I get about fifty cartoons in my inbox each morning; I like to start my day laughing. Besides, it gives me something to do in the dead time when I’m saving posts.
Most of the cartoons are American and sometimes I don’t understand them. Pickles featured a ‘Charley Horse’ today; I had to look it up.
A Charley Horse is something like cramps or a dead leg. Odd.
My little language difficulty reminded me of a post from last year, about British phrases and what they mean:
[…] to the Laughing Housewife for this laugh. The post with the above cartoon has some more laughs. So visit it. Both are about listening well. The laugh linked into my […]
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[…] my spam box every day and my stats have gone down quite dramatically (for those of you who remember the chart, that’s Brit-speak for ‘way more than I like and if it carries on I’m giving the […]
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I am a little fat. I like food; what can I say? I have dull hair: mousey. I don’t wear much make-up and have no need of a dressing table. If I look like a bag lady, I chose my own clothes. If I look nice, the Hub picked them for me. Despite all this, I am a little vain. This photograph is from 2003. I had to go back that far to find one of me that I liked. But I don’t really care: my husband still thinks I’m beautiful and if he doesn’t, he loves me enough to lie about it. I’m lucky. I have two boys. They never lie to me. Still, you can't have everything.
The Laughing Housewife 
You can’t share a journal or a diary with the World at the flick of a button! Sometimes this is an advantage and sometimes a disadvantage.
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Hahaha – one language with several versions!
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We Yanks are the masters of double speak. We say one thing and mean exactly the opposite, especially at work. And you’d better figure it out quickly.
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Over here in the States, we love your accent so much that we don’t really care what you’re saying as long as you just say it.
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Loved this one, will probably steal the cartoon and the graph at some point. Have you ever had a Milk Dud? My version of a Maltzer which are called Malt Balls here.
A Milk Dud, however, is a ball of caramel covered with chocolate. What is the equivalent across the pond?
Thank you again for blogging, no journal smacks from me.
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This I think they use in Brussels …. because the mess it’s there. This is a really good one.
Now you are back ! *smile .. Missed you!
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This is good, Tilly. You should know that I don’t understand American cartoons either. I didn’t realize that I have been trying to be more like the British. I used to think being frank and outspoken was a good idea. Now I know it’s not.
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The Anglo-EU translations are spot on! 🙂
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I almost agree with this post.
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oh now the secret is out…………and here all this time i thought you invented all of your funnies,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ehhehehehe. just kidding with you. you know i love your blog
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Charlie Horse? That’s a totally new expression for me… if I’d had to guess I’d have been thinking something to do with cowboys LOL
I looked at the list and it dawned on me that I read about 50% the UK way of understanding and the other 50% the “other’s” way, which surprised me because I thought I knew the anglo-saxen way of speaking quite well… (apparently not LOL)
“That’s not bad” meaning it’s good? and “you must come for dinner” is only being polite? seriously???? (never in our house, I love cooking!)
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Had to laugh Tilly – reminded me of when I lived there in the early 70s, especially the ‘we must have you for dinner’. When I was leaving I went around to say goodbye to everyone and was flummoxed by how many people said “oh, you’re leaving so soon – we wanted to have you over for dinner”. You mean nothing’s changed in 40 years? 🙂
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I’ve seen the Anglo-EU translation guide before. It never gets old!
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I was close to the same happening with my wife some months ago. Terrible. There are women who love internet, aren´t there? Why not mine wife? And his (in the joke). 😀
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This wife looooooooooooves the internet 🙂
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Charlie Horse? I was half expecting it to have some connection with burgers! I’ll let you explain. 😉
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