10 Things Americans Say… and What They Really Mean

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OK, deep breath, Americans are weird.

Watch American TV and you can hear all sorts of words such as 'crap' which on British TV would be either censored or bleeped out, there's also all of the violence and when WWE is shown on British TV the viewers get to see shots of the crowd when most blows land on target.

Yet, mention the word 'toilet' and they all go shy and embarrassed. Apart from the sillyness of Rest Rooms where there is nowhere to rest and bathrooms without a bath you can't even name stuff correctly. It's not 'bathroom paper', it's toilet paper, because it's used after you've been to the toilet!

So, suppose your toilet breaks, maybe the bowl cracks or something, how do you actually go shopping for a new one without saying the word? Inquiring minds want to know.

As for nudity, anyone would think that all of you were born with your clothes on. Maybe TV stars should have some more 'wardrobe malfunctions' so you can get used to the sight of human skin.

According to the Home Depot website they call them toilets but in print media they are referred to as the head, the can, the commode, the jakes, the john, the crapper, and the porcelain throne

It's stupid. And so over-simplified that it's become even more complicated to differentiate what people really mean.

Funny how there's subtle differences in the way we speak.

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lol! I'm American and I can relate!

What the f*****g hell is chicken fried steak? I didn't know you could get a steak out of a chicken.

One time I was talking to this British guy on Chatroullete and I said "I like fish dicks" and he thought I said "I like fish sticks".
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Well what about biscuits and gravy then?

You see, to me biscuits are Hobnobs or McVities Chocolate Digestives, and you certainly can't put gravy over them.

biscuits to British is to Americans "cookie" most popular for most here would be if homemade either chocolate-chip or oatmeal and Oreos seem very popular as commercial variety.

here a Biscuit, is much more an unleavened bread. Round in shape most likely and best if light and fluffy

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Moms-Bakin ... px?evt19=1

the best way of rolling it out is to pat the dough on a layer on a smooth counter top and just us a glass to cut them into your round shapes.

again this is a country sort of thing, gravy is made from the fat/grease dripping of cooking any meat (most likely chicken but in my family we have use many others and bacon is fairly popular even) stir in flour to the drippings and then add as much water as you need for consistency (milk may be used for some), the gravy turns out brown for beef and light tan for chicken (even lighter if you add milk) and in between for pork.

(bet you can't tell I am Vegan from all I know about this type of cooking)