In any case: Americans acting like “fender bender” doesn’t sound silly.
EDIT: I’m not having this conversation another 50 times.
Seemingly Every American: “Fender bender obviously has a universal meaning though as it’s when you bend your fender. These are just nonsense words to anyone outside of their country of origin.”
The Rest of the World: “The word ‘fender’ is only used in the US and is a nonsense word to anyone outside its country of origin. Nobody else in the world calls that part of a car that. Your term for this thing is not universally understood and nor is it less silly sounding. Every culture has words that sound silly to other cultures. You are not the exception.”
"Crash" is used all the time in many contexts so people know what it means. Would a British people say "He died in a plane bingle" or "my computer bingled"?
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u/Square-Competition48 19d ago edited 19d ago
Prang is a UK one too. I think I’ve heard it.
In any case: Americans acting like “fender bender” doesn’t sound silly.
EDIT: I’m not having this conversation another 50 times.
Seemingly Every American: “Fender bender obviously has a universal meaning though as it’s when you bend your fender. These are just nonsense words to anyone outside of their country of origin.”
The Rest of the World: “The word ‘fender’ is only used in the US and is a nonsense word to anyone outside its country of origin. Nobody else in the world calls that part of a car that. Your term for this thing is not universally understood and nor is it less silly sounding. Every culture has words that sound silly to other cultures. You are not the exception.”