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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 5:44:26 GMT -6
Apparently more and more American's are using Britishisms - British words and phrases - in their everyday language, which makes a ch-ch-change from the Americanisation of English as we speak it here. So do you chaps use our Britishisms? Or haven't you sussed how our banter works and leave it to the muppets and numpties so you don't make twits of yourselves innit : www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19929249Cheers |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 7:51:21 GMT -6
Simon, how dare you even ask such a question!
I would ABSOLUTELY NEVER EVER use any British slang. Period. And Bob's your uncle.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 18, 2012 7:58:08 GMT -6
That does it. Beeb I agree, care to share a pint of bitters.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 18, 2012 7:58:46 GMT -6
... and be sure to mind the gap on the tube
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 8:21:06 GMT -6
Gordon, you're barmy.
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 11:55:02 GMT -6
Bloody hell!! You cheeky buggers sound like a couple of chavs. I'm gobsmacked. Careful though, your fellow Americans might not think it is so reem and will get their knickers in a twist.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 11:57:54 GMT -6
Blimey, Simon! You make us sound like a pair of bumbling toffs!
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 12:05:32 GMT -6
And I made myself sound like Dick Van Fucking Dyke innit.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 12:19:11 GMT -6
Just so long as we don't all sound like "Downton Abbey"
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 12:20:23 GMT -6
Or Jeremy Bleedin' Clarkson.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 12:31:07 GMT -6
Or Madonna.
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 12:56:43 GMT -6
I thought Madge had gone back to talking like an American again now she is no longer over here drinking warm beer in Guy's pub, wearing tweed, shooting pheasants, and talking like some kind of mid-Atlantic retard?
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 18, 2012 13:03:36 GMT -6
I get my Britishisms the old fashioned way: From Magnum, P.I.
Oh. My. GAWD!!!
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 18, 2012 13:10:10 GMT -6
And I made myself sound like Dick Van Fucking Dyke innit. At least you dinint go lookin like a ginger. |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 13:15:29 GMT -6
British? Oy vey! I thought we were supposed to be talking Yiddish!
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 13:29:14 GMT -6
British? Oy vey! I thought we were supposed to be talking Yiddish! I thought I was innit. |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 14:00:43 GMT -6
I'll ring your mobile to see if we can get this straightened out.
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Post by Tex on Oct 18, 2012 14:05:28 GMT -6
I heard a great many of these terms years ago when I was in Austin as a child. In East Texas, just a couple (knickers and proper). Probably the difference was that Austin was first settled by the English and Germans, many of whom came directly without passing go (as did some of my ancestors), while East Texas was made up primarily of those who came from the southern US.
In Austin the following have been in general usage all my life:
1) cheeky
2) fancy (in the British sense)
3) frock
4) knickers
5) proper (in the British sense)
6) row (not a boat)
7) shag
Simon would probably feel at home on many of the major Austin roads: Enfield, Windsor, Northumberland, Kent, Yorkshire, and many more.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 18, 2012 14:07:24 GMT -6
Let me check the bonnet and the tyres and I'll drink drive over. I'll take the dual carriageway so I wont be long.. oh I'll remember to go anti clockwise through the roundabouts here in the states.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 14:16:19 GMT -6
Gordon, that idea is just bril
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 14:51:53 GMT -6
I heard a great many of these terms years ago when I was in Austin as a child. In East Texas, just a couple (knickers and proper). Probably the difference was that Austin was first settled by the English and Germans, many of whom came directly without passing go (as did some of my ancestors), while East Texas was made up primarily of those who came from the southern US. In Austin the following have been in general usage all my life: 1) cheeky 2) fancy (in the British sense) 3) frock 4) knickers 5) proper (in the British sense) 6) row (not a boat) 7) shag Simon would probably feel at home on many of the major Austin roads: Enfield, Windsor, Northumberland, Kent, Yorkshire, and many more. Tex, I remember being by the pool with my ex wife on our first trip to H3 and saying to her "I'm just going to pop to the loo" and the American couple sitting on the loungers next to us looking over like we had just stepped of the martian shuttle. Have to say that I am proper happy that you cheeky rascals there still fancy using our Britishisms innit. |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 18, 2012 14:55:27 GMT -6
I don't get the "innit" reference.  |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 14:55:40 GMT -6
Simon, next time you're here in the U.S., go for a drink at a biker bar and then tell the guy next to you that you're about to pop to the loo. Oh, the reaction you get would be priceless!
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 15:07:11 GMT -6
I don't get the "innit" reference. It's been slang for "isn't it" for as long as I can remember... "This is my new car, innit" But in recent years Indian and Pakistani youths started using it out of context "Hi Jake, I like you new t-shirt, innit" "I'm going to have an early night, innit," I have NO idea why, but the rest of us now do it sometimes for effect, innit. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=innit |
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 15:09:12 GMT -6
Simon, next time you're here in the U.S., go for a drink at a biker bar and then tell the guy next to you that you're about to pop to the loo. Oh, the reaction you get would be priceless! Should I preface that in an Arnie voice with "I require your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle, innit"? |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 15:13:10 GMT -6
And then tell him, "I'll be back, innit"
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 15:24:47 GMT -6
"The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight... innit"
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 18, 2012 15:26:22 GMT -6
We should all start adding "innit" to the end of every sentence we speak just to see how long it will take for someone to punch us in the face.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 18, 2012 15:31:29 GMT -6
I don't get the "innit" reference. It's been slang for "isn't it" for as long as I can remember... "This is my new car, innit" But in recent years Indian and Pakistani youths started using it out of context "Hi Jake, I like you new t-shirt, innit" "I'm going to have an early night, innit," I have NO idea why, but the rest of us now do it sometimes for effect, innit. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=innitThanks for the explanation. I guess either I live a sheltered life, or this alarming trend hasn't penetrated to the Midwest yet. |
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 18, 2012 15:40:28 GMT -6
It's a horrible trend Jake, but thankfully outside the inner cities you only hear it said in jest.
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