Actually, we don't say that in Britain

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So I was watching Family Guy earlier and came across one of their rips at the British, which are usually pretty damn funny. But this one just annoyed me. Some guy who was supposed to be a stereotype referred to his bottom as his fanny. But yeah, in Britain, "fanny" kinda means "vagina". So I did get an extra laugh out of a man threatening to expose his vagina, but if you're going to take a rip at a stereotype, at least get it right

Don't worry, I do have a follow up question, I'm not just aimlessly posting Family Guy quotes. What's your favourite (or funniest) English (UK) / English (US) mix-up?

I see alot of references to British peoples oral hygiene on American TV shows.

 

[A Pious Cultist]

There is no "w" in coke you fucking Chizits, it's not pronounced "cowk"!

How tha 'eck do you pronounce it then?
"Cockey"?

 

[Dok Zombie]

There is no "w" in coke you fucking Chizits, it's not pronounced "cowk"!

How tha 'eck do you pronounce it then?
"Cockey"?

No, "coke"!

Erm, like the same as "croak" I guess.

 

[Nivag the Owl]

There is no "w" in coke you fucking Chizits, it's not pronounced "cowk"!

How tha 'eck do you pronounce it then?
"Cockey"?

No, "coke"!

Erm, like the same as "croak" I guess.

Can I get a phonetic pronunciation comparison for what you were being forced to say? By that, I mean 'Coke = Croak', 'Cowk = ???'?

 

[Dok Zombie]

There is no "w" in coke you fucking Chizits, it's not pronounced "cowk"!

How tha 'eck do you pronounce it then?
"Cockey"?

No, "coke"!

Erm, like the same as "croak" I guess.

Can I get a phonetic pronunciation comparison for what you were being forced to say? By that, I mean 'Coke = Croak', 'Cowk = ???'?

Pretty much how I typed it, erm... It's hard to explain in text, sorry!

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

We love cumpets and tea. Seriously why have anything else. We brits always do that and sure as hell dont have perfect teeth thanks to the NHS nowadays. That steriotype is so not 50 years old. Wait what? Everyone i know has perfect teeth cus of the NHS. I think the teeth thing is an older generation thing? On xbox live i AM ALWAYS asked if i enjoy tea and crumpets. My reaction now is to violently declare my unending love for the food until they leave.

"Do you like crumpets"
"CRUMPETS! I FUCKING LOVE CRUMPETS!"
"seriously?"
"Of course! im english, in england we eat crumpets almost for every meal!"
(english friend) "CRUMPETS?!"
(they leave)

Also have you had tea with the queen this annoys me no end when they actually ask it as a serious question. Seriously?. Ever eaten a big mac with the president? No? How surprising.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Good grief, is it THAT hard to understand?

Until you've been mistaken for a German by a Malaysian with an Ontarian accent who you and your Canadian friend thought really was a Canadian and your... you have no idea.

 

[jark.jark]

So I was watching Family Guy earlier and came across one of their rips at the British, which are usually pretty damn funny. But this one just annoyed me. Some guy who was supposed to be a stereotype referred to his bottom as his fanny.

Just some trivia. Fanny came to mean vagina after the formation of the 'female auxiliary nursing yeomanry' in 1907.

 

[kurupt87]

Can I get a phonetic pronunciation comparison for what you were being forced to say? By that, I mean 'Coke = Croak', 'Cowk = ???'?

coke ≈ croak = c-oh-ck (oh as in "oh no")

For "cowk", i haven't heard it said, so I need him to clarify which of these it is...

Pretty much how I typed it, erm... It's hard to explain in text, sorry!

coke = cowk = cow-ck (cow as in moo-moo I make steak and milk)
or
coke = cowk = kawk (sounds like squawk)

 

[Nivag the Owl]

Can I get a phonetic pronunciation comparison for what you were being forced to say? By that, I mean 'Coke = Croak', 'Cowk = ???'?

coke ≈ croak = c-oh-ck (oh as in "oh no")

For "cowk", i haven't heard it said, so I need him to clarify which of these it is...

Pretty much how I typed it, erm... It's hard to explain in text, sorry!

coke = cowk = cow-ck (cow as in moo-moo I make steak and milk)
or
coke = cowk = kawk (sounds like squawk)

Eww! People actually say that? Actually, I can imagine several British accents using that pronunciation, e.g. Welsh. But yeah, for me it's coke rhyming with croak.

