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Earthisms

posted 7 years ago by elmparkstick
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Dollars mentioned quite a few times
Bucks (money)
Cents, in the O'Reilly episode
O'Reilly name, other earth names
Irish Accent
Leprachauns
'Best China' (crockery) the couple who set someone up for murder episode
Props - tv, phone, radio, cars, etc etc etc
Horse racing
Alcoholic drinks
Pharmacy
Various same animal types

Edit
I should add chess, as it was a big part of one episode.

[–] elmparkstick 7 years ago

In tonight's episode (UK): chemical formulas in the manner of earth science, and a substance called Omicron, which on Earth is a letter of the Greek alphabet.

[–] elmparkstick 7 years ago

Tonight's episode:
"Mrs" and "Mankind"

[–] elmparkstick 7 years ago

In the final episode (UK, today) one of the giant twins is telling the earth people that there's a saying "curiosity killed the cat"!