Herb teas
I have a shameful prejudice. In my time, I have marched against apartheid, visited Soweto, befriended prostitutes (both sexes), worn drag, worn full leather, full rubber,had lovers of both sexes, been a builder, had a fight over a girl/boy, championed the rights of Christians, and had respect for all the colours and creeds you could imagine. Now I work for an airline, and when I do the 'Tea or Coffee' round if a business man says:
"do you have Chamomile ? "
I want to bite their face off.
Have a mans drink FFS.

PS If they ask for Chamomile pronounced the American way, I always say:
"you're thinking of oatmeal"
(skyfriend packaged in a protective atmosphere, for freshness, Mon 5 Apr 2010, 18:19, 5 replies)

Carry around some
camel meal for such an occasion.

I don't what camel meal is, or if it exists
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Mon 5 Apr 2010, 18:30, closed)

How do Americans pronounce it?

( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 5 Apr 2010, 20:43, closed)

Cam-oh-meel

(blueberrypossum wants to Jaffa your Cake, Mon 5 Apr 2010, 22:13, closed)

Aha!
A meal in camouflage, then?
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 12:00, closed)

Erb tea
Americans also dont pronounce the 'h' in 'herb'. They put a lot of stress on the 'e' part of 'erb' too so it sounds highly affected.
(skyfriend packaged in a protective atmosphere, for freshness, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 10:28, closed)