US/UK Food: You call it whaaaaaaaat?

[twinkle1975]

I've had BBQ ribs from the chinese tonight & they serve them in golden syrup - really reminded me of bacon & maple syrup - once I started dipping prawn crackers in the syrup I had to get DH to take it away before I ate them all!

 

[CRWx]

you're all making me extremely hungry!

 

[phoenixgeek]

Forgive the thread necromancy, but I came across this online and Megg didn't know if some of them were quite accurate. We both suspect some aren't true but I wanted to check to make sure.

On this chart, how many of these are fake, I know some are accurate, but I hope that some aren't.
https://i.imgur.com/fFyKm.jpg

 

[lisaf]

I really really really want the last one to be true!

 

[Megg33k]

That's what we said, Lisa!

 

[Mizze]

Would love it to be true - sadly not! Id have liked Wishy Washies to be true too - much more fun than 'windscreen wipers'

Mizze x

 

[Megg33k]

I actually rather enjoy "cold on a cob"... Can you tell me that's true?

 

[pink80]

I actually rather enjoy "cold on a cob"... Can you tell me that's true?

No sorry (not that I have ever heard anyway)!!

 

[Megg33k]

I actually rather enjoy "cold on a cob"... Can you tell me that's true?

No sorry (not that I have ever heard anyway)!!

I didn't think so... but a girl can hope!

 

[CRWx]

wtf is thje slappy ham about

 

[Megg33k]

I dunno... I liked it though... @ Slappy Ham!

 

[CRWx]

a face is a um face!

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

i want them to be called wishy washies

 

[CocoaOne]

Where the hell did they get most of them from?!?

Maybe they were trying to go for 'cockney rhyming slang' but got it totally wrong?

Face = boat race

 

[Megg33k]

That's all I could think was that maybe it was improper cockney. I can't wrap my head around cockney. It makes me crazy!

 

[CRWx]

it's just rhyming
loaf of bread = head
apples & pears = stairs etc

 

[lisaf]

I'm with Megg... i see that it rhymes, but why the apples part of apples & pears, why not just pears?

 

[Megg33k]

Exactly, Lisa! And, how do you know which rhyming word to use. Lots of things rhyme... but I think there must be some convention to it or no one would understand it as a form of slang, yeah?

 

[Laura2919]

Cos it sounds better. Actually it doesnt but people must think it does. My OH says stupid things like boat race and it winds me up. I just ignore him until he talks properly lol

 

[Megg33k]

When my OH doesn't make sense, its not because he's using cockney... its because he's a guy and he doesn't always make sense! (Sorry, honey!) He (phoenixgeek) reads/posts here too! LOL