All American girl moving to England, any words that I might need to know?

Question

I just wanted to know if there is anything that I should or should not say, I know they have a totally different dialect. Thanks!!

Answer 1

w a n k e r is a good insult to use (wanking=masterbation)
b o l l o c k s is a good general curse which covers most things (actually means testicles, but has different meanings depending on context)
a r s e = a s s
bum=a s s
f a n n y = v a g i n a
As for dialect, we have loads of different ones depending on the part of the contry you are living in!
Just be yourself! As in any country you will find yourself being corrected if you make lingual mistakes!
Good luck

ps snowbaal... our 'President' is known as Prime minister for the good reason that we dont have a president.. we have a monarchy as head of state where America is a republic.

Answer 2

Don't say "pants". O_o It means underwear. If you need to talk about pants, say "trousers" or "slacks". A friend of mine was living there for a while, and was talking to an older neighbour over the fence. It was kind of chilly out and she was wearing shorts, so she said, "I have to go in and put on some pants". Well, her old neighbour nearly had a heart attack. Heh heh.
Also, don't be confused about the phrase "knocked up". :) Has a totally different meaning. It means to be woken up by someone.
Oh yeah, and ignore "sicivic05". He's a twit.

Answer 3

i'm biased, yet advise Manchester, with the aid of fact I stay right here and prefer to realize this over London, the place I lived for some years. we've all the reward of a huge city, yet with the coast and huge geographical area no longer too a strategies away. Birmingham,Liverpool,Leeds, Newcastle, in England ,are all plenty superior. undergo in recommendations there is not any longer in basic terms England interior the united kingdom! you apart from would have the super Scottish cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh too. Brighton is high quality and reachable for London. London is dazzling, yet very huge and intensely, very high priced. in case you lived in a position like Manchester this is barely basically over 2 hours via prepare to the capital. as quickly as I moved up, I bought a tiny London flat and offered a three mattress family individuals homestead in an fairly good area for in basic terms somewhat extra! it is all o.k. wanting to fulfill a guy, yet ought to you fulfill the standards of immigration to settle interior the united kingdom? it is not common. you could't basically come over and gain this.

Answer 4

Hi! Where are you moving to, south or north? Makes a big difference. Get comfortable with lots of swearing. I once saw a dictionary of british slang in a bookshop in guatemala, it was hilarious, I wish I'd got it now. P*ssed is useful. I dont know, a shopping trolley is a shopping cart. There are hundreds, you're gonna enjoy it :) You can teach us some of your funny words too...

Answer 5

In the United Kingdom, they got different words for a lotta things. When someone gets p-i-s-s-e-d, he or she is drunk, not angry. Cars have boots and bonnets, not trunks and hoods. A torch is a battery powered flashlight, not pitch on fire. An elevator is called a lift. Apparently their president is called a Prime Minister, and he pronounced nukuler as "nuclear." In short, it might as well be France.

Answer 6

Check out the words to "Brass in pocket" by the Pretenders for some crafty English cliches.

Answer 7

A rubber is an eraser there..."naught" means zero...Mocha is pronounced "mukka"...."fanny", as in fanny pack, has a whole different meaning to them...just a few of the not so well known word differences between the two cultures....

Answer 8

bloody.
bloke.
Hey, I lived there for 2 years when my dad was stationed in the Air Force. Don't remember much cuz I was only 4yrs old when we moved there.

Answer 9

Just in case you need to use an elevator they call it a lift.

Answer 10

Yeah, you should learn Hebrew and Greek.