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The words that give away that a poster is actually British

Knob

Wanker

Uni

Mum

Brilliant!

by Anonymousreply 523May 16, 2021 1:34 AM

Whilst

by Anonymousreply 1March 27, 2021 7:33 PM

Guv'n.

by Anonymousreply 2March 27, 2021 7:36 PM

Favour, flavour, colour

by Anonymousreply 3March 27, 2021 7:37 PM

arse

by Anonymousreply 4March 27, 2021 7:41 PM

jab as in COVID

by Anonymousreply 5March 27, 2021 7:41 PM

antidisestablishmentarianism

by Anonymousreply 6March 27, 2021 7:42 PM

Watah (water)

by Anonymousreply 7March 27, 2021 7:42 PM

OP is a TWAT

by Anonymousreply 8March 27, 2021 7:43 PM

Cunt, used as a term of endearment.

by Anonymousreply 9March 27, 2021 7:43 PM

That'll be eight bob to you guvnor.

by Anonymousreply 10March 27, 2021 7:44 PM

Wrong OP.

Because of the prevalence of Brits in the EU many english speakers in other countries use those same terms, you sodding wanker.

by Anonymousreply 11March 27, 2021 7:44 PM

Dickhead.

by Anonymousreply 12March 27, 2021 7:44 PM

Poppycock!

Innit!

by Anonymousreply 13March 27, 2021 7:44 PM

Lift

Flat

Pub

by Anonymousreply 14March 27, 2021 7:44 PM

[quote] Because of the prevalence of Brits in the EU

Not anymore.

by Anonymousreply 15March 27, 2021 7:45 PM

Whinge

by Anonymousreply 16March 27, 2021 7:46 PM

antidisestablishmentarianistically

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by Anonymousreply 17March 27, 2021 7:47 PM

referring to cake as "pudding".

by Anonymousreply 18March 27, 2021 7:47 PM

attend university

by Anonymousreply 19March 27, 2021 7:48 PM

go to hospital

by Anonymousreply 20March 27, 2021 7:51 PM

r19 and referring to it as "uni".

by Anonymousreply 21March 27, 2021 7:51 PM

attend uni

by Anonymousreply 22March 27, 2021 7:53 PM

A&E; stretcher; courgette; binbag;

by Anonymousreply 23March 27, 2021 7:54 PM

Smeghead

by Anonymousreply 24March 27, 2021 7:56 PM

bellend

by Anonymousreply 25March 27, 2021 7:58 PM

Bob’s your uncle.

by Anonymousreply 26March 27, 2021 8:01 PM

In fairness, I'll sometimes use these, but I'm just being pretentious.

by Anonymousreply 27March 27, 2021 8:02 PM

“at” the weekend

by Anonymousreply 28March 27, 2021 8:04 PM

Bob's your uncle; "The origins are uncertain, but a common theory is that the expression arose after Conservative Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ("Bob") appointed his nephew Arthur Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1887, an act of nepotism, which was apparently both surprising and unpopular. Whatever other qualifications Balfour might have had, "Bob's your uncle" was seen as the conclusive one."

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by Anonymousreply 29March 27, 2021 8:05 PM

Maths; arithmetic

by Anonymousreply 30March 27, 2021 8:05 PM

[quote]“at” the weekend

Is that like "an" Only Fans?

by Anonymousreply 31March 27, 2021 8:05 PM

Lift instead of elevator

by Anonymousreply 32March 27, 2021 8:05 PM

Quite right.

Put a foot wrong.

by Anonymousreply 33March 27, 2021 8:06 PM

Sarnie

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by Anonymousreply 34March 27, 2021 8:08 PM

Jacket potato

by Anonymousreply 35March 27, 2021 8:10 PM

Brown sauce

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by Anonymousreply 36March 27, 2021 8:14 PM

To me the weirdest: using plural verb forms for collective nouns or corporations:

"Do you know what the government do with the unemployed?"

Ford are planning an announcement".

by Anonymousreply 37March 27, 2021 8:18 PM

"Math" in the plural, "I'm not good at maths".

by Anonymousreply 38March 27, 2021 8:19 PM

Calling Ford 'a firm' and worse, calling it Ford's

by Anonymousreply 39March 27, 2021 8:20 PM

That car has a large BOOT and a long BONNET.

by Anonymousreply 40March 27, 2021 8:22 PM

Why are fools like OP unable to distinguish between England and Britain?

by Anonymousreply 41March 27, 2021 8:23 PM

R37 -- that is a weird once. Brits don't seem to understand the difference between singular vs plural.

by Anonymousreply 42March 27, 2021 8:24 PM

[quote] The words that give away that a poster is actually British

Bri-ish.

by Anonymousreply 43March 27, 2021 8:24 PM

[quote] that is a weird once

by Anonymousreply 44March 27, 2021 8:24 PM

Oh dear R42

by Anonymousreply 45March 27, 2021 8:26 PM

Oi oi!

takeaway/kebab.

brilliant jumper!

put on your wellies, it's pouring out there.

by Anonymousreply 46March 27, 2021 8:36 PM

Cheers mate!

by Anonymousreply 47March 27, 2021 8:37 PM

Vicar.

Charity shop instead of thrift store.

Biscuits and chips which are anything but what they claim to be.

Crisps and candy floss sound stupid.

by Anonymousreply 48March 27, 2021 8:37 PM

he's class!

by Anonymousreply 49March 27, 2021 8:38 PM

go to the "loo"

by Anonymousreply 50March 27, 2021 8:38 PM

Skip to the loo

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by Anonymousreply 51March 27, 2021 8:43 PM

What are you on about.

by Anonymousreply 52March 27, 2021 8:44 PM

FATHER CHRISTMAS instead of

Santa Claus

by Anonymousreply 53March 27, 2021 9:07 PM

TAKE AWAY instead of Take out.

by Anonymousreply 54March 27, 2021 9:08 PM

BLOODY HELL!

by Anonymousreply 55March 27, 2021 9:09 PM

I'm watching footy on the telly.

by Anonymousreply 56March 27, 2021 9:10 PM

Bloody Nora; blimey

by Anonymousreply 57March 27, 2021 9:10 PM

Petrol

by Anonymousreply 58March 27, 2021 9:14 PM

Some of you are not reading the thread.

by Anonymousreply 59March 27, 2021 9:15 PM

[quote]Charity shop instead of thrift store.

Charity shops tend to be high street based where people just dump their clear out stuff in the doorway over night, like Granny Mary's golliwog salt and pepper cruet set, the Friends series 1 box set on VHS or a bag of shoes which may or may not have matching sets in it.

Thrift stores, also known as vintage stores, specialise in second hand clothing and accessories. Some thrift shops will buy second hand clothes and resell.

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by Anonymousreply 60March 27, 2021 9:21 PM

"pins" for legs

by Anonymousreply 61March 27, 2021 9:21 PM

CARE HOME instead of Nursing Home

by Anonymousreply 62March 27, 2021 9:23 PM

An "off-license" instead of a liquor store.

by Anonymousreply 63March 27, 2021 9:43 PM

Porridge

"Teef" (If they have any left)

by Anonymousreply 64March 27, 2021 9:44 PM

Oh dear R63. That's 'off-licence'. FIFY

by Anonymousreply 65March 27, 2021 9:47 PM

Hob

AGA

Hoover (as a verb)

council estate

Eton Mess

caster sugar

Muscovado sugar

self-raising flour

tray bakes

fairy cakes

by Anonymousreply 66March 28, 2021 12:01 AM

petrol

car park

block of flats

lorry

estate car

waistcoat

by Anonymousreply 67March 28, 2021 12:11 AM

Taking the piss.

by Anonymousreply 68March 28, 2021 12:15 AM

Pip pip

by Anonymousreply 69March 28, 2021 12:15 AM

Bob’s your uncle

Sweets

Kerfuffle

Chuffed

Blimey

Cock-up

Miffed

Hunky-dory

Anticlockwise

Dressing gown

Candy floss

Knackered

Cuppa

Gutted

Primary school

Skipping Rope

Gobby

Gobsmacked

Off-licence

Coriander

Noughts and crosses

Pavement

Postbox

Aubergine

by Anonymousreply 70March 28, 2021 12:21 AM

“Bum” for butt. Although I use it as well because I’m Canadian.

by Anonymousreply 71March 28, 2021 12:22 AM

git, piss-off, sorted, telly, the train

by Anonymousreply 72March 28, 2021 12:43 AM

[quote] the train

?

by Anonymousreply 73March 28, 2021 12:51 AM

"Paddy" - Brits use that to refer to trains; it's based on the most famous train station in all the land: Paddington.

by Anonymousreply 74March 28, 2021 1:02 AM

Tay-coh for taco.

by Anonymousreply 75March 28, 2021 1:03 AM

capsicum

by Anonymousreply 76March 28, 2021 1:05 AM

dentist, but in question form, i.e., "dentist????"

by Anonymousreply 77March 28, 2021 1:08 AM

R3 - that could also be a Canadian.

by Anonymousreply 78March 28, 2021 1:10 AM

meek-ro-wah-vay

by Anonymousreply 79March 28, 2021 1:11 AM

Ring me on my mobile.

by Anonymousreply 80March 28, 2021 1:13 AM

Tickety-boo!

by Anonymousreply 81March 28, 2021 1:14 AM

Courgettes

Swedes (for rutabagas, not people from Stockholm)

by Anonymousreply 82March 28, 2021 1:15 AM

"Slut", but with a British accent

by Anonymousreply 83March 28, 2021 1:16 AM

Saying “you need to go to Specsavers” when they think you have bad visual taste

by Anonymousreply 84March 28, 2021 1:17 AM

Referring to molasses as treacle and eggplant as aubergine

by Anonymousreply 85March 28, 2021 1:19 AM

Ginger.

by Anonymousreply 86March 28, 2021 1:22 AM

Bugger, sod, cottaging, spunk.

by Anonymousreply 87March 28, 2021 1:26 AM

toss off are you off your head!

by Anonymousreply 88March 28, 2021 1:44 AM

Krikey! Oh, wait. Blimey!

by Anonymousreply 89March 28, 2021 1:45 AM

Vest for undershirt

And singlet for tank top

by Anonymousreply 90March 28, 2021 1:51 AM

“Me ass” as in “that bloke fucked me ass”

by Anonymousreply 91March 28, 2021 1:58 AM

rubbers

by Anonymousreply 92March 28, 2021 2:05 AM

Rubbish bin - garbage can

Bin it - throw it out

Bank Holiday - no US equivalent but usually the Monday of a three day weekend.

