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kuddlesworth9419 t1_jb3k79a wrote

Reply to comment by EveInGardenia in My dad rescued this school chair from a skip in the 70s. They were throwing them all out and replacing them with soulless plastic ones by 5552020

We also have a crips called skips.

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EveInGardenia t1_jb4gvu6 wrote

Crips in the US is plural for a gang haha

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kuddlesworth9419 t1_jb5ofhf wrote

I meant crisps. Sorry. You guys call them chips for some reason.

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EveInGardenia t1_jb5pbhr wrote

Oh haha that one I’m familiar with, damn English language

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kuddlesworth9419 t1_jb5qtpe wrote

English is a really stupid language, there are so many rules but they all have exceptions. And then when you move around the UK there are a bunch of different accents and new words that make no sense.

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EveInGardenia t1_jb6a9hq wrote

Oh same here in the US, my husband and I are from different sides of the country and we poke fun at each other for our regional slang all the time

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