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17 October 2005, 03:10 PM
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Englishisms!
There was a recent thread about Americanisms in our language - and I was wondering over the weekend if any words have gone the other way.
The only one we could come up with was b0llocks. I remember Carrot spinning a yarn in the 1980s about a number plate in the US reading 'bollox' that he found really funny and noone else understood. What about 'mate' and 't1ts-up'?
We've sent them Benny Hill and various Richard Curtis films - have any 'English' words passed into the US vocab....?
The only one we could come up with was b0llocks. I remember Carrot spinning a yarn in the 1980s about a number plate in the US reading 'bollox' that he found really funny and noone else understood. What about 'mate' and 't1ts-up'?
We've sent them Benny Hill and various Richard Curtis films - have any 'English' words passed into the US vocab....?
17 October 2005, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
Was it true or an urban myth that when they ran EastEnders on US TV it damn near needed subtitling?
17 October 2005, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Drunken Bungle *****
We've sent them Benny Hill and various Richard Curtis films - have any 'English' words passed into the US vocab....?
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17 October 2005, 04:27 PM
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Pissed off is finally understood over there. Anyone other than antipodeans, Brits and Yarpies should be banned from saying mate - seppos sound daft using it.
17 October 2005, 04:50 PM
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I'd agree with Bollocks, though they are still a little unsure as to what "The Dogs Bollocks" means.
Here's a weird one for you as well. It seems that many girls over here (albeit Canada and not the US) have no problem being called a ****, something that I don't think many UK girls would appreciate, it seems that calling them a bitch is much much harsher? very odd indeed.
I'm trying to do my bit on educating the masses as to Britspeak, so far I've got Rose using Bollocks, ******, bellend, pissed, arsehole, and a few others She's doing very well. Current lessons revolve around usage of the phrase "Oi! ******" as both an insult and a greeting to a friend
Here's a weird one for you as well. It seems that many girls over here (albeit Canada and not the US) have no problem being called a ****, something that I don't think many UK girls would appreciate, it seems that calling them a bitch is much much harsher? very odd indeed.
I'm trying to do my bit on educating the masses as to Britspeak, so far I've got Rose using Bollocks, ******, bellend, pissed, arsehole, and a few others
She's doing very well. Current lessons revolve around usage of the phrase "Oi! ******" as both an insult and a greeting to a friend
18 October 2005, 12:15 PM
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They do use English expressions and sometimes try to do it with the American version of an English accent. Bit like that "Chimm Chimmenny" bloke. Its about as effective as the average Brit trying an American accent!
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18 October 2005, 03:35 PM
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I remember trying to explain to a friend in Canada about boll*cks and the dogs boll*cks - couldn't get his head round it at all. Along with - Mard ****, Rat arsed & most of the phrases we used for p*ssed. They all know fubar but non of them knew dilligaf.
18 October 2005, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobybitch
I remember trying to explain to a friend in Canada about boll*cks and the dogs boll*cks - couldn't get his head round it at all. Along with - Mard ****, Rat arsed & most of the phrases we used for p*ssed. They all know fubar but non of them knew dilligaf.
I'll use that.
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