Finalise and Realise

by Anonymousreply 93March 28, 2021 2:07 AM

rubber as in eraser

theatre

spectre

by Anonymousreply 94March 28, 2021 2:14 AM

have you got a ciggy?

by Anonymousreply 95March 28, 2021 2:20 AM

Someone here said "uni" is also Canadian.

by Anonymousreply 96March 28, 2021 2:21 AM

Got to have a slash

by Anonymousreply 97March 28, 2021 2:25 AM

beetroot

by Anonymousreply 98March 28, 2021 2:34 AM

OP is a bonkers, fat, yob plonker twat.

by Anonymousreply 99March 28, 2021 2:37 AM

r99 - "twat" is pronounced in the same way you pronounce "hat"

by Anonymousreply 100March 28, 2021 2:39 AM

[quote]Charity shops tend to be high street based

High street.

by Anonymousreply 101March 28, 2021 2:41 AM

Love (as a term of endearment)

by Anonymousreply 102March 28, 2021 2:42 AM

right nice geyser, 'e is!

by Anonymousreply 103March 28, 2021 2:46 AM

[quote] Love (as a term of endearment)

Luv.

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by Anonymousreply 104March 28, 2021 2:51 AM

Sussed

Manky (Scottish)

Sorted

A bit good

by Anonymousreply 105March 28, 2021 2:53 AM

hospital...not the hospital

by Anonymousreply 106March 28, 2021 2:54 AM

bloody, rubbish, wank. arse

by Anonymousreply 107March 28, 2021 2:55 AM

Hotsie totsie

by Anonymousreply 108March 28, 2021 2:56 AM

I've heard the expression "flicking my bean" a few too many times from Brits.

by Anonymousreply 109March 28, 2021 3:00 AM

"I fancy that lovely bloke, do you think he might fancy the likes of me?"

by Anonymousreply 110March 28, 2021 3:05 AM

i knocked up some pasta - care for a bit?

by Anonymousreply 111March 28, 2021 3:07 AM

Spaz

Joey Deacon

Klan Granny

by Anonymousreply 112March 28, 2021 3:14 AM

Ah-loo-min-ee-um

by Anonymousreply 113March 28, 2021 3:19 AM

Umbrella -- brolly Sweatshirt -- jumper

by Anonymousreply 114March 28, 2021 3:20 AM

OP is a daft knobhead.

by Anonymousreply 115March 28, 2021 3:22 AM

FUGTASTIC

by Anonymousreply 116March 28, 2021 3:26 AM

I have an American friend who insists on saying “jab” and I want to push her into a volcano every time she does. She also says “go to hospital.”

by Anonymousreply 117March 28, 2021 3:27 AM

OP is making a right arse of himself.

by Anonymousreply 118March 28, 2021 3:38 AM

Using "s" instead of "z" on words like "analyse" vs. "analyze."

by Anonymousreply 119March 28, 2021 3:46 AM

Pants for underpants.

Pants meaning worthless etc.

Sink estate.

Knickers.

Matron as in Carry On Matron.

by Anonymousreply 120March 28, 2021 3:47 AM

cheeky snog

banter

gutted

cracking

by Anonymousreply 121March 28, 2021 3:57 AM

smashing!

by Anonymousreply 122March 28, 2021 4:17 AM

fanny for vagina

naughty bits for cock and balls

by Anonymousreply 123March 28, 2021 4:28 AM

Markle and Harry are pieces of shit.

by Anonymousreply 124March 28, 2021 4:37 AM

You dumb fucks don’t realise that it is Americans who can’t speak the language - pretty much any native English speaker anywhere else uses these words and expressions. It’s you Americans who are responsible for an ongoing assault on the English language.

Which is why we all laugh at you.

by Anonymousreply 125March 28, 2021 4:44 AM

Buck’s Fizz

by Anonymousreply 126March 28, 2021 4:44 AM

Nowt

by Anonymousreply 127March 28, 2021 4:50 AM

"Which is why we all laugh at you."

The English do enjoy a good titter.

by Anonymousreply 128March 28, 2021 4:50 AM

mum

fank you

by Anonymousreply 129March 28, 2021 4:52 AM

Nappies

Mash

Bakewell

Speciality

Bicarb (for baking soda)

by Anonymousreply 130March 28, 2021 4:53 AM

Watching a British design/renovation show.

"Ma-CRAH-may" - Macrame

"Tar-PAUL-in" - Tarp

by Anonymousreply 131March 28, 2021 4:55 AM

some people on this thread have been watching far too much Great British Bakeoff

by Anonymousreply 132March 28, 2021 4:55 AM

R128 Touché

by Anonymousreply 133March 28, 2021 4:58 AM

faggots

by Anonymousreply 134March 28, 2021 5:00 AM

Stupid thread, OP. We learn English from the Brits in Europe so we use their vocabulary as well. As do other English-speaking countries of the world

by Anonymousreply 135March 28, 2021 5:03 AM

Frock!

Yesterday one of the crazy rightwing American ladies who pretends to be British on the trans, Meghan Markle, and race-baiting threads used "frock" and "sodding" about 400 times in one thread, and then some sockpuppet made sure to call her and her friends "the boys" so we would all totally believe they were Brit gays.

The trolls are so convincing this time of year.

by Anonymousreply 136March 28, 2021 5:12 AM

[quote]You dumb fucks don’t realise that it is Americans who can’t speak the language

I like how r125 got super upset, just because he didn't catch the reference to "My Fair Lady."

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by Anonymousreply 137March 28, 2021 5:16 AM

al-ewe-min-ee-um *** aluminum

by Anonymousreply 138March 28, 2021 6:22 AM

[quote] You dumb fucks don’t realise that it is Americans who can’t speak the language

Tail’s wagging the dog now, innit?

by Anonymousreply 139March 28, 2021 6:54 AM

R139 - “innit”? I don’t use that word, but then, I’m not English.

Of course, being American, you assume that I am.

by Anonymousreply 140March 28, 2021 7:35 AM

What do Americans say when they go to hospital? Do you say you're going to THE hospital? Can anyone please clarify.

by Anonymousreply 141March 28, 2021 8:42 AM

R15 yes.

Most countries have made provisions for them to stay . Germany has even offered citizenship.

by Anonymousreply 142March 28, 2021 8:57 AM

I've been accused of being British, European, Canadian, and Russian. DL detectives suck.

by Anonymousreply 143March 28, 2021 8:58 AM

Why do Americans get so humpty about Britishisms?

Unless they never left their trailer park at the mouth of the old Turkey Knob Mines, they know exactly what OPs list of words mean. It's no trickier than if I said, "That was very clever/ingenious/resourceful of you". Or if someone mispronounced "dissect." No pausing, no thinking, no contemplation of nuanced meaning required.

Yet they will call out a jab, or a uni, or a dust bin as though it were the most irritating, insulting, ridiculous thing they ever heard.

by Anonymousreply 144March 28, 2021 9:03 AM

Going to the clubs so I'm going to get all tarted up

by Anonymousreply 145March 28, 2021 9:04 AM

Frogs (cf. rosbifs).

OAP.

by Anonymousreply 146March 28, 2021 12:38 PM

R144, neither OP nor anyone else on this thread said Americans didn't know what the Brit words mean, he just said they reveal the poster is British.

And yes, R141, Americans say going to THE hospital, same as going to the store, the park, etc.

by Anonymousreply 147March 28, 2021 12:44 PM

R144- These things ANNOY us, as does the fact that you Brits drive on the WRONG side of the road.

by Anonymousreply 148March 28, 2021 12:49 PM

I'm quite aware R147, and yet, still, there you have it, my indirect response on OP's thread.

I'll know to ask you first next time.

by Anonymousreply 149March 28, 2021 12:51 PM

"18 certificate movie"

by Anonymousreply 150March 28, 2021 12:54 PM

Sponge = cake

by Anonymousreply 151March 28, 2021 12:58 PM

Road signs - GIVE WAY instead of Yield.

by Anonymousreply 152March 28, 2021 1:04 PM

Instead of being Fired from his job he was made REDUNDANT.

by Anonymousreply 153March 28, 2021 1:05 PM

FIZZY drinks instead of Soda.

by Anonymousreply 154March 28, 2021 1:06 PM

[quote]And yes, [R141], Americans say going to THE hospital, same as going to the store, the park, etc.

But we say "going to school," "going to work," etc., without the definite article.

by Anonymousreply 155March 28, 2021 1:11 PM

drinks party

hen party

by Anonymousreply 156March 28, 2021 1:12 PM

"took a punt" (took a chance)

by Anonymousreply 157March 28, 2021 1:13 PM

Twat....or is it twat?

by Anonymousreply 158March 28, 2021 1:22 PM

And of course:

Yanks!

by Anonymousreply 159March 28, 2021 1:42 PM

She’s up the duff mate

by Anonymousreply 160March 28, 2021 1:54 PM

Hey R144, as mentioned above, you missed the point of this thread. I was asking for ways we Americans can tell when it's a Brit who's posting by his choice of words. That's all. A bit of detective work.

