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Posted: 5/11/2007 5:28:50 AM | Last night, I was watching one of those English comedies and didn't know what one was saying to another...
he called her an SOB...now I thought it meant (son of a ****) but, in this case, I don't think it did. Does anyone know, what it meant?
Notice how us "canucks" use words like "girl"....aussi's use "SHEILA"
We say "how are you"...they say "g'd day mate"
We say a "run in the stocking"...they say a "ladder"
we say "bangs"...they say "fringe"
Anyone know any slang in other English speaking countries? | |
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Posted: 5/11/2007 5:43:19 AM | "Twistin' hay" is Irish slang for stirring up mischief…
bet ya knew that  | |
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Posted: 5/11/2007 5:52:58 AM | What you heard as "SOB" could have been ...SOD...as in dirt.........how it was used makes a dif as to what it could mean.........you lucky SOD..........you stupid SOD....then again .........what do I know...I'm a Scottish sod..
Cheers | |
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Posted: 5/11/2007 8:53:32 AM | | Australians say lift for elevator; toodles for good-bye. | |
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Posted: 5/11/2007 2:18:48 PM | | Australians call a Bar-B-Q a Barbi. A Kangaroo is a 'Roo. English call it a orse,not a horse. You don't go on a Vacation to Australia,you go down under. Other Coiuntries call soccer football. There's slang then there's name-calling. Australians don't ap;prove,they Bonzer,they also buy shouts ,not rounds. English don't spend dollars,they get weighed down by pounds. Canadians don't spend dollar and two- bills we,go looney-twoonie buying small purchases. | |
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Posted: 5/11/2007 2:50:25 PM | My favourite was when I was managing a restaurant and I hired two Irish waitresses.
They would greet each other with "How's the crack?"
and get a reply like "Oh, the crack is fine!"
Turns out it means "What's happening?" or "How are ya doin'?"
When I was working in Shanghai I was learning Mandarin and heard that the word for no was "bullsh*t"....
well, actually, it was bu shi, but to me that's what it always sounded like. Even now when I hear it in conversation locally I still hear bullsh*t. | |
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Posted: 5/11/2007 5:20:26 PM | Ooooh ... The all time favorite slang coming out of Jolly Old Britian . ...
Is when checkin into a hotel ... they will inquire
"What time Gov ... would you like to be knocked up at?"
Exsqueeeeeeeze me ... 
But their translation is ... what time would you like to be woken up ?
And the term we all over use .. is ......
THE RULE OF THUMB....
this rule originated out of England .. and was actually a law...
of how big of switch .. a man was allowed to beat his wife with.
I shyte you not .. and you hear everyone use this term ..
Crazy HUH?
and again .. thats my buck fifty ..
Ciao for Now ..
Peeeeeeeeeace Out
Z | |
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Posted: 5/11/2007 8:55:04 PM | I love the Aussie meanin of "rooting" meaning "f***ing". A totally new meaning to 'rooting around in the bushes'.
And we have ROOT clothing here, too! | |
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Posted: 5/11/2007 11:23:27 PM | I once knew a man who's last name was Rootman. Went 'down under to play footie, he did. Can you guess the reaction of the crowd upon reading the back of his jersy?
Needless to say, he was very popular!
..true story! | |
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Posted: 5/12/2007 12:31:20 AM | This isn't really a slang, but the "root" post reminded me of this...
I have a friend from Germany, who told me "Vicks" (vaporub) means semen in German!! Kinda makes you wonder about the consistency eh? | |
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Posted: 5/12/2007 10:27:16 AM | I work with preteen kids, and pick up on lots of the stupid slang they use
I hate how lots of the kids use the word "GAY"
when they view something as being stupid or dumb, they say "That's gay!"
I tell them that it offends me, and when they ask if I'm gay, I just ask them why it's any of their business. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2007 4:18:24 AM | Feeding the fish............ having sex
Tucking the giant in....having sex
Plugging the dyke.......having sex with a lesbian
...oops, am i in the wrong forum?
 it's late | |
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Posted: 5/13/2007 2:14:50 PM | | IT has amazed me the difference between slang in different places In BC. Often referring to local things. Most places the strip Is the main highway going trough town. Being a person Who has lived in the kootenays most of his life I found myself using a lot of the expressions from here When I was living in nanaimo. The first time I called somebody a melon farmer I had to explain for half an hour. (It's a sound alike expression from Movies when they are shown on TBS). Now that I am living back in the kootenays I found my self working with a guy who came from nanaimo, he was surprised when I got some of his local expressions and he was confused buy all my Kootnanyisams. One day I was joking with him "There are a lot of words that get used her that don't' get used there like, Dun Bungled, Melon Farmer, Howdy, Please and Thank you.) He was a little confused at the last few then he started laughing. Aperanty he didn't her the last two very much when he lived there ether. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2007 11:15:58 PM | Don't ever ask an elderly British woman what a "wanker" is. Seriously... don't ever do it. If you hear a new word and aren't sure what it means, Google it. Really hard lesson to learn, but once you've learned it once you'll never, ever forget it.
