You goddamn bloody English!
Haha. I'm fucking serious.
Would some of our UK friends please educate the States citizens on your broad slang vocabulary?
It gets a bit confusing. We use some of your terms such as "bloody, droogs(more referring to Anthony Burgess, but still), me-as in put one me shoes, wanker, proper-although I believe you spell it propper, etc."
Post a few instructionals? And I'm sure our slang gets a bit ridiculous, so ask away if you have any terms you've been pondering from the States.
Bout fucking time this has been posted. We both speak English, but you'd hardly guess it.
Would some of our UK friends please educate the States citizens on your broad slang vocabulary?
It gets a bit confusing. We use some of your terms such as "bloody, droogs(more referring to Anthony Burgess, but still), me-as in put one me shoes, wanker, proper-although I believe you spell it propper, etc."
Post a few instructionals? And I'm sure our slang gets a bit ridiculous, so ask away if you have any terms you've been pondering from the States.
Bout fucking time this has been posted. We both speak English, but you'd hardly guess it.
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Permalink Reply by Janielle Undead on
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Well, I'm unfamiliar with "like a Tom."
It's not that we don't understand the general picture, it's the connotations. That's the way slang is.
Fecker is obviously something along the lines of fucker in (I'm just going to call it)American, but much more tasteful.
Proper would be sort of an adjective, I suppose?
Some of the American punks and horror fans use droogs. And surprisingly we do say "bloody hell!" Ahaha.
As for ruddy cowbag, I'd use an equally offensive American term if I could think of one but I can't....
So "cum dumpster" will have to do.
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XD I had forgotten that you guys are in a different time zone! I was thinking to myself "Why is he going to bed at 3 in the afternoon???"
Trust me, we don't like the hillbillys either.
;) If you think so. Why is it that you have a Facebook but no Myspace?
Here in America, we would call that "six shades of gay."
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Well, if you're not as disturbed by them as the Americans, I suggest you see a quack sir. I'll be putting as many words into your mouth as I please. ;)
Well JESUS, get it together and put the RIGHT web address on there!
And I know what rugmuncher means you bloody wanker!
GOOD EVENING, SIR!!!
!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Khaos on
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E! You are too cruel ;-)
my personal "weird me out" term of endearment is sausage, as so lovingly deemed by mr. khaos and his older brother.
(and I'm a bit of a cheeky monkey.)
Tank Grrl, I was right there with you. After a while it just kind of sinks in when you think of context.
However, if you remember a scene from Austin Powers Goldmember - not all things work out that way.. haha
Austin: Listen, dad, if you are are going to say naughty things in front of these American girls then at least speak English English.
[Nigel looks back at girls]
Nigel: All right, my son: I could've had it away with this cracking Julie, my old China. (Subtitle: I was about to make love to this pretty girl.)
Austin: Are you telling a bunch pork-pies and a bag of trout? Because if you are feeling quigly, why not just have a J. Arthur? (Is this true? If you were aroused, why didn't you pleasure yourself?)
Nigel: What, billy no mates? (What, alone?)
Austin: Too right, youth. (Indeed.)
Nigel: Don't you remember the crimbo din-din we had with the grotty Scots bint? (Remember Christmas dinner with the Scottish girl?)
Austin: Oh, the one that was all sixes and sevens! (The insane one?)
Nigel: Yeah, yeah, she was the trouble and strife of the Morris dancer what lived up the apples and pears! (She was the wife of the dancer who lived upstairs.)
Austin: She was the barrister what become a bobby in a lorry and... (A lawyer who became a policeman in a truck) [complete gibberish] (????????)...
Austin & Nigel: --tea kettle!
Nigel: And then, and then--
Austin & Nigel: She shat on a turtle!
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Well, I understand a bit of the context just from watching films like A Clockwork Orange(and anything with Malcolm McDowell when he was younger!) and This Is England. Things of that nature and whatnot.
Just the general mannerisms.
But I get a little lost sometime. I would love to visit the UK though.
=)
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Permalink Reply by Kobalos on
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Welll, you'll need to plan to take a tour round the different countries, princedom and regions in the UK. :D
The amount of different dialects & slang is quite amazing - and I've really only experienced a small amount of them from different parts in Scotland and a little in England. Of course, I get exposed to some Irish and Welsh stuff too from ppl I've met and see on telly.
I still want to really listen to some broader accents and more inventive phrases that come with them from different English dialects.
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Sounds lovely - except for the added aromas. heh =)
Scotland has much hillyness ;) & wilderness - which is what folk tell me is the major thing they notice up here. Along with lots of castles, monuments and villages. Best to visit during the summer though.
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haha, I had to dig for it. mr. khaos pretty knows that bit by heart and I don't. if I find the site again, I'll let you know! :-) but in the mean time imdb.com is really good for searching movie quotes, etc.
Yeah, I figured some of it is outdated and just for fun (since they were trying to reflect certain time periods in the movies and seem to be mods haha).
the first time he called me sausage (after talking it over with his older brother) i have to say, I was a bit put off haha. treacle and pudding too. I've never been called so many items of food in a sitting before that.
I can't wait to go visit them though (the rest of his family lives in Kent), haha. I'm never coming back here, thats for sure. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Baby J on
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i cant foolow this ugh confusing im one of those that get confused when u talk and eventually say fuck it i dont care what he said so help me out in short posts i also have a small attention span
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It's best to split a line that long.
And yep, I'm probably one of the worst for for writing long posts. :D But I try and shorten my paragraphs and space things out more to help reading.
Someone else found that helped on here. It's striking a balance between too many lines and too few.
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