I need to learn Brit!

pina · Post by **pina** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:06 pm

I'm not telling what a boys bit was called....

pina · Post by **pina** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:07 pm

abbey wrote: Mine was a penny..

I got that for my pocket money every week :wah: :wah:

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:08 pm

pina wrote: I'm not telling what a boys bit was called....

LOL 'a boys bit'!!!!!

Go on, I may as well finish peeing myself!!!

pina · Post by **pina** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:09 pm

Do you want to use the loo first!!!!

GEORGE

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:12 pm

pina wrote: Do you want to use the loo first!!!!

GEORGE

GEORGE!!!! ??????:yh_rotfl

I can just hear me telling my son to stop playing with George!!!

Gives a whole new meaning to George and Mildred!!!!

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:13 pm

pina wrote: Do you want to use the loo first!!!!

GEORGE :oA bloody George??:wah: :wah:

We had Willy or Winkle!

pina · Post by **pina** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:15 pm

I think I'll just take fairy to bed now and see how george is is still awake!!!

'GOODNIGHT' :-4

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:16 pm

pina wrote: I think I'll just take fairy to bed now and see how george is is still awake!!!

'GOODNIGHT' :-4

Lucky you!! Even if he is sleeping!!!

Night Night

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:23 pm

abbey wrote: A bloody George??:wah: :wah:

We had Willy or Winkle!

We used a combination 'Wee Willy Winkie'

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:58 pm

abbey wrote: Mine was a penny..

Puts a whole new twist on 'penny for your thoughts' ... or was that 'thoughts for your penny' :wah: :wah: ...

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:02 pm

Far Rider wrote: :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

ZI can't cvacth my breath... stopo makfiung me slauhg ill laugh so hard ill trub=mble....

and you would deck anyone who said anything like what a pretty penny, can I show you my new shiney penny, how your penny brought them luck. hmmmmm

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:35 pm

We move, don't you Brits "move house"?

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:45 pm

minks wrote: We move, don't you Brits "move house"?Yes Minks we also move house, not the actual house, just the contents.

Here in my neck of the woods we also call it flitting,

you know what type of neighbours you've had if they're doing a moonlight flit :wah:

vampress.rozz · Post by **vampress.rozz** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:40 pm

Ive laughed through all 7 pages of this.

we also use

to up sticks = to move house

chav has a whole host of meanings usually these days it means a group of young children that wear burberry and are (heres another one) all mouth and trousers lol but when I was little it was either "alright chav" a term of endearment or "you chaved that"= you stole it.

Sometimes us Brits even have trouble understanding each other there are sooo many colloquialisms . When I first moved into the village Im in now it was like Id moved onto another planet It was so bizaare in the village

shillings= coins

shields= pound coins

what's the igit?= whats the time

for a while the local kids said everything was pants = rubbish / crap

recently one of my kids has been coming home saying that their mate was "well done in" by the teacher...so it changes from generation to generation cause in my day done in meant beaten up.....you can imagine how shocked I was when he said it the first time I had images of his teacher being brought up on assault charges lol

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:42 pm

Freaks ! :p

vampress.rozz · Post by **vampress.rozz** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:03 pm

Nomad wrote: Freaks ! :p

As in you weird bunch of people? or as in frieks out ...?lol

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:07 pm

vampress.rozz wrote:

As in you weird bunch of people? or as in frieks out ...?lol

I dunno just spouting off. Im grabbing at straws to entertain myself.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:09 pm

Here are some that are common here, I'm wondering if they are used anywhere else.

Me Gaff = My House

Tayto = Crisps = Chips (U.S.)

Mott = Girlfriend

Runners = sports shoes/sneakers etc?

Jocks = Underpants

The Jacks = The Toilet

A Jar = a drink

Drink = anything with alcohol in it (there is an off-licence (sorry liqor store) near where I used to live and it was just called "Drink", Brilliant.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:06 pm

Nomad wrote: Freaks ! :p

Aaahh Freak out!

Le Freak, C'est Chic

Freak out!

Aaahh Freak out!

Le Freak, C'est Chic

Freak out!

Aaahh Freak out!

Le Freak, C'est Chic

Freak out!

Aaahh Freak out!

Le Freak, C'est Chic

Freak out!

vampress.rozz · Post by **vampress.rozz** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:10 am

[QUOTE=Galbally]Here are some that are common here, I'm wondering if they are used anywhere else.

Me Gaff = My House

QUOTE]

yep that's used over here too as well as "me pad".

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:20 am

vampress.rozz wrote: what's the igit?= whats the time

That cracked me up!! If you say "igit" in my neck of the woods, it's slang or short for "idiot." :yh_rotfl

vampress.rozz · Post by **vampress.rozz** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:25 pm

BabyRider wrote: That cracked me up!! If you say "igit" in my neck of the woods, it's slang or short for "idiot." :yh_rotfl
lol whats the idiot???hmm the answers I could give from now on :wah:

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:53 pm

I noticed that one term was not properly explained. "Roger that" is a radio term. While the official term over a two-way radio would be "Roger", "Roger that" was often used by people such as taxi drivers. Either way, it means that the message from the person on the other end of the radio link has been received and understood.

"Roger and out" means that the message has been understood and I have finished transmitting.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:23 pm

ArnoldLayne wrote: Roger

Excuse me for being pedantic but for the purpose of radio communication it is unneccessary to say "Roger and Out", simply to say "out" when concluding your conversation. Thats a radio/TV/film contrivance

Arnie, I believed that it was originally Roger and out until shortened since Roger and Out are very distinctly different terms anyway. But if you say this was never so, then I stand corrected. Thank you.

I am amused, though, by various telephone salespeople who use the phonetic alphabet preceding each lettername with the letter and =. In fact I find it a tad confusing and have to ask them to use the alphabet properly.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:34 pm

ArnoldLayne wrote: I do wish they would use the official phonetic alphabet instead of making it up. Although I appreciate it differs slighty between the UK and other English speaking countries

ie "W" is "Whiskey". Not wasp, window, weather or whatever. If they used the correct word it would be easy to understand. The words were formulised for that very reason

I have come across those who know the right words (at least 98% right) but still precede each word with the letter for.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:39 pm

bumpin yer gums - talking too much