Question for the UK Mockers

[Miss Modular]

Can one of you enlighten me on what "council" means in the UK? Is it supposed to mean "middle class" or something?

[Blackjack]

"Council" in a UK town means local government, really.

You pay council tax which in theory pays for roads, refuse collection, streetlighting, schools and for the police to go around and do some arresting. Public owned housing is known as "council housing." And local elections are sometimes known as "council" elections.

Why you ask?

[AChimp]

They're also called "councils" in Canada (ie. the city council that has jurisdiction over the city and surrounding area) and the elected officials in it are called councillors. Another name for it is municipal government.

I imagine that the closest thing to a council in the U.S. would be any county government and mayors and shit.

[Miss Modular]

Why you ask?

There's a woman who posts at another board I go to. She's originally from Ohio, but currently lives in Britain, uses tons of British slang, and basically most of her posts sum up the fact that she's an American living the UK.

[Dole]

Tell her that her excessive use of our precious slang won't fool anyone, she is still American, and my entire country is pointing and laughing at her.

[Mockery]

Oh shush, you gobbly-wobbling chitty-chitty bang-bang.

[kellychaos]

That would be like moving to Michigan and picking up saying "pop" instead of "soda" like your southern ass craves to do! You're not fooling us!