By: fallen angel » American slang http://byfallenangel.wordpress.com angelicious Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:09:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/316c246f3056b75cf235360b0a95098b?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png By: fallen angel » American slang http://byfallenangel.wordpress.com American Slang & Expressions Part 1 http://byfallenangel.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/american-slang-expressions-part-1/ http://byfallenangel.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/american-slang-expressions-part-1/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:23:08 +0000 byfallenangel http://byfallenangel.wordpress.com/?p=159 ]]>

At times when i go to a movie. I ask myself do the locals understand the slang and expressions?. Once i ask my friends and they answered me, “oh we read the subtitles”. Ooook, so i thought let’s catch up on some American slang, expressions & phrases.

Common words

Ballpark figure - a good numeric guess, an estimate..

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]]> http://byfallenangel.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/american-slang-expressions-part-1/feed/ 0 byfallenangel What’s Up With The American Slang? http://byfallenangel.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/whats-up-with-the-american-slang/ http://byfallenangel.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/whats-up-with-the-american-slang/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:57:52 +0000 byfallenangel http://byfallenangel.wordpress.com/?p=128 ]]>

Since i’ve been back for nearly 10yrs+, im sad to say i nearly lost my American slang. Well more like i’ve keep it inside of me. I can’t speak the way i use to cause people here just wouldn’t understand. They might seem like they do but they don’t. I was really frustrated when i first came back cause people can’t even understand when i ask for “water”…

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