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Wiki Dictionary is up! (Sorta...)
Feb 1st 2010 | 5:13 am
#31
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 10,109
From: North Charleston,SC. born in Stockport,UK.
Re: Wiki Dictionary is up! (Sorta...)
UK Tannoy...US public address system
Rubber....eraser
AC/DC...bisexual
Skive....blow it off?
All to cock(pot)....messed up
Ankle biters....children
anyroad...,anywhere
carry out....take away
argy bargy....noise (disturbance)
mackintosh....raincoat
Arse over tit.....fall over
right as rain....allright
safe as houses.....secure
backhander....bribe
chinwag....chat
mithered....bothered by someone (talking too much)
gobsmacked....amazed
short and curlies....pubic hair
sarnie(butty).....sandwich
good egg....trustworthy
baloney....what a load of crap
gobbledygook.....nonsense
codger....older person
cot....crib
chuffed....happy
bun in the oven....pregnant
bees knees.....great
moggy....cat
bevvy.....drink
big cheese.....boss
cheers....thank you
bonkers.....crazy
brassed off....pissed off
yes, I am bored!
Rubber....eraser
AC/DC...bisexual
Skive....blow it off?
All to cock(pot)....messed up
Ankle biters....children
anyroad...,anywhere
carry out....take away
argy bargy....noise (disturbance)
mackintosh....raincoat
Arse over tit.....fall over
right as rain....allright
safe as houses.....secure
backhander....bribe
chinwag....chat
mithered....bothered by someone (talking too much)
gobsmacked....amazed
short and curlies....pubic hair
sarnie(butty).....sandwich
good egg....trustworthy
baloney....what a load of crap
gobbledygook.....nonsense
codger....older person
cot....crib
chuffed....happy
bun in the oven....pregnant
bees knees.....great
moggy....cat
bevvy.....drink
big cheese.....boss
cheers....thank you
bonkers.....crazy
brassed off....pissed off
yes, I am bored!
Feb 1st 2010 | 5:30 am
#32
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 35,082
Re: Wiki Dictionary is up! (Sorta...)
This page will eventually be the UK to USA page, while translations going the other way will appear next (once this is done).
Therefore all current content is UK to USA. I realise the page titles could make this clearer and I'm working on that! (Where's Sue when you need her...?
) Also, bear in mind I'm no techno whiz so it's taking me a while to figure everything out.
As for the specifics:
Flyover = Overpass (good spot. I'll change it)
Headphones (I'll add headphones for US too, to make it clearer)
Pan-handle (UK) is still hard-on (US), so I'll leave this until the USA to UK page is up
Washing Up = Dishes AND doing the dishes.
Hope it makes more sense now!
Therefore all current content is UK to USA. I realise the page titles could make this clearer and I'm working on that! (Where's Sue when you need her...?
) Also, bear in mind I'm no techno whiz so it's taking me a while to figure everything out.As for the specifics:
Flyover = Overpass (good spot. I'll change it)
Headphones (I'll add headphones for US too, to make it clearer)
Pan-handle (UK) is still hard-on (US), so I'll leave this until the USA to UK page is up
Washing Up = Dishes AND doing the dishes.
Hope it makes more sense now!
In that case, I think it would be useful for a UK person to know what panhandle means in the US.. yes, the US 'usage' for the UK *meaning* would be hard on .. but do you see where I'm going?
and 'washing up'.. maybe I don't get it. The dishes are the things in my cupboard (see, I use cupboard.. mine aren't very fancy I guess
) and they are clean. The washing up is sitting in the sink waiting for me to do clean them. But that makes me think of another one DH uses.. washing up bowl.
We use it for mopping the floors; he likes it better than the bucket.
And Fairy liquid.. I notice a lot of people use that as a name for dishwashing liquid (brand name thing), but we don't have that brand here.
Feb 1st 2010 | 7:06 am
#33
Heading for Poppyland
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 17,519
From: North Norfolk and northern New York State
Re: Wiki Dictionary is up! (Sorta...)
Postman/Postwoman - Mailman/Mailwoman
Mailcarrier. Haven't heard those gendered terms for years...
Fizzy Drink - Coke, Pop, Soda
Tonic !!
Mailcarrier. Haven't heard those gendered terms for years...
Fizzy Drink - Coke, Pop, Soda
Tonic !!
Feb 1st 2010 | 8:04 am
#34
Thread Starter
Ginger Monkey
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,772
From: Cheeseland, WI
Feb 1st 2010 | 8:07 am
#35
Septicity
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 23,762
Re: Wiki Dictionary is up! (Sorta...)
off of = off
Feb 1st 2010 | 10:21 am
#37
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 22,151
From: 30°16'29" North 097°44'26" West
Re: Wiki Dictionary is up! (Sorta...)
You've got the "condom - rubber" thing listed in both ways, indicating that they should be interchangeable in the US/UK. I'm pretty sure that the translation only goes one way and not the other.
Feb 1st 2010 | 10:25 am
#38
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Re: Wiki Dictionary is up! (Sorta...)
Feb 1st 2010 | 10:27 am
#39
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Feb 1st 2010 | 10:29 am
#40
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Posts: 2,195
From: Beautiful Dorset, UK
Re: Wiki Dictionary is up! (Sorta...)
Feb 1st 2010 | 10:31 am
#41
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Re: Wiki Dictionary is up! (Sorta...)
UK...whoops-a-daisy/US...oh sh*t!
UK...double 2/US..2, 2
UK...fortnight/US...2 weeks
UK...trolley/US...cart/shopping cart
UK...roll/US...sub
UK...crisps/US...chips
UK...rounders/US...baseball
UK...double 2/US..2, 2
UK...fortnight/US...2 weeks
UK...trolley/US...cart/shopping cart
UK...roll/US...sub
UK...crisps/US...chips
UK...rounders/US...baseball
Feb 1st 2010 | 10:34 am
#42
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Posts: 41,517
Re: Wiki Dictionary is up! (Sorta...)
Feb 1st 2010 | 10:35 am
#43
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Posts: 2,195
From: Beautiful Dorset, UK
Feb 1st 2010 | 10:36 am
#45
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