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Always gets a smile fromīrits in American hair dressers when they are asked about their bangs.īarmy - If someone tells you that you're barmy they mean you have gone mad or crazy. The sort you use to roll your own.īang - Nothing to do with your hair - this is a rather unattractive way of describing having sex. I'd say at the end of reading all this you'd be au fait with the differences between American and English!īaccy - Tobacco. You'd be more likely to hear someone in England ordering a pint of lager!Īss - Your backside, but mostly a donkey!Īu fait - Another one of those French expressions that have slipped into the English language. I often heard people saying something like "I'll have one also". Miller Lite, I would say "I'll have one as well". Not a nice word in either language.Īrseholed - Drunk! Usually in the advanced stages of drunken stupor, someone would be considered "completelyĪs well - You chaps say also when we would say "too" or "as well". UsuallyĪnd too many lagers! Some Americans say ass over teakettle apparently!Īrse over tit - Another version of arse over elbow, but a bit more graphic!Īrsehole - Asshole to you. "pain in the arse" (a nuisance) or I "can't be arsed" (I can't be bothered) or you might hear something was "a half arsed attempt" meaning that it was not done properly.Īrse about face - This means you are doing something back to front.Īrse over elbow - This is another way of saying head over heels but is a little more descriptive. It basically means the same as ass, but is much ruder. Means counter-clockwise but must sound really strange to you chaps! I think he thought I had something against clocks!Īny road - Up north (where they talk funny!!) instead of saying anyway, they say "any road"! Weird huh?Īrse - This is a word that doesn't seem to exist in America. Sometimes it might get expanded to "all right mate"? Mostly used by blue collar workers butĪnti-clockwise - The first time I said that something had gone anti-clockwise to someone in Texas I got this very funny look. The normal response would be for them to say "All right"? back to you. Trouble! There is sometimes aggro in the cities after the pubs shut!Īll right? - This is used a lot around London and the south to mean, "Hello, how are you"? You would say it to a complete stranger or someone you Kids thought all cool stuff was ace, orĪggro - Short for aggravation, it's the sort of thing you might expect at a football match.