Actually, we don't say that in Britain

[Downfall89]

AND STOP MISTAKING US FOR AUSTRALIANS

Speaking of this, someone on here tried their hardest to reassure me that Yahtzee definitely does have a thick Australian accent. It was funny, but I really couldn't work out at the time how quite a clearly-British accent could be mistaken for an Australian one.

Maybe because us aussies are from a british background (at least the initial settlers) and thus our language and even our accent is derived from it?

Yahtzee still doesn't have an Australian accent.

 

[Greeboz]

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?

I want to slap my fellow American who thinks that the UK and Australia are the same thing. Maybe if he had no idea where you were from and you're in neither of previously stated locations, then he(I) could mistake you for something you're not.

The only stereotype I know and believe of the Brits is their accent. Never actually met one so I only know the over-the-top ones.

 

[PhiMed]

Well, I do have this one stereotype that I think holds up. Australians are generally easy-going, thick skinned, not easily offended, and definitely not a bunch of fragile little girls.

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.

Well, there goes my last international stereotype! Hooray!

 

[OmegaCheese]

Well, I do have this one stereotype that I think holds up. Australians are generally easy-going, thick skinned, not easily offended, and definitely not a bunch of fragile little girls.

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.

Well, there goes my last international stereotype! Hooray!

Ha, I think I might be a fragile little girl in terms of just being weak.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

In an episode of Murder She Wrote, there is a timeless quotation. "I want you on that like fog on tower bridge!" Makes me giggle every single time I hear it!

In my defence it's the wife that watches it!

Don't worry, your secret is safe with us.

Well, I'm a bit miffed at the stereotype that we all have bad teeth. Where the hell did it even come from?

The unhealthy/ unappealing food one is true though, fish and chips and kebabs? I'll take the american equivalent any day.

I remember many years ago, there were several times when I was bored and flipping through the channels and would happen upon some British cooking shows. I definitely would never eat anything I saw being cooked on those shows. I think lard was used in just about every recipe, to the effect of, "Now let's add the lard, then after that cooks a little, let's add some more lard."

 

[end_boss]

I dunno if this has been covered already, but I'm not British and I just recently had it pointed out to me that Big Ben is specifically the name of the bell, and not the tower or the clock itself.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

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!

Yeah I don't get that one, because, their are bad teeth in every country.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

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?

While I can generally tell the difference between an English and Australian accent, I am less sure when it comes to Australia/South Africa. To be fair, I rarely hear a South African accent. I'm not sure I've ever heard a New Zeland accent, and as such could not say if I'd be able to tell the difference.

As such, I'd say that yes, it can be quite difficult. I'm sure more than one person has confused a Candian accent with an American accent, even though to my ears there is a distinct difference.

 

[Radelaide]

Episode of The Simpsons. I think it was Bart Vs Australia. And the guy goes up to Bart in this REALLY horrible Australian accent and goes "That's not a knife! This is a knife!" and pulls out a spoon.

I went to America once and was asked if we play Knifey Spoony...

Fuck you, The Simpsons. Fuck you.

 

[GrinningManiac]

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?

While I can generally tell the difference between an English and Australian accent, I am less sure when it comes to Australia/South Africa. To be fair, I rarely hear a South African accent. I'm not sure I've ever heard a New Zeland accent, and as such could not say if I'd be able to tell the difference.

As such, I'd say that yes, it can be quite difficult. I'm sure more than one person has confused a Candian accent with an American accent, even though to my ears there is a distinct difference.

That's the funny thing, though, because the reason that confuses us all so much is that the South African accent (or Afrikkan Accent) is THE most distinct out of all the English-Speaking countries in the world. It's got a bit of Dutch and German mixed in there (I am, of course, speaking about the white south africans. The indigenous population has lots of languages and accents)

Also, you are about the 16th person to quote me on that first statement

Damn I am sick of it

 

[Nivag the Owl]

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?

fanny actually means butt

That's funny, because I was under the impression that the English language was from England. I don't think you understand the topic. Its definition is not equal in the UK & US. Therefore it doesn't actually (as in 100%) mean either, unless you only consider one dialect.

 

[SnipErlite]

Also....your avatar scares me. The.....The Weeping Angels are........scary.

They're gonna be even scarier this time...

Oh........... I suppose that's a good thing.

Although they were bad enough last time

I shall look forward to their return......

 

[Steelfists]

In an episode of Murder She Wrote, there is a timeless quotation. "I want you on that like fog on tower bridge!" Makes me giggle every single time I hear it!

In my defence it's the wife that watches it!

Don't worry, your secret is safe with us.

Well, I'm a bit miffed at the stereotype that we all have bad teeth. Where the hell did it even come from?

The unhealthy/ unappealing food one is true though, fish and chips and kebabs? I'll take the american equivalent any day.

Fish and Chips, Kebabs, Curry. What more does anyone need? Apart from vegetables. And water.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Haha the part about Tony Blair was funny, but I actually laughed much harder reading it in your post. Is he really that bad over there? I heard that he's like your Gee Dubya Bee.

Not really, Boris Johnson (Lord Mayor of London) is more like our Dubya. Blair is more like John Kerry. Gordon Brown, however, is like your Mccain - and this time we don't have an Obama

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Aww I see. Haha, would you nominate someone to be your Obama? If so, who?

The Late, Great, Screaming Lord Sutch. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch]

 

[MadMechanic]

Aww I see. Haha, would you nominate someone to be your Obama? If so, who?

The Late, Great, Screaming Lord Sutch. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch]

Didn't he leave the party to his cat?
God, his party manifesto is one of the funniest I've ever read.

As for the Blair thing - it really depends on who you ask, where they're from (even within the UK) and how you see Dubya.
Personally - Blair is someone hate. With a passion.
Which is why I found the family guy character (someone who is trying to impress an American) all the funnier.

 

[thenoblitt]

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?

fanny actually means butt

That's funny, because I was under the impression that the English language was from England. I don't think you understand the topic. Its definition is not equal in the UK & US. Therefore it doesn't actually (as in 100%) mean either, unless you only consider one dialect.

yes but the show is made and produced in the US so we can safely assume he means the US version of the word which is butt.