Why do Americans say "Craig" funny?

[KingLlama]

 

[BagOLaughs]

Stupid autocorrect. That was supposed to say YOU ARE ALL WONDERFUL

OK, but you do know you can edit posts right? If that was a joke it wasn't funny.

 

[Indio]

In the southeastern US, we call the back of the car the boot or trunk. I have some friends in the UK that call it the boot. We also say "yonder" - i.e. 'we're about to go over yonder'. My UK friends also said yonder! I thought that was pretty wild since you don't hear people saying yonder when you get too far out of the south here!

 

[Princess Jes]

What's a yabby?

I guess its a cousin of a prawn or a crayfish? It's tail is more flat and wide

The North American version of this is the Mallomar. Graham cracker base. Also similar ingredients in a moon pie. But I doubt if they are as tasty as what you have in the UK. Think the big difference is in the quality of your UK chocolate. Huge taste difference to what we have in North America. In Canada, we have a lot of Rowntree/Nestle chocolate bars like Kitkat, Coffee Crisp, etc but the actual chocolate in them just doesn't taste as wonderful as your UK chocolate. We sometimes joke that its your English Jersey cows and that they give superior milk for the milk chocolate.

We have those, they're called royals.
And I think your moon pie might be similar to our wagon wheel

It's funny you mention that. I work in the UK Cadbury factory and the milk that goes into the chocolate is actually a big factor in flavor. So you guys were bang on the money.

There is a different cadbury factory in Ireland which makes chocolate for the Irish market and their chocolate tastes completely different to English Cadbury chocolate. And one of the reasons is that's because it comes from Irish cows. The same goes for aussi cadbury.

The only thing is our cows are Herefordshire cows not jersey. But, to me they make yummy milk too.

You Canadians are also the only other place in the world who manufactures creme eggs. It's UK and canada, that's it.

We have creme and scream eggs here in Australia too.

 

[Princess Jes]

In the southeastern US, we call the back of the car the boot or trunk. I have some friends in the UK that call it the boot. We also say "yonder" - i.e. 'we're about to go over yonder'. My UK friends also said yonder! I thought that was pretty wild since you don't hear people saying yonder when you get too far out of the south here!

We call it a boot. The boot of the car.

And yonder gets used occasionally here too. But if we are talking about somewhere really far away in the middle of nowhere, we call it "whoop whoop"

 

[samsteele]

We have those, they're called royals.
And I think your moon pie might be similar to our wagon wheel

We used to have wagon wheels in Canada when I was a kid. They made a mint one (had bright neon grasshopper green marshmallow filling) that was to die for!

We have creme and scream eggs here in Australia too.

Yaay! I always pick up one or 2 at Easter as a treat. But they seem to be growing a bit smaller each year? (or maybe I'm getting bigger . . . and not in a good way!)

 

[samsteele]

We call it a boot. The boot of the car.

And yonder gets used occasionally here too. But if we are talking about somewhere really far away in the middle of nowhere, we call it "whoop whoop"

We call it the trunk in Canada.

The only time we use "yonder" is in reference to aviation/flying in the last century as in "the wild blue yonder."

Never heard of "whoop whoop." But for out in the woods away from civilization we say "out in the sticks" or "out in the boonies." Boonies being a play on boondocks.

 

[Princess Jes]

We have those, they're called royals.
And I think your moon pie might be similar to our wagon wheel

We used to have wagon wheels in Canada when I was a kid. They made a mint one (had bright neon grasshopper green marshmallow filling) that was to die for!

We have creme and scream eggs here in Australia too.

Yaay! I always pick up one or 2 at Easter as a treat. But they seem to be growing a bit smaller each year? (or maybe I'm getting bigger . . . and not in a good way!)

We have access to creme eggs year round I think, or we used to? I don't eat them (not a chocolate fan) so I'm not sure.

We call it the trunk in Canada.

The only time we use "yonder" is in reference to aviation/flying in the last century as in "the wild blue yonder."

Never heard of "whoop whoop." But for out in the woods away from civilization we say "out in the sticks" or "out in the boonies." Boonies being a play on boondocks.

