British--Pronunciation/defintion
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WORDS NEVER TO SAY!
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- Southwark--Sutherk
- Leicester--Lester
- Gloucester--Glosster
- bird--girl (not a nice word for a girl, either)
- git--annoying person, jerk... i feel the exact definition varies.
- bugger--idiot (now, if you say "buggered" that's not a good word... it means to be a homo or something like that)
- truly--really
- subway--tube
- tea--tay
- pastey--past-ay (long ay like in acorn but I've also heard it pronounced past-ee; I use the second pronunciation)
- love--term like dear, sweetie
- "mind the..." gap, child, step, stair, purse, doorway,--you name it, they mind everything.
- bill--your receipt or check... if you say check, they don't have a bloomin' clue what you're talking about.
- toilet/loo--restroom... they say the Toilet more than the loo. I have only heard loo once.
- chips--french fries
- crisps--potato chips
- quid--pounds (as in £)
- hob nobbs--an English biscuit which is made out of oatmeal and very tasty
- biscuit--a cookie.
- knackered--really tired
- lift--elevator
- randy--er, maybe i shouldn't say, but it means horny (essentially)
- Edinburgh--Edinbruh
- fag--cigarette (i've never called them that but I've heard the term once or twice... can't get the American definition out of my head to ever use it for real.)
WORDS NEVER TO SAY!
- wanker (this is a really bad word and i'm not going to tell you what it means, just don't use it!)
- bloody
- buggered
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