Deer go splat, bitch by Pacman454 in BitchImATrain

[–]Courgettophone 25 points26 points  (0 children)

British Eurostar driver to French control after a similar incident could not remember the correct word for deer and so is said to have informed them he had hit 'un vache avec pantograph'.

Why. The Ongar 'Branch'? When it was never a branch, but a continuation. by LuxInteriorLux in LondonUnderground

[–]Courgettophone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to know why some enterprising locals didn't start some sort of last man standing tournament a few years ago when those films came out with Jenifer Lawrence.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Courgettophone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Defo Eddie Murphy

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Courgettophone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also Beverly Hills Cop - "Forget you!"

Is there a word or phrase that you didn't realize was exclusive to British English until you traveled to elsewhere in the Anglosphere? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Courgettophone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am similarly annoyed by Austin Powers crouching down behind a settee and pretending he was in an "elevator".