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English translation: bangers = UK, sausages = US

13:12 Sep 26, 2011
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Food & Drink / = sausages in US English?
English term or phrase: bangers
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?
Karl Apsel
Ireland
Local time: 11:37
Selected answer:bangers = UK, sausages = US
Explanation:
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.
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Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
United Kingdom
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Thanks a lot everybody for your thoughts and comments!



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +5bangers = UK, sausages = US
Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
5"bangers" in US English are gang members
airmailrpl
3Bratwurst Sausage (US variety)
Alp Berker


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Bratwurst Sausage (US variety)


Explanation:
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
Alp Berker
United States
Local time: 06:37
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
bangers = UK, sausages = US


Explanation:
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.

Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
United Kingdom
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Works in field
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Thanks a lot everybody for your thoughts and comments!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
"bangers" in US English are gang members


Explanation:
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. ...

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:37
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