What is it you funny little people say? Don't get your knickers in a twist, right-o, cheers.... whatever....

by Anonymousreply 161March 28, 2021 2:11 PM

[quote]"took a punt" (took a chance)

Also "punters." I've never been quite sure what that meant.

by Anonymousreply 162March 28, 2021 2:35 PM

"meant to" instead of "supposed to"

by Anonymousreply 163March 28, 2021 2:35 PM

This treacle tart is SMASHING.

by Anonymousreply 164March 28, 2021 2:40 PM

Arse for Ass

The Chemists for Drugstore

Placing "The" in front of country names as in The Argentine , The Ukraine

by Anonymousreply 165March 28, 2021 4:25 PM

THE United States

by Anonymousreply 166March 28, 2021 4:27 PM

We’ll get a pretty penny for that one on the human black market we will!

by Anonymousreply 167March 28, 2021 5:19 PM

Mind your head!

by Anonymousreply 168March 28, 2021 6:08 PM

i’ve got the most scathingly brilliant idea

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by Anonymousreply 169March 28, 2021 6:15 PM

Gosh, that must’ve been too ghastly!

by Anonymousreply 170March 28, 2021 6:16 PM

it's a bit shit, if i'm being honest

by Anonymousreply 171March 28, 2021 6:20 PM

I was sat down at the pub.

by Anonymousreply 172March 28, 2021 6:23 PM

I’m eating me tea!

by Anonymousreply 173March 28, 2021 6:23 PM

Let’s go around YOURS and do a CURRY for TEA.

(Grew up in a former colony so I do tend to use some of those words/phrases/pronunciations). Wouldn’t the USA be considered a former colony as well? 🤔🤔

by Anonymousreply 174March 28, 2021 6:24 PM

"Fancy tea at MINE?"

by Anonymousreply 175March 28, 2021 6:28 PM

Would you prefer crisps or chips? Don't be cheeky!

by Anonymousreply 176March 28, 2021 6:32 PM

University instead of college

by Anonymousreply 177March 28, 2021 6:40 PM

Uni, -ou, paki, fag (referring to cigarettes), BAME, xx or x after a sentence, furloughed.

by Anonymousreply 178March 28, 2021 6:55 PM

telly

celly

by Anonymousreply 179March 28, 2021 6:57 PM

I’m just taking the piss out of you.

by Anonymousreply 180March 28, 2021 6:59 PM

Everything Americans say started in the UK FIRST, Americans just kept it and the Brits are the ones that changed. The brits use to eat the same as Americans do, switching hands, then they switched to the continental way. And dont even start about soccer vs football, typical shitty convoluted British way, then bitch about the way Americans say it. Cunts!!!

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by Anonymousreply 181March 28, 2021 7:22 PM

Ugggh god I despise the English and their outdated monarchy and Royal watching.. I refuse to watch English films anymore. They’re useless and boring. And of course they’re ugly with bad teeth. That cliche is 90% accurate.

by Anonymousreply 182March 28, 2021 7:25 PM

Everything the Americans say the Brits said it first then THEY changed and proceeded to ridicule Americans for it, typical British passive aggressive cunts. They even used to eat by switching hands then they changed to continental style. And dont even start on soccer vs football, another typical convoluted British shitty thing.

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by Anonymousreply 183March 28, 2021 7:28 PM

Everything the Americans say the Brits said it first then THEY changed and proceeded to ridicule Americans for it, typical British passive aggressive cunts. They even used to eat by switching hands then they changed to continental style. And dont even start on soccer vs football, another typical convoluted British shitty thing.

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by Anonymousreply 184March 28, 2021 7:30 PM

Everything the Americans say the Brits said it first then THEY changed and proceeded to ridicule Americans for it, typical British passive aggressive cunts. They even used to eat by switching hands then they changed to continental style. And dont even start on soccer vs football, another typical convoluted British shitty thing.

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by Anonymousreply 185March 28, 2021 7:34 PM

chavs

bloke

mate

have a lie-down

bedsit (I still don't know what that means)

by Anonymousreply 186March 28, 2021 7:37 PM

R181 “the brits use to”.

by Anonymousreply 187March 28, 2021 7:38 PM

Squiffy!

Context: I only had a small glass of Jeremy's home brew and god almightly I don't half feel squiffy!

by Anonymousreply 188March 28, 2021 7:41 PM

Keep banging on about something

Bell me

Hasn’t a patch on her

A bit of alright

Really rubbish at doing this

by Anonymousreply 189March 28, 2021 7:53 PM

[quote] [R139] - “innit”? I don’t use that word, but then, I’m not English.

[quote]Of course, being American, you assume that I am.

You didn’t need to be British for my retort to work, you mentally slow person.

by Anonymousreply 190March 28, 2021 8:41 PM

Also only a Brit would say... Chim Chim Cheroo !

by Anonymousreply 191March 28, 2021 8:47 PM

The one that drives me crazy is "cuppa."

WTF?

by Anonymousreply 192March 28, 2021 9:10 PM

R192 do you want a cuppa tea me luv? How ‘bout some biscuits to go with that? I’ve been saving me favorite clotted cream to go with your scones.

by Anonymousreply 193March 28, 2021 9:23 PM

Boris is just using this thread to better disguise himself as an American for his consummate, right-wing propaganda posts.

Stop giving him tips. If he wants to learn to imitate Americans, he can do his own research for years. Let his mask keep slipping in DL posts, it's always hilarious to catch him in fraud.

by Anonymousreply 194March 28, 2021 9:37 PM

R190 Oh “Bootsy” you never fail to deliver.

At being a silly twat.

Now there’s a Britishism for you, “Bootsy”.

by Anonymousreply 195March 28, 2021 11:03 PM

“Shiver me timbers!”

by Anonymousreply 196March 29, 2021 1:30 AM

Garibaldis

Jammy Dodgers

Jaffa Cakes

Spotted Dick

Haggis

Christmas Pudding

Ice Lollies

Kippers

Brown sauce

Bovril

by Anonymousreply 197March 29, 2021 1:33 AM

r197 = fan of British cooking shows

by Anonymousreply 198March 29, 2021 1:52 AM

Dozy sod.

by Anonymousreply 199March 29, 2021 1:57 AM

Hi I'm Benedict Cumberbunch.

by Anonymousreply 200March 29, 2021 1:58 AM

loo, fag

by Anonymousreply 201March 29, 2021 2:00 AM

What shade of brown will your baby be?

by Anonymousreply 202March 29, 2021 2:00 AM

Most DLers are right slappers

by Anonymousreply 203March 29, 2021 8:52 AM

OP is right common

by Anonymousreply 204March 29, 2021 9:04 AM

Words aren't the only way to tell whether you're dealing with a Brit or an American. See if you can generate some steam:

-- Express support for the wrong football club.

-- Say something nice about Margaret Thatcher. Or Tony Blair.

-- Remind everyone who really beat the Germans.

by Anonymousreply 205March 29, 2021 10:05 AM

Sod off!

Chelsea buns

Jam roly-poly

Elevenses

Stork (not the bird)

Panto

Stalls (in a theatre)

by Anonymousreply 206March 29, 2021 1:35 PM

Train driver for the train engineer.

Engineer for the guy who comes to fix the geyser.

by Anonymousreply 207March 29, 2021 1:54 PM

Spot on

corner store

chav

pissed (meaning drunk)

by Anonymousreply 208March 29, 2021 2:17 PM

LOL@ R202

by Anonymousreply 209March 29, 2021 2:18 PM

[quote]corner store

Literally nobody in Britain has ever said Corner Store.

It's Corner SHOP.

by Anonymousreply 210March 29, 2021 2:28 PM

R162 it means customers.

by Anonymousreply 211March 29, 2021 2:38 PM

Skint for penurious.

by Anonymousreply 212March 29, 2021 2:40 PM

Google’s definition of the word Punter;

noun, British, informal

a person who gambles, places a bet, or makes a risky investment.

by Anonymousreply 213March 29, 2021 3:30 PM

R213 'punter' can also mean customer. It's a slang term. A prostitute will refer to her 'johns' as 'punters'.

by Anonymousreply 214March 29, 2021 3:51 PM

I thought punters were public house patrons.

by Anonymousreply 215March 29, 2021 4:25 PM

I've had many a British gentleman offer to knock me up but all they've done is come by for a visit.

They could have at least tried.

by Anonymousreply 216March 29, 2021 4:28 PM

Bed sit is a SRO

by Anonymousreply 217March 29, 2021 4:45 PM

Scally

Cow

by Anonymousreply 218March 29, 2021 5:58 PM

'Punters' are indeed primarily those who place bets - but also as has been said, more broadly ticket-buyers or consumers of any sort. As in, 'It can't lose, the punters will love it.'

Sometimes a 'dodgy' (Brit word) enterprise will be set up to claim 'mug punters.' A scam. Which blends back to the main meaning in that mug punters are taking a silly gamble, an unwise risk.

by Anonymousreply 219March 29, 2021 6:29 PM

Scrolled through the whole thing, no one mentioned:

Posh

Common (as a class identifier)

by Anonymousreply 220March 29, 2021 10:22 PM

Bespoke. On British design shows they always mention bespoke pieces of furniture or decoration which I'm assuming means custom.

by Anonymousreply 221March 29, 2021 10:33 PM

R221 -- The word bespoke is just as common in America as it is in Britain. It's a class thing, not a Brit thing. My rich male friends always have bespoke suits, usually made when they're in Hong Kong where bespoke is cheap.

by Anonymousreply 222March 29, 2021 11:11 PM

Cleaner (as a noun, not an adjective)

Builder (as workman, not a developer)

Vicar

Solicitor

Barrister

Councillor

Fete

W.I.

Helter-skelter (as a noun, not an adjective)

tombola

coconut shy/shie

Morris dancing

quid

bob (for money)

agony aunt

bugger

butty

sarnie

carriageway

motorway

cling film

cooker / cookery

drink-driving

lorry

funfair

golden syrup

hold-all

icing sugar

jacket potato

naff

presenter

number plate

Paki

paracetamol

y-fronts

secondment

kitchen roll

zebra crossing

by Anonymousreply 223March 30, 2021 12:42 AM

r223 solid list. we did have about 7 or more of those already mentioned upthread.

by Anonymousreply 224March 30, 2021 1:32 AM

And 224 replies show not so much how to identify that a poster is English (or British - most Americans don’t understand that there’s a difference), but that citizens of the USA have been responsible for an ongoing assault on the English language since your independence. The examples that you have all provided up thread are not so much examples of how English English differs from American English, but how Americans have, as always, been oblivious to their slaughtering of the English language that the rest of us Anglophones write and speak.

But you all carry on, Americans, while the rest of us laugh at you. We get lots of practice.

by Anonymousreply 225March 30, 2021 2:00 AM

R225 sounds like a two-room-flat-dwelling pasty-bodied part-time shop clerk with eczema who weawwy wans to teww Amewicans how wousy their Engwish is. He smells of pee and greasy bedsheets.

