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Language issues: or a rough guide to British English

May 8, 2008

They may look unrelated but these words will save your life here.

Pants = underwear as opposed to trousers

Bin = garbage

Chips = fries

Crisps = chips (i know, very confusing)

Wanker = idiot

2 comments

  1. Of all, I thought ‘wanker’ was understood… internationally.


  2. well the strngth of the word tends to be missinterpreted



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