Post by: Fozzy on May 27, 2002, 05:09:31 pm
the chances are you know these words coz they are in the microsoft spellchecker.
sorted = cool
banter = talk
buds = friends
lingo = language
Post by: vadar_1 on May 27, 2002, 05:16:49 pm
(which is kinda weird)
Post by: Corsair on May 27, 2002, 05:21:07 pm
And I don't know if this is such a good idea...:doubt:
Post by: Ace on May 27, 2002, 05:21:37 pm
Post by: vadar_1 on May 27, 2002, 05:33:13 pm
Sometimes you just don't know where you find things...
Post by: IceFire on May 27, 2002, 05:44:39 pm
tissue = kleenex
garage = garage (but pronounced differently)
aluminium = aluminum (pronounced AND spelt differently)
z = z (Americans say it 'Zee' and the rest of the English speaking world pronounce it 'Zed' - bet you Americans didn't know that one :D, none of your hotel clerks, store managers, or historical monument speakers do)
boot = trunk
laurie = truck
truck = freight car (on a train)
Help me out here.
Post by: vadar_1 on May 27, 2002, 05:50:28 pm
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Originally posted by IceFire
hoover = vacum cleaner
tissue = kleenex
thats just product corperation dominance... its not really considered slang... though you dont hear hoover very much... its things like we rarely say cola... its always coke or... in some cases pepsi (if you like drinking liquid ****).
Post by: mikhael on May 27, 2002, 05:51:48 pm
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Originally posted by IceFire
z = z (Americans say it 'Zee' and the rest of the English speaking world pronounce it 'Zed' - bet you Americans didn't know that one , none of your hotel clerks, store managers, or historical monument speakers do)
Speaking as a well travelled English speaking sort, you're wrong. Its about a half and half mix, with some countries being mixed internally. Australia, for example is mixed, as is Hong Kong.
A far odder lexical reference to letters is the British (evidently Norfolk way) habit of pronouncing 'W' when spelling as 'wuh'. One of my clients is a british industrial magazine. Whenever one of them is telling me a URL over the phone, it becomes: "Aitch Tee Tee Pee Colon Slash Slash WuhWuhWuh* dot four oh four ee are are oh are dot see oh em". The "WuhWuhWuh" is almost always said fast. These aren't the only clients that do it, just the ones that I speak to most.
Here's some commonwealth vocabulary that you might want to explain. My wife uses some of these (being Australian) and my Brit friends use the rest:
- banger
- mash
- bugger
- root
- lorry
- dag
- skip
- buckley's and none
Post by: Unknown Target on May 27, 2002, 06:34:29 pm
WTF is with that?:confused:
Post by: Corsair on May 27, 2002, 06:40:14 pm
and how about this?
Ice/bling bling = Cool necklace and stuff
Post by: Thorn on May 27, 2002, 06:41:36 pm
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Originally posted by vadar_1
thats just product corperation dominance... its not really considered slang... though you dont hear hoover very much... its things like we rarely say cola... its always coke or... in some cases pepsi (if you like drinking liquid ****).
Hoover has been turned into a verb though..
If you eat something quickly you're said to have hoovered it...
Post by: Corsair on May 27, 2002, 06:44:49 pm
had to share that, sorry :D
Post by: Blue Lion on May 27, 2002, 06:47:06 pm
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Originally posted by Thorn
Hoover has been turned into a verb though..
If you eat something quickly you're said to have hoovered it...
Not here, hoover is a vacuum, not a substitue for it
Post by: Corsair on May 27, 2002, 07:01:38 pm
I HATE DAVID ORECK
Post by: Blue Lion on May 27, 2002, 07:11:58 pm
Post by: Corsair on May 27, 2002, 07:22:43 pm
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Originally posted by Blue Lion:shaking::shaking::shaking::shaking:
Why? He's such a lovely old man
Post by: Blue Lion on May 27, 2002, 08:25:43 pm
Post by: vadar_1 on May 27, 2002, 08:31:30 pm
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Originally posted by Blue Lion
He is, don't you just wanna give him a big hug? ;) :wink:
...
