the Europe -> North America translation thread

[teal_dx]

This thread is meant to be entertaining as well as educational. From hanging out on CSC I learned a lot, but there's still some things I have no clue about!

first lets start with the basic translations for those who don't know:
mate = friend
wee = little
rocker cover = valve cover
spray = paint
bonnet = hood
boot = trunk lid
eggsauce = cat back
mud guards = mud flaps
tidy = clean
feeling gutted = sad?
T Cut = brand of polish
tosser = wanker = loser
fook = fuck
sexual = sexy
sick = good!
titty = looks stupid or did something stupid
fag = cigarette (or gay depending on part of the country)
over the moon = happy?
top notch = perfect
petrol cap = gas cap
rude = good?
back box = axle back exhaust
ignition leads = spark plug wires

Post any unfamiliar terms and we'll figure them out. Then I'll add them to the list above^^^

Here's a couple recent ones I am wondering about...

Looks really clean and the red looks like it has seen its fair share of T cut!!!

does 'T cut' mean it has been buffed?

That guys a tosser

tosser = loser?

[eg-civic-racer]

T cut is a special polish over here, its a colour restorer made by Turtle Wax


http://www.ciao.co.uk/Car_Plan_T_Cut_Co ... t__5339361


second
Tosser does mean losser, but in the sence of a Wanker! lol

[vtec_gloucester]

@ this thread.

rear bonnet = trunk lid?

we dont call it the rear bonnet, we call it the boot.

if there is any other words you guys want help with post them up on here and i'll help as much as i can...

also, if there is a word i dont know that one of you guys say i'll post it up on here.

i can see this being quite funny.

[chnzgoofball]

This thread is meant to be entertaining as well as educational. From hanging out on CSC I learned a lot, but there's still some things I have no clue about!

first lets start with the basic translations for those who don't know:
mate = friend
wee = little
rocker cover = valve cover
spray = paint
bonnet = hood
rear bonnet = trunk lid?
eggsauce = cat back
mud guards = mud flaps
tidy = clean
feeling gutted = sad?

Post any unfamiliar terms and we'll figure them out. Then I'll add them to the list above^^^

Here's a couple recent ones I am wondering about...

Looks really clean and the red looks like it has seen its fair share of T cut!!!

does 'T cut' mean it has been buffed?

That guys a tosser

tosser = loser?

hahah this is pretty entertaining put a smile right on my face this morning hahaha

[teal_dx]

what about "fook" as in "got fook done today"
fook = shit?
here we say "I got shit done today" for us, shit = nothing

or "sexual" as in "the paint looks sexual"
sexual = sexy?

I also see "mental" used a lot, as in "that EG is mental"
mental = ill = sick?

[eg-civic-racer]

fook=fuck

you got sexual right

and sick=good!!

God damn brits eh!!

[teal_dx]

cool, on mental = ill = sick, over here we say "those rims are sick" when they look good, so:

mental = ill = sick = good

[eg-civic-racer]

Got it in one!!

We speak the same lingo really!!

[asianrob]

oo and

Fag= cigarette lol!

[vtec_gloucester]

oo and

Fag= cigarette lol!

lmao

your right

[teal_dx]

haha, if you guys ever come over here and try to bum a smoke, don't say "can someone lend me a fag?"

[vtec_gloucester]

lmao - so fag for you guys means gay... yeh?

over here "fag" means cig but can also mean a gay person...

we have the same word with different meanings. lol

depends where abouts in the country you are.

[Benji_Esi]

haha, my friends mum went to texas on holiday, went into a local shop and asked for some fags. lmao.

she couldn't understand what she did wrong

[teal_dx]

haha, my friends mum went to texas on holiday, went into a local shop and asked for some fags. lmao.

she couldn't understand what she did wrong

LMAO
in Texas of all states! I'm surprised the shop owner didn't try to hang her lol
(texas is probably the closest thing we still have to the Wild West gun toting days) I wouldn't want to ask the locals to help me "find fags"

[chnzgoofball]

haha, my friends mum went to texas on holiday, went into a local shop and asked for some fags. lmao.

she couldn't understand what she did wrong

LMAO
in Texas of all states! I'm surprised the shop owner didn't try to hang her lol
(texas is probably the closest thing we still have to the Wild West gun toting days) I wouldn't want to ask the locals to help me "find fags"

x2 hahahaha