Brit speak...

[LazerCarp]

very farmery

 

[lawyerguy]

another thing you brits do that tickles me is you add phrases like.."that is" after sentences...like for example you'll say.."that's a nice birthday cake ...that is"... always makes me laugh..coz it sounds so...I don't know..reminds me of munchkins for some reason..

 

[Chilling__Echo]

and he was continually asking if we understood or spoke english Confused i never understood that.

haha ok, us americans won't claim him as our own lol

 

[racheH]

Question: Do Californian surfers really say 'narly', or is that just on Spongebob? :lol: Hope they do, I love that word

shh lilmisstragic, dont spoil the illusion.

To all americans... we all come from London and half of us are poor cockney chimney sweepers and the other half are aristocracy who take tea in the garden under parasols at 4pm. We're also all villians in real life, not just in the Movies.
And yes, you won the war... we could never had done it with out you.

A friend of my family went to the States and was asked how often he visits the Queen. I imagine he felt insulted that someone considered him too common to dine with her every Sunday like the rest of us :wink:

 

[LazerCarp]

A friend of my family went to the States and was asked how often he visits the Queen. I imagine he felt insulted that someone considered him too common to dine with her every Sunday like the rest of us :wink:

lol!

 

[Chilling__Echo]

By the way, do Californian surfers really say 'narly', or is that just on Spongebob? Laughing Hope they do, I love that word

haha maybe 10 years ago. i don't know what the slang is in britain/UK is but lately things can be "cool" "sick" "crucial" "hot" and maybe five years ago "phat"

 

[lawyerguy]

well I don't exactly know if surfers say gnarly anymore..you might have to ask people down in southern california..orange county areas..I don't think they do..we have a slang word we say in northern california..we say.."hella"...its like another word for very..we say that's hella cool! or..that hella sucks..it was made popular by the band "no doubt" in their song Hella good...they picked up that word when they were visiting san francisco..and they wrote a song about it

 

[LazerCarp]

theres different slang in different parts of the UK. where i'm from "boss" means good, "rammy" means disgusting, "on your bill" means on your own, etc.

 

[FruitLooPs]

I remember when my brothers friend came back after highschool over in the UK.

Things were not longer "good" or "very good" they were always "well good" and expensive stuff was now just "x" haha

British slang is great.

 

[Chilling__Echo]

is "right-o" used as slang?? that's all i see in movies that portray brits

 

[Remus]

some 'manc' (manchester) slang for you....

init = isnt it

bangin = great

top one = super!

nah way man = no

sorted = problem solved

get to f**k = you are taking the piss

wicked = (same as top one)

sweet = good

mither = bother

mithering = bothering

 

[LazerCarp]

and expensive stuff was now just "x" haha

British slang is great.

I've never heard that one before...

and right-o hahahahha, nah the british people on yank TV dont talk like anyone in britain does.

 

[Chilling__Echo]

argg i'm so disapointed :wink: i've never heard of alot of those Remus! i need a whole grammer lesson on how to use those. but here we also say "sweet" and "init"

 

[Chilling__Echo]

also, i have a friend from wyoming and she says:

bink = blanket
cookie = doughnut (as in what you do with a car when you go in circles)
instead of fooling around or messing around to pass time, you "dink" around. that's my fav

 

[LazerCarp]

here's some more, some just northern/area specific: -

fuck off = big, as in "a big fuck off boat" is a very big boat
tosser/nobhead/gobshite = undesirable person
gaff/yard = house
sides/ends = area
muff/fanny/minge = female genitalia
kecks = trousers
kegs = underwear
class = good
bird = woman
our = my relative, eg "our David" is "my relative David"

 

[Chilling__Echo]

can shit be spelled as shite or am i missing something here?

 

[LazerCarp]

that'd be another 1, shite is british slang for shit.

 

[shep]

Lazercarp, you mentioned referring to a relative as "our" which reminded me of "our Rose" in "Keeping Up Appearances" which is very popular on our PBS (Public Broadcasting Stations) here in the US. Over the years, I have had lots of enjoyment watching many of the British programs---comedy, drama, etc. "Fawlty Towers" was another favorite.

 

[Fredscars]

fawlty towers is fantastic, have you seen only fools and horses? thats the best if ya wanna see the english at their best :lol:

umm..birmingham slang stuff..

kev/sharon = chavs...kids that wear burberry, big hoopy earrings and have alnighters where they get pissed half to death on cider..beat anyone up they can.

owt = anything
nowt = nothing

yareet = you ok?

howdoo = how you doing?

iunno = i dont know

wagwan = (i dont say this) shaz talk mainly meaning whats going on..but used generally as a greeting

shurroop = shut up

umm..i dunno bout any others... and alot of these might be specific to my school. the shazas/kevs have loads of their own but i dont socialise with them.lol

 

[LilMissTragic]

Uk slang..lol
Ya know your getting old when ya no longer know what the hell the teenagers are going on about...lol.