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Word that sound funny in an american/canadian accent.
People can add to this but i have a canadian teacher and we say a lot of words that he doesnt know what they meant like:
Squinty- wonky, not straight
loo- toilet
fag- cigarette
stookie- a plaster cast/ sling for a broken arm
Chewin' the fat- scottish sketch show (pure genius
)
There was more cant think of them at the moment though.
But yeah...was particularly funny hearing him say those.
Squinty- wonky, not straight
loo- toilet
fag- cigarette
stookie- a plaster cast/ sling for a broken arm
Chewin' the fat- scottish sketch show (pure genius
)There was more cant think of them at the moment though.
But yeah...was particularly funny hearing him say those.
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elpollodiablouk
Don't know about americans, but the ones we always used to try and get our Geordie maths teacher to say were;
Photocopier
Prawn Crackers
Speaker Wire
Kawasaki
Photocopier
Prawn Crackers
Speaker Wire
Kawasaki
what they mean?! - from a geordie
Try saying "bacon" in a Jamaican accent without it sounding like "beer can".
XTinaA
Try saying "bacon" in a Jamaican accent without it sounding like "beer can".
Lmfao!!!!
Random one... paradigm.
need_money
People can add to this but i have a canadian teacher and we say a lot of words that he doesnt know what they meant like:
Squinty- wonky, not straight
loo- toilet
fag- cigarette
stookie- a plaster cast/ sling for a broken arm
Chewin' the fat- scottish sketch show (pure genius)
There was more cant think of them at the moment though.
But yeah...was particularly funny hearing him say those.
Squinty- wonky, not straight
loo- toilet
fag- cigarette
stookie- a plaster cast/ sling for a broken arm
Chewin' the fat- scottish sketch show (pure genius
)There was more cant think of them at the moment though.
But yeah...was particularly funny hearing him say those.
I knew that fag ment a smoke over there.
The rest i didnt know though.
lynseyweth
Well i'm from near Newcastle and I'm sure they mean the same to be as any other person although I've never heard of the last thing.
errr.... a kawasaki is a motorbike! you guys not know that?
lou p
the funniest thing you can get a glaswegian to say is 'purple curly wurly'... a couple of my flatmates have me in stitches when they say it (they get revenge by making me say 'chicken' which apparently makes me sound pretty scouse 
)
lou xxx
)lou xxx
How is it funny when we say purple curly wurly?
I just said it there and it sounded ok lol.canuck
oo ok, but i still dont get how it sounds
Al-you-min-e-um
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