tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post7845751272575438944..comments2023-09-05T02:29:27.235-06:00Comments on Britishspeak: More Amazing BritishSpeakRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-33845021758877321992012-10-07T08:08:22.102-06:002012-10-07T08:08:22.102-06:00Bottle is rude?Bottle is rude?Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-87777821486320579032012-10-07T08:02:46.056-06:002012-10-07T08:02:46.056-06:00Dennis, I try to stay away from Cricket, though th...Dennis, I try to stay away from Cricket, though there have been several posts on the subject. I don't know much more than when I started. The only Jaffa I know is a suburb of Tel Aviv. And I'm not even sure about THAT! I've tried. Honest I have.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-80992769727379219332012-10-07T07:59:06.058-06:002012-10-07T07:59:06.058-06:00Welcome, Dennis! Just when I think I've collec...Welcome, Dennis! Just when I think I've collected most of them, I'm reminded how little I know. Thank you for your input. :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-63885185453379332262012-10-07T02:06:22.318-06:002012-10-07T02:06:22.318-06:00Apropos your list: "bottle" is Cockney r...Apropos your list: "bottle" is Cockney rhyming slang and is quite rude, while "grotty" (and its cognate noun "grot") derive originally from "grotesque", although in both cases the present meaning has strayed somewhat from its origins.<br /> Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-28790028196699088432012-10-07T01:57:39.954-06:002012-10-07T01:57:39.954-06:00Have you checked out cricket? In this quintessenti...Have you checked out cricket? In this quintessentially English sport, a "jaffa" is an unplayable delivery.<br />Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-68531676588815665802012-10-07T01:31:38.838-06:002012-10-07T01:31:38.838-06:00"Paggered" is indeed a word! Where I com..."Paggered" is indeed a word! Where I come from, it is synonymous with "knackered", but it has an additional connotation of violence, as in the question "Is thou deeking for pagger?" (Are you looking for a fight?). "Jiggered" is an exact synonym of "knackered".<br />Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-51570967701399223072012-08-26T10:03:27.447-06:002012-08-26T10:03:27.447-06:00Hello, Lee! Thank you for stopping by. I would lik...Hello, Lee! Thank you for stopping by. I would like to recommend your most recent post for all here who love and remember music of the 60s and 70s. That includes a lot of the above commentors. Everybody go <a href="http://kitconn.blogspot.com/2012/08/turnturnturnto-everything-there-is.html" rel="nofollow">visit Lee and read this cool post</a>!Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-64244148236718327102012-08-26T02:08:57.522-06:002012-08-26T02:08:57.522-06:00Love it! Just wait until you start on Aussie slan...Love it! Just wait until you start on Aussie slang...that will make you put your thinking cap on!!! ;)<br /><br />For instance (even though I've never used the word myself...when I was a child I wasn't allowed to do so...and have never done so)...."Dunny" is Aussie slang for - "toilet", "lavatory".Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-90147044203452805852012-08-20T02:27:25.386-06:002012-08-20T02:27:25.386-06:00I feel no shame.....I feel no shame.....Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-10088447057995453672012-08-19T15:07:37.451-06:002012-08-19T15:07:37.451-06:00Hint: it's where Adullamite works on weekends....Hint: it's where Adullamite works on weekends. He's the guy by the door with his hand out asking for tips after you've spent your penny.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-47683074038025535412012-08-19T15:01:48.598-06:002012-08-19T15:01:48.598-06:00In case you haven't noticed, this is one hell ...In case you haven't noticed, this is one hell of a classy blog. Please help me elevate the conversation to the purity it deserves.<br /><br />A., you are a proper British gentlelady. Please don't be using those words. Thank you. :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-60394964876405082392012-08-19T07:49:13.728-06:002012-08-19T07:49:13.728-06:00The bog.The bog.