Like good day, hello, thats nice. common english sayings, but the british version. thanks for your help!
2006-08-21 11:58:32 · 9 answers · asked by Becca 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Just to go through the answers so far...
No-one in England says 'top of the morning', it's actually an Irish greeting, no idea where it comes from.
Most people call the Underground the Tube even though it is called London Underground.
Nickers is knickers and as well as being underwear it means the same as damn, as in when you knock something over you might say 'oh knickers'. In terms of underwear it's ladies pants (but not pants as in the US), pants as in panties or briefs. Pants in the UK are trousers. The male equivalent of knickers are underpants or undies.
Fags is old hat (out of date) for cigarettes, usually just called cigs. Some people call them ciggies, baccy or bacco, tabs, smokes (different words in different parts of the country).
Bullocks are baby bulls, the word for testicles is spelt with an o instead of a u.
Lavatory is what posh people use. There must be 1001 different words for it but most people call it the toilet or bog, as in 'I'm off to the bog'. Bathroom in the UK is the room with a bath in it, if you asked someone where the bathroom was they'd think you'd be wanting to take a bath.
Wash Closet (WC) is actually Water Closet but hardly anyone ever uses that term.
Lorrie is more likely to be a person's name (short for Loretta) or Laurie (short for Lawrence). Lorry (with a y) is a truck. An artic is the same as a big rig.
Booth is hardly ever used and when it is it's used in the context of a small enclosed space such as a polling booth (where you cast a vote) or a phone booth - except we call them phone boxes.
Bugger off is a more polite way of telling someone to 'go forth and multiply', you probably wouldn’t get into trouble from your teachers or parents for using it.
Randy is used to describe someone who is aroused, it doesn’t really mean sex. For example 'I'm feeling randy' would mean (more or less) 'I want sex'.
The crack is just crack. As in 'it was a good crack last night' and usually in the context of a social gathering such as a night out, party, barbeque etc.
Pants means trousers (as above) and also rubbish. 'It's a load of pants' mans it's a load of rubbish. By the way, we call trash rubbish and a trash can is called a bin.
More and more people from England are calling themselves English and describe themselves as coming from England (as opposed to the UK). The Scots, Welsh and Irish nearly always describe themselves as such and as coming from Scotland, Wales or (Northern) Ireland.
Hot Pot is like stew or casserole, usually called Lancashire Hot Pot after the part of England it's said to originate from.
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Different parts of England have different sayings and even different ways of saying the same things. For example 'are you going into town' translates into Geordie as 'a ye gan doon toon' or into Tyke as 'ist tha off int taarn' or 'yoff in taarn'. Geordie is Northeast England, Newcastle area and a Geordie is a person from that area or the dialect they speak. Similarly, Tyke is a person from Yorkshire or the dialect. Town is also used to mean city centre. Someone might say 'I'm off to town' meaning the centre of Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool or any other city.
You might have heard of Rhyming Slang - it's declining a bit in popularity but is used in London, particularly the East End of London. For example...
The Artful Dodger was in a Bob Murray to get to the Spotty, tripped over the Postman, fell down the Apples, hit his Loaf an a Tony Blair and broke his Gregory, now he's Father Ted.
Which means The Artful Dodger (lodger) was in a Bob Murray (hurry) to get to the Spotty (spotty dog - bog), tripped over the Postman (Postman Pat - cat), fell down the Apples (apples and pears - stairs), hit his Loaf (loaf of bread - head) an a Tony Blair (chair) and broke his Gregory (Gregory Pack - neck), now he's Father Ted (dead).
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Haven't actually answered the questions have I and it's gone half one on the morning and I need to get to bed.
One word which isn't as common as it should be (because it's a good word) is blether. In Ireland it means to talk but in England it's to talk on and on or to talk rubbish. Stop your blethering means stop talking rubbish. A bletherskite is someone who blethers. Blether, blethering and bletherskite are the same as blather, blathering and blatherskite. It's also used in the same context as 'flipping' (a mild way of saying bloody) as in blethering idiot (flipping idiot). A blethering idiot can also be a blithering idiot and a blathering idiot.
Apart from that and about a million other words the language is identical.
Lor' luv a duck! goodnight. Know what I mean?
2006-08-21 13:41:02 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work for a British company.
"Pants" means really screwed up. Really!
"Cheers" means goodbye or thanks.
"Joy" means something like success or satisfaction. For example "I went to the store for some apples but I got no joy"
No Probs.....thats obvious. I think this is also Aussie slang.
They never say England, they say the UK instead.
A hot pot is an electric teakettle that you use to boil water for your tea.
A lift is an elevator
A lorrie is a truck
The trunk of your car is called the boot.
2006-08-21 19:16:20 · answer #2 · answered by WendyD1999 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lavatory
Wash Closet(WC)
Ironmonger
Fishmonger
Lorrie
Booth
Waistcoat
Wash Basin
Centre
Lift
2006-08-21 19:06:20 · answer #3 · answered by liker_of_minnesota 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cheer-thanks
Alrght!-hi, how are you
blokes-guys
fair play- another way of saying it's all good
nice one-wicked
Laters-bye
I can't think of any, it's too early in the morning here in the u.k
Smitmeister is obviously not from the u.k so don't listen to him,
Randy means horny not sex
the crack or a crack means a laugh and cheers means thanx not hello!
Just thought of another, cops we call the old bill or police.
2006-08-22 04:45:06 · answer #4 · answered by EvieEvans 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheers
Nickers for underwear
Fags for cigarettes
2006-08-21 19:06:03 · answer #5 · answered by Babsi71 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
bugger off=fu&% off
randy=sex
bloke=dude
the crack=great time
cheers=hello
2006-08-21 19:07:08 · answer #6 · answered by smitmeister_99 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
top of the morning, i'm going to take the underground, whats on the telly, i can't see hand me the electric torch....................
2006-08-21 19:05:04 · answer #7 · answered by cool dude 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
bullocks, fag, chips, telly, fiver, mate
2006-08-21 19:06:20 · answer #8 · answered by tyler_durden_project 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How are You,
How do You do ?.
2006-08-21 19:05:54 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