[hi, jack] 'Merkins - That term prob’ly started rat heah in Amurika. There’s a cliche’d skit about a southern politician, maybe Lyndon Johnson, starting a speech, “Mah fella 'Merkans…”
“Pissing it down” - nope, never heard of it. I think that “piss” is slightly more off-color here than in the English-speaking countries. (Wait… isn’t piss the same range of colors everywhere?.. Well, never mind.) [/ hi, jack]
Wouldn’t you consider California to be in an ‘English-speaking country’ then? I have been there and most people seemed to speak English…
In Scotland, crazy means mad. And mad never means angry.
John
When it pisses down, the best course of action is to piss off to a piss-up.
'Merkins - That term prob’ly started rat heah in Amurika. There’s a cliche’d skit about a southern politician, maybe Lyndon Johnson, starting a speech, “Mah fella 'Merkans…”
It’s what we call ourselves to distingush us from the damn furriners.
Something to keep in mind if you’re an American bar (bar, not pub, usually).