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Originally Posted by TalnSG
crackers:
Maine = tool to break open shellfish (crabs, lobster)
Texas = saltines
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UK = Both of the above, and also toys you get at Christmas:
http://www.randomclipart.com/clipart...acker-1026.png (not, as my friend from New Jersey thought, just in Harry Potter)
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Originally Posted by TalnSG
hood (of a car):
U.S. = in front over the engine
U.K. = Sometimes the trunk lid, engine cover is always the bonnet.
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I think when you hear 'hood' in the UK, it's mostly been adopted from the USA. Normally it's the 'boot'.
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Originally Posted by Ayame90
Bash
U.K. To Masterbate
U.S. To strike physically
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Absolutely never heard that one before! Certainly would make this long-running kid's cartoon suddenly seem very iffy
Asides from hitting things, 'bash' in the UK means a party.