And then Mother calls for the fourth time that morning.

American is the Prime English-Speaking nation and has been for 90 years. The British adopt every Americanism that rolls out, while Americans, outside the casual traveler or DL silly boy who thinks using slang from 1950s movies is funny, laughs at the suggestion that there is a qualitative difference between Brummie and RP.

And, of course, whether they know it or not, the UK is just a dying banking center.

by Anonymousreply 226March 30, 2021 3:00 AM

r225 wow, what a weird reaction to my response about your solid list. i have been participating in this thread since the beginning BECAUSE i love all your British-isms, watch many UK-based shows, etc. I have nothing but respect for your culture.

Maybe go have a cuppa and a scone (pronounced the correct, British way). Tut, tut!

by Anonymousreply 227March 30, 2021 5:54 AM

R213 it can mean that, in terms of 'taking a punt' meaning to take a gamble, therefore someone who punts is arguably a punter - but it is far more commonly used as just a generic term for customer. A busy pub would describe there being 'a lot of thirsty punters in tonight' for example - and it's also used as a term for the clients of a prostitute.

Please do not come for me and try to school me on the use of British slang, you will only make yourself look like a fool.

by Anonymousreply 228March 30, 2021 8:33 AM

Would like to add too that I've seen a couple of people use the 'P' word and you should be aware that it is considered a racial slur and is NOT in acceptable use in the UK. It may be used, but it's a racist word akin to the 'N' word.

by Anonymousreply 229March 30, 2021 8:36 AM

R229 Unless you're Prince Harry.

by Anonymousreply 230March 30, 2021 8:51 AM

[quote]Would like to add too that I've seen a couple of people use the 'P' word and you should be aware that it is considered a racial slur and is NOT in acceptable use in the UK. It may be used, but it's a racist word akin to the 'N' word.

I'd disagree with you there. It *should* be a term akin to the N word but like in the US, anti Asian racism is treated with far less outrage than anti Black racism.

When I posted above about how no one would ever use the term corner store, it's always corner shop, I nearly wrote "or P* shop depending on your upbringing". I probably last heard the term about 10 years ago when I went to a friend's for dinner - he'd cooked a curry and another friend's new partner announced "I never cook curry at home, it makes the flat smell like a P* shop for days". I didn't go to their wedding.

The term "chinky" meaning a Chinese takeaway is common as well in a "I know I shouldn't say that but whatever LOL" way. When a Labour MP used the term he didn't even get a suspension.

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by Anonymousreply 231March 30, 2021 9:57 AM

What's "bent"?

by Anonymousreply 232March 30, 2021 11:59 AM

R232 Pretty much like crooked when applied to politicians and the like. .

by Anonymousreply 233March 30, 2021 12:01 PM

r232 another word for homosexual/bisexual, particularly in the case of effeminate men, just as having a limp wrist. though some also assume it has an association with anal sex.

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by Anonymousreply 234March 30, 2021 12:03 PM

In the case of the Labour MP, he used bent to mean gay. It would expect that kind of word to be used by someone in born in the 30s or 40s. But Gaffney was born in the 60s.

He lost his seat a year later to the Scottish Nationalists, to a man who has fights with his neighbour.

But yes, if a politician is described as bent it usually means corrupt. See also bent coppers in the BBC's Line Of Duty.

Baroness Chakrabarti, of Kennington in the London Borough of Lambeth insisted "I'm not bent" after accepting a life peerage (a seat in the House of Lords and the right to vote on laws despite being unelected) and a job in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet in exchange for a whitewash report into Labour's problem with anti Jewish racism. Labour was later found guilty of breaching the law by harassing Jews.

Baroness Chakrabarti is, to coin (LOL) a phrase, as bent as a two bob note.

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by Anonymousreply 235March 30, 2021 12:28 PM

Sorry, the phrase is "as bent as nine bob note". Shame on me!

by Anonymousreply 236March 30, 2021 12:34 PM

"colour"

by Anonymousreply 237March 30, 2021 12:44 PM

r227 I am not R225

by Anonymousreply 238March 30, 2021 1:51 PM

[quote]American is the Prime English-Speaking nation and has been for 90 years.

While this may be true, most of the rest of the world uses British standards in spelling and pronunciation of English. It's what they are taught in school. The BBC and the British Empire had a lot to do with this.

by Anonymousreply 239March 30, 2021 1:55 PM

In uni I was good at maths but bad at sport.

by Anonymousreply 240March 30, 2021 1:55 PM

[quote]American is the Prime English-Speaking nation and has been for 90 years. The British adopt every Americanism that rolls out, while Americans, outside the casual traveler or DL silly boy who thinks using slang from 1950s movies is funny, laughs at the suggestion that there is a qualitative difference between Brummie and RP.

[quote]And, of course, whether they know it or not, the UK is just a dying banking center.

What if that were true?

Why do so many Americans have to make every fucking thing a zero sum game — contorting the rules on each occasion to ensure that they "win"? If indeed "America is the Prime English-Speaking nation and has been for 90 years," how does it harm you or OP or anyone else that, in one place, it's aluminum and, in the other, aluminium? How is that too hard a pill for you to swallow, or are you in the perpetually state of a 6-year-old child angry that everywhere the exact same way that you would have it? And why do you have to pull down what you allege is a weak opponent to prop yourself up? What's the fucking point?

by Anonymousreply 241March 30, 2021 2:29 PM

But then, R241, one could ask why Brits like yourself have to make such a big deal out of every slight slur to your beloved sceptered island? Are you all that sensitive? Has the last century really been that bad?

by Anonymousreply 242March 30, 2021 3:21 PM

Do Brits say "cock" or "dick" or do have their own word for it? Same question for top vs bottom.

by Anonymousreply 243March 30, 2021 4:12 PM

R242: Except I'm not a Brit, not a citizen or resident of a sceptred isle. I'm an American citizen by birth, just not one anxious to jump on your bandwagon to lead your team to a stupid victory.

by Anonymousreply 244March 30, 2021 4:21 PM

[quote]Do Brits say "cock" or "dick" or do have their own word for it? Same question for top vs bottom.

Brits use the phrases "pork sword" and "mister meaty man" in place of openis.

And tops are called "givers" and the bottoms are "takers". Men who do oral only are called "gossips".

by Anonymousreply 245March 30, 2021 4:29 PM

Toff

by Anonymousreply 246March 30, 2021 4:34 PM

That MP is probably a fukin' shirt lifter and a turn burglar !

by Anonymousreply 247March 30, 2021 5:33 PM

^^ turd

by Anonymousreply 248March 30, 2021 5:35 PM

Sweetie sweetie sweetie darling!

by Anonymousreply 249March 30, 2021 6:06 PM

238 - so sorry, i shouldn't make assumptions on here! Carry on!

by Anonymousreply 250March 31, 2021 1:34 AM

r238 I meant! Sorry about that.

by Anonymousreply 251March 31, 2021 1:35 AM

[quote] Brits use the phrases "pork sword" and "mister meaty man" in place of openis.

There’s possum and opossum. Is "openis" a slightly more formal form of "penis"?

by Anonymousreply 252March 31, 2021 2:16 AM

No, that's the honorific o, as in o-cha.

by Anonymousreply 253March 31, 2021 2:57 AM

I always crack up when I read about Brits being “GUTTED” by something they’re disappointed by. It sounds so dramatic to my ears!

by Anonymousreply 254March 31, 2021 3:06 AM

Sparky.

Chippy.

White van man.

by Anonymousreply 255March 31, 2021 3:20 AM

R243 yeah we say dick or cock, to describe a hard penis usually rather than flaccid - I would say that cock is probably more common but could be regional - and a flaccid penis is generally called a willy.

by Anonymousreply 256March 31, 2021 3:35 PM

Bloke Chap Guv' Love (when referring to a person) Wicked!!

by Anonymousreply 257March 31, 2021 3:47 PM

[quote]yeah we say dick or cock

'Cock' is the go-to in my experience - 'dick' being a bit devalued sexually as it's a mid-range insult. 'He's a total dick', 'Don't be a fucking dick mate', et cetera. No-one ever says, 'He's a total cock.'

by Anonymousreply 258March 31, 2021 4:28 PM

I'm gobsmacked by how long this thread is.

by Anonymousreply 259March 31, 2021 4:45 PM

[quote] White van man.

What's that mean?

by Anonymousreply 260April 1, 2021 12:33 AM

R260 Young aggressive men with small delivery vehicles.

by Anonymousreply 261April 1, 2021 4:41 AM

scarpered

did a runner

trainers

kept himself to himself

storm in a teacup

by Anonymousreply 262April 1, 2021 4:42 AM

"Pratt" or "A Right Pratt"

A pratt is basically an idiot.

by Anonymousreply 263April 1, 2021 4:50 AM

ooo good ones r262!

r260 i had to urban dictionary that one myself.

by Anonymousreply 264April 1, 2021 4:51 AM

[quote] trainers

DAPS

by Anonymousreply 265April 1, 2021 6:12 AM

Daps is a Welsh fraise!

by Anonymousreply 266April 1, 2021 4:01 PM

I don't remember ever hearing the word "whilst" spoken out loud. If I did my brain must have filtered it out.

by Anonymousreply 267April 1, 2021 4:22 PM

Cash point.

Fortnight.

Travellers.

Caravan.

Maccies.

by Anonymousreply 268April 1, 2021 5:13 PM

[quote]Daps is a Welsh fraise!

It's a strawberry?

by Anonymousreply 269April 1, 2021 7:24 PM

the open borders of the internet and the endless list of banned books in the school. brits either sound gay or like chavs.

