British words/expressions you DO like
Nov 3rd 2011, 1:39 pm
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Re: British words/expressions you DO like
'Gormless',.... very descriptive!
Nov 4th 2011, 5:20 am
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Re: British words/expressions you DO like
Complete and utter plonker.
Nov 4th 2011, 7:06 am
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Re: British words/expressions you DO like
Blimey 
Another expression I used to hear occasionally (I grew up in Coventry, in the centre of England but many people came from all over Britain and Ireland to work in the car industry) was "Mardy Arse" or "Mardy Bum"....I think it must be a Northern expression as I have an Artic Monkey's CD and "mardy bum" is the title to one of the tracks (good song too!). Again it's relating to someone who is being moody.
Another expression I used to hear occasionally (I grew up in Coventry, in the centre of England but many people came from all over Britain and Ireland to work in the car industry) was "Mardy Arse" or "Mardy Bum"....I think it must be a Northern expression as I have an Artic Monkey's CD and "mardy bum" is the title to one of the tracks (good song too!). Again it's relating to someone who is being moody.
Nov 4th 2011, 7:23 am
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Nov 4th 2011, 7:27 am
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Nov 4th 2011, 7:36 am
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Re: British words/expressions you DO like
Hanging - smelly/minging. Not sure if that's a norvern one I've assimalated.
eg. "Put that binsack out it's hanging"
Gribby - a southern one this,to describe an item of clothing that's square or unfashionable. eg "I'm not wearing those old things they're well gribby"
Twee - The current long suffering one uses this when clothes are too flowery/too much lace etc for her liking.
As for phrases,loads,here's a snippet
"You smell like a tart's handbag" - self explanatory I would think.
"Up and down like a whores drawers" - ditto
"She's so skinny,bet she has to run round in the shower to get wet"
"More chins than a Chinese phonebook"
"Not a lot of carpet on that landing" (for the intellectually challenged)
"A sandwich short of a picnic" ditto
"He/She's not wired up right" someone who acts strange
"Don't get many of those to the pound" Benny Hill/Carry on.
etc etc
eg. "Put that binsack out it's hanging"
Gribby - a southern one this,to describe an item of clothing that's square or unfashionable. eg "I'm not wearing those old things they're well gribby"
Twee - The current long suffering one uses this when clothes are too flowery/too much lace etc for her liking.
As for phrases,loads,here's a snippet
"You smell like a tart's handbag" - self explanatory I would think.
"Up and down like a whores drawers" - ditto
"She's so skinny,bet she has to run round in the shower to get wet"
"More chins than a Chinese phonebook"
"Not a lot of carpet on that landing" (for the intellectually challenged)
"A sandwich short of a picnic" ditto
"He/She's not wired up right" someone who acts strange
"Don't get many of those to the pound" Benny Hill/Carry on.
etc etc
I'm cracking up.
Nov 5th 2011, 12:04 am
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Re: British words/expressions you DO like
I had never heard that until I lived in Bedfordshire, always Apples and Pears in our house.
I like describing things as minging. Saying 'about as much use as a chocolate t pot' usually raises a smile, I still pop to the loo (most the people I work with do now too).
There are lots of Englishisms that I still use and probably many more that I no loner employ as it's just not understood. Plonker is good and there is nothing wrong with a Jumper either, it's so nice hearing a customer ask for a jumper
Lots of others ring a bell and bring back memories, I have heard most of them and Mardybum is a great song
There's another one, 'got a right face on!' No one gets that here, no one
I like describing things as minging. Saying 'about as much use as a chocolate t pot' usually raises a smile, I still pop to the loo (most the people I work with do now too).
There are lots of Englishisms that I still use and probably many more that I no loner employ as it's just not understood. Plonker is good and there is nothing wrong with a Jumper either, it's so nice hearing a customer ask for a jumper
Lots of others ring a bell and bring back memories, I have heard most of them and Mardybum is a great song
There's another one, 'got a right face on!' No one gets that here, no one
Nov 5th 2011, 9:58 am
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Re: British words/expressions you DO like
ur a right nelly
Nov 6th 2011, 3:32 am
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Re: British words/expressions you DO like
flibbertigibbet and brazen hussy.
Nov 6th 2011, 3:47 am
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Re: British words/expressions you DO like
):http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/u...fordshire.html
(they called it 'twee'
)http://www.jilldaniels.com/UP-THE-WOODEN-HILL.htm