One I am always amused by, is the Brit expression of “knocking a girl(her) up.” that means to call on her. Of course it also applies to males as well..and that can even cause *more* confusion to the uniformed U.S. visitor. :oD
Well try chatting with a brit and him saying “I’ll be right back, I need a fag and my wife is home and she won’t let me do it here”. I definetly did a what the?
I had an acquaintance who was planning a visit to England last time I saw him. I made a point not to caution him against introducing himself with a smile, a proffered hand, and saying “Hi. I’m Randy”.
I was waiting for a good story or two to come of it.