American Vs British

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  1. cormac

    cormac Peon

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    #141
    Vendor bender is it?

    Another one.

    Roundabout (Uk) - Rotary (US)

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    The magic roundabout in Swindon, pure chaos.
     
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  2. uca

    uca Well-Known Member

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    #142
    That roundabout is funny! :)

    BTW, I just asked my wife, a write-off over here is TOTALLED
     
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    #143
    is that official term that the insurance company would use too?
     
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    #144
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  5. cormac

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    #145
    I think I would have taken a detour instead of chancing that.
     
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    #146
    I woke up in the middle of it once :eek: - back in my student days. It was a surprisingly comfortable night from what I remember, a little noisy though :p
     
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  7. cormac

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    #147
    Ah sleeping in a roudabout. I too have fond memories of waking up in such a place, lol.
     
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    #148
    arse (UK) - ass (US)
     
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  9. yfs1

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    #149
    Ive never heard of a "rotary" in the US...At least not in New York... We call them traffic circles
     
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  10. cormac

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    #150
    Some of the folks I knew in New York called them traffic circles as well but I heard others say rotary, in up State NY. Anytime I mentioned roundabout I always got a strange look.
     
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    uca Well-Known Member

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    #151
    Never heard traffic circles always rotary.

    But I haven't spent much time in New York, a lot more in Boston...
     
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  12. uca

    uca Well-Known Member

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    #152
    I don't know, but I heard a judge (people's court) say that yesterday, on tv.
     
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    #153
    People's Court - hopefully thats a type of TV show we will never get in Britain.
     
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    uca Well-Known Member

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    #154
    There's a similar one in Italy, called Forum.

    But seriously, it's funny, maybe not to be taken too serious, still...
     
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    #155
    I meant the fact that court cases are private and are not reduced to TV entertainment.:)
     
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    #156
    I thought they were tighty whities, or at least that's what I heard on an episode of SCRUBS.

    Fender bender methinks although I thought it was only a small bump, with little damage, not totalled by a longshot.
     
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  17. uca

    uca Well-Known Member

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    #157
    a bit technical, but there's:

    denatured alcohol vs methylated spirit (or meths)
     
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    #158
    thtz nice..
     
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    #159
    Than how come I hear it all the time when making reference to the hood of a car?
     
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    #160
    I know its used all the time in Ireland (whenever I accidentally say hood everyone looks at me weird even though they know what I mean)
     
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