Anyone who's an Anglophile or a world traveler will relate to this guest blog from Cancer Bats singer Liam Cormier about the linguistic differences between American English and UK English. We still remember how befuddled we were the first time we found out elevators are called lifts, the subway is the tube, friends are mates and, most surprising of all, cigarettes are called fags. Now here's Cormier to describe his most dramatic faux pas from the band's UK tour.

We recently got back from spending some time over in the UK, and one of the things we noticed in England is that we all speak English but there are so many different expressions and phrases that we use that mean so many different things between England and North America. When we went over, I was trying to be a good crust kid with my fanny pack and tight jeans and I was telling someone in England how in the UK and Europe kids rock fanny packs but that in North America it was still made fun of and not that accepted. The girl I was talking to to was like, "You rock a what!!!???!!" and I said, "a fanny pack, like this," pointing at the bag around my waist. Read more...