My friend Steve Williams lives in New York and recently drew my attention to UK words and phrases that mean nothing in the US. Things like “Skint”, “Knackered” and “Bob’s Your Uncle”. However, this is probably the best example of Britain and America attaching very different meanings to exactly the same word. Great old sixties tune and the lyrics, one could argue, are even truer in the British sense than they are in the American one.
Lost in Translation.

- The New Roman...5th Aug 2016
- I met him onc...3rd Aug 2016
- Fifty years a...31st Jul 2016
- One of my fav...30th Jul 2016
- Owen Smith ha...28th Jul 2016
- Why aren't "t...27th Jul 2016
- Russian athle...25th Jul 2016
- The sound of ...24th Jul 2016
- Sam the Sham?22nd Jul 2016
- This isn't ju...20th Jul 2016
- The only bit ...15th Jul 2016
- We have a new...13th Jul 2016
- I'll tell you...11th Jul 2016
- It's my birth...3rd Jul 2016
- Just looking ...2nd Jul 2016 prev next