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heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 16,394	UKisms Apr 6, 2015 18:03:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Apr 6, 2015 18:03:27 GMT -5 I have been listening to BBC news before bed, and I picked up on that as well, Jen. The pronunciations of some words is also a little different :-)

a_muppet Global Moderator Posts: 35,020	UKisms Apr 7, 2015 1:52:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by a_muppet on Apr 7, 2015 1:52:18 GMT -5 Apr 6, 2015 18:03:27 GMT -5 heatherly said: I have been listening to BBC news before bed, and I picked up on that as well, Jen. The pronunciations of some words is also a little better :-) Just helping.
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Apr 6, 2015 16:32:29 GMT -5 jengurl1987 said:

Your post about your Mum caused me to think of another UKism. We say going to the hospital, going to the university, etc. You say going to hospital, going to Uni and so on. You leave out the THE.

This has rattled around my head all morning and I have realised why.

In the UK many people do say as you do ".....going to the hospital, going to the university, etc. " But over here, the type of people who speak in that fashion are what you would call "rednecks".

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britishbea Honored Member Kisses give her goosebumps, well that's cool I used to tutor braille Posts: 996	UKisms Apr 7, 2015 8:13:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by britishbea on Apr 7, 2015 8:13:21 GMT -5 yeah thats right, i say im going to toilet, going to shop, going to cinema etc. i also sometimes swap the word the for just the letter T so ill say 'get in't car'
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britishbea Honored Member Kisses give her goosebumps, well that's cool I used to tutor braille Posts: 996	UKisms Apr 7, 2015 8:25:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by britishbea on Apr 7, 2015 8:25:50 GMT -5 what about saying that something is 'cheap as chips' is that a UK thing?
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Feb 9, 2015 10:26:11 GMT -5 britishbea said:

there are so many words we use in the UK that someone in the US may be a little confused by..
we will make this a game, see if you guys in the US can guess what us in the UK are saying when we use slang.. (there are also different ones from different parts of the UK, so maybe i can learn a few too)

ohh im knackard -

i dont get paid for a fortnight -

wow hes hench -

y'alright? -

thats bollocks is that-

theres loads more, ill let others post some, lets see what you think they mean

Knackard, no idea

Fortnight, unsure

Hench, completely in the dark

Y'alright, I think I get this one

Bollocks, have heard, no idea of meaning

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knackard is really tired
to say someone is Hench means they are big built, muscly
a fortnight is 2 weeks
to say something is bollocks can mean a few things i suppose, but if i say 'oh thats bollocks' it means basically its a load of crap, rubbish. i may stub my toe and say 'oh bollocks that hurt'

When life hands you lemons, make grape juice then sit back and watch as the world wonders how you did it.

Cleaning and scrubbing can wait ‘til tomorrow For babies grow up we've learnt to our sorrow, So quiet down cobwebs Dust go to sleep I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep

usmichelle Prominent Member Read, Learn, Read it Again, Learn More Posts: 4,412	UKisms Apr 8, 2015 5:52:28 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by usmichelle on Apr 8, 2015 5:52:28 GMT -5 Ahhh! Good ones. Been to the UK a few times. Not enough to learn the lingo. Love the accent though. You guys seem so sophisticated compared to us "Limeys". (Not too sure what a Limey is either) Heard it in a movie I think.
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britishbea Honored Member Kisses give her goosebumps, well that's cool I used to tutor braille Posts: 996	UKisms Apr 8, 2015 6:00:39 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by britishbea on Apr 8, 2015 6:00:39 GMT -5 i dont know what a limey is hahahaha
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Traditionally it was a word used by Americans to describe the arriving British sailors. Who would pack their boats full of limes for the long Atlantic voyage, to fend off Scurvy & give the sailors a source of vitamin C.

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Apr 8, 2015 6:08:37 GMT -5 molly said:

Traditionally it was a word used by Americans to describe the arriving British sailors. Who would pack their boats full of limes for the long Atlantic voyage, to fend off Scurvy & give the sailors a source of vitamin C.

Yikes!

I had it backwards.

Us dumb Americans.

