Must be a lot
Must be a lot
cross-posted from: https://sub.wetshaving.social/post/2519759
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When you ask an American how much they weigh, they'll just tell you how much they charge! "I was £600 but now I'm only £400". I don't care pal, I'm not paying you a damn thing.
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Do Brits use "pal"? It sounds wrong with a British accent in my head.
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Sounds Canadian to me, buddy.
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Yes, but its meaning depends on where exactly in the country you are.
The phrase "You alright, pal?" Might mean "Are you okay there, friend?" or it might mean "If you take one step further, me and me mates are going to absolutely smash your wee bastard face in".
Normally you can hear the threat in the tone, so you won't often get them confused.
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What's wrong with pal, mate?
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Yes we do. Not everyone speaks 'Estuary English'
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Which British accent do you have in your head?
British accents vary wildly. You'd definitely hear pal more in the Midlands and the North, and maybe even in Scotland.
It probably still doesn't sound like you think it sounds, though.
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I get paid 50kg
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You’re working on the continent
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We like to use metric when Americans ask. It’s still the only thing they understand.
I get paid seventeen and nineteen twelve quart cups.
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Moved from US to UK as a kid, first month there, watching an advert (US: ad) for a domestic appliance on TV and I genuinely asked: "Mom, why are the washing machines here so heavy?"
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Then when you ask how much something weighs they just tell you how many rocks they are made of.
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Must be paid his weight in gold.
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sometimes you would hear the term pound sterling and im wondering if a pound was at one time worth a pound of silver. would make more sense the things set in olden times were the common folk are like. a whole shilling. wow.
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That's exactly it. The main currency of medieval England was the silver penny (aka sterling) which weighed 1/240th of a tower pound. So 240 pence was a "pound of sterlings".
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