A lot of the new friends I have made here are from the US and Canada so I have started to become a bit bilingual and saying words that I would never normally use. As always – here is a list:
Work out – or Canadians ‘work ouwt!’
Elevator
That’s hilarious (sometimes instead of laughing)
Trash / garbage can
The washroom (This is a euphemism for going to the toilet)
Hey, what’s up?
Hydrated (This one gets me, I have never in my life heard an English person use the word hydrated. ‘Man, I need some hydration.’ ‘I feel so hydrated right now’.)
Grocery store
Drug store
It is amazing how often North Americans shorten their words and sayings into acronyms and half words. This is sometimes difficult and I have to ask for clarity sometimes.
DL – Means ‘down low’ or ‘keep it quiet’
FYI – for your information.
It is great to so many nice people and I wont gush about them because it will be boring for you guys but for those who are interested I am happy here and it is because I have a good group (some of whom talk funny!)
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