We use "in the sticks" as well.
I live just out of the city in melbourne, about 30 minute drive, and people say "gee you live out in the sticks" which is not the case! Lol

 

[ForMyBoys]

OK I admit I only read 6 out of 10 pages so apologize if any of this is a repeat.

I grew up in Texas, my mom Wisconsin, she then moved us back to Wisconsin when I was in high school. Some clear differences. We used to tease her for saying "Melk" instead of Milk and "Beg" instad of Bag. Now that I've lived here in MKE so long I've noticed I sometimes say it that way too, although I try to correct myself!

In San Antonio everything was a coke. You'd order a coke, they'd say what kind. I got to MKE ordered a coke and they gave me a coke (I wanted a Dr. Pepper) and I was quite confused.

In Milwaukee a drinking fountain is a bubbler.

Also we many times call cash/ATM machines, Tyme machines (pronounced Time). When visiting family in Texas I told them I needed to stop at a time machine to get some cash. Everyone started laughing thinking I was making a joke about going back in time to make money??? I don't know, but it took me a minute to figure out what caused all the laughter.

 

[Princess Jes]

A slang term for an ATM is a "hole in the wall" here.

 

[samsteele]

A slang term for an ATM is a "hole in the wall" here.

If you asked for a "hole in the wall" in Canada, we'd give you directions to a bar. Some "hole in the walls" are fun & trendy. But traditionally, they are rough & tumble joints where the locals hang out & drink heavily.

 

[samsteele]

Not quite on topic but for Princess Jes & the Aussies & Kiwis: have you considered going to the Dis parks in Asia? And for BagoLaughs & the Brits: have you tried Disney Paris? Thinking that the savings in airfare alone would make it tempting. I understand the park sz is not the same as the huge WDW Florida but still . . . A huge plus for a Cdn is quick direct flight to Orlando. And if I go with a US carrier out of a Northern US city (eg Syracuse, Buffalo, etc) then the airfare is competitive.

 

[Princess Jes]

I haven't, no.
Hong Kong and China dont interest me, and Japan isn't a cheap country to visit, even for us.
The flight is so much shorter and you can usually get them for about the same price as a flight to LAX, but I don't think there's enough there that interests me outside of the disney parks.

I like that the USA holds other interests for us, so making the 30+ hour trip from melbourneto MCO is worth it because you can then do NYC, Las Vegas etc.

We left melbourne at 8am on the 26th of March last year, got to sydney, (1h 20m flight time) had a short 1.5 hour layover, but did customs and all that there, so it went quickly. Then a 14 hour flight to LA (very soon after MH370 went missing and we had turbulence for 13 of those hours) then a 2.5 hour layover in LAX, which was eaten up by 1.5 just to get through security and customs, what a joke. Then the 6 hour flight to MCO. Then the 30 minute nears shuttle to Universal. And it got us there around 5:30pm on the 26th. So 30.5 hours of travel at a rough calculation, including the 30 minute drive to the airport in melbourne, then we did check in, had a shower etc, then hit up city walk for dinner and to try and push out bed time until a reasonable time so we could get up bright and early for early entry to WWoHP.
It's quite a trek for us to get to orlando in one hit, but I think it's worth the investment for the whole trip.
It's easier coming home as we do the west coast at the end of the trip, so it's shorter

 

[BagOLaughs]

Not quite on topic but for Princess Jes & the Aussies & Kiwis: have you considered going to the Dis parks in Asia? And for BagoLaughs & the Brits: have you tried Disney Paris? Thinking that the savings in airfare alone would make it tempting. I understand the park sz is not the same as the huge WDW Florida but still . . . A huge plus for a Cdn is quick direct flight to Orlando. And if I go with a US carrier out of a Northern US city (eg Syracuse, Buffalo, etc) then the airfare is competitive.

A lot of Brits do DLP, you need only look at my avatar. We don't even have to fly as we have the euro star which goes direct from London and literally drops you at the entrance to the parks. I'm not kidding it's like 100m from DLP train station to DLP park entrance. When I was growing up that was my only Disney experience as it wasn't until I was 14 when I did my 1st trip to WDW.

I've also been to Tokyo Disney which was amazing! But that was last year and was self funded. It wasn't cheap but I've always wanted to go to Japan and Tokyo Disney was just an added extra. It was so worth it.