Post by: LtNarol on May 27, 2002, 08:32:17 pm
Hoover=Hatshepsut Class Destroyer
Post by: Knight Templar on May 27, 2002, 09:20:21 pm
Homie Pal, Friend, Bud
G, G Dawg , Dawg See Above
Off Da Hook Unbelieveable
Off da chain See above
tiight cool, awsome
sweet see above
shiby see above
duude friend pal bud
bro' good friend
Fuzzy (i met a guy from the philopines who didn't know what fuzzy mean't)
French Fries "Chips"
Catsup Ketchup
hella extremely, totally
shag "make luv"
controversial terms
Nigga African American Term : Freind
Gay Homosectual, stupid, bad
queer see above
I don't know exactly how far i can or should go but i think i'll stop there to be safe........ thas all i can really think of thats clean right now
Post by: IceFire on May 27, 2002, 10:04:35 pm
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Speaking as a well travelled English speaking sort, you're wrong. Its about a half and half mix, with some countries being mixed internally. Australia, for example is mixed, as is Hong Kong.
I stand corrected :D.
Post by: Sandwich on May 28, 2002, 05:49:00 am
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Originally posted by IceFire
hoover = vacum cleaner
tissue = kleenex
garage = garage (but pronounced differently)
aluminium = aluminum (pronounced AND spelt differently)
z = z (Americans say it 'Zee' and the rest of the English speaking world pronounce it 'Zed' - bet you Americans didn't know that one :D, none of your hotel clerks, store managers, or historical monument speakers do)
boot = trunk
laurie = truck
truck = freight car (on a train)
Help me out here.
Zed is what's taught sometimes in the schools here - depends whether the teacher is from the UK or the US.
Here's a few near-extinct words:
Pogonophobia
Sciolist
Interdigitate (this one's easy)
Don't know 'em? Use Atomica (http://www.atomica.com/). :D
Post by: Kazashi on May 28, 2002, 09:28:09 am
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Originally posted by IceFire
I stand corrected :D.
Don't speak too soon, I haven't encounted any fellow countrymen that use "zee" over "zed" (maybe I'm just too rural ;)). In schools it's taught as "zed", and people continue to use that. Though I guess that with the increasing americanism forced upon us some people will use "zee", especially if they watch something like Sesame Street.
Post by: Zeronet on May 28, 2002, 10:16:18 am
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Originally posted by IceFire
I stand corrected :D.
But dont forget, saying it zed is the correct way.
Minging= sick or dirty
Post by: Corsair on May 28, 2002, 10:30:00 am
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Originally posted by KazashiNah, now little kids here watch (READ: melt their minds watching) Telletubbies. Possibly the worst thing to ever happen to the world.
especially if they watch something like Sesame Street.
:snipe:
Post by: Martinus on May 28, 2002, 11:22:29 am
Anyway crack means to have fun.
'Hoot' means great.
'Hoot, hoot, hoot' means really great.
'Blinding' means excellent.
'Yoink' is a term used to exclaim something.
'Cultchie' is a person from a rural area, they have their own sub dialect of english I don't even want to describe for sanity's sake.
'windee' is a window 'usually said by cultchies'
'Runger' is a term used by under-educated kids when they see someone who isn't dressed like they are, it's a shortened version of 'grunger'. Not dressed like they are means you don't wear a pair of those horrible three stripe adidas tracksuit bottoms that have buttons the whole way up the legs and a football shirt (usually celtic or rangers). A pair of headache inducing bright running shoes is also (dayglow for maximum points).
Us 'rungers' call those kids and their grown up counterparts 'spides'. A spide is generally pretty stupid and they make up a large part of football hooligans, shoplifters and criminals. (I'm not even being racist or joking). Some unfortunate spides just dress that way to fit in with their friends.
Post by: Fozzy on May 28, 2002, 12:12:34 pm
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Originally posted by vadar_1
thats just product corperation dominance... its not really considered slang... though you dont hear hoover very much... its things like we rarely say cola... its always coke or... in some cases pepsi (if you like drinking liquid ****).
in the uk we say we are going to do the hoovering (vacume cleaning) because of the guy that inveted it...
... Mr Hoover
Post by: an0n on May 28, 2002, 12:14:56 pm
Shan - Bad
Skerner - Tramp, person of low financial status
Jimmy/Timmy - Retard (only marginally derived from SouthPark)
Genk - Someone who is unusual looking or disagreeable (ie "Ron Jeremy is a genk")
Knowledge College Reject - A pupil at the local College Of Technology (all boggers and drop-outs)
There's a whole crap-load of piss-ant phrases used by the great unwashed masses of inner city London (such as "Ma cell is bling") but I refuse to recognise such phrases as a part of any dialect or language so screw 'em.
