Sunday, May 25, 2008

Some Lingo and Pronunciation

British--Pronunciation/defintion
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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.)
There's a lot more but i can't think of any others off the top of my head.

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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