I'm currently planning a trip to Hong Kong in 2016 as again I've always wanted to go and Disney is a nice little extra which just happens to be there.

Flights with BA (British Airways) are roughly the same for all 3 destinations £600-£800 at quiet times of the year. But the one thing that makes WDW really accessible is all the package deals which really bring the prices down for holidays in Orlando. I'm sure that's gotta be the same in Aus and Canada too?

So what about you? Is it mainly WDW or can you do DL and Cali just as easily?

 

[BagOLaughs]

30.5 hours of travel at a rough calculation

That it dedication. I commend you princess Jess! That is honestly very impressive. Are there no direct flights from Melbourne?

 

[mattincanberra]

Not quite on topic but for Princess Jes & the Aussies & Kiwis: have you considered going to the Dis parks in Asia? And for BagoLaughs & the Brits: have you tried Disney Paris? Thinking that the savings in airfare alone would make it tempting. I understand the park sz is not the same as the huge WDW Florida but still . . . A huge plus for a Cdn is quick direct flight to Orlando. And if I go with a US carrier out of a Northern US city (eg Syracuse, Buffalo, etc) then the airfare is competitive.

Aussie here - been to Disneyland Hong Kong (its tiny, and when I was last there some years ago, it's coming attraction was Small World) and Universal Singapore (was there last month) - think a smaller, more "safe and mild" version of Islands of Adventure (with a casino underneath!!!), but never been to Tokyo Disney.

I think for many Australians who travel we are "used" to long flights, and once you are on the plane the 5 hours difference in getting to LA vs Tokyo feels less huge. We tend to get Disneyland marketing vs WDW - so Qantas and Air New Zealand in particular will always have a deal of some form into Disneyland - and i think taking the kids to Disneyland/Universal/Hollywood is an aspirational trip for many Australians.

And yes I say Cray-g for Craig... I spend a fair bit of time in the states and until Craig came on the show I had never thought about it but now wonder how many Craigs I have upset in meetings/social situations by calling them not their name!

And on the more general word thing, I am surprised when I'm with mates in the states the things that entertain us - Kevin was entertained by my calling beets beetroot, I am endlessly confused by the scone/biscuit/cookie conundrum (how can all these things be interchangeable), and the number of different words people have for soft drink/pop/soda/coke....

That said, regional variation isn't unique to the US, when I went to school in Brisbane, Australia we carried our ports to school and left them on a port rack outside our classroom, and ate picnic ham sandwiches for lunch, and when we got home put on a pair of togs and went for a swim in the backyard pool...

 

[samsteele]

But the one thing that makes WDW really accessible is all the package deals which really bring the prices down for holidays in Orlando. I'm sure that's gotta be the same in Aus and Canada too?

So what about you? Is it mainly WDW or can you do DL and Cali just as easily?

I think UK guests have one of the best WDW pkg deals with free dining offered for more dates than just the restricted Fall dates. But I understand this is viable mostly because of the length of your visits (often 2 weeks +?). I also suspect it acts to make spending much if any time at Universal prohibitive for fear of not getting all the dining credits used? So works for Disney. In Canada, we sometimes have free dining pkgs avail in late summer as a lead in to the Fall dates. I think we have been offered an extra week or two that isn't normally offered to American guests. However, as my parents are retired & spend a good amount of time in Florida, I know enough about the unpredictable Florida summer & early fall weather to stay clear. I'd rather spend a bit more $ and travel in late October/early Nov for a chance at better weather & to be outside the hurricane box. While the hurricane season has traditionally not been as nasty & destructive in Orlando as it certainly can be on the coasts, it's still an issue (at least for me) & I don't wish to risk my vacation dollars. Re free dining for North Americans (US & Canada), I think many North Americans also suspect that this year may be the last of what we know as the Fall free dining event because WDW attendance is up significantly & may not be a financial need for WDW to offer this program in the future.

Mainly WDW for me because the airfare is significantly cheaper to Orlando than to LA. I have been to LA as a child with my family but only went to Universal then as we had one day at MK in the early 70s so for my parents, it was a been there, seen that thing. Of course, both WDW & DL have grown significantly over the past decades & much more to do now.

