I thought this international group might get a giggle from the following 3.5 min clip. https://www.npr.org/2018/12/15.....-questions
Here's the transcript. Brits, Australians and Kiwis, do the original headlines make sense to you?
KURTIS: English to English translation.
SAGAL: English...
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: ...We know, is not the same everywhere. We're going to
read you a headline from an English-language newspaper or website
somewhere in the world. Your job is to translate it into American
English, and you get a point. All right? Now, there's no hints, just
your best guess as fast as you can. Here we go. Roy, you're up first.
This is from a paper in Australia.
KURTIS: Victorian Man Attacked By Roo Manages To Save His Stubby.
SAGAL: What does that mean?
ROY BLOUNT JR: Attacked by a kangaroo, manages to...
(LAUGHTER)
BLOUNT JR: Manages to save his sausage.
SAGAL: No. Actually...
LUKE BURBANK: That was the second injury at the golf course.
SAGAL: Yeah, I know...
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: He managed to save his beer. Apparently, a stubby is beer...
BLOUNT JR: Oh, OK.
HELEN HONG: Oh.
SAGAL: Helen, this one's for you, from The Guardian newspaper in the U.K.
KURTIS: "Zebras Get The Hump."
(LAUGHTER)
HONG: Zebras at the zoo were caught mating?
SAGAL: No, that's from an article about how some crosswalks,
which they call zebra stripes, were being renovated with speed bumps to
protect...
(LAUGHTER)
HONG: Oh.
SAGAL: ...Pedestrians.
HONG: Wow. That's so convoluted, but OK.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: Luke, here's one from Britain's Sunday Sport newspaper.
KURTIS: Greggs Pasty Boiled My Bell-end.
SAGAL: What does that mean?
(LAUGHTER)
HONG: Wow.
BURBANK: Greggs Pasty Boiled My Bell-end.
SAGAL: Yes.
BURBANK: Somebody made a breakfast roll and threw it at someone else's backside at Windsor Castle.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: Most things happen at Windsor Castle, so it's a good - no.
Greggs Pasty Boiled My Bell-end means a man bought a pastry - a pasty -
from the restaurant chain Greggs, tried to have sex with it, and it
burned his bell-end.
(OOHING)
HONG: (Laughter).
BURBANK: At Windsor Castle.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: Roy, one more for you. This is from New Zealand.
KURTIS: Chuffed To Have Spuds Chosen.
SAGAL: What does that mean?
BLOUNT JR: Well, this was a - obviously, a potato grower whose potatoes were judged to be the finest potatoes...
(LAUGHTER)
BLOUNT JR: ...In all of New Zealand.
SAGAL: You're correct.
BLOUNT JR: Oh.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
HONG: No.
(APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: So fine were this man's potatoes that they were chosen to
serve to Harry and Meghan when they tour the country. Very good.
HONG: At Windsor Castle.
(LAUGHTER)
BURBANK: Yup, 100 percent.