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by Anonymousreply 270April 1, 2021 7:43 PM

They can't even brush their fucking teeth after eating their garbage food. Their whole identity revolves around worshiping BRF. They think they're gods gift to society and the pinnacle of intelligence. Keep your colonialism to yourselves. Your cuisine sucks, you're hygiene sucks, you live in cramped up squalor.

by Anonymousreply 271April 1, 2021 10:35 PM

"You're" spelling sucks, r271

by Anonymousreply 272April 2, 2021 12:51 AM

Me mum's boyfriend made me cum in me trackies...

by Anonymousreply 273April 2, 2021 12:59 AM

Barley sweets

by Anonymousreply 274April 2, 2021 1:13 AM

That posh twat has always fancied a bit of rough when he’s cheating behind his hubby

by Anonymousreply 275April 2, 2021 1:17 AM

Plonkers

by Anonymousreply 276April 2, 2021 1:18 AM

Sleeping rough

by Anonymousreply 277April 2, 2021 1:19 AM

Lorry

by Anonymousreply 278April 2, 2021 1:35 AM

Gaol

by Anonymousreply 279April 2, 2021 1:37 AM

My courgettes are large and ripe

are my aubergines are quite tasty

by Anonymousreply 280April 2, 2021 2:50 AM

Me mum's boyfriend has a massive gherkin...

and he likes to show it off

by Anonymousreply 281April 2, 2021 2:58 AM

I've seen you staring at my big knob

get down on your knees...and be sharpish about it

by Anonymousreply 282April 2, 2021 3:05 AM

“Carriages at midnight” on an invitation.

by Anonymousreply 283April 2, 2021 3:57 AM

"dodgy" as an adjective which described a situation as not on the up and up, probably not legal or not at all safe.

upthread, "a dodgy" was referred to as a noun.

by Anonymousreply 284April 2, 2021 6:02 AM

[quote]gods gift

Oh dear.

by Anonymousreply 285April 2, 2021 6:06 AM

Shan’t

by Anonymousreply 286April 2, 2021 9:36 AM

Slag

by Anonymousreply 287April 2, 2021 9:47 AM

Bullocks

by Anonymousreply 288April 3, 2021 2:52 PM

"Pip pip, cheerio and all that rot"

by Anonymousreply 289April 3, 2021 3:08 PM

r288 Bullock's was a department store in southern California. I believe you meant BOLLOCKS.

by Anonymousreply 290April 3, 2021 3:14 PM

CHIPPY TITS

by Anonymousreply 291April 3, 2021 3:15 PM

[quote]Bullocks

[quote][R288] Bullock's was a department store in southern California. I believe you meant BOLLOCKS.

When The Beautiful South released Don't Marry Her from their 5th album Welcome To The Beautiful South they had to record the lyrics to make them radio friendly. "Don't Marry Her, Fuck Me" became "Don't Marry Her, Have Me" and "she'll grab your sweaty bollocks and slowly raise the knee" became "she'll grab your Sandra Bullocks and slowly raise her knee.

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by Anonymousreply 292April 3, 2021 3:23 PM

Let's face it: calling someone a knob sounds a lot more classy than "You're a dick".

by Anonymousreply 293April 3, 2021 3:50 PM

Rissoles(Hamburgers)

by Anonymousreply 294April 3, 2021 4:06 PM

A pint of ale

by Anonymousreply 295April 3, 2021 4:27 PM

Quite right, r90

by Anonymousreply 296April 3, 2021 4:45 PM

R295 Make that a yard of ale, matey.

by Anonymousreply 297April 3, 2021 4:47 PM

Some of you have very odd ideas about the words us Brits use. We don't live in an Enid Blyton book.

by Anonymousreply 298April 3, 2021 4:52 PM

Perambulator(Baby Carriage)

by Anonymousreply 299April 3, 2021 5:00 PM

R298 Crikey, you've got it!

by Anonymousreply 300April 3, 2021 5:03 PM

PRAWNS instead of shrimp.

by Anonymousreply 301April 3, 2021 5:07 PM

[quote]Perambulator(Baby Carriage)

Even a fake toff like Jacob Rees Mogg wouldn't say perambulator.

It's pram, buggy or pushchair. Maybe stroller if you have parents born in another country.

But never, ever a perambulator.

by Anonymousreply 302April 3, 2021 5:12 PM

“Posh” annoys me no end. They act so smug when they say it as if it’s such a clever word to use. Sadly, they all overuse it.

by Anonymousreply 303April 3, 2021 5:17 PM

R301 “Prawns” just sounds disgusting.

by Anonymousreply 304April 3, 2021 5:18 PM

I hate when the describe food as “lovely” or “nice.”

by Anonymousreply 305April 3, 2021 5:19 PM

[quote]Even a fake toff like Jacob Rees Mogg wouldn't say perambulator.

I wouldn't put it past him, such is the depth of his alternate-reality immersion. The names of his children suggest as much. 'Sixtus Dominic Boniface' is but one, to offer a flavour.

by Anonymousreply 306April 3, 2021 5:24 PM

COOKER instead of stove

by Anonymousreply 307April 3, 2021 5:27 PM

PASSING WIND instead of farting

Though I suspect this was used mainly by the UPPER CLASS and the Upper Middle Class.

by Anonymousreply 308April 3, 2021 5:29 PM

R307 Cookers and stoves are different things.

by Anonymousreply 309April 3, 2021 5:31 PM

Drawing Room instead of living room

by Anonymousreply 310April 3, 2021 5:52 PM

Lounge instead of living room.

by Anonymousreply 311April 3, 2021 6:02 PM

JELLY instead of Jell-o

by Anonymousreply 312April 3, 2021 6:08 PM

We say "prawns" in the US, too.

by Anonymousreply 313April 3, 2021 7:18 PM

We use both prawns and shrimp in the UK, but they tend to be different ideas.

by Anonymousreply 314April 3, 2021 7:21 PM

Prawns are large, shrimp are small.

by Anonymousreply 315April 3, 2021 7:23 PM

Scampi and chips with tartare sauce

by Anonymousreply 316April 3, 2021 8:43 PM

R308 Read up on U and non-U usage. To quote the relevant Wikipedia article, "the middle classes prefer 'fancy' or fashionable words . . . in attempts to make themselves sound more refined . . while the upper classes in many cases stick to the same plain and traditional words that the working classes also use."

by Anonymousreply 317April 3, 2021 10:06 PM

r317 maybe dial it down a notch. just speak in a plain fashion.

by Anonymousreply 318April 4, 2021 12:32 AM

British use "our" to our "or". Example: colour vs. color.

by Anonymousreply 319April 4, 2021 2:06 AM

Battenberg cake

Tear-and-share

coroner's inquest

fish paste

digestive biscuit

streaky bacon

orange squash

cross (for angry)

Snakes and Ladders (for Chutes and Ladders)

Cluedo (for Clue)

constable

seed cake

jumble sale

by Anonymousreply 320April 4, 2021 1:22 PM

R298, what words on here are we wrong about Brits using?

by Anonymousreply 321April 4, 2021 1:27 PM

Bruv. Greengrocer. (Greengrocer's apostrophe). Fishmonger. Proms. Boiled Sweets. Craic.

by Anonymousreply 322April 4, 2021 5:23 PM

what is the difference between a market and a greengrocer? or do Brits not use the term market for a grocery store?

by Anonymousreply 323April 4, 2021 6:15 PM

As the name hints, a greengrocer deals in fruit and vegetables.

by Anonymousreply 324April 4, 2021 6:34 PM

So a greengrocer only has fruits and vegetables, nothing else? that's what people in the US refer to as a farmer's market.

by Anonymousreply 325April 4, 2021 6:42 PM

No, more a produce market, like those ones run by Koreans in big U.S. cities.

I think of a farmers' market as having stalls run by different "farmers."

by Anonymousreply 326April 4, 2021 7:00 PM

R307

The real toffs have an Aga, not a cooker.

by Anonymousreply 327April 6, 2021 2:44 AM

pressurizing for pressuring

phone box

shall/should for will/would

spoilt, learnt, spelt

"talking of" for "speaking of"

interval for intermission

dog's dinner, dog's breakfast (I'm never sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.)

"not at all" instead of "you're welcome."

scullery

"quite" when used by itself as a sentence/response.

"turn-up" (the first time I heard that, I thought they were saying "turnip."

by Anonymousreply 328April 6, 2021 4:14 PM

[quote]shall/should for will/would

These are as different as "I love" and "I like".

by Anonymousreply 329April 6, 2021 4:24 PM

[quote]dog's dinner, dog's breakfast (I'm never sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.)

A bad thing - a project which might reasonably have been expected to work but is, when presented, notably inadequate.

by Anonymousreply 330April 6, 2021 4:27 PM

r329 Perhaps, but in the US, "shall" is rarely used. I agree that "would" and "should" are different.

by Anonymousreply 331April 6, 2021 4:27 PM

Fizzy drink

by Anonymousreply 332April 6, 2021 4:33 PM

Speak fucking AMERICAN!. You sound like you are better than me!

by Anonymousreply 333April 6, 2021 4:35 PM

"gone pear-shaped"

by Anonymousreply 334April 6, 2021 4:44 PM

IT'S ALL GONE TITS UP!

by Anonymousreply 335April 6, 2021 4:59 PM

Noughts and Crosses (tic tac toe)

Give Way (yield)

by Anonymousreply 336April 6, 2021 8:27 PM

A rissole isn't a burger R294 - unless it's some regional terminology I'm not aware of - a rissole is it's own thing.

by Anonymousreply 337April 7, 2021 8:42 AM

Not convinced of that R307 - to me, the stove top would be the hob, and the hob + oven = cooker.

by Anonymousreply 338April 7, 2021 8:45 AM

Cor.

by Anonymousreply 339April 7, 2021 1:17 PM

Flippin' 'eck

by Anonymousreply 340April 7, 2021 1:38 PM

"Chip Butty". It's just some french fries between two slices of white bread. That's it.

by Anonymousreply 341April 7, 2021 1:46 PM

R274 not Barley Sweets, Barley Sugar.

by Anonymousreply 342April 7, 2021 2:23 PM

R341 French fries are what you buy at Maccy Ds. Totally unsuitable for a chip butty.

You need proper chips from a chippy for a chip butty.

Ahhh...that's brings us nicely into what us Brits call this, in our parts of the UK....

Chips between a bread roll is called a....?

I'll start - Chip Cob.