 

[lttlmc3]

If anyone wants to explain what a York pudding is, that would be great. Looks like a roll with gravy.

 

[mattincanberra]

If anyone wants to explain what a York pudding is, that would be great. Looks like a roll with gravy.

A Yorkshire pudding is very similar to a popover. And you are right, traditionally served with a roast dinner with gravy - less so in Australia but certainly in the UK

 

[Princess Jes]

A lot of Brits do DLP, you need only look at my avatar. We don't even have to fly as we have the euro star which goes direct from London and literally drops you at the entrance to the parks. I'm not kidding it's like 100m from DLP train station to DLP park entrance. When I was growing up that was my only Disney experience as it wasn't until I was 14 when I did my 1st trip to WDW.

I've also been to Tokyo Disney which was amazing! But that was last year and was self funded. It wasn't cheap but I've always wanted to go to Japan and Tokyo Disney was just an added extra. It was so worth it.

I'm currently planning a trip to Hong Kong in 2016 as again I've always wanted to go and Disney is a nice little extra which just happens to be there.

Flights with BA (British Airways) are roughly the same for all 3 destinations £600-£800 at quiet times of the year. But the one thing that makes WDW really accessible is all the package deals which really bring the prices down for holidays in Orlando. I'm sure that's gotta be the same in Aus and Canada too?

So what about you? Is it mainly WDW or can you do DL and Cali just as easily?

As mattincanberra said, the deals are usually a flights/accom/tickets for DL, never anything for WDW. I had to school out travel agent at work on WDW for her cousin who is headed there in a few weeks!!

That it dedication. I commend you princess Jess! That is honestly very impressive. Are there no direct flights from Melbourne?

Nope. Most flights from australia are out of sydney to lax, sometime qantas will go direct from melbourne but they're not usually the cheapest fare.
Otherwise we can go from Syd to Dallas Fort Worth, which we will probably look into next trip as its only an extra hour on the long haul, but significantly shorter on the MCO leg.

Aussie here - been to Disneyland Hong Kong (its tiny, and when I was last there some years ago, it's coming attraction was Small World) and Universal Singapore (was there last month) - think a smaller, more "safe and mild" version of Islands of Adventure (with a casino underneath!!!), but never been to Tokyo Disney.

I think for many Australians who travel we are "used" to long flights, and once you are on the plane the 5 hours difference in getting to LA vs Tokyo feels less huge. We tend to get Disneyland marketing vs WDW - so Qantas and Air New Zealand in particular will always have a deal of some form into Disneyland - and i think taking the kids to Disneyland/Universal/Hollywood is an aspirational trip for many Australians.

And yes I say Cray-g for Craig... I spend a fair bit of time in the states and until Craig came on the show I had never thought about it but now wonder how many Craigs I have upset in meetings/social situations by calling them not their name!

And on the more general word thing, I am surprised when I'm with mates in the states the things that entertain us - Kevin was entertained by my calling beets beetroot, I am endlessly confused by the scone/biscuit/cookie conundrum (how can all these things be interchangeable), and the number of different words people have for soft drink/pop/soda/coke....

That said, regional variation isn't unique to the US, when I went to school in Brisbane, Australia we carried our ports to school and left them on a port rack outside our classroom, and ate picnic ham sandwiches for lunch, and when we got home put on a pair of togs and went for a swim in the backyard pool...

And yes, we are used to having to do long flights.
I'm going to bali in a fortnight and that 5/6 hour trip will be a breeze! Lol.
But then, I love to fly. Economy can get uncomfortable but it's all I know so it's not so bad.

I've got another one:
Coozies. We call them "stubby holders" because... they hold stubbies! Lol.
We call certain bottled beer a stubby.
They're a shorter, fatter glass bottle. Google "Carlton draught stubby" or "victoria bitter stubby" to get an idea, compare it to a corona bottle.
The stubby holders also hold a can, so same diameter.

Also, what the heck is up with plastic bud light bottles on universal property?! Felt like drinking out of a coke bottle, terrible.
We also got a kick out of the aluminum (pronounced al-you-min-ee-um, not al-ooo-min-um) bottled beer? That was weird too