinking you guys changed it since English didn't originate in America ;-)

 

[Clare D]

It isn't just the way we spell things differently it is the way we have one use for a word and the Americans call it something completely different which can sometimes cause embarrasement i.e. a bum bag - need I say more.

 

[Tricia819]

Love peanut butter. Have it on a sandwich most days. Love coffee, hardly ever take tea unless I'm ill and then it's black (no milk).

I've never eaten a deep-fried Mars Bar (which is like an American MilkyWay btw) and never intend to.

Shepherd's Pie I always thought was specifically minced lamb whereas Cottage Pie is minced beef.

Biscuits and Gravy are, frankly, fairly disgusting to me. As was grits. I once had breakfast at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville. I could only eat the bacon.

Yuck!!

We have Mars Bars here too.

 

[Tricia819]

Don't know, but it is "colour". I think Canadians spell the same way we do. I'm thinking you guys changed it since English didn't originate in America ;-)

You are correct. Waaaayyyy back in the 18th century when America declared it's independence the "founding fathers" wanted to cut all ties from England . They wanted an entirely separate identity from England which meant they "Americanized" the English language. Therefore, a conscience effort was made to teach children the new way to spell commonly used terms in the English language, etc.

 

[Clare D]

My SIL to be is from Chicago but teaches at an International school here in the UK, I am always reminding her that she speaks American and I speak English

 

[Tricia819]

I suppose she just looks at you funny? It's true though.....when you guys get to talking "English English" we'd have no idea what your talking about.

"The dog n bones is on the blink and there's no lift here."

"Huh?"

"The phone....broken. Elevator....none."

"Loos free!"

"Who's Lou?"

 

[Clare D]

Cockney rhyming slang is normally spoken by those in the East end of London so I must admit some of it is lost on me. I am from the Midlands and here in Derbyshire the older generation call people 'Duck' as in 'Aye up me duck' which means in normal language 'Hi to you'
Anyway I am off up the 'apple and pears' to sort the little one out

 

[paulh]

It isn't just the way we spell things differently it is the way we have one use for a word and the Americans call it something completely different which can sometimes cause embarrasement i.e. a bum bag - need I say more.

think this comes down to you spell how it sounds,as our vocabulary is older our older trates are what formed our language.if you look at older texts like shakespear to how the young use txt speek shows the way it has evolved
Paulh

 

[Tricia819]

Cockney rhyming slang is normally spoken by those in the East end of London so I must admit some of it is lost on me. I am from the Midlands and here in Derbyshire the older generation call people 'Duck' as in 'Aye up me duck' which means in normal language 'Hi to you'
Anyway I am off up the 'apple and pears' to sort the little one out

"Apple and pears"?

 

[Clare D]

stairs

 

[almburr]

I have always known what the lou , que and a *** were. Maybe deep down im British

 

[Danauk]

Lou, do you mean loo? A loo is another word for a toilet. Instead of saying "I'm going to the bathroom" which perhaps Americans might say, we might say "I'm going to the loo."

A que is a line, as in you stand in a que at WDW when you are waiting for a ride.

As for the last one, I'd love to know what got starred out!!