American in Britain left red-faced after mixing up ‘gaff’ with very impolite phrase
An American in Britain has revealed her most embarrassing second since transferring abroad after getting two related phrases combined up.
The girl’s video has gone viral on X (previously Twitter), after she defined her awkward story that occurred whereas studying British slang.
The brunette, named Lisa, went on-line to elucidate that she hadn’t lived within the UK very lengthy when the incident occurred. She informed folks: “We had been transferring home and within the midst of this, I used to be additionally studying the lingo.
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“I used to be attempting to me cool and sound British and I had a extremely good buddy of mine, a British buddy that I’d made, and she or he was educating me totally different slang phrases. I picked up on the phrase gaff. I additionally picked up on the phrase much like that, however ending in -sh… g*sh, and obtained the 2 confused.”
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She continued: “I decided to have a housewarming party, created the WhatsApp group and called it ‘Lisa G*sh Warming Party’ and proceeded to invite family and friends.”
The video has racked up greater than 80,000 views this week since it has been shared, and plenty of could not assist however chuckle over the error. “Love this,” exclaimed one particular person, whereas one other added: “Whoops, oh dear. Still I bet the invite made you a popular girl.”
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A 3rd additionally admitted: “Ok that cracked me up,” whereas a 3rd quipped: “Seems she caused a bit of a hoo-ha.”
Loads of Americans typically share their experiences of residing in Britain on-line, nonetheless considered one of them did not go down effectively with the British public lately. Emily Simpson, from Hull, filmed her American buddy attempting Yorkshire puddings for the primary time – nonetheless the outcomes left folks fuming.