Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?

[Eurotrash]

seriously? [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

that's one of my favorites.

[Yeti]

heh i dunno, i mean, it's definitely possible that that is used down south in london etc. i am not familiar with southern slang at all really, have never actually heard 'guv' or 'guvnor' used. but imagine it is in some parts.

may i suggest 'squire' instead?

[Wilpro]

Still amazed that most Americans i have met didn't understand Snog and shag.

[Eurotrash]

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heh i dunno, i mean, it's definitely possible that that is used down south in london etc. i am not familiar with southern slang at all really, have never actually heard 'guv' or 'guvnor' used. but imagine it is in some parts.

may i suggest 'squire' instead?

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lol, squire sounds a little odd but it's kind of growing on me.

all those bad-ass cockney guys seem to like guv/guv'nah a lot though, so I can't see how it's all that bad.

[Yeti]

yeah i meant 'never actually heard in real life'.

'crick' is decent. i used to use 'chief' a lot but its a bit played out now

[killphilNI]

Is "craic" used in america? You have a lot of irish people, has this word survived over the years? I met a few australian people last year who had no idea what the craic was and never really fully understood the concept.

[SuperWhale]

Preggers.

[Jay Riall]

'craic' does my head in. Such an annoying word, yet everyone seems to use it now.

Yeti - what accent do you have?

Edit - is 'does my head in' used in the US? Prob not.

[otnemem]

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heh i dunno, i mean, it's definitely possible that that is used down south in london etc. i am not familiar with southern slang at all really, have never actually heard 'guv' or 'guvnor' used. but imagine it is in some parts.

may i suggest 'squire' instead?

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lol, squire sounds a little odd but it's kind of growing on me.

all those bad-ass cockney guys seem to like guv/guv'nah a lot

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lol?

My girlfriend is from Surrey (south of London) and is always ridiculing Americans for thinking that Brits actually say 'guvnah.'

[Jay Riall]

It should also be noted that any American/Canadian using 95% of these words/phrases is going to sound like a complete idiot.