Rat-Arsed Twatfaced Drunks!

While I was researching for a future post, I stumbled upon this interesting little bit of linguistics.   I was reading along, checking out the different english words used by the British, Canadians and Americans, and finding it all vaguely interesting.  For example, Brits say docker while Canadians & Americans use the word longshoreman.  Brits and Canadians use the word diary, while Americans use the word journal.  Brits use the word dole, Canadians say pogey and Americans say unemployment.  See what I mean?  Vaguely interesting.  *Yawn*   And then I came to this section:

British                      Canadian                        American

drunk, plastered, smashed, slaughtered, arse-holed, sozzled, pissed, pissed as a fart, pissed as a newt, pissed up, battered, bevvied, shit-faced, bevvied up, caned, bladdered, blitzed, blootered, blotto, cabbaged, drunk as a skunk, gatted, lagered (up), lashed up, leathered, legless, ripped, mortalled, off one's chump, off one's face, off one's tits, out of it, paralytic, pickled, pie-eyed, rat-arsed, ratted, steaming, stewed, three sheets to the wind, trashed, trolleyed, trousered, twatfaced, twatted, sloshed, wankered, wasted, well gone, tanked up

drunk, pissed, ripped, smashed, plastered, wasted,  shit-faced, hammered, three sheets to the wind, falling down drunk, and liquored-up

drunk, ripped, wasted, hammered, shit-faced

http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/britishcanadianamericanvocabd.html

Ahem.   It seems the Brits have a bit of explaining to do.