Then there's the more universal terms:
Boggers - Massive jeans, hats, chains, lots of browns and blues
Scummers - Used as a variation of Skerner
Filth - Usually used in reference to a girl, someone who indulges in the....err....'unconventional' forms of sexual intercourse
Post by: Fozzy on May 28, 2002, 12:36:16 pm
1) Cockney rhiming slang:
Apples And Pairs = stairs
Trouble And Strife = Wife
gypsy's kiss = urinate beginning with P (swear word)
pen and ink = Stink
Number 1 = Wee (to go and urinate)
Number 2 = Poo
3) words for money:
Grand = £1000 (americans might spell £1000 like #1000 because of the lack of a £ key)
Ton/Tonne = £1000
Wegde = bundle of notes (possabaly refering to its shape)
Pony = £25
4) Others:
Pete Tong = Wrong (Pete Tong is a cool DJ from england)
khazi =lavatory.
kick off = To start a fight.
dipstick = fool
Post by: Thorn on May 28, 2002, 12:54:59 pm
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Originally posted by Maeglamor
'Yoink' is a term used to exclaim something.
*steals Maeg's wallet*
Yoink!
Post by: an0n on May 28, 2002, 12:56:22 pm
Post by: Kazashi on May 29, 2002, 08:40:52 am
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Originally posted by Corsair
Nah, now little kids here watch (READ: melt their minds watching) Telletubbies. Possibly the worst thing to ever happen to the world.
:snipe:
Fortunately I stopped watching TV before they appeared. The only telletubbies I see now are custom models blown to bits in games of Quake....
Now there's an idea, furry telletubbie space ships..... they had to get to this planet somehow :D
Back on the subject of weird words across cultures, is it true that americans (until recently at least) didn't know what a wanker was? It's something of a common tale down here, but I have no idea of its authenticity.
Post by: Kellan on May 29, 2002, 08:57:28 am
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Originally posted by Maeglamor
Us 'rungers' call those kids and their grown up counterparts 'spides'. A spide is generally pretty stupid and they make up a large part of football hooligans, shoplifters and criminals. (I'm not even being racist or joking). Some unfortunate spides just dress that way to fit in with their friends.
Funny...we have 'trendies' and 'greebs' in Milton Keynes. And I'm a...well, nothing really. A 'skater' maybe, even though I don't skate.
Post by: Styxx on May 29, 2002, 09:12:20 am
Post by: Martinus on May 29, 2002, 01:40:13 pm
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Originally posted by Thorn
*steals Maeg's wallet*
Yoink!
Yes, exactly.
Wait a minute, get back here you pilfering cur.
BTW 'filth' is a derogatory term often used for the police here as is...
fuzz
peelers (they were set up by a certain gentleman by the name of peel)
squealers (just because it rhymes with peelers)
pigs (everyone knows that one)
Nips (northern Ireland police service, bad choice of acronym :nod: )
ruccies (they were previously known as the Royal Ulster Constabulary, RUC)
Of course amounst the nationalist community there are more extreme naming conventions, most of them ending in 'bastards'. :rolleyes:
Post by: beatspete on May 29, 2002, 03:56:05 pm
Anyway, here's a few beauties for you to add to you spell checker:
"Fit like?" meaning "how are you?"
"choochter" meaning someone from the country
"skelp" meaning to hit (i think)
"bairn" - meaning baby, child
"quine" meaning girl, taken from 'queen' i think
"Fit ye've nivver haen ye nivver miss" - a longer phrase meaning "what you never had you'll never miss".
I dont use the language that much, and i addmit i dunno what some old people(who tend to use it most) are sayying to me - i just smile and nod.
Also as a general difference between american english and proper english:
"sidewalk" equals "pavement" :nod:
And its 'Zed'
and 'year' is pronounced 'yeer' not 'yir', an argument ive been having with some of my friends.
pete
Post by: Knight Templar on May 29, 2002, 05:15:18 pm
Post by: Ulala on May 29, 2002, 10:50:39 pm
Post by: Blue Lion on May 29, 2002, 11:09:28 pm
Post by: adwight on May 30, 2002, 12:02:43 am
Hoser- idiot, retard, fag, i could go on... and on...
EDIT: Here's how it ties in. One time this kid got called a hoser and he's all, "What's a Hoser???". It was funny...:)