Terms we use in America that don't make sense

[Throckmorton]

When kids argue they say "do not" "do too". The "too" makes no sense.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

"What it do."

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: yamadakun
Microsoft Works.

:laugh: ok now that[/l] made my day!

 

[sandorski]

Football---a game where the Foot only touches the Ball approx < 1% of the time.

Trailer Park----undoubtedly a Marketing ploy to get people to pay Rent and Live on a Tornado Magnet

 

[lein]

About the parkway thing, I remember someone saying that a parkway was designed as a road between parks way back when. Not sure if it's true though.

 

[HannibalX]

Names Americans use that don't make any sense: mjuszczak

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447

Originally posted by: Pepsei
examples of 10 phrases.

Whoever wrote that is a moron.

:thumbsdown:

 

[UncleWai]

Big Mac, it should be royale with cheese.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
Big Mac, it should be royale with cheese.

a big mac is a big mac... a quarter pounder with cheese is a royale with cheese due to the metric system...

 

[hiromizu]

Thanks care,
Anand

 

[torpid]

Try working in the public sector of any IT project. 99.9% of the terms either overlap with a well-established term that means something completely different, or they just flat out make no sense at all.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: Pepsei

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: Cuda1447

Originally posted by: Pepsei
examples of 10 phrases.

Whoever wrote that is a moron.

Yeah... no offense, but he sorta sounds like a little bitch.

guess what?

i couldn't agree more.

Now just a second... at the end of the day I'm sure he's a good guy. Well, not really.

 

[HammerCurl]

Regardless/irregardless and flammable/inflammable. But as far as taking a shit is concerned, I've decided I'm goin to take it as "I'm taking a shit[break]". Makes sense to me now, even if it wasn't meant that way.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

Things that don't make sense in North American English:

1) saying "Gesundheit" when someone sneezes... Why use a German word?... in England, they say/used to say "Bless you", which at least was English.
2) There's no English equivalent for the expression "Bon appetit" when you start a meal.

 

[MrDudeMan]

We say "I'm going to the hospital" and "I'm going to school". Why don't we say "the" school? It makes no sense. You aren't really distinguishing which school in the same way you aren't really distinguishing which hospital, but it definitely doesn't sound natural to say I'm going to the school, but it's the same thing as saying I'm going to the hospital.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Things that don't make sense in North American English:

1) saying "Gesundheit" when someone sneezes... Why use a German word?... in England, they say/used to say "Bless you", which at least was English.
2) There's no English equivalent for the expression "Bon appetit" when you start a meal.

#2) These days, "Good luck" might be appropriate!

 

[Fritzo]

I have, in my house, a "hot water heater". Shouldn't I have a cold water heater?

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
I'll start.

Emergency Room = Usually not just one room, but multiple multiple rooms, yet its called an Emergency Room .... COULD be called "Emergency Rooms" or "Emergency Center", but we don't say that - we say we're going to the Emergency Room.

Others?

Well Emergency Room makes Sense to me. When you have an emergency you go to the main 'room' and check in.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
Emergency Room = Usually not just one room, but multiple multiple rooms, yet its called an Emergency Room .... COULD be called "Emergency Rooms" or "Emergency Center", but we don't say that - we say we're going to the Emergency Room.

Room
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts

 

[Scouzer]

kleenex

what the hell is an emergency room???

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

axe
Let me axe you a question.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: UncleWai
Big Mac, it should be royale with cheese.

a big mac is a big mac... a quarter pounder with cheese is a royale with cheese due to the metric system...

check out the big brain on brett!

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: alrocky
Going to the bathroom

Rush Hour

you = fail.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Things that don't make sense in North American English:

1) saying "Gesundheit" when someone sneezes... Why use a German word?... in England, they say/used to say "Bless you", which at least was English.
2) There's no English equivalent for the expression "Bon appetit" when you start a meal.

1: because english and german are both western germanic languages?

2: I've started saying the japanese word lately... mostly because I'm taking japanese but also because it's a fun word: itadakimasu!

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: alrocky
Going to the bathroom

Rush Hour

you = fail.

He's right about the first one. If there's no bath, it's not a bathroom, but rather, a washroom.