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by Anonymousreply 343April 7, 2021 2:30 PM

Being "poorly" (sick)

by Anonymousreply 344April 7, 2021 2:32 PM

Where I come from that's a chippy bap, not to be confused with Poison's Unskinny Bop

by Anonymousreply 345April 7, 2021 2:33 PM

Are you up north R345?

by Anonymousreply 346April 7, 2021 2:37 PM

Where I come from you eat baps in daps round your bampy's house.

by Anonymousreply 347April 7, 2021 2:41 PM

Ahhh baps!

by Anonymousreply 348April 7, 2021 11:21 PM

A sandwich made with potatoes. Weird.

by Anonymousreply 349April 8, 2021 12:18 AM

“You lot”

by Anonymousreply 350April 8, 2021 1:08 AM

(in a club)"easy mate, you havin' a good night" "yeah im fuckin' sorted bruv!!"

by Anonymousreply 351April 8, 2021 1:11 AM

How very dare you!

by Anonymousreply 352April 8, 2021 1:13 AM

R351 My nephew when he calls me on the phone says more or less exactly that.

by Anonymousreply 353April 8, 2021 6:09 AM

PRIV-acy, not PRIVE-acy.

by Anonymousreply 354April 8, 2021 7:15 AM

As an American, I love the word ”wank.” It sounds fun and naughty all at once.

by Anonymousreply 355April 8, 2021 8:30 AM

“My family cut me off. I was down to my last $30 million.”

by Anonymousreply 356April 8, 2021 8:32 AM

R355 My boyfriend had a good wank this morning. He wanks quite often. We live apart, so he sent me a pick of the results of his wank this morning.

Have a great day!

by Anonymousreply 357April 8, 2021 9:21 AM

"I'm British."

by Anonymousreply 358April 8, 2021 11:36 AM

Calling people: Wanker; Cunt, used as an endearment; Muppet (I don't get this one - does it mean a dumbass?)

by Anonymousreply 359April 8, 2021 1:14 PM

R359 yes, ‘muppet’ is a soft-edged and sometimes affectionate way of calling someone a fool or an idiot. You can use ‘muppet’ in reference to a friend, family member or colleague, or in a casual but polite debate, and not cause too much offence. It’s a light little rib.

Cf. ‘nugget’, if you’re talking to a Manc.

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by Anonymousreply 360April 8, 2021 1:34 PM

R347 where I come from (Hereford/FOD/South West), we would have a Ploughman’s round Pops/Paps.

by Anonymousreply 361April 8, 2021 1:43 PM

[quote][R347] where I come from (Hereford/FOD/South West), we would have a Ploughman’s round Pops/Paps.

I'm not going to lie to you but truth be told that sounds tidy like.

by Anonymousreply 362April 8, 2021 1:45 PM

Terraced house.

Country house.

Surgery.

by Anonymousreply 363April 8, 2021 2:06 PM

A&E - instead of ER

by Anonymousreply 364April 8, 2021 2:07 PM

Pull.

Squadie.

Fly-tip.

by Anonymousreply 365April 8, 2021 8:54 PM

"Continue acting if you'd like, dear. You'll never get anywhere near the throne."

by Anonymousreply 366April 8, 2021 10:12 PM

Jim-jams or PJs

Pyjamas

by Anonymousreply 367April 8, 2021 10:59 PM

'flu, with the apostrophe

by Anonymousreply 368April 9, 2021 1:19 AM

I'm quite keen on the builder. If I can't have him I'll settle for the decorator. I fancy him as well.

by Anonymousreply 369April 9, 2021 1:38 AM

Lorry driver

Socialise, accessorise, stabilise.....

by Anonymousreply 370April 9, 2021 8:43 PM

Is "tall poppy syndrome" a thing in the UK - or just Australia?

by Anonymousreply 371April 9, 2021 8:46 PM

Smiling indulgently when we read “ I could care less”

by Anonymousreply 372April 9, 2021 8:56 PM

R371 I think people in the UK know it, but it's really meant to describe a particular aspect of Australian culture.

by Anonymousreply 373April 9, 2021 10:26 PM

[quote]I fancy him as well

I fancy him rotten.

[quote]Is "tall poppy syndrome" a thing in the UK

Known as 'Build 'em up, knock 'em down.' The basic MO of the tabloid press.

by Anonymousreply 374April 10, 2021 6:00 AM

e's a tosser, he is!

by Anonymousreply 375April 10, 2021 6:18 AM

Some of these aren’t exclusively British, but they’re not often used in the US as far as I know. I’ve lived outside the US for almost 20 years and know certain words have crept the other way like ginger, queue, ‘gone missing’, etc. I’d say the regional differences within both the UK and US are still greater than the differences between ‘standard’ UK and US tv broadcaster English. It’s hard to generalise.

Treat - as in ‘goes down a treat’ or ‘came up a treat’

Kit - as in a uniform, outfit, any set of tools or equipment.

Punter - as in gambler or general customer...speaking of....

Custom - ‘thank you for your custom’.

Tuck in - start eating especially if you’ve been peckish all day.

by Anonymousreply 376April 10, 2021 9:16 AM

Stop fannying about.

by Anonymousreply 377April 10, 2021 9:22 AM

Cunt face.

Knockers.

by Anonymousreply 378April 10, 2021 10:00 AM

British people use "kip" to mean either a nap or a longer sleep; it can also mean the idea or act of sleeping, as in “Will you be quiet? I'm trying to get some kip in here!” It can also be a verb: “They kipped down for the night”

by Anonymousreply 379April 10, 2021 12:28 PM

Adding "done" to the end of phrases like "might have," "could have," "should have," etc.

by Anonymousreply 380April 10, 2021 1:07 PM

"Needs must."

by Anonymousreply 381April 10, 2021 1:07 PM

R377 my dad likes that one, and he sometimes says it “fanny-annying” (I don’t know why). He uses it interchangeably with “pissballing” and “mithering” (though the latter implies some degree of hopeful pestering on the part of the subject).

by Anonymousreply 382April 10, 2021 1:17 PM

“Are you [bold]actually[/bold] alright?”

=

“Mate you fucking losing your mind or summat? You’d have to be going round believing bollox like that...”

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by Anonymousreply 383April 10, 2021 3:37 PM

Mental, innit?

by Anonymousreply 384April 10, 2021 4:18 PM

R379 I thought "kip" referred to "kippered" which I see all the time in E.F. Benson novels and seems to imply being smoked or something.

Someday I'd like to learn British.

by Anonymousreply 385April 10, 2021 4:25 PM

Wanna go down the pub and eat some tea bruv? Lots of birds down there with massive tits, innit?

by Anonymousreply 386April 10, 2021 4:35 PM

"He got stitched up like a kipper, stitched up big-time. Got ten years."

by Anonymousreply 387April 10, 2021 4:38 PM

it's weird that Brits talk about "eating tea" when we think of tea as a drink. i guess tea in that case is a stand-in for dinner? wonder how that came about?

by Anonymousreply 388April 10, 2021 4:41 PM

[quote]Wanna go down the pub and eat some tea bruv?

No one in Britain has ever eaten their tea in a pub.

by Anonymousreply 389April 10, 2021 4:42 PM

Just what I think I've pieced together -- long ago, it wasn't dangerous to be out after dark, so the practice of having an earlier time to get together with others started - "tea time." Well, you didn't just go to visit to drink a cup of tea - there was food - cucumber sandwiches or maybe much more - but you couldn't have a dinner party because it was too dangerous to be out on the streets. Maybe this is before police - or bobbies?

by Anonymousreply 390April 10, 2021 4:44 PM

* it WAS dangerous to be out after dark

by Anonymousreply 391April 10, 2021 4:45 PM

[quote]it's weird that Brits talk about "eating tea" when we think of tea as a drink. i guess tea in that case is a stand-in for dinner? wonder how that came about?

Tea (food wise) is an informal dinner, early evening.

Dinner can be the evening meals or lunch - school dinners are served at lunchtime.

by Anonymousreply 392April 10, 2021 4:45 PM

Geezer Rights✊

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by Anonymousreply 393April 10, 2021 5:25 PM

What exactly is (are?) elevenses?

by Anonymousreply 394April 10, 2021 6:59 PM

Coffee or tea and biscuits or cake taken around 11am.

Either at work, ie on a fag break or when a nosy neighbour pops in for a natter over a Hobnob.

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by Anonymousreply 395April 10, 2021 11:53 PM

^that's what most of us in the US think of as "tea"

by Anonymousreply 396April 10, 2021 11:55 PM

Joint (something you roast in the kitchen)

Salt beef (careful ordering "corned beef"!)

Oxo (U.S. Scrabble players know this one)

by Anonymousreply 397April 11, 2021 12:14 AM

r397 the game or the manufacturer of kitchen utensils?

by Anonymousreply 398April 11, 2021 12:18 AM

R398 The stock cubes.

by Anonymousreply 399April 11, 2021 12:22 AM

hm, yeah. didn't know about those r399. we call them bouillon cubes. why? don't know.

by Anonymousreply 400April 11, 2021 12:35 AM

R400 it's the timeless culinary war between French and Anglo Saxon isn't it?

Pigs, Cows, Sheep when slaughtered, suddenly change their language and become pork, beef and mutton.

One man's stock cube is another man's bouillon.

by Anonymousreply 401April 11, 2021 12:53 AM

r401 completely true. This is why I love threads like this - to find our differences, but still commonalities. Although I will say we don't seem to eat a whole lot of sheep/mutton here. At least, not in my family or many people I know.

by Anonymousreply 402April 11, 2021 12:59 AM

So do you have elevenses at work, or just a coffee (or tea) break? And when do you eat lunch if you have a snack at 11? Most workplaces have lunch between 11:30 and 1. And then another meal before dinner (afternoon tea)? Why isn't everyone 300 lbs?

by Anonymousreply 403April 11, 2021 1:21 AM

Elevenses tend to include a biscuit or piece of cake, do they tend to be a prolonged break. Tea break could be just a hurried cuppa tea.

Luncheon, HM The Queen hates the word lunch, is taken between noon and 2pm.

Yes you could have breakfast at 8am, elevenses at 11am, lunch at 1pm, tea at 4pm, then dinner at 7pm, before supper at 10pm and bed.

by Anonymousreply 404April 11, 2021 1:29 AM

“You all right then?”

