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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 6:28:34 AM
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GrahamCracker
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Diane,
Do you know of anyone who refers to the red stinging insects as "waspers"? (accent on the first syllable). I have never heard anyone outside of North Georgia pronounce it that way and most of them were my relatives.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 9:45:04 AM
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doinkdom
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never heard of waspers, but we do say antsies when referring to the black sugar ants.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 10:22:56 AM
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Getting "antsy" here in the UK means being fidgety and unsettled (probably comes from the phrase "having ants in your pants" which people used to say to children who couldn't sit still, lol)
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 10:30:59 AM
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Squash is a fruit-based liquid concentrate, sold in bottles, which you dilute with water to make a soft drink. It contains colour and flavouring (might be natural or synthetic) and preservative(s) plus either sugar or artificial sweeteners.
The amount of actual juice content varies from product to product, the dearer ones containing the most actual juice.
I don't drink a lot of squash, if I do, it's the 'high juice' ones ~ mainly because they don't generally contain any artificial junk but I think they taste better...
I did buy a devine cordial the other day ~ cost nearly £4 for 750ml but it's worth it... can't remember the flavour off-hand.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 10:31:32 AM
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Getting "antsy" here in the UK means being fidgety and unsettled (probably comes from the phrase "having ants in your pants" which people used to say to children who couldn't sit still, lol)
That's what it means to me too
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 10:40:16 AM
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antsy is a verb...we use that in the same way.
antsies is a noun - for those annoying black ants that form a line into your house and get into everthing! Ugh, they were a major pest when we lived in the rural part of FL. It was probably a regional thing.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 10:56:57 AM
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Mom used to sing a little ditty to us when were "antsy".
You've got ants in your pants and they make you dance. 
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 10:59:27 AM
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doinkdom
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wasn't there a ditty about ants in your pants and being from France or something like that?
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 11:46:40 AM
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lol
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 11:54:06 AM
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I see London, I see France, I see Doinkdom's underpants!
 Oh yeah, that was it...
it's definitely been a while
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 12:42:53 PM
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antsy is a verb...we use that in the same way.
I've never heard antsy used as a verb, only as an adjective.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 1:17:21 PM
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verb, adjective 
I feel antsy - adjective?
Don't be antsy - verb? as in move around in action
No??? 
ok, so we're very southern and sometimes use them interchangeably what do we know?
I have a friend from up north and it makes her crazy to hear us say "I'm fixin' to do xyz..."
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 1:29:48 PM
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I'm always fixin' to do this or that. It must be from growing up in SC. 
that explains a lot
well, 'cept for the good grammar 
we ain't got none o' that 'round here
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 1:31:07 PM
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antsy is a verb...we use that in the same way.
I've never heard antsy used as a verb, only as an adjective.
well, honey come on down here and we'll show ya how it's done
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 1:49:24 PM
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doinkdom
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Well, with mom's family being from the swamps of Florida and Dad's family a bunch of scrapping Irishmen - I'm thrilled I can talk at all.
My grammar is terrible, but I do try to correct it as much as I can.
I've learned some things...like irrelevant should be either relevant or not relevant.
Irregardless is not a word.
stuff like that.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/1/2008 2:11:28 PM
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Irregardless is not a word.
It ain't?
Is dethawed?
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