English Words That Are Different in the UK and USA

I've always heard that rugby is more intense.

Dancing Caveman:

I've always heard that rugby is more intense.

Well...yeah.

You can punch people full on in the face and you - usually - don't get in trouble for it.

It's like...hardcore American Football. No protection, none of that shoulder crap. Just you, a shirt and the ball.

It made me laugh iwth that Family Guy episode where Peter has to coach an English American Football team. They were a bunch of pansies but in retrospect...it's American football that's pansyish with helmets and shoulder pads.

We were doing Rugby in PE in school, and one guy got kind of...beat up, and complained to the teacher who said; "You're playing rugby in Glasgow...what the hell do you expect?!"

Yeah, it's a pretty violent game

All I know is we spell the word color differently. United states we spell it "Color" UK spells it "Colour"

Wilde:

We were doing Rugby in PE in school, and one guy got kind of...beat up, and complained to the teacher who said; "You're playing rugby in Glasgow...what the hell do you expect?!"

Yeah, it's a pretty violent game

See?



We're hardcore.

The Doctor.:

See?



We're hardcore.

Glaswegians can be violently passionate about absolutely anything - it's brilliant

Wilde:

Glaswegians can be violently passionate about absolutely anything - it's brilliant

Doesn't matter what it is.

Anyway, you know the saying: you'll have more fun at a Glasgow funeral than an Edinburgh wedding.

Hay. As an Edin...burgher (I have no idea), I take objection to that.

Over here football is strictly feet only.

Two of my friends asked to be allowed to join the rugby team (it was guys only).

They got kicked off for being violent.

Gaelic football, is an irish game. It's like rugby without the rules. If you think rugby is brutal, don't play gaelic.

Lollypop and sucker.
Do people still say sucker?

Ice lolly and popsicle.

^
Where I'm from (a part of the US), we spell "lollypop" with an i like lollipop.

Ignore. ;____;

The Doctor.:

Doesn't matter what it is.

Anyway, you know the saying: you'll have more fun at a Glasgow funeral than an Edinburgh wedding.

Only in Glasgow would it be accepted to ask a priest if he though "Highway to Hell" or "Stairway to Heaven" would be better suited....

I'm actually being 100% serious

Has the "programme" and "program" difference been said? Well...if it is a difference?

Everything already seems to be mentioned.. The only one I can think of right now...
Americans pronounce sone 'scowe-nuh'
The English pronounce it 'skon'

:)

This probably a really stupid question but how would you say in UK english that you've got a bloody finger since bloody is a swear.

^'Bloody' is only a "swear word" in certain contexts. If you're talking about something that's actually bloody and involving blood, then I doubt it would be taken as a "swear word" in that context (I put it in commas because I don't see it as a swear word).

I come from Australia, though, not the UK, but we say "bloody" over here as well. I wouldn't have thought it would be much different -shrug-

Dr. Mrs. Vandertramp:

This probably a really stupid question but how would you say in UK english that you've got a bloody finger since bloody is a swear.

Bloody can be used in both contexts here in the UK. Like if you say 'i've got a bloody finger' it'll be obvious you're not swearing and you're talking about actual blood.

I got a question. You guys say 'bloody' is a swear word right? So would you get in trouble for saying it at school? Or is it not that bad?