“Come off it!”

“Steady on!”

by Anonymousreply 405April 11, 2021 2:10 AM

Shedule

by Anonymousreply 406April 11, 2021 2:59 AM

The worst, most bizarre, just away word in British is "cuppa."

WTF? Cuppa???

by Anonymousreply 407April 11, 2021 3:23 AM

^awful

by Anonymousreply 408April 11, 2021 3:24 AM

the mento illness, luv

by Anonymousreply 409April 11, 2021 3:41 AM

The worst, most bizarre, just away word in British is "cuppa." WTF? Cuppa???

Not that weird, it's just short for cup of.

by Anonymousreply 410April 11, 2021 3:44 AM

seems a llot of food breaks. but then again, we do think have a tendency to think of 6 food breaks a day so maybe...

by Anonymousreply 411April 11, 2021 4:27 AM

wow. r411. you fucked up royally.

by Anonymousreply 412April 11, 2021 4:32 AM

R395/R404 elevenses and afternoon tea are very much a thing of the past. My 85-year old grandmother (who eats like a gannet) still takes tea with a hot buttered crumpet or teacake or some digestives at about eleven, but no-one else I know does. Half the time I don’t even eat three-square (I rarely eat lunch, and often take breakfast late), let alone six miniature meals a day.

by Anonymousreply 413April 11, 2021 12:27 PM

What the hell is a gannet?

by Anonymousreply 414April 11, 2021 1:05 PM

noun

noun: gannet; plural noun: gannets; noun: northern gannet; plural noun: northern gannets

1. a large seabird with mainly white plumage, known for catching fish by plunge-diving.

2. informal•British a greedy person.

by Anonymousreply 415April 11, 2021 1:39 PM

Yes Captain Obvious at R410. We know what cuppa means. It's just such an extremely ugly sounding abbreviation. Do you people says "Glassa?" "Mugga?" "Drinka?" "Bottlea?"

Just such an ugly sounding word.

by Anonymousreply 416April 11, 2021 2:34 PM

r416 Not that much different from the universally used "gonna" and "wanna."

by Anonymousreply 417April 11, 2021 2:40 PM

Greedy gobble gannet!

by Anonymousreply 418April 11, 2021 2:43 PM

On the dole.

Ground floor, etc.

My local.

by Anonymousreply 419April 11, 2021 2:57 PM

Tick (the box)

Block letters.

Brickie.

by Anonymousreply 420April 11, 2021 3:15 PM

[quote]It's just such an extremely ugly sounding abbreviation.

Sometimes presidents are required to do a 'presser.' In recent times, plenty of ugly sounds have emerged from such a pressing.

by Anonymousreply 421April 11, 2021 3:18 PM

R417 -- It isn't like wanna or gonna. There are no other abbreviations in the English language where "of" is the final abbreviated word.

by Anonymousreply 422April 11, 2021 3:30 PM

It's a bloody bad business, this thread.

by Anonymousreply 423April 11, 2021 3:38 PM

[quote] There are no other abbreviations in the English language where "of" is the final abbreviated word.

That's a kinda ignorant comment.

by Anonymousreply 424April 11, 2021 3:57 PM

R424 Well, sorta.

by Anonymousreply 425April 11, 2021 4:00 PM

[quote][R424] Well, sorta.

As the lovely Cilla Black woulda said, there's a lorra lorra words like this.

by Anonymousreply 426April 11, 2021 4:05 PM

boffin

by Anonymousreply 427April 11, 2021 4:09 PM

Pickanniny

by Anonymousreply 428April 11, 2021 4:22 PM

Names like Gaz and Baz.

by Anonymousreply 429April 11, 2021 6:04 PM

R426 you’ve got a nehv, you ‘ave, la, makin’ fon a’ Cilleh. Yer a fookin’ shitehawk!

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by Anonymousreply 430April 11, 2021 6:05 PM

[quote]It's a bloody bad business, this thread.

A damned bad business all round, old man. How's your glass? Another?

by Anonymousreply 431April 11, 2021 6:20 PM

R420 you mean Block capitals, not block letters. R380 do Americans really not do this too?

by Anonymousreply 432April 11, 2021 6:24 PM

r430 that is a fucking foreign language. i can pick out a few words but i can't even determine what the general conversation is about.

by Anonymousreply 433April 11, 2021 6:26 PM

R433 Oh, you’re not alone, my love. As a Brit I find it difficult to understand both Manc & Scouse, especially when the speakers are arguing or using regional slang.

Then, we can’t expect too much. The people come from a wasteland, so of course it follows they’d speak primitive gibberish.

by Anonymousreply 434April 11, 2021 6:39 PM

Scousers, in their natural habitat:

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by Anonymousreply 435April 11, 2021 6:43 PM

"kinda" and "sorta" aren't words. "Cuppa" is.

by Anonymousreply 436April 11, 2021 6:45 PM

R436 Not sure what dictionary you use. If any.

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by Anonymousreply 437April 11, 2021 6:58 PM

you're lumped

get shot of (in lieu of "get rid of")

Oh, my giddy aunt!

cockerel

Any joy? (in lieu of "any luck?")

mozzies

turfing

grass up

standing for office/election

by Anonymousreply 438April 12, 2021 4:06 AM

I always have elevenses, usually a cuppa coffee and I raid the biscuit barrel and find a Hobnob, Rich tea, Jammy Dodger or Garibaldi, and then around 4pm I'll have a cuppa tea and either a tea cake, or crumpet or hot cross bun or slice-a cake. I'm partial to a slice of Battenburg.

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by Anonymousreply 439April 12, 2021 4:23 AM

Curtain twitcher

Footpad

Jobsworth

Plod

by Anonymousreply 440April 12, 2021 4:44 AM

How are you not all huge as all when you have that many meals/snacks? r439?

by Anonymousreply 441April 12, 2021 5:19 AM

I am huge R441!

by Anonymousreply 442April 12, 2021 5:28 AM

Luvvie

by Anonymousreply 443April 12, 2021 12:03 PM

All-Ooo-Meen-e-Um

by Anonymousreply 444April 12, 2021 12:07 PM

" You Americans"

by Anonymousreply 445April 12, 2021 12:08 PM

Knickers in a twist versus panties in a wad!

Some things that aren’t universal.

Schedule. It can be pronounced with SH or SK sound depending on regional dialect.

In some areas of UK like around Birmingham, it’s surprisingly Mom not Mum. Mam exists too in other areas.

Rhotic and non-rhotic R’s vary as well depending on geography.

Scone is pronounced differently as well and is a contentious rift.

You know the differences when it’s a hard or soft g between Minge, Minger and Minging.

There are certain pronunciations like methane, oregano and glacier that are giveaways.

UK adopted French words like mange-tout and aubergine on certain foods and abandoned the English words which Americans kept using. However, UK chose the French courgette whereas Americans and Australians I believe use the Italian zucchini. Coriander is both and herb and a spice in the UK. Cilantro doesn’t exist. There is the arugula and rocket divide as well.

by Anonymousreply 446April 12, 2021 12:10 PM

Come on, get your arse in gear mate!

by Anonymousreply 447April 12, 2021 12:28 PM

[quote]There are certain pronunciations like methane, oregano and glacier that are giveaways.

Within one episode of a British TV series, I heard "migraine" pronounced MY-grain and MEE-grain.

by Anonymousreply 448April 12, 2021 1:08 PM

[quote]You know the differences when it’s a hard or soft g between Minge, Minger and Minging.

Sean Bean is a ginger minger.

Frank Bough came from Slough.

Don't close the door, it's too close and I want fresh air.

My Polish cleaner comes to polish the silver every Tuesday.

by Anonymousreply 449April 12, 2021 1:16 PM

R433 “ The people come from a wasteland, so of course it follows they’d speak primitive gibberish”. Can you explain what you mean by a wasteland? The people you’re referring to come from an urban area of about 7 million people combined. Where are you from that makes you so qualified to judge millions of people like that?

by Anonymousreply 450April 12, 2021 1:18 PM

Then there's Van Gogh, another absolute give-away in speech.

by Anonymousreply 451April 12, 2021 2:11 PM

People who say "shedule" are full of skit.

by Anonymousreply 452April 12, 2021 2:25 PM

From 1st May all sixth form pupils will be eligible for a jab.

by Anonymousreply 453April 12, 2021 2:31 PM

[quote] Where are you from that makes you so qualified to judge millions of people like that?

If you have to ask that in earnest, then clearly you don’t understand the Bit and you’re not from the U.K.

by Anonymousreply 454April 12, 2021 2:49 PM

R433 you’d love the old soap Brookside...

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by Anonymousreply 455April 12, 2021 3:04 PM

[quote]the old soap Brookside...

Often referred to as 'Brookie', as Coronation Street was/is 'Corrie.'

Eastenders I've heard called 'Stenders.'

by Anonymousreply 456April 12, 2021 3:13 PM

NASTY PIECE OF WORK

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by Anonymousreply 457April 12, 2021 4:05 PM

I'm not complaining - I think it's charming, but it's interesting that the British seem to love using cutesy terms for things. I can't imagine American men calling football "footy"

by Anonymousreply 458April 12, 2021 5:55 PM

Better than what the Australians do as they continue to mangle the language -- doggo, convo, boyo, must -- everything gets turned into an -o.

by Anonymousreply 459April 12, 2021 8:59 PM

R459 you drongo!

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by Anonymousreply 460April 12, 2021 9:53 PM

Pronouncing route as root, not rowt.

by Anonymousreply 461April 12, 2021 11:17 PM

[quote]Yes Captain Obvious at [R410]. We know what cuppa means. It's just such an extremely ugly sounding abbreviation. Do you people says "Glassa?" "Mugga?" "Drinka?" "Bottlea?" Just such an ugly sounding word.

R416 Actually I've been promoted to Major, Miss Sensitive. What is it about the word "cuppa" that offends your delicate sensibilities? I think it's a nice-sounding, cute word. I can just hear Megs Jenkins or some actress like that saying it when I go to the pictures. Here she is in a ripping film called The Gay Dog, with Petula Clark. Have another cuppa, luv, and don't get your knickers in a twist.

