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"Fun drive" versus "fund drive" (Pronunciation)
Sep 26, 2011 13:12
13 yrs ago
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English term

bangers

Non-PRO Not for points English Other Food & Drink = sausages in US English?
The term "bangers" is sometimes used in the UK and in Ireland to describe "sausages", see for example here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangers_and_mash

Does this meaning (bangers = sausages) also exist in US English?
Responses
5 +5 bangers = UK, sausages = US
5 "bangers" in US English are gang members
3 Bratwurst Sausage (US variety)
Change log

Sep 26, 2011 13:29: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "Bangers = Sausages in US English?" to "bangers" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "= sausages in US English?"

Discussion

Kim Metzger Sep 26, 2011:
The term banger is not used in the US to denote sausages, like the nice bready sausages served for breakfast in the UK and Ireland. But we do have delicious breakfast sausages.

Responses

+5
25 mins
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bangers = UK, sausages = US

Not only am I a native speaker of English who eats Bangers, but I have confused several Americans when referring to them!

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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-09-26 15:18:37 GMT)
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Should clarify - bangers UK = sausages US but we also use sausages, it's just the US doesn't use bangers.
Peer comment(s):
agree Charles Davis : The dictionary just says "sausage", but I think bangers are specifically the fat ones.
10 mins
Oh yes, not those silly little viennas!
agree Jenni Lukac (X) : I heartily recommend the Mediterranean diet!
11 mins
Well I actually eat only Quorn sausages these days owing to my cholesterol-beating diet ... don't know if they count as proper bangers!!!
agree Catherine Bolton
48 mins
Thank you!
neutral Cilian O'Tuama : bangers may be exclusively UKI, but sausages is not exclusively US. In fact, in Ireland we only really used the word bangers when referring to "bangers and mash", otherwise always sausages.
1 hr
Sorry - I didn't mean sausages is exclusively US - I call them both too. It's just bangers is only used in the UKI as far as I know.
agree eski
1 hr
Thank you!
agree Tony M : I think the point is that they're known as sausages everywhere, but the colloquial 'banger' is only British, and then only in certain expressions, as Cilian has pointed out
1 hr
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Comment: "Thanks a lot everybody for your thoughts and comments!"
1 hr

Bratwurst Sausage (US variety)

Originally German based, but there are a type of brats that developed in the US that seem to resemble this. See reference link.
Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratwurst#United_States

Peer comment(s):
neutral Joshua Wolfe : What you say is true, but I have never an American use the term 'banger' except to be droll or when quoting a Brit
7 mins
Correct Joshua, this was more on reference to the sausage type. We don't use the word 'bangers' in reference to this in the US
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3 hrs

"bangers" in US English are gang members

Does this meaning (bangers = sausages) also exist in US English? =>

"bangers" in US English are gang members

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-09-26 17:29:21 GMT)
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Urban Dictionary: gangbanger
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gangbanger
Gang bangers often kill innocent people with little or no remorse, and unfortunately cops can be too lazy, corrupt, or indifferent to do anything about it. ...
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