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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:55 pm
by Georgi
Originally posted by IHateUsernames
And its not the subway, its the underground
The tube, darling, the tube! ;)

@Scayde a part of the male anatomy I'm sure you're more than familiar with :p :D and a particularly versatile addition to the English language:
"Bollocks!" = "Oh darn!"
"Bollocks to that!" = "No, I don't think so"
"I got a bollocking" = "I was severely scolded"
"Bollocksed" = "Rather intoxicated"
:D

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 8:55 pm
by Tamerlane
Originally posted by Georgi
Where do you think you criminals got them in the first place? :p


We stole it from you guys up north and made it fashionable, its only natural that you English would try to take it back. :p

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 11:50 am
by Kevka
@Yshania.

Only been to London once, and only for 2 hours. I got most of that slang from "Lock Stock". As for Peterborough, I've lived there all my life. Trust me, go to London instead.

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 12:21 pm
by Yshania
@Kevka, I was only teasing you ;) I rarely go into town as such in this last few years. It is nice not living too far away - though - because you get easy access to everything, but I much prefer the suburbs to live in :)

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 2:12 pm
by frogus
Lock Stock is a documentary.

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 9:32 pm
by C Elegans
Re: Re: UK newbie
Originally posted by Georgi
The tube, darling, the tube! ;)

@Scayde a part of the male anatomy I'm sure you're more than familiar with :p :D and a particularly versatile addition to the English language:
"Bollocks!" = "Oh darn!"
"Bollocks to that!" = "No, I don't think so"
"I got a bollocking" = "I was severely scolded"
"Bollocksed" = "Rather intoxicated"
:D


"The tube" and "bollocks" are more British than tea :D Also, the Brits insist on calling you "darling" or "dear" although they hardly know you :D

Bollocks is a wonderful expression indeed. When I first visited my hubby's house in Miami, I was standing in the garden when a golf ball came flying through the air and hit the house next to us. I heard a male voice shout "bollocks!" with great emphasis, and said to Silur: How nice, I hear you have British neighbours :D

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 12:22 pm
by Yshania
Re: Re: Re: UK newbie
Originally posted by C Elegans
"The tube" and "bollocks" are more British than tea :D


ROFLMAO! :D really? Funny that, I hate the tube, but bollocks is one of my most used curses. My hubby tends to say "Oh Bugger!" or "What a bugger!"" which I am sure could be equally British :)

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 12:35 pm
by dragon wench
Re: Re: Re: Re: UK newbie
Originally posted by Yshania
ROFLMAO! :D really? Funny that, I hate the tube, but bollocks is one of my most used curses. My hubby tends to say "Oh Bugger!" or "What a bugger!"" which I am sure could be equally British :)


lmao! :D I find that having a partially British heritage over here is very handy when it comes to curses..
I mean... in a frame of rage I can publicly exclaim, "Oh Bollocks!" and get away with it because most people don't know what it means, and it doesn't carry the same implications as some of the alternatives :D
I also use "Oh Bugger!" But I just say that more privately.. given that on this side of the world the word only tends to be employed within a particular... *cough* context ;)

Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 12:06 pm
by Kayless
LOL :D Reminds me of a Buffy episode where Spike and the rest of the gang loose their memories.

"You Englishmen are always so... Bloody Hell. Sodding, blimey, shagging, knickers, bollocks... Oh God! I'm English!"
:p :D

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:10 pm
by Craig
Originally posted by Scayde
erm.......what is 'bollock' :confused: :p


The come in pairs, dear. ;)
Originally posted by Gwalchmai
It's too bad that Vivien isn't here to offer advise on how to interpret some of the horrific ways that the Brits abuse the English Language!


I believe it was the english/british that first used the english language. :rolleyes:

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:13 pm
by Yshania
@Kayless, LMAO! :D
Originally posted by craig

I believe it was the english/british that first used the english language. :rolleyes:


lol! this is debateable, maybe we were the first to claim license to bastardising the language? :D

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:57 am
by Craig
I would supose that over the years they've both changed but we have the English language still because as the original changes it's still the original*




*recognized english

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:03 am
by Georgi
Originally posted by Yshania
lol! this is debateable, maybe we were the first to claim license to bastardising the language?
Speak for yourself, northern heathen scum! :p :D

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:30 am
by frogus
They only speak real English in Oxford.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:47 pm
by Yshania
@Georgi and Frogus, give me a true example of pure English, you lost and misguided pair ;) The language is as mongrel as the race :D