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by Anonymousreply 462April 13, 2021 4:36 AM

Is Haz a common UK nickname?

Or is it more common in S California?

by Anonymousreply 463April 13, 2021 9:09 PM

Hazbeen is more popular this side of the pond R463

by Anonymousreply 464April 13, 2021 11:02 PM

"It's early days"

by Anonymousreply 465April 14, 2021 12:02 AM

R461, I've always said route as root - and so did Chuck Berry in 1961 (Get your kicks on Route 66)

Unless I misunderstood you and the Brits say route rhyming with "out" ??

I'm aware some Americans say route like "out" but I think it's both in the US - maybe favoring "root"

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by Anonymousreply 466April 14, 2021 1:39 AM

Americans say both ROOT and ROWT. Paper route--either way. Route 66 -- always ROOT. But it's always ROWTING -- wouldn't want to confuse it with ROOTING.

by Anonymousreply 467April 14, 2021 1:50 AM

Mum gave Uni’s knob a wanker.

Brilliant.

by Anonymousreply 468April 14, 2021 1:59 AM

Tosser

by Anonymousreply 469April 14, 2021 2:07 AM

R469 and let’s not forget ‘tosspot’..

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by Anonymousreply 470April 14, 2021 8:36 AM

fuck all

by Anonymousreply 471April 14, 2021 8:37 AM

R468 I'm British and have absolutely no idea what "Mum gave Uni’s knob a wanker" is supposed to mean.

by Anonymousreply 472April 14, 2021 8:39 AM

And "bugger all" - which I still don't quite get.

by Anonymousreply 473April 14, 2021 3:40 PM

Nail varnish

Pay rise

"talking of" in lieu of "speaking of" (e.g., "talk of the devil")

What is he on about?

spanner

there's no smoke without fire (Americans say "where there's smoke, there's fire")

marquee (for a large outdoor tent thing, not what's on a theater)

mobile (as a noun, for cell phone)

full marks

by Anonymousreply 474April 14, 2021 4:02 PM

And mo-bile with the second syllable rhyming with mile.

by Anonymousreply 475April 14, 2021 4:11 PM

[quote][R468] I'm British and have absolutely no idea what "Mum gave Uni’s knob a wanker" is supposed to mean.

I'm guessing the Mum in question gave someone a hand shandy but it's not obvious.

KNOB JOCKEY.

by Anonymousreply 476April 14, 2021 4:43 PM

R473 You might say it when something's gone tits-up.

by Anonymousreply 477April 14, 2021 5:10 PM

[quote]And "bugger all" - which I still don't quite get.

It means nowt.

by Anonymousreply 478April 14, 2021 5:17 PM

Elder Brits: "Freddie Starr ate my hamster"; "Where's the cougar, matey?"

"It's not big and it's not clever"

by Anonymousreply 479April 14, 2021 5:39 PM

'Er indoors.

Pukka

Chin-wag

Wireless

by Anonymousreply 480April 14, 2021 10:22 PM

I love a good chin-wag over a pukka pie and a brew in the chippy!

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by Anonymousreply 481April 14, 2021 10:31 PM

chufty

draught excluder

answerphone

dab hand

satnav

by Anonymousreply 482April 15, 2021 5:57 AM

[quote]I love a good chin-wag over a pukka pie and a brew in the chippy!

This sounds like a clueless posh Tory candidate hopelessly trying to ingratiate himself in a permanent Labour constituency.

He'd be lucky to escape without getting a bloody good hiding.

by Anonymousreply 483April 15, 2021 10:43 AM

There aren't many of those permanent Labour constituencies left now.

You can tell R483 is British. Note the use of the word Labour.

by Anonymousreply 484April 15, 2021 4:00 PM

Geordies

Paddies (not nice)

by Anonymousreply 485April 15, 2021 7:16 PM

[quote]This sounds like a clueless posh Tory candidate hopelessly trying to ingratiate himself in a permanent Labour constituency. He'd be lucky to escape without getting a bloody good hiding.

I don't think it was Harriet Harman, but another pre Blair government Labour feminist made a joke about the Conservatives thinking a creche was something that happened between two landrovers in Sussex.

by Anonymousreply 486April 15, 2021 7:45 PM

[quote]Conservatives thinking a creche was something that happened between two landrovers in Sussex.

Perfectly normal weekend fun for the late Prince Philip.

by Anonymousreply 487April 15, 2021 7:52 PM

Pleb (not nice to use if you're posh)

by Anonymousreply 488April 15, 2021 7:58 PM

Toffee-nosed

by Anonymousreply 489April 15, 2021 8:33 PM

Hoi polloi

by Anonymousreply 490April 15, 2021 9:16 PM

Hoi polloi is used in the US, R490.

by Anonymousreply 491April 15, 2021 10:41 PM

Is it R491?

Tommy opposite then.

by Anonymousreply 492April 15, 2021 11:06 PM

Bloody American cunts

by Anonymousreply 493April 16, 2021 12:20 AM

R493 You limey bastard, you.

by Anonymousreply 494April 16, 2021 3:05 AM

Are you going to the Tarts and Vicars?

by Anonymousreply 495April 16, 2021 3:22 AM

Wot's all this, then?

Fo Fuck's Sake!

by Anonymousreply 496April 16, 2021 6:53 AM

Engorged manhood.

by Anonymousreply 497April 28, 2021 6:08 PM

These JAME BUTTIES are SMASHING.

by Anonymousreply 498April 28, 2021 8:01 PM

JAM

not

JAME

by Anonymousreply 499April 28, 2021 8:01 PM

Being uncut.

by Anonymousreply 500April 28, 2021 9:19 PM

They pronounce the H in herbs, they don't get that the H is silent. Don't get me started on how they pronounce Don Juan.

by Anonymousreply 501May 9, 2021 6:59 AM

Dun Wan

by Anonymousreply 502May 9, 2021 7:52 AM

The H is silent in the US (in herb) only because we decided to sorta adopt the French pronunciation -- though that would be closer to "airb" I think.

If you had an Uncle Herbert, would you call him Uncle Erbert?

Not that there's anything wrong with choosing to go the French way -- but it doesn't make sticking with good old English pronunciation wrong.

Do we say o'tel instead of hotel? Or hôpital (silent h) instead of hospital? Nope.

by Anonymousreply 503May 9, 2021 2:22 PM

Tonne, instead of ton.

The audience are applauding.

Different to, rather than different from.

by Anonymousreply 504May 9, 2021 5:49 PM

Petrol

by Anonymousreply 505May 10, 2021 1:09 AM

Knackered

by Anonymousreply 506May 10, 2021 1:11 AM

Hampton and bristols

by Anonymousreply 507May 10, 2021 1:13 AM

Calling someone ‘melt’, ‘weapon’, or ‘big man’ as gentle terms of exasperation.

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by Anonymousreply 508May 12, 2021 8:50 AM

Using sport-related idiom and allusion will make you sound much more like a true Brit.

Examples in conversation:

“There are places in Britain in the summertime where nowhere is lovelier. The grass is fresh-cut, the sun’s coming through the trees, and I just think, “that’s Euro ‘96, that is.” “And then we invaded Iraq.” “That was the tournament we did well in.”

“I'll stick to potting the pink rather than the brown, thanks pal.”. “The brown isn’t exclusive, mate.” “Pot my tight brown, you cow!”

“This isn’t a jolly! Stop teeing up jaunts!”

*said with smug victorious approval*’“Back of the net.”

by Anonymousreply 509May 12, 2021 9:05 AM

[quote]sport-related idiom

"You think you're on a level playing-field, but then they move the goalposts."

by Anonymousreply 510May 12, 2021 12:24 PM

[quote] “This isn’t a jolly! Stop teeing up jaunts!”

"Jolly" means joke? I don't know what the second part means. (stop teasing me?)

by Anonymousreply 511May 12, 2021 12:33 PM

R511 in that context, ‘a jolly’ refers to ‘a fun day out’ or a leisurely holiday doing inconsequential things.

“Stop teeing up jaunts” means “stop lining up fun pointless little activities to do”, implying that there is more serious work to be done that isn’t being done. ‘To tee up’ refers to the act of preparation or planning, i.e. positioning a golf-ball on the tee ready for a swing.

by Anonymousreply 512May 12, 2021 12:38 PM

A 'jolly' is a day or more away from the work environment for fun, often on a dubious premise. A 'jaunt' likewise, though its escapism might not be work-related.

by Anonymousreply 513May 12, 2021 12:40 PM

Fuck’s it got to do with you?

Fuck-all

Do me a favour

Take a bow, son

He’s alright//are you actually alright?

She gave him a right proper slagging off

Cause your hassle elsewhere

On your bike

Look lively//look alive

Rinsed him

I rate him

Billy-no-mates

That’s madness//mayhem

There’s something a bit off about him

Proper character, knows his stuff

Used to kick lumps out him

They don’t get on

His legs have gone

I’m never gonna stitch him up

by Anonymousreply 514May 12, 2021 1:39 PM

R456 I have never heard EastEnders be called 'Stenders'. It's either Easties or Enders.

by Anonymousreply 515May 12, 2021 2:02 PM

R515 my bumpkin father refers derisively and affectionately to EASTENDERS as ‘the Queer Folk’ (I.e. “the Queer Folk are on at 8”). He means ‘queer’ in the archaic colloquial sense of ‘strange, weird, bizarre’.

by Anonymousreply 516May 12, 2021 2:13 PM

The liberal use of antimacassars.

by Anonymousreply 517May 12, 2021 2:26 PM

I would have thought Conservatives were more likely to be using them.

by Anonymousreply 518May 12, 2021 2:35 PM

Cockwomble

by Anonymousreply 519May 12, 2021 3:10 PM

Crockery

by Anonymousreply 520May 14, 2021 3:51 AM

"all present and correct" instead of "all present and accounted for."

by Anonymousreply 521May 16, 2021 1:07 AM

"work it out" instead of "figure it out"

by Anonymousreply 522May 16, 2021 1:10 AM

Flat

by Anonymousreply 523May 16, 2021 1:34 AM
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