The Road Not Taken: American slang vs. English slang

Tuesday, 17 March 2009

American slang vs. English slang

We sometimes like to think that there is just one kind of English, but closer examination shows that there are so many expressions that are to be found in one part of the English-speaking world only. So if you are one of those who believe they are in total control of the English langage, take part in this competition between Hugh Laurie and Ellen Degeneres and see if you know the meaning of expressions like "flossing", "chin wag" and "ba-donka-donk".

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Ann S. Michaelsen24 March 2009 at 08:55
I really enjoyed this one! Will show it in class for a fun way to start the day!
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The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost