American things

I meant skin hives — itchy welts caused by allergy or stress

the bee population is in global decline, i imagine beekeeping must be pretty stressful

bees live in "tower blocks" in the UK

I meant skin hives — itchy welts caused by allergy or stress

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, December 4, 2019 8:34 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

i think in british english they just call that a rash?

Ha, that's right!

A rash is different than hives. Hives ime are like individual welts whereas a rash is more diffuse and has more points of irritation (many small bumps, for example). You can get them both from contact with an irritant or from mental stressors, but they are not the same thing. ime.

Maybe in BrE the technical term “urticaria” is in common parlance

(Australia has the skin version of hives too ftr. "Hickeys" started to take over from "love bites" in the '90s afaik, as with many other slang terms in Hollywood teen movies. no idea what #youths today call them)

We're lessy fussy about stuff like that over here. I'm sure there are regional names for hives, though I still don't really know what hives are... or is.

Lucky you who have never had a hive! They are utterly unrelated to hickeys aside from being skin welts visible to the naked eye.

I'm sure I have had a hive and I'm sure I just called it a rash!

The NHS apparently calls them hives but I've never heard anyone use that word irl.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hives/

I suppose we should mention zits here as well.

plukes

Exactly.

so this is a list of colloquial names for skin problems?

i had a period of acute urticaria with some angioedema of the eyes and lips recently. lasted for about 4 weeks, responded to antihistamines, was (seemingly) idiopathic.

hive are not fun

(xp) American names for skin problems.

Why is the song "Please Mr. Postman" and not "Please Mr. Mailman"?

Good question.

https://i.imgur.com/0dqHJfl.jpg

why not "carn postie"

having A/C on 24/7 but keeping the butter in the fridge 24/7 anyway

People keep butter in the fridge? (Assuming you mean butter that is in the butter dish to be used soon, not backup butter)

oh yes!

I don’t know if people who do that. It would make the butter hard to spread.

yes, yes it does!

Wait, Je55e?!! Hello!

we keep butter in the fridge and I don't really know why. I personally never spread it on anything and only use it for cooking.

I’m dumb

Well if you aren’t going to spread it keep it in the fridge. Put butter to spread on things on the counter. The Tao of butter.

In the Prime Grateful Dead doc, their british tour manager comments that Americans are unusually obsessed with defining "what america is" and I thought that was a good observation, although not much to do with butter

https://www.countrylanekitchens.net/images/products/thumb/butter_bell_antique_white_linen_2.jpg

I have one of these butter bells, a little bit of water in the bottom and it stays fresh and spreadable for weeks

Wait, Je55e?!! Hello!

I store butter in the refrigerator, but the dish of butter-in-use stays out on the counter, except during the hotter months of summer. i'mamericanbtw.

Steve Miller Band, "Greatest Hits 1974-1978"

somebody get me a cheeseburger

Lacrosse

Might want to google that one

La crosse, Wisconsin, maybe.

Is that different from (non-ice) Hockey? Seems massive here in Belgium.

1. biscuits & gravy

... and I'm proud to be an American!

otm

Three Dog Night
Grateful Dead
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Eagles
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Kiss
Boston
Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Doobie Brothers
Grand Funk Railroad
John Fogerty
J Geils Band
Foghat
Styx
Cheap Trick
REO Speedwagon
Kansas
George Thorogood & the Destroyers

there's an odd one out in that list (although it still works cos nobody likes them in their home country)

which

Foghat are British

Foghat? Ohhh, they're British?

like, literally no one cares in the UK

(and I'll be honest and say I got most of those names (incl. Foghat) from a list of 'Greatest American Bands')

Lacrosse

― S-, Wednesday, September 9, 2020 10:52 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

Might want to google that one

― rob, Wednesday, September 9, 2020 11:37 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

What am I missing?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America,

International lacrosse
Further information: List of national lacrosse organizations

Lacrosse has historically been played for the most part in Canada and the United States,