It makes total sense, right? We use the dollar so it’s “Dollar Store“, they call their money the pound so it’s ” Poundland “. Of course, the translation over here in the states is very different. Pound here is slang for, shall we say, aggressive lovemaking?

It all started innocently enough when an American author stumbled upon the store:

https://twitter.com/what_eats_owls/status/1493788659585220610

That’s when, according to Dailymail Uk, the twitter thread went sideways. “The Twitter thread then took a life of its own, with people responding with other British signs, shop names and terms used to describe every-day items.”

• Poundland's competitor, Pound Town

  MEANWHILE, IN LONDON pic.twitter.com/ahZB78sV1x

  — Lynx θ∆, Hero of Time (@lynxtaurreturns) February 16, 2022

   

• Some from Germany chimed in with their favorite (favourite?) snack

  Let me introduce you to a snack we have here in Germany. pic.twitter.com/TKnmLGnKKn

  — JR (@femhist8) February 16, 2022

   

• Or the English "treat"

  I still laugh at this every once in a while pic.twitter.com/Tmo1nHExAS

  — 🐝Guy With Bad Tastes 🐝 (@_Ryanmiller70) February 16, 2022

   

• Or France?

  I raise you ‘Crusty nuts’ from France pic.twitter.com/3laJr6V6M1

  — Casper (@casperthegh0st) February 16, 2022

   

• You sell what?

  Or this shop in Macclesfield… ⛓ pic.twitter.com/3jh8tOpYLd

  — Simon Smith 🎮 (@SimonSmithMCR) February 16, 2022

   

• It's not like Americans are perfect

  seriously 😂 pic.twitter.com/yHqdAXmvsX

  — another anxious anti-socialite (@anxious_cuttle) February 16, 2022

   

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