Tally ho, British people!?

Question

Teach this American kid some of your cool slang!

I wasn't trying to be rude, so forgive my ignorance about "tally ho" being about fox hunting. Thank you for correcting me!

Answer 1

lol...I don't know anyone that says...Tally Ho (It’s an old Fox Hunting term).

PS I think you're taking the Mick...i.e mocking us.

EDIT: ELSPETH (below)…You may be correct, perhaps Dove meant nothing by it - but ‘Tally Ho’ is associated with the upper class twits who enjoy Fox Hunting…so it sounded like a sarcasm

& Pommie girl’s comments are just old fashioned Cockney rhyming slang…there is NO sexual innuendo.. e.g. dahn the rub a dub = down the pub!

UPDATE: DOVE...that's ok - actually I'll just say TTFN old girl ;)

(TTFN = Ta Ta For Now …an old fashioned way of saying Bye Bye…& ‘old girl‘ is another old but affectionate phrase for a female - usually a wife or girl friend - both phrases would now be considered tongue in cheek….& wouldn’t normally be used)

Answer 2

Awright, darlin'? Just off dahn the rub a dub, but not before I've had a cuppa Rosie and a quick chin wag on the dog and bone. Once I get a pint down me gregory, I'll be right as rain and who knows, might even be lucky enough to come back with some dosh in me sky rocket.

See ya, love.

Look, everyone there are NO sexual innuendos at all, it's all Cockney rhyming slang =
rub a dub= pub
cuppa Rosie =cup of tea
Chin wag=chat
dog and bone= phone
gregory = neck (Gregory Peck, the actor)
right as rain = OK
dosh=money
sky rocket= pocket
There is nothing remotely rude there- some people must have very odd minds!

Answer 3

Hi there my American friend!
Can I sausage a gregory? (Sausage & Mash= cash) (Gregory Peck=cheque) IE, Can I cash a cheque?
I have very bad chalfonts. (Chalfont St Giles, a town north of London) Piles, AKA hemmariods. See also, The I can see fors, (I can see for miles)
Muppet = Idiot. Chav = Trailer trash with no taste. Care Blair = Our Prime Minister. See also, My Little Tony. Scally = A criminally minded Liverpudlian. Leek Licker = Welshman (See Dirty Sanchez) Jockroach = A very irritating Scotsman. FRISP = F*cking Revolting Ignorant Scottish Pig. Slapper = Sexually indiscriminate woman. (Put it in and it slaps around) Janner = Cornishman. Tottie = This used to mean an attractive woman, but now is used for attractive people generally. Plonker = Useless and ineffectual individual. Hooray Henry = An noisy upper class idiot. Haw haws = Another noisy upper class idiot, so called for the collective sound they make. (Hwaw hwaw) Yukkers = Drunken middle management in a pub. (They all stand around in mutual admiration going "Yuk yuk yuk") And last but not least, Septic Tank = Yank! (Our American Cousins!) Usually shortened to Septic.

Answer 4

Hey Guys! I don't think Dove was trying to be rude. Its just "tally ho" tends to be thought of as a saying you use. If that is out of fashion, then set us straight. Putting the meanings would be helpful too!

I don't think that Pommie Girl was being very polite either. If she wanted to state that those were sexual innuendos, thats one thing. Come on, show some manners.

Answer 5

erm lol funni sorry we dont speak like dat we speak like the same as u but with like a british accent and we call sidewalks pavements and trash cans bins and stuff like that we dont really sit round an drink tea lol i would run away to another counttry if we did how freaky would that be omg i say like to much sorry

Answer 6

'Toodle Pip' is one frequently used by the English, I think it means 'good bye'. It's used in the Hull area of England, also in the same area they use 'Jolly good show old bean' I'm not sure what that means but it's used a lot in Hull.
It's a very strange place Hull. I think these sayings have something to do with living in the dock area, its very cold and this also explains why they all have 'Stiff upper lips' I'm also not sure why it's only the upper lip that's stiff?? Perhaps you could research it.
Hope this helps????

Answer 7

tally ho.hmmmmmmmm your way off the mark there
so here is one for ya

aye gewa an pit yersel an yer toilet pit an flush i bog an fit ye lik

gewa an git yersel a crap en pit it on yer plite en shove it doon yer gob

Answer 8

It is the name of a pub in North Finchley (London N12)
"Go for it!"

Answer 9

your aving a bubble bath meaning laugh.

up the apples and pairs meaning stairs

dog and bone = phone

you should watch the film green street might help you. we call the side walk a pavement or path

Answer 10

www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htm

Try that and slang away Brit style to your hearts content, if you Adam & Eve it..