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Man: Hey! Nice
pants!
Woman: Excuse
me?
Man: I said
nice pants.
Woman: You
can’t see my pants, can you?
Man: Of
course I can.
Woman: How
can you see my pants?
Man: They’re
on your legs!
Woman: Ha. You
haven’t been to America
recently, have you?
Man: Oh I
er …I er actually just got back from LA! That’s "Los Angeles” by the way....
Woman: I
know.
Man: Yeah, I
picked up some of the American words, and now I forget which ones to use! So
confusing!
Woman: We
call these "trousers” in Britain.
Man: Of
course we do...you know there are so many things …that’s it’s exactly a
completely different language sometimes!
Woman: Really?
Man: Yeah!
Woman: Would
you like a crisp?
Man: Crisps?
In the States, they’re "chips”!
Woman: Oh. So
if I want to order our chips in America,
what do I ask for?
Man: French
fries!
Woman: I
see.
Man: And
you know what that is, don’t you?
Woman: A
fizzy drink.
Man: That’s
a "soda”!
Woman: Hmm…
Man: You
know the lift over there?
Woman: Yeah?
Man: That’s
an elevator.
Woman: Oh
really?
Man: You
know in the States, you don’t go to watch a film...
Woman: You
"watch a movie”!
Man: Exactly!
And you don’t walk on the pavement…
Woman: You
walk on the "sidewalk”!
Man: You got it!
Woman: I’ve
watched a lot of films...oops...movies!
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