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a_muppet Global Moderator Posts: 35,020	UKisms Apr 8, 2015 9:40:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by a_muppet on Apr 8, 2015 9:40:31 GMT -5 I know it is not accurate, but you are only called Yanks over here. Or, when I was a child, you were called Hiram, after Hiram Holliday. I just looked it up, seems the show was even before my time.
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usmichelle Prominent Member Read, Learn, Read it Again, Learn More Posts: 4,412	UKisms Apr 8, 2015 17:57:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by usmichelle on Apr 8, 2015 17:57:52 GMT -5 You guys are an island. Why can't you just float over here so we could be closer. Survey says the French would help. hahaha
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jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	UKisms Apr 8, 2015 18:34:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Apr 8, 2015 18:34:38 GMT -5 I'd love it if Cher floated over here! Australia is a bigger island, but it would be nice to have the friends that I met there float over too. No worries, mate; she'll be 'right!

heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 16,394	UKisms Apr 8, 2015 18:48:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Apr 8, 2015 18:48:31 GMT -5 Apr 8, 2015 9:40:31 GMT -5 a_muppet said: I know it is not accurate, but you are only called Yanks over here. It's funny because the southerners here call the northerners Yankees. I'm a Yankee by birth.

usmichelle Prominent Member Read, Learn, Read it Again, Learn More Posts: 4,412	UKisms Apr 8, 2015 19:32:57 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by usmichelle on Apr 8, 2015 19:32:57 GMT -5 Yeah now that I knew. I only got one of those UK ones correct.
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Apr 8, 2015 5:41:52 GMT -5 britishbea said:

knackard is really tired
to say someone is Hench means they are big built, muscly
a fortnight is 2 weeks
to say something is bollocks can mean a few things i suppose, but if i say 'oh thats bollocks' it means basically its a load of crap, rubbish. i may stub my toe and say 'oh bollocks that hurt'

Ok I Googled Bollocks and it actually said Testicles.

??

Bollocks" /ˈbɒləks/ is a word of Middle English origin, meaning "testicles".

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britishbea Honored Member Kisses give her goosebumps, well that's cool I used to tutor braille Posts: 996	UKisms Apr 9, 2015 4:53:54 GMT -5 usmichelle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by britishbea on Apr 9, 2015 4:53:54 GMT -5 yes thats right, but to say 'oh bollocks' basically means 'oh shit' but then again you can say something is the 'dogs bollocks' and that means its really good
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usmichelle Prominent Member Read, Learn, Read it Again, Learn More Posts: 4,412	UKisms Apr 9, 2015 5:01:44 GMT -5 britishbea likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by usmichelle on Apr 9, 2015 5:01:44 GMT -5 hahaha You Brits have a language of your own.
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usmichelle Prominent Member Read, Learn, Read it Again, Learn More Posts: 4,412	UKisms Apr 9, 2015 8:21:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by usmichelle on Apr 9, 2015 8:21:06 GMT -5 Bullocks, testicles, balls, ballsac, scrotum, genitals, family jewels, I mean what else Cher?
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jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	UKisms Apr 9, 2015 12:25:40 GMT -5 heatherly and usmichelle like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Apr 9, 2015 12:25:40 GMT -5 I had planned an outdoor party, but when the rain started it went all to pot. Mmmmmm . . . maybe Heather and I should like that.

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Apr 9, 2015 8:21:06 GMT -5 usmichelle said:

Bullocks, testicles, balls, ballsac, scrotum, genitals, family jewels,
I mean what else Cher?

LOL I meant it has more meanings than you would expect. It works in the same manner as the word "f**k", it is as much how you say it as defines it's use.

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heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 16,394	UKisms Apr 9, 2015 13:31:41 GMT -5 a_muppet and usmichelle like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Apr 9, 2015 13:31:41 GMT -5 Yeah, that is what I found interesting about it, Cherry! We use so many different words to mean the exact same thing as that one word lol it's amusing.

jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	UKisms Apr 9, 2015 13:40:12 GMT -5 heatherly and a_muppet like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Apr 9, 2015 13:40:12 GMT -5 Heather, you're the bee's knees! You too, Cher.

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Yes, all those words and easily replaced by that singular syllable word "f**k".

and that is the last time you will hear me use it. I very rarely swear, it is one of my self control issues. It is one of my few ladylike qualities.lol

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usmichelle Prominent Member Read, Learn, Read it Again, Learn More Posts: 4,412	UKisms Apr 9, 2015 14:15:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by usmichelle on Apr 9, 2015 14:15:46 GMT -5 Apr 9, 2015 13:40:12 GMT -5 jengurl1987 said: Heather, you're the bee's knees! You too, Cher. Awww! I want to be the bees knees too. (
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a_muppet Global Moderator Posts: 35,020	UKisms Apr 9, 2015 14:20:29 GMT -5 heatherly likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by a_muppet on Apr 9, 2015 14:20:29 GMT -5 You could be the cat's pyjamas?
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usmichelle Prominent Member Read, Learn, Read it Again, Learn More Posts: 4,412	UKisms Apr 9, 2015 14:21:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by usmichelle on Apr 9, 2015 14:21:19 GMT -5 You could M me
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jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	UKisms Apr 9, 2015 15:00:51 GMT -5 usmichelle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Apr 9, 2015 15:00:51 GMT -5 Welcome to Bee-Land, Michelle. I love bees.

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