 

[Daffy F]

The whole bad-teeth thing. I don't even understand where that particular stereotype came from... ¬_¬

EDIT: Realised that someone else wrote pretty much EXACTLY that... :S Ultimate ninja-ing!

 

[cyber_andyy]

Pip pip tally ho old chaps what what? Just dropped in for a nice old cup of tea when jerry came along and put his bloody big boot in it you know? Well, we went of to give him a right old spanking.

Im British...well welsh...so I'm allowed to do this! I can say the above in a way that sounds like prince charles.

But yesh, most of the British stereo types are rather...dated.

 

[T-Bone24]

Any time an american does a british accent

It's either Dick van Dyke-esque Cockney or some stupid quasi-posh (Pronounced Poe-sh)

AND STOP MISTAKING US FOR AUSTRALIANS

AND STOP MISTAKING THE AUSTRALIANS AS SOUTH AFRICANS

AND STOP CALLING THE NEW ZEALANDERS AUSTRALIAN

Good grief, is it THAT hard to understand?

AND STOP CALLING ENGLAND BRITAIN.

AND STOP SAYING ENGLISH THINGS ARE BRITISH.

Good Galactus, is it that hard to understand? England is in Britain, but England is not all of Britain, there are 3 other countries here who feel very left out.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

At least your stereotype doesnt look like

Spoiler: THIS

or a nazi

And what they talk like in brit/american shows...owwwwww so, we all gotta live with jokes about our nations, thats ok, they wont be accurate but, well, if you can't laugh about yourself you miss the best jokes of your life eh?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

You don't have to leave the country for that mate, I moved from Teesside to Leicester and have been getting blank looks whenever I ask for a rum and coke for three years now.

BTW, best way to get a rum and coke is ask for a Cuba Libre.

 

[The_Graff]

i am very surprised that nobody has mentioned the film U541, not only are they happy to massacre our accents, mannerisms and idioms - but the colonials seem intent on writing our proud island nation out of history.

 

[OmegaCheese]

Any time an american does a british accent

It's either Dick van Dyke-esque Cockney or some stupid quasi-posh (Pronounced Poe-sh)

AND STOP MISTAKING US FOR AUSTRALIANS

AND STOP MISTAKING THE AUSTRALIANS AS SOUTH AFRICANS

AND STOP CALLING THE NEW ZEALANDERS AUSTRALIAN

Good grief, is it THAT hard to understand?

Oy, why don't ya put another shrimp on tha bahbie? (Because.. ha... I'm mistaking... hahaha... you for an Aus-... nevermind)

Prawn. It's pronounced prawn. Put another prawn on the barbie. Why is that so hard to understand

Yeah, and why is it so hard to understand that THAT ISN'T FUNNY! Boiling people down to mere stereotypes, while it works on T.V, is just offensive! I have never before in my life heard someone say that in Australia.

 

[Snork Maiden]

The whole bad-teeth thing. I don't even understand where that particular stereotype came from... ¬_¬

EDIT: Realised that someone else wrote pretty much EXACTLY that... :S Ultimate ninja-ing!

Always thought it was because America fluoridated their water whereas we haven't done to the same degree.

 

[Bob_Bobbington]

Any time an american does a british accent

It's either Dick van Dyke-esque Cockney or some stupid quasi-posh (Pronounced Poe-sh)

AND STOP MISTAKING US FOR AUSTRALIANS

AND STOP MISTAKING THE AUSTRALIANS AS SOUTH AFRICANS

AND STOP CALLING THE NEW ZEALANDERS AUSTRALIAN

Good grief, is it THAT hard to understand?

Oy, why don't ya put another shrimp on tha bahbie? (Because.. ha... I'm mistaking... hahaha... you for an Aus-... nevermind)

Prawn. It's pronounced prawn. Put another prawn on the barbie. Why is that so hard to understand

Yeah, and why is it so hard to understand that THAT ISN'T FUNNY! Boiling people down to mere stereotypes, while it works on T.V, is just offensive! I have never before in my life heard someone say that in Australia.

Wait, was that all caps directed at me?

 

[MGlBlaze]

I see a startling number of people on the internet that don't seem to realise that 'aluminum' is pretty much only used in America and everywhere else is actually 'aluminium'. Not only that, they have the audacity to call them WRONG for using 'aluminium' when it's clear they are not Americans.