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-29964319153980936042012-08-18T16:48:40.243-06:002012-08-18T16:48:40.243-06:00What th heck is a dunny?What th heck is a dunny?goatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317617928368945316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-79385368801445113942012-08-18T01:16:55.072-06:002012-08-18T01:16:55.072-06:00Sometimes you're such a donkey ....!! HAND pup...Sometimes you're such a donkey ....!! HAND puppet.... HAND puppet. Repeat as often as needed. You will soon be expected to know these things and answer relevant questions in your 'interview' ....<br /><br />xxxred dirt girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939283533222061484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-30008625451324566912012-08-17T14:11:44.295-06:002012-08-17T14:11:44.295-06:00See!See!Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-48278709175684313732012-08-17T09:39:14.373-06:002012-08-17T09:39:14.373-06:00Well, obviously, a glove puppet is a far more soph...Well, obviously, a glove puppet is a far more sophisticated thing than a sock-puppet, having finger-pockets for head and arms. <br />Whereas a HAND puppet? Wouldn't that imply an unseemly nakedness of hand. Oh my. I'm blushing at the thought.<br /><br />Mitten-puppet? =Muppet.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-2196823789006264762012-08-17T09:33:00.766-06:002012-08-17T09:33:00.766-06:00Just how many corks actually have a crew?
As for ...Just how many corks actually have a crew?<br /><br />As for corkscrew vs gimlet, I'll bet what they really needed was an auger.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-50253845641811934612012-08-17T01:21:18.301-06:002012-08-17T01:21:18.301-06:00Jenny used 'glove puppet' over at Adullami...Jenny used 'glove puppet' over at Adullamite's blog - whereas I would have called it a hand puppet ...<br /><br />a small and insignificant addition to this mighty big post of words .....<br /><br />xxxred dirt girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939283533222061484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-30570048179319763892012-08-16T14:20:44.220-06:002012-08-16T14:20:44.220-06:00In 1975 I spent three months at a highways depot. ...In 1975 I spent three months at a highways depot. The men came from all over the UK & a lot of Irishmen also appeared. Everyone had different names for tools. The storemen had to learn a variety of names foe almost every tool, and often had to show the implement or ask the guy to demonstrate what he wanted. "Corkscrew or gimlet sir?" Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-33022171360817288202012-08-16T14:19:15.870-06:002012-08-16T14:19:15.870-06:00And Jaggered. For what you look like when you'...And Jaggered. For what you look like when you've been run over by a rolling stone...<br /><br />Paggered? That's not a word. I just can't trust you anymore.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-74786629483251438362012-08-16T13:08:10.000-06:002012-08-16T13:08:10.000-06:00You people are impossible. No wonder I can't c...You people are impossible. No wonder I can't cobble together a decent list - you don't even agree among yourselves! And I think some of you are just making these words up as you go along. Just saying.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-4095218010258988302012-08-16T12:53:24.830-06:002012-08-16T12:53:24.830-06:00'Bait' you mean 'piece.'
Althoug...'Bait' you mean 'piece.' <br />Although today that has changed to 'sandwiches,' or the awful 'packed lunch,' which turns out to be sandwiches, known as your piece, or bait!Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-36763503977612872592012-08-16T10:30:38.989-06:002012-08-16T10:30:38.989-06:00Cool. But the point is, British custom is to use &...Cool. But the point is, British custom is to use "keep" in that context of what a shop chooses to sell or put on its shelves, and Americans don't use that term for that. They say the item is not in stock. They don't say "that store doesn't keep that item anymore."<br /><br />Dig?Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-82159765934436934312012-08-16T10:28:17.438-06:002012-08-16T10:28:17.438-06:00Paggered too.Paggered too.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-10221343807304898722012-08-16T10:27:46.772-06:002012-08-16T10:27:46.772-06:00By 'eck, lass, ah've been fair clarted mon...By 'eck, lass, ah've been fair clarted mony a time, an ah'm a yorkshireman.<br /><br />But never in a mushy or sentimental way.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.com