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Alpo

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Was watching a YouTube, where this British guy was giving a list of 20 terms that confuse Brits, because that's not what they say.

 

We say soccer they say football, we have a social security number they have a national insurance number, we have a license plate on the car they have a number plate.

 

And that was all fine well and good. Then he comes up with this.

 

We have a blinker on the car, while they have an indicator.

 

I have seen the term - joke where the mechanic telling the dumb blonde that she needs a refill for her blinker fluid. Things like that.

 

But I, myself, I have never used the term blinker. It's a turn signal. And I do not believe I have ever heard anyone that I was talking to use the term blinker. They also have turn signals.

 

Any of y'all say blinker? Any of y'all know somebody that says blinker?

 

I don't even say it when they're all flashing. That's not turn signals - that's emergency flashers. Still not blinkers. :P

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I don't use the term blinker, can't think of anyone who does...

 

BUT when you say "blinker", the turn signal is the first thing that comes to my mind - so I've obviously heard it plenty; just that discussions about 'blinkers' aren't particularly memorable.

 

 

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People in SW Pennsylvania use the term “blinker”. Same as in North Carolina. Actually, my wife uses the term. I do not.

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Blinker is a very common term in Tennessee and at least Southern Kentucky.

 

"Hey, turn your d@** blinker off",

 

"Hey, use your d@** blinker when you turn",

 

"You're right blinker doesn't work"

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I use, recognize and understand both terms.

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1 hour ago, Alpo said:

That is a wink. A blink uses both eyes.

 

Alpo,

   That would be the flashers. :P

 

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I say 'blinker' as I use one when changing lanes.

If it was a  'turn signal indicator', I could only use it iffin I was turning, right?

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5 hours ago, Shotgun Willie Nelson said:

I say 'blinker' as I use one when changing lanes.

If it was a  'turn signal indicator', I could only use it iffin I was turning, right?

 

 

Or if you're turning left.

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While Pat Riot says that folks in NC use the term blinker, I haven’t heard it used that I can recall. I’ve been here 13 years and I would say that North Carolina has the highest density of 10+ year old, unused/brand new in the box, blinker/turn signals in the US of A. I think when I use my turn signal to indicate my intention to make a left or right turn the local folks are totally befuddled, forget about changing lanes on a highway.

But I’m just a transplanted Jersey Boy, what do I know?

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lift is elevator

lorry is truck

fag is cigarette

knock you up is stop by and see you

grey is gray

chips are fries

bonnet is a hood

biscuit is a cookie

cooker is a stove

crisps are potato chips

flyover is overpass

holiday is vacation

motorway is highway

petrol is gasoline

sweets is candy

tap is faucet

rubber is eraser

torch is flashlight

dustman is garbage man

nappy is diaper

Loo is toilet

barrister is attorney

 

Obviously a few can cause confusion - tell an American lady that you will be by to "knock her up" might be problematic - had an teacher who served in the navy during WWII tell me that in a bar a british sailor turned to him and said "Say mate, give me a fag?" Said he almost punched him cause he thought he was calling him gay and didn't initially understand he was asking for a cigarette.

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27 minutes ago, Cactus Jack Calder said:

But I’m just a transplanted Jersey Boy,

How long, on average, do you sit at the pump waiting, before you remember that you can pump your own gas?

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20 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Blinker is a very common term here in NE Ohio.

What do you know.....you don't even have an AR.:D

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54 minutes ago, Sixgun Seamus said:

What do you know.....you don't even have an AR.:D

I am gonna buy one.....with "blinkers "!!!

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North of the Medicine Line, I say turn signal.  

12 hours ago, Raylan said:

lift is elevator

lorry is truck

fag is cigarette

knock you up is stop by and see you

grey is gray

chips are fries

bonnet is a hood

biscuit is a cookie

cooker is a stove

crisps are potato chips

flyover is overpass

holiday is vacation

motorway is highway

petrol is gasoline

sweets is candy

tap is faucet

rubber is eraser

torch is flashlight

dustman is garbage man

nappy is diaper

Loo is toilet

barrister is attorney

 

Obviously a few can cause confusion - tell an American lady that you will be by to "knock her up" might be problematic - had an teacher who served in the navy during WWII tell me that in a bar a british sailor turned to him and said "Say mate, give me a fag?" Said he almost punched him cause he thought he was calling him gay and didn't initially understand he was asking for a cigarette.

 

Up here north of the Medicine Line we say turn signal, holidays, tap, and lawyer.

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blinker - blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side

Commonly added to a horse who needs to focus. Frequently added when a trainer doesn't quite know what to otherwise do. When added to Palice Malice a few years back ran a freakout Derby posting killer fractions.

If you're into horse racing, this is what you would think of.

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1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

I am gonna buy one.....with "blinkers "!!!

....or not!!

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I grew up in Pa, Del, and NJ, and call it a blinker.

Here in Houston, the "newly-arrived" have a driving maneuver I call the ___ shuffle, where they don't use their blinker, and just kind of shuffle over into the next lane.

Usually, I don't even bother to share with them that they're number I. 

Well, sometimes I do.....

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15 hours ago, Alpo said:

How long, on average, do you sit at the pump waiting, before you remember that you can pump your own gas?

After 13+ years around home I remember to pump myself.

The problem is when I visit NJ and jump out and try to start pumping for myself.

The attendants can get a little excited until they see my license plate.

I usually try to give them a southern drawl so they relax a little.

It wouldn't pass muster here, but what do they know they're  just "Jersey Boys".

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1 hour ago, Brazos John said:

I grew up in Pa, Del, and NJ, and call it a blinker.

Here in Houston, the "newly-arrived" have a driving maneuver I call the ___ shuffle, where they don't use their blinker, and just kind of shuffle over into the next lane.

Usually, I don't even bother to share with them that they're number I. 

Well, sometimes I do.....

Here in Ohio if you put on your blinker apparently you can just cut right in front of someone even at 70 mph!!!:rolleyes:

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