On the other side, when my brother and his wife were visiting from the States, I asked him to go and pick up a two-four of brew... she still doesn't know what I meant. | |
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Posted: 5/14/2007 1:47:25 AM | Me mum's from Liverpool and often as a kid, she would call my sister and I 'twits' when we were being silly...
Growing up with it, I would hear her or Nanny call someone a 'little bugger' when we were being cheeky. This is actually a cuss word as I found out not too long ago...I affectionately called my younger son a 'bugger' as he was playing with my leg as I am trying to cook dinner. We went to Mum's for dinner that weekend and he announces that he is a 'little bugger' - my mum was appauled! oops...
Also, when she was calling us in for dinner or what have you, she would yell "Oye!" (listen to AC/DC's TNT for pronounciation!) Everyone on the block knew that it was our Mum calling us in...
Here, the evening meal is supper - in England it is dinner.
Here, the noon meal is lunch - in England it is tea.
Here, tea is called, well... tea - there is it a "cuppa" (as in 'cup of') - you have to have the accent to say it right though!
Here, it is a sandwich - there is is a "butty" - once again, it only sounds right if you have the accent.
Here, it is a cigarette - there it is a "fag" - sound hilarious out in public when Nanny would ask for a fag with her cuppa!
If I think of anymore, I'll post...you just get used to the odd slang when you've heard it all your life! | |
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Posted: 6/28/2007 2:25:53 AM | | dont the british call cigarettes fags | |
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Posted: 6/29/2007 2:33:28 AM | One of my favourites is from Britain: wobbly
As in I was driving down the highway and my car threw a wobbly!
Meaning: I was driving down the road and something went wrong with my car.
I always found it useful to picture riding a bicycle and a wobbly is what happens when the tire blows suddenly.
Another favourite is from Australia: Spit the dummy
The boss was watching us load the truck with our No 1 customer's shipment. When the lift truck driver drove the forks through the shipment the boss spit the dummy. The yelling screaming went on and on! I thought the boss was going to pop a vein!
The expression comes from what babies do when they get mad. In North America we call it a soother but Auzzies call it a dummy. A mad baby first has to spit it out before they can make any noise but usually there is a build up: same for adults but they don't have the dummy.
Paints a great picture! | |
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Posted: 7/14/2007 6:21:43 AM | | I like the British sayings like-Sod of you wanker, bloody poofter(referring to gays), take the piss(being insulted), bum a fag(bum a smoke), the Newfie term "What're ya at?"always confuses people. | |
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Posted: 7/14/2007 7:47:21 AM | Only in Britain can you ask..."Bum a fag mate?" and not get the crap beat out of you, if you can find a place to light up with a "Lucifer" and have a couple of drags before taking the "lift back up to your "flat" before the power goes out and you have to search for a "torch" to see in the dark.
Down under I saw a new animal they don't show much on those animal shows on tv..... a "wuz-a-roo" they are mostly found on the side of the roadways. That why the big trucks have "roo-bars" on them. | |
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Posted: 7/14/2007 6:37:18 PM | For the US:
We say Pop, they laugh and insist it's Soda
We say Fries, they call them Chips | |
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Posted: 7/14/2007 6:56:35 PM | I have quite a few, I think we stole it from the English but hey it's all good!
bloody hell! -- holy s(**&
boot - trunk (car)
cubbyhole - glove compartment
bonnet - hood of the car
just now - NO NOT RIGHT NOW, whenever I want to dammit :)
loo - that would be the washrooms
cold drink - pop
chips - crisps or fries or.... chips
pavement - sidewalk
road - pavement
fag - ciggy - smoke - cigarette
mmmm.... I can't think of anything more, but I'm sure my friends will think of something odd I once said | |
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Posted: 7/14/2007 7:16:37 PM | Americans say sneakers we say runners or occasionally "go fasters" lol
Canada Gas / Britain petrol
Canada cookie/ Britain biscuit
Canada hooker ( prostitute)/ Britain rugby player position
Canada subway/ Britain the tube
Canada and Britain yank,... any American / Yank ..USA an American from NE USA
This one I find the most irritating and causes the MOSTconfusion..
in the States 01 /02 /03 is January 2, 03 in Canada it is February 1, 03!! Creates utter havoc with appointment making times if running American programs in your software.
It isn't HOW you say it should be decending order like for hours /minutes/ seconds. technically then it SHOULD be 2003/02/01, 17 :32 :54
for 5:32PM and 54 seconds, Feb 01, 2003 . | |
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Posted: 7/16/2007 6:39:28 PM | | Being french I invent them all the time. | |
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Posted: 7/16/2007 9:56:11 PM | I remember when I first started nanny-ing for a British family and I would ask the kids to do certain things. Most of my requests got met with blank stares. It took me a while to realize to say the following words in the British way. (Canadian = British)
Garbage = rubbish
Cell phohe = mobile
sweater = jumper
jumper (as in the dress) = pinnifore
pants = trousers
underwear = pants
So when I asked the kids to go put on their pants for school, they heard it as asking for them to put on their underwear..... | |
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Posted: 7/17/2007 12:55:16 AM | | an aussie woman with a bit of a belly on her has a "veranda over a candy shop" | |
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