question about british lingo

[AphxA]

I am really serious about this. I was thinking about my questions while i was waiting for the bus.

first question-what does bloody hell mean?

second question-Is there such a thing as a gentlemenly challenge.

Let me explain the second question alittle. While i was at my brothers house for thanksgiving. he was talking on the phone to someone. This is one of his lady friends. Now she has been talking to this guy on the internet. I heard he is from the uk. He said when he comes to visit her in america, he is challenging everyone to a gentlemenly challenge. I just wanted to know if he was just joking or is this a real thing in the uk?

 

[grippedchimp]

first question-what does bloody hell mean?

second question-Is there such a thing as a gentlemenly challenge.

"Bloody hell" is an utterance of frustration. A more "polite" way of saying "Oh shit!"
I dunno what a gentlemanly challenge is. I'm no middle-class yuppie!
"Taking the piss" is winding up someone. i.e. a tease, calling a bluff.
"Pissed" is one word for being drunk. As well as "rat-arsed", "plastered", "tipsy", etc.

 

[AphxA]

ahh thank you gripp

 

[red indian]

Hey back off you colonial types!!!........

.....lets just remember who,s language this is ok?....if we confuse you a little then its time for a visit to the wood shed to brush up on your Brit slang. The best way to do this is with "Rogers Profanisaurus, the ultimate swearing dictionary" now out in hard back. You might also benifitt from visiting this web site www.viz.co.uk

Do try and keep up, theres a good chap!

 

[BigJim]

Re: And while you're at it...

...could you tell us what the fuck "take the piss" means?

And by the way...why does "pissed" mean drunk? In America, it means "very angry"...it could confuse the hell out of people.

It means angry here too, but only when followed by "off".

Example: He looks like he's pissed off.


The drunk version is usually followed by "as a fart".

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

I fully intend on getting pissed as a rat-assed fart this weekend!

 

[Flatfoot]

Re: Re: question about british lingo

"Bloody hell" is an utterance of frustration. A more "polite" way of saying "Oh shit!"

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was told that "bloody" is actually a pretty vulgar thing to say in Britain, because it refers to menstrual blood. Is this true? An inquiring filthy mind wants to know.

 

[Neutron]

Yes Lord And Master...

Is what they say to an American.

Tron

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

Although I'm a bleeding yank, I think "Bloody Hell" really speaks for itself. The term I was wondering about was "Bollocks".
I've heard this in many contexts....mainly..."Bollocks!!!!"


Drew

 

[venray]

That's "balls" to you.......lol

😛

 

[red indian]

You what Tronny??......

....surely shum mishtake?.....you can only be called a Lord if you are a British subject. I,m not sure us Brits have the time to call you anything at all, we usually dive for cover as soon as we see you coming.

 

[BigJim]

Re: Yes Lord And Master...

Is what they say to an American.

Tron

And there was me thinking the constitution outlawed titles.

Wanker. 🙄 😛 😀

 

[Neutron]

Right Now I'm Reading..

Dreadnought: Britain, germany, and the Coming of the Great War a long book (over 1000 pages) by Robert Massie about politics in Germany and Britain that led to WW1. He's excellent at describing the various people involved and what motivated them. In one section he describes Upper Brit Society at the time and there's a great story about a nobleman who had a party on a train. A lunatic somehow ended up on thye train and the host was afraid to boot him off because he was afraid it might be one of the guests!! LOL
Later in the book he describes the building of the Brit Navy. After this I'll read his Castles Of Steel, which is volume two of this book (again around 1200 pages). Thats a history of Brit Naval Actions in WW1.

Tron

 

[BigJim]

Re: Re: Re: question about british lingo

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was told that "bloody" is actually a pretty vulgar thing to say in Britain, because it refers to menstrual blood. Is this true? An inquiring filthy mind wants to know.

Well bloody is vulgar certainly, but not as much as it would be if it referred to menstrual blood, which it doesn't as far as I know.

Sentiments of roughly the same wavelength would be along the lines of "son of a bitch!" or "shit on a stick!" in your embuggered version of God's own language. 😀

Someone's been pulling your pisser mate. 😉

 

[BigJim]

Re: Right Now I'm Reading..

A lunatic somehow ended up on thye train and the host was afraid to boot him off because he was afraid it might be one of the guests!! LOL
Tron

Yep, that pretty much describes the British aristocracy. 🙄


Was it the Germans who described our boys as,
"Lions led by donkeys"?

 

[BigJim]

Although I'm a bleeding yank, I think "Bloody Hell" really speaks for itself. The term I was wondering about was "Bollocks".
I've heard this in many contexts....mainly..."Bollocks!!!!"


Drew

Bollocks: Balls, nuts, cojones, the General's two Colonels.

Used in expression of disbelief or disgust.

 

[BigJim]

I fully intend on getting pissed as a rat-assed fart this weekend!

And I intend to shag the trouble of the lorry-driver, who lives down the apples of the cat, across the frog from me. Think I might have a cup of the old Rosy first, just to lubricate the old north. If I don't get it right I'm gonna end up having a J. Arthur, Billy No-Mates.

 

[Neutron]

Is A Lorry A Truck???

I've been reading about the Eastern Front and the authors use the terms interchangeably.

Tron

 

[Morning Angel]

WTF??!?!?!?!?

And I intend to shag the trouble of the lorry-driver, who lives down the apples of the cat, across the frog from me. Think I might have a cup of the old Rosy first, just to lubricate the old north. If I don't get it right I'm gonna end up having a J. Arthur, Billy No-Mates.

That's it. It's hopeless. I'm staying in Canada for the rest of my life... What on earth does all of that mean?

 

[AphxA]

blimey! i think i shat meself silly

 

[red indian]

Let me help you..........

....now, lets see............

1. "Shag" have sex, to fornicate.

2. "Trouble" touble and strife, (wife)

3. "Lorry" Truck.

4. "Apples" apples and pears (stairs)

5. "Cat" not a bloody clue, ask BJ

6. "Frog" Frog and toad (road)

7. "Rosy" Rosy lea (tea)

8. "North" North and South (mouth)

9. "J Arthur" J. Arthur Rank (wank)

10. "Billy No-Mates"...er....Billy No-mates?


Hows that for a "fackin norvena" BJ??!!

 

[AphxA]

lol british lingo for American dummies!!

 

[Ghost2004]

Now we have the British Lingo Down Pat....

We just need to get a dictionary of how the Scots and Irish speak and their slang. 😛

Any members from these fair countries care to contribute?

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Yowser, I thought Big Jim went on an absinthe-bender or caught a touch of the "mad cow" there for a moment.

 

[red indian]

OK, lets try and sort this out.......

.....sorry to be such a pedant. Cockney rhyming slang is ENGLISH. England is a separate and distinct entity, as is Scotland, Wales and Northern Island. Together they form the "British Isles". On top of that we have the "United Kingdom" which includes various remnants of the British Empire such as the Falkland Islands, Gibralter and the Isle of Man.

I hope this has been of assistance, I know how you colonial chappies struggle with this kind of thing.