I need help of you Americans.

[BoxingGorilla]

I use words like "rubbish" and "telly" all the time. I don't think that is British per se it's just popular language. I say "Kapitan" and I'm not German. I say "bueno" and I'm not Mexican.

I've always had a thing for words.

[El Kabong]

Yes but rubbish and telly are gay words.....just watch Eddie Murphy Raw, that should help you out more than anything else.

[donnydarkoIRL]

You know what I never get....
Kids calling their Dad's sir in America.

[El Kabong]

sir and ma'am are signs of respect....you don't have to be a fucking knight to be called sir here. Therefore the lowest economic classes over here can still recieve respect from their children and sometimes co-workers or even everyday people.

[OumaFan]

I never called my mom or dad sir or maam, not out of a lack of respect, it just wasn't what me or my brother did. It just seems a bit odd to me, too formal and I wouldn't want my kids doing it either. Did always use it for other people's parents/old people in general.

The one English thing I could never get used to is mate. Just doesn't sound right.

[leftylee]

This 'mate' word I always use on myspace and stuff. I also use lad a fir bit. In Liverpool we say "Scran" for food and we use the word "Sound" for good, decent etc and also the word "Swerve" i.e. (swerve this lesson or swerve gettin the train lad haha)

The scouse accenet is the best

[BoxingGorilla]

I never called my mom or dad sir or maam, not out of a lack of respect, it just wasn't what me or my brother did. It just seems a bit odd to me, too formal and I wouldn't want my kids doing it either. Did always use it for other people's parents/old people in general.

The one English thing I could never get used to is mate. Just doesn't sound right.

Yeah, I never used that "sir" or "ma'am" crap when dealing with my parents. I had a friend whose parents made him address them as such and I found it quite ridiculous! My friend's father always called him "son" instead of his name. I thought it strange and wondered how such a tradition got started.

I call my father "Dad" and my mother "Ma."

Mate is hard to get used to but I through it around now and again

[El Kabong]

Yeah, I never used that "sir" or "ma'am" crap when dealing with my parents. I had a friend whose parents made him address them as such and I found it quite ridiculous! My friend's father always called him "son" instead of his name. I thought it strange and wondered how such a tradition got started.

I call my father "Dad" and my mother "Ma."

Mate is hard to get used to but I through it around now and again

It's not just for parents either but the reason BG didn't use Sir or Ma'am is because he's a God Damned Yankee