question about british lingo

[Krazy]

go drink some tea

 

[BigJim]

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.

Shag - To make love to

Trouble (and strife) - wife

Lorry - english word for truck (Not to be confused with something like a pickup truck, which we would still call a truck. A "lorry" is the bigger kind of heavy goods vehicle.)

Apples (and pears) - stairs

Cat (and mouse) - house

Frog (and toad) - road

Rosy (Lee, as in Gypsy Rose Lee) - tea

North (and south) - mouth

Jay Arthur (Rank) - wank

Billy No Mates - on my own

Translation: I'm going to fuck the wife of the truck driver who lives in the downstairs apartment in the block across the road from me. I think I might have a cup of tea to lubricate my mouth first. I If don't get it right I'll end up having to jerk off on my own.

 

[AphxA]

righty-o, thats what me thinks we need lad. A nice spot of tea.

 

[BigJim]

Re: 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.

Sorry to be such a mega-pedant...

Ghost knows what cockney RS is and was suggesting we use some gaelic slang as a fun diversion in this thread.

GibraltAr. 😀

The only regions that make up the UK are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The areas you mentioned legally carry the status of overseas dependencies, including the Isle Of Man, which has it's own parliament.

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

Not bad at all. Considering that I was born and raised in Wiltshire, live in Hampshire and carry as much cockney status as Geoffrey Boycott's arse, I think I did pretty well too. (Well actually all I had to do was watch the third Austin Powers film. 😀 )

 

[Battousai]

Re: 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??!!

Cockney Rhyming Slang...oh my. You don't usually hear that outside of Eastern London.

 

[red indian]

Oh lordy BJ!!!!.........

....how can we patronise Americans if we are not able to get our own shit together? Scotland also has it own parliament, and Wales has an assembly. Does this mean they are NOT in the U.K.? Further, the other places I mention i.e. Gibralter, Falklands and Isle of Man, are full of people with U.K. pass ports surely?

I think Battousai means the east end?

 

[Morning Angel]

Thanks for the translations, red indian and BJ🙂

I'm still afraid... very afraid... ... I need a tutor. I have so much to learn. The Cockney rhyming thing is pretty cool though, once you can see how it works.

 

[Knox The Hatter]

Was told by a very nice English lady in the History department here in Princeton many years ago that "bloody" is a merging of the term "by our lady"; a cussword dating back to the Tudor era. Thinking about it, I'm not sure of the contexts in which it would've been used, but it's as good an answer as I've ever heard... 😉

 

[red indian]

Heres a good one......

......"septic" septic tank (Yank). This can be extended thus:- "Antiseptic" (anti American) . "Proper Bo! ah tell thee!!"

 

[Battousai]

Was told by a very nice English lady in the History department here in Princeton many years ago that "bloody" is a merging of the term "by our lady"; a cussword dating back to the Tudor era. Thinking about it, I'm not sure of the contexts in which it would've been used, but it's as good an answer as I've ever heard... 😉

"By our Lady" is like saying "Oh my God", really. It's most likely refering to the queen.

 

[BigJim]

Was told by a very nice English lady in the History department here in Princeton many years ago that "bloody" is a merging of the term "by our lady"; a cussword dating back to the Tudor era. Thinking about it, I'm not sure of the contexts in which it would've been used, but it's as good an answer as I've ever heard... 😉

Might have sounded good, but it's totally untrue.

 

[BigJim]

Re: Oh lordy BJ!!!!.........

....how can we patronise Americans if we are not able to get our own shit together? Scotland also has it own parliament, and Wales has an assembly. Does this mean they are NOT in the U.K.? Further, the other places I mention i.e. Gibralter, Falklands and Isle of Man, are full of people with U.K. pass ports surely?

I think Battousai means the east end?

Sorry man, but someone has to keep up the front as being the patronising Englishman. Those septics expect it. I see you didn't act on my spelling correction. 😀

Scotland and Wales have their own versions, yes. But they are both subbordinate to Westminster in matters of foreign and senior domestic policy. (Not a bad deal consdier that the jocks are massively over-represented in the Commons, taken on a per capita basis.)

None of the places you mention are represented in the British parliament, so they're not titularly in the UK. They have British passports yes, but then so do white Zimbabweans who have British heritage. The difference is the status of "citzen" and "subject". We are British citizens, whilst anyone else from the areas you mentioned or from around the Commonwealth is a subject should they claim a connection to the Old Country.

 

[sugarmouse]

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.

erm... lol bloody hell!! is just an expression, liek 'bloody hell did that really happen..liek wen some one drops their beer or something!!
takin the piss..is when youre mimickin or mocking someone..in general anyway,..but peopel often say it if soemone is taking advantage aswell..if someone rings in sick at work lots or something they are said to be taking the piss.getting pissed also means gettin drunk, or yu can be pissed off ..or just pissed...when yu are angry with someonje.
i love british slang!

 

[sugarmouse]

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.

i have also been told thats where the term originates from, but it isnt used in that way anymore..bloody hell now just an expression of surprise or shok..

 

[red indian]

Ah yes indeed BJ.........

....the "west lothian question" should we bother our colonial brothers with such arcane subjects?

 

[BOFH666]

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

Used in expression of disbelief or disgust.

Ah, but don't forget that, when prefaced by the word "Dog's" this can also be use to express awe and/or appreciation of an event or object. See the movie "The 51st State" for examples 😉

I'm still afraid... very afraid... ... I need a tutor. I have so much to learn. The Cockney rhyming thing is pretty cool though, once you can see how it works.

Nah, very simple way to understand all this, just clober people until they explain what the hell they're talking about. Besides, could be worse, it could have been:

Cyfarchion y Tymor hyd cyfan y bendigedig pobol am y TMF. Rydw i ag ofn arnaf Cymraeg o bell ffordd gwaeth yn anad Saesneg, felly dal ati, daliwch ati!

(Yes, I know the grammer's wrong, but languages were never my strong suit)

 

[red indian]

Oh Lordy!!!.......

....thats all we need!! a taffy on the TMF!!!

 

[BOFH666]

Ain't nothing like Welsh for demonstrating that, however bad the difference between Proper English and American it could always be so much worse. There's something comforting about a language with literraly dozens of ways of saying yes and no, and that's without resorting to slang. No, wait, I don't mean comforting do I, umm, insane that's it. Besides being Welsh ain't so bad, least we've got a national stadium... 😛 Now if only we had a team to go with it *sigh*.

(For the record, I consider myself British rather than Welsh, and will support England, Scotland, Nortern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland (did I miss anyone?) in most anything. That said, while England should stomp everyone else in the six nations into the ground, IF by some miracle (and it would have to be a proper miracle, none of this water into wine rubbish) Wales squeak a win I reserve the right to be Smugnus Smugnusson. Fair?)

 

[Knox The Hatter]

"Might have sounded good, but it's totally untrue."


Of course, I see no correction here other than a proferred opinion, which leads me to believe that Big Jim, who knows bloody fuck about everything on God's Green Earth, can't answer this question. Oh, well. I'm so disappointed 😀