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Sunday October 15, 2006

American Speak

U don't open conversation (on

telephone) with a "Hello", but with "Hi".

The telephone is never "engaged", it'salways "busy".

U don't "disconnect" a phone, U simply "hang-up".

U never "mess-up" things, U only "screw them up".

U don't stop at the "signals", but halt at the "lights".

U don't "accelerate", U "step on the gas".

Your tire never "punctures", U may have a quot;flat".

There are no "petrol pumps", but "gas stations"

"I don't know nothing" is perfectly okay, 2 negatives don't make a positive here.

U no longer meet a "wonderful" person, U meet a cool" guy

U don't "turn on the heat", U "turn on the juice"

There's no "Business Area" only "business districts", and no "districts" but "counties"

No one stays "a stone's throw away", rather "a few blocks away"

There's no "Town Side", it's "Down Town"

In hotel U no longer ask for "bill" and pay by "cheque", rather ask for "check" and pay with "bills" (dollars)

There are no "soft drinks", only "sodas"

U don't have a "great" time, U have a"ball"

U don't "sweat it out", U "work U'r buttoff"

Never "post" a letter, always "mail" it and "glue"the stamps, don't stick" them

U no longer "like" something, U "appreciate" it

"#" is not "hash", it's "pound"

U R not "lunatic", U are just " mentally challenged"

U can't get "surprised", U get "zapped"

U don't "schedule" a meeting, U "skejule" it

U never "joke", U just "kid"

U never "increase" the pressure, U always "crank" it up

U never ask for a pencil "rubber" U ask for an eraser

U don't try to find a lift, U find an elevator

U no more ask for a route but for a "RAUT"

U don't ask somebody "How r u ", U say "What's up dude" or U say " How U DOIN "

If U see "World" champions (that means only USA series)

There's no "zero" but "O", no "Z"(zed) but "zee"

If someone gets angry at U, U get "flamed"

U Drive Ur car on Parkways and always park your car in the driveway!

You do not ask for brinjal, ask for eggplant; also there are no lady's finger, its Okra! No coriander but Cilantro

U do not say it was a nonsense conversation; U say the person was 'bitching around'.