Question for UK members: tipping?

[Sisko_is_my_captain]

Maybe a person from the UK can help me out with this completely random question. I came across this image on wikipedia today and I was curious - does 'tipping' in this context (on the sign in the photo) refer to being charged a toll to use the road or perhaps to dumping trash from a vehicle?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P50904161.jpg
A Byway (Green Lane) in Grendon - Northamptonshire.

 

[trampledamage]

It means no dumping rubbish.

(to present my bona-fides - I was born and brought up in Britain )

 

[Hermiod]

Specifically, it refers to fly tipping.

 

[Sisko_is_my_captain]

Fascinating - thanks you two.

 

[Miss Chicken]

such a sign would have the same meaning in Australia too.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

Specifically, it refers to fly tipping.

You know, the first image I got in my head was a fly version of cow tipping!!!!

Neither, of course, are actually POSSIBLE...but wow...the language differences between the UK and US are astounding!

Now, another question for those of you in the UK...is it true that there are certain Americanisms that sound a bit archaic to your ears?

 

[Hermiod]

Specifically, it refers to fly tipping.

You know, the first image I got in my head was a fly version of cow tipping!!!!

Neither, of course, are actually POSSIBLE...but wow...the language differences between the UK and US are astounding!

Now, another question for those of you in the UK...is it true that there are certain Americanisms that sound a bit archaic to your ears?

We can't understand a word you lot are saying most of the time.

 

[ShimmeringFacet]

Now, another question for those of you in the UK...is it true that there are certain Americanisms that sound a bit archaic to your ears?

Interesting. I'm not British, but I read that the word "gotten" isn't used in UK English anymore, but apparently it had been up until the late 17th century.

 

[Hermiod]

Now, another question for those of you in the UK...is it true that there are certain Americanisms that sound a bit archaic to your ears?

Interesting. I'm not British, but I read that the word "gotten" isn't used in UK English anymore, but apparently it had been up until the late 17th century.

I don't think that one is true.

"By the time he'd gotten up, the postman had already been".

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Now, another question for those of you in the UK...is it true that there are certain Americanisms that sound a bit archaic to your ears?

Interesting. I'm not British, but I read that the word "gotten" isn't used in UK English anymore, but apparently it had been up until the late 17th century.

I don't think that one is true.

"By the time he'd gotten up, the postman had already been".

Yeah, that's not true. There are some weirdness with some words though, like snigger/snicker, apparently snicker is the original word, which over has morphed in to snigger, but not in the US.

 

[Deckerd]

The US squeamishness with coarse expressions is quite amusing. The universal use of 'bathroom' for toilet is one of them and 'going to the bathroom'; as in 'the dog went to the bathroom on the floor'.

 

[captcalhoun]

yeah, it took me ages to work out what the hell the writer was referring to in a book when they said about a kid 'running to the bathroom' at school.

i was like 'WTF? They have bathrooms in school? Does it mean the showers at the gym?'

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

Specifically, it refers to fly tipping.

You know, the first image I got in my head was a fly version of cow tipping!!!!

Neither, of course, are actually POSSIBLE...but wow...the language differences between the UK and US are astounding!

Now, another question for those of you in the UK...is it true that there are certain Americanisms that sound a bit archaic to your ears?

We can't understand a word you lot are saying most of the time.

Is it our accent, or vocabulary? I always thought Americans speak slowly in comparison to some from the UK...

 

[Hermiod]

Is it our accent, or vocabulary? I always thought Americans speak slowly in comparison to some from the UK...

I was kidding, but there are some distinct differences now.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

You know, the first image I got in my head was a fly version of cow tipping!!!!

Neither, of course, are actually POSSIBLE...but wow...the language differences between the UK and US are astounding!

Now, another question for those of you in the UK...is it true that there are certain Americanisms that sound a bit archaic to your ears?

We can't understand a word you lot are saying most of the time.

Is it our accent, or vocabulary? I always thought Americans speak slowly in comparison to some from the UK...

Think that was a joke. We're basically bombarded with American TV shows, Movies, etc so it'd be pretty have to get along without understanding you.

 

[SilentP]

Despite my being born and lived in the UK for 20 years, I've had people occasionally ask had I ever lived in the States for a long time (only visited less than a dozen times, and never more than 2 weeks at a time)

A few people have explained that it may be that I have a slight 'neutral' accent, that's not instantly indentifiable to some British people. I'd just blame it on watching a lot of American shows when I was young though. *shrug*

 

[Count Zero]

You know, I always wondered how the various British accents turned into the American accents. With Australians and New Zealanders, you can still hear their British origin, but not really with Americans (and Canadians). Odd.

 

[Deckerd]

A lot of American accents are based on Irish and Southwest and West England accents. You definitely hear the origins in these places.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

You know, I always wondered how the various British accents turned into the American accents. With Australians and New Zealanders, you can still hear their British origin, but not really with Americans (and Canadians). Odd.

I wouldn't say that's necessarily true. I mean in different areas of the US you can pick out dialects from Britain. Plus a lot are mixtures of various accents. Besides the fact there's a lot of other settlers from other nations to throw in to the mix, as well as the natural drift of British accents. There was a study that said a lot of southern American accents are actually close to 17th century British accents than most British accents today are. But who knows how accurate that is.

 

[Count Zero]

A lot of American accents are based on Irish and Southwest and West England accents. You definitely hear the origins in these places.

I wouldn't say that's necessarily true. I mean in different areas of the US you can pick out dialects from Britain. Plus a lot are mixtures of various accents. Besides the fact there's a lot of other settlers from other nations to throw in to the mix, as well as the natural drift of British accents. There was a study that said a lot of southern American accents are actually close to 17th century British accents than most British accents today are. But who knows how accurate that is.

Thnaks for the answers. It seems like more study is required from my part. I have no idea how Southwest and West England accents sound and I probably haven't heard enough different US accents.