Is 'bangs' an American expression or has it always been used in the UK as well?
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Think its come here from America, like so many expressions 
I happen to be watching 'The Big Bang Theory' and a character mentioned bangs.
It will always be a fringe to me, even though I will never, ever have one again. 
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
I happen to be watching 'The Big Bang Theory' and a character mentioned bangs.
It will always be a fringe to me, even though I will never, ever have one again.
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
I happen to be watching 'The Big Bang Theory' and a character mentioned bangs.
It will always be a fringe to me, even though I will never, ever have one again.
Aww thats sad you could always try a syrup:
Is this why I always seem to have hair transplants as an advert
over there >>>>
I like this
Nice style
Ahhh yes... the Dickie Greenleaf look 
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
I happen to be watching 'The Big Bang Theory' and a character mentioned bangs.
It will always be a fringe to me, even though I will never, ever have one again.
Aww thats sad you could always try a syrup:
Oh yes ... if ever there was a character
Originally Posted by Saint:
Is this why I always seem to have hair transplants as an advert
over there >>>>
I'm getting "fly to Barcelona with Jet2.com" !
While your doing that - once again, with style . . .
Originally Posted by Saint:
Ouch!
Looks like tattoos to me and I don't like the idea of those needles.
Think I will stick with my hair as it is - au natural.
Can you choose a style that most reprazentz your own and post a pic please
I've always been interested in the American culture from a young age and since being online have US friends, have also visited the US a few times but I learnt many years ago that what they call bangs we call a fringe. Considering both countries speak "English" it's amazing how many differences there are in spelling and words for the same thing.
Originally Posted by Yellow Rose:
I've always been interested in the American culture from a young age and since being online have US friends, have also visited the US a few times but I learnt many years ago that what they call bangs we call a fringe. Considering both countries speak "English" it's amazing how many differences there are in spelling and words for the same thing.
YR, I need to remember what you have said above as will have a growing interest in the US in the coming two years. It would be good to pick your brains at some point.
I suppose it's a bit like the UK, there are many parts of it which have different words for many things. The one which seems to raise it's head quite often is bread cake, bap, roll, barm (sp)... etc.
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Yellow Rose:
I've always been interested in the American culture from a young age and since being online have US friends, have also visited the US a few times but I learnt many years ago that what they call bangs we call a fringe. Considering both countries speak "English" it's amazing how many differences there are in spelling and words for the same thing.
YR, I need to remember what you have said above as will have a growing interest in the US in the coming two years. It would be good to pick your brains at some point.
I suppose it's a bit like the UK, there are many parts of it which have different words for many things. The one which seems to raise it's head quite often is bread cake, bap, roll, barm (sp)... etc.
Hi EC I'll help out if I can depending on which part of the culture you're interested in and if I know anything about it lol.
On the first visit it took a while to get used to some of the different words for different things. For example we say jam they say jelly, we say jelly and they say jello....reminds me of a song lol. You've probably noticed over time they spell words differently, for some reason they don't use the letter "u" in as many words that we do but when they could have used it in the word Mum like us they decided to use "o" instead of "u" and say Mom. They also shorten some spelling like program instead of programme. Perhaps they don't like to waste time on such little issues lol.
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Yellow Rose:
I've always been interested in the American culture from a young age and since being online have US friends, have also visited the US a few times but I learnt many years ago that what they call bangs we call a fringe. Considering both countries speak "English" it's amazing how many differences there are in spelling and words for the same thing.
YR, I need to remember what you have said above as will have a growing interest in the US in the coming two years. It would be good to pick your brains at some point.
I suppose it's a bit like the UK, there are many parts of it which have different words for many things. The one which seems to raise it's head quite often is bread cake, bap, roll, barm (sp)... etc.
I once had an irate American neighbour on my doorstep because my son, then 10yrs old, had made a mistake doing his homework and had asked the said neighbours daughter, the same age as himself, if she had a rubber he could use 