Literature The British English vs American English thread!

[RabbitLuvr]

I'll still probably skip it, if I ever come across it irl.

 

[Blobbenstein]

it's good that low quality dogs have their own food.

 

[hungryraccoon]

But but....dark chocolate pudding yoghurt stuff!

 

[Alice-Bee]

But but....dark chocolate pudding yoghurt stuff!

from the fridge...

 

[hungryraccoon]

from the fridge...

It's the best. I fricking love that stuff. With biscuits dipped in, with fruit, with granola. AHHHH GET IN MY MOUTH

 

[Calliegirl]

Alpro is a British brand of food items? Every time I read it the only thing I can think of is Alpo, which is a very cheap and poor quality brand of dog food.

This is exactly what I thought of when I heard the name.

 

[Mel]

Alpro is a British brand of food items? Every time I read it the only thing I can think of is Alpo, which is a very cheap and poor quality brand of dog food.

That's the first thing I thought when I first saw Alpro soy milk when I visited Scotland!

 

[Muggle]

But but....dark chocolate pudding yoghurt stuff!

I eat it using bourbon biscuits

 

[kazyeeqen]

But but....dark chocolate pudding yoghurt stuff!

I'll eat Rabbitluvr's share. I'm not bothered by a name. And I love chocolate pudding. So much.

 

[thefadedone]

Alpro is a British brand of food items? Every time I read it the only thing I can think of is Alpo, which is a very cheap and poor quality brand of dog food.

Same here. I was so confused when I first read it also.

 

[Blobbenstein]

I seem to remember that there was a cleaning liquid called 'Jif' in the UK when I was a kid, so it's slightly weird to see stuff about Jif Peanutbutter. I think it's called 'Cif' now, in the UK.

 

[SummerRain]

Yeah, I think they changed Jif to Cif because some European countries had difficulties pronouncing jif? Unless that was one of those urban myths...

 

[Joe]

On Downton Abbey, Lord Grantham refers to the prospect of his granddaughter being baptized as a Roman Catholic. He uses the term left-footer.
I had never heard of this usage before. (I was brought up Roman Catholic.)

1. (informal) (esp in Ireland and Scotland) a Roman Catholic

Word Origin

C20: from the Northern Irish saying that farm workers in Eire use the left foot to push a spade when digging

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/left-footer

 

[shyvas]

Yep, they are the main brand of dairy alternatives that can be found easily in supermarkets etc. they have soya, almond & hazlenut milk for example. & soya yoghurt & flavoured puddings (the dark chocolate one is so tasty.)

Alpro products are delicious.

 

[FortyTwo]

 

[Spang]

A friend of mine recently moved to England and posted to Facebook some photographs he took during his first weekend out. I posted 'Smashing!' to one particular photo that I liked. Was I being proper?

 

[Alice-Bee]

Yes, smashing means good.
Unless you mean smashing a window, then thats bad.

 

[Envy]

So, what's a "gabber"?

 

[Alice-Bee]

At a guess...someone who talks a lot.
Gab, means to gossip.

 

[Envy]

'k, just heard it when they were making fun of how some British people speak.