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American Reacts to 13 British Words I Had Never Heard Before!

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Let's check out Girl Gone London’s list of 13 British words she had never heard before moving to the UK. From quirky slang to unexpected terms, she explores the linguistic differences between American and British English. Join me as I share my thoughts on these fun and sometimes confusing British words!

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20 Comments

@robcrossgrove7927 1 year ago

In the UK, scoff means to eat the f***ing lot, or eat something in a hurry as Kaylin said, but it's also used in the other sense, to scoff at someone or something.

@crackpot148 1 year ago (edited)

To table something is derived from British parliamentary language, as in "to table a motion".

@rosfow 1 year ago

Scoff ahs 2 meaning - to eat quickly and to show derision, scoff at someone.

@James-xu6sc 1 year ago

In the UK, if we wanted to "table it", we would say "shelve it". I suppose things on tables get used often, things on shelves get forgotten about. More often we would just say, "lets just pick it up later".

@gromit9322 1 year ago

I was waiting for “fanny” to come up!

@EdDueim 1 year ago

I've always heard "suss" as an abbreviation of "suspicious" as in "This deal is a bit suss." so to "suss it out" means to look into something that you don't trust. "Yeah, sounds like a good deal but we need to suss it out."

@muppeteer 1 year ago

The US 'table it' would be 'shelve it' in the UK which as a Brit seems to make way more sense, to put something on the shelf for later

@SteveSmallMusic 1 year ago

Skive is used with regards to skipping school, but it is more often used to describe a lazy work colleague. "He's out the back, skiving." Or, "Mary is off sick? There's probably nothing wrong with her. She's skiving."

@GreasyGrecian-p3b 1 year ago

I'd say "wolf it down" to mean eat something quickly. I'm from the West Country btw

@theaikidoka 1 year ago

Love that you start laughing at 'jack it in' - it's so obvious what phrase it reminds you of. 😂

@bareakon 1 year ago (edited)

The benefit of the word "skive" is that you don't need the noun for context like you would "skip".

If you say "I'm skiving", people automatically understand that you're taking a day off work or school, or otherwise avoiding putting in the effort.
If you say "I'm skipping" without specifying "school" or "work", people would just assume you're jumping rope or frolicking.

@alwynemcintyre2184 1 year ago

Don't use strop in Australia, but do use stroppy

@richardfield6801 1 year ago

In the UK, we have two words pronounced and spelled 'scoff'. One means to eat not just quickly but also greedily. If I'm scoffing something down I am probably cramming my mouth full of food as quickly as possible. The other word, ' to scoff' means to shower derision or scorn on someone or on something in a contemptuous manner.

@Mike-James 1 year ago

What I believed happened was an american heard scoff, but with an english accent so heard scarf and continued to use it.

@jamiesimms7084 1 year ago

Whine and Winge are both used in the UK

@victoriasheridan1 1 year ago (edited)

we in UK do scoff at people too ... it means to be dismissive of what they do or say :)

@moppilicious 1 year ago

Skive can also just mean work-shy and the work-shy person would be called a skiver

@robcrossgrove7927 1 year ago

I've never heard anyone in the UK say "Let's table it". We'd usually say "Bring it up in the meeting", or "Stick it on the agenda for the next meeting".