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is awesome!
Yeah Jeffy, I said that once to my g/f and she just kind of stared at me. Although, it could've been that I was talking about 0-60 times on a car....
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TommySVT
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Garbage or trash.
InfernalVortex
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One good example of a word the British use that we in the U.S. seldom use is "nought".
You never hear an American say "nought to 60"....unless he/she watches Top Gear
Or Zed to 60. It always threw me off. Especially when he made a comment about the "IROC Zed" once... took me a second. :lol:
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^ Trunk, I think you mean? Truck = Pickup (not a lorry).
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I doubt anyone has ever said "Zed to 60". It would either be "Zero to 60" or "Nought to 60"
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I'll assume you meant "trunk" not "truck." Also, there's
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:lol: +rep from me, that was awesome.
On topic: I was watching the tractor episode where they were discussing a typical plowman's lunch, and James mentioned that (either stilton or cheddar cheese) was poncy? I take it that Poncy (spelling?) is like "crude" or "low-level"? I bet its totally the opposite.
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upyourego
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Yeah Poncy is more or less the opposite. IT's basically something thats over styled, over the top and a bit posh.
For example - a French restaurant with a leather bound menu thats all in french with a wine waiter could be described as poncy - whereas a kebab shop would be crude or low level.
For example - a French restaurant with a leather bound menu thats all in french with a wine waiter could be described as poncy - whereas a kebab shop would be crude or low level.
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Thanks for the definition man . Yeah I guess it could have been a derivative of fancy or something? Poncy... fancy.... I dunno
. Yeah I guess it could have been a derivative of fancy or something? Poncy... fancy.... I dunno 
Meio
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Thanks for the definition man
But entirely negative.
From Ponce
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ponce
edkwon
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Thanks for the definition man
Many americans would use the word 'faggoty' in the same context as 'poncy'.
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Don't forget the German language!
No English or American is spelling "Volkswagen" right
Meio
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No English or American is spelling "Volkswagen" right
I dunno, I spell it V O L K S W A G E N, but I wouldn't pronounce it as Folksvaagen unless I was being poncey or actually speaking German.
Don't forget the German language!
No English or American is spelling "Volkswagen" right
Sure we are, we spell it
"V O L K S W A G E N"
Americans and Brits can spell Hyundai correct, i.e. the Anglicanized form of the hangul word ??. Its rather the inability to pronounce the names thats good for a laugh. Spelling is easy...pronouncing Murci?lago is hard. Or Reventon...or badge... =D
Back on topic, have we covered "pensioner" yet? Or "rep-mobile"?
pensioner = retiree
rep-mobile = off lease fleet vehicle
I think "fleet" and I think "Ford Taurus." Apparently Clarkson thinks "repmobile" and he thinks of a 3-series diesel. My, how things are different.