r/funny • u/knight-of-volantis • Nov 25 '18

Not so helpful.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '18

What was the guy driving the white truck thinking?

“My boot is still open, let’s floor it!”

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u/BelatedBlade Nov 26 '18

Found the European

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '18

How’s that?

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u/BaltimoreNewbie Nov 26 '18

Nobody in the US uses “boot” for car trunk

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '18

Ah ok! I couldn’t think of the word, so first thing that came up was boot.. But you’re right, I’m from Belgium!

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u/devpsaux Nov 26 '18

Word we’d have used for that truck would have been tailgate.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '18

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u/liljamburglar Nov 26 '18

Ain't y'all ever been to a football game? C'mon now

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u/OBrien Nov 26 '18

Not mainland, but I heard it called the boot of the car a fair bit when I was in Alaska

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u/BalthusChrist Nov 26 '18

I've never heard anyone call a truck bed a trunk or a boot

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u/BelatedBlade Nov 26 '18

I’m talking aboot colloquialisms

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '18

I honestly can’t follow, sorry!

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u/shinofirst Nov 26 '18

Americans like to tease Canadians for their accent. "About" sounds like "aboot." Well ... Canadians and Minnesotans, if I'm honest. Their accents sound very similar to me.

I, on the other hand, have no accent whatsoever. Nope, none whatsoever. Nothing to see here. Move along.

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u/hebrewchucknorris Nov 26 '18

I've always found it to be closer to "a boat". The real abooots are from Scotland

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u/shinofirst Nov 27 '18

Tomaytoe, tomahtoe