Prior to Austin Powers who taught the Americans the real meaning of "shag" it meant a particular kind of dance. Alabama, a country band, had a song that went no.1 on the country charts called "shagging on the boulevard". They have shagging competitions at Myrtle Beach every year. Back when I was working in the bookstore an old man came in and asked about books on dancing because he wanted to teach his granddaughters how to shag.
I've known girls named Lorry in America which I take it is a variation on Lori/Lauren. Randy is a common mans name, especially in the South. I've had more than one man reach out his hand to me and say "Hi, I'm Randy!" Tracy seems to be more commonly a mans name in America than a girls name. Don't recall it being unisex back home although could be wrong... the Tracys I knew in England were all girls. Tracy and Pam as boys names strike me as odd. Known a girl here called Michael too.
Section B. So the correct American phrases are "He's jump rope" and "She is do the dishes"? No wonder your country is full of idiots
There was a celebrated U.S. lawyer-male- called Sue Hicks. He had something to do with a trial about Darwinism in the first half of the 20th Century. The original "Boy Named Sue".
Oh... and how can I forget the very symbol of the 80s... Fanny Packs.... lol And the absolutely most annoying American word. Burgularize.
Americans are the only people in the world to have the capacity to sit on their fannies. The disturbing thing is even men have fannies here. And... talking of fannies... due to the fact that Americans don't know the slang meaning of badger; I was able to get my wife to agree to the name badger for our newest cat. I have great fun talking about the exploits of my "wife's badger" in public over here.
OT but Iranians find the name "Ann" funny because it means "****" to them. That's an s word if it gets bleeped. My grandmother used to snicker when she visited and saw "after Christmas sale" signs in England and America. After apparently is the German word for Anus. Never offered her an after eight mint... now wish I had thought of that.
Ah! the old spelling problem. Whilst never one to miss an opportunity to have a go at the Yanks (purely because they are Yanks), when it comes to spelling they are as stupid as us. Why should we limit the capacity of words to fully infer their intention by constraining them? The Elizabeathans did not limit their use of words and it's only when those limited Hanoverians arrived was a need to codify was voiced. So the Yanks merely copied us as they do in so many things! Even then we could not agree upon 1 correct version of every word! However, for the sake of a good argument. It's our language Yanks and we'll decide how words should be spelt properly - so up yer arse!
I must have missed something when I was in my cave- since when did "badger" become a minge euphemism? Beaver I've heard of, but not badger.
