My wife had a funny mix of american english when she was on holiday with her parents in florida. Her father was renting a boat and talking to the local guy while my wife was strolling in the sea. My father in-law asked how deep the water got off the beach. The guys reply was priceless, he said, "well your daughter can go out just over a hundred yards before her fanny will even get wet." My wife was a teenager at the time and was mortified by what the guy said, on the other hand her father couldn't stop laughing. They said it was even funnier when they explained what the culural meaning of what had just said was in english. He couldn't stop appologising.

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Originally posted by shakari:

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
Just try cars for a start.

A Bonnet is the hood to brits, whereas that is what American Women wore to cover their heads in bygone eras.

A boot is a trunk to us, boots are what you wear hunting.

Rich
DRSS

To say nothing of the fact you guys put the steering wheel on the wrong bloody side!

And you put all the zippers on the hunting gear on the girly side too!