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11-09-2007 , 03:45 PM

#126

Yeti

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you meet someone called jimmy at a bar

'so what did you think of jimmy?'
'yeah hes safe'

i do not use this, i think it's dumb.

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11-09-2007 , 03:54 PM

#127

Kimbell175113

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oh

yeah, that sounds dumb

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11-09-2007 , 06:58 PM

#128

vbm

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I use safe and also sound to mean the same thing

'so what did you think of jimmy?'
'yeah hes sound'

also 'do I [censored]' (f) as part of everyday vocab

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11-09-2007 , 07:23 PM

#129

bobman0330

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I use safe and also sound to mean the same thing

'so what did you think of jimmy?'
'yeah hes sound'

also 'do I [censored]' (f) as part of everyday vocab

OK, I'm gonna start saying this. How does the intonation go? I usually hear it in my head as "Do I?... [censored]!"

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11-09-2007 , 07:45 PM

#130

vbm

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I use safe and also sound to mean the same thing

'so what did you think of jimmy?'
'yeah hes sound'

also 'do I [censored]' (f) as part of everyday vocab

OK, I'm gonna start saying this. How does the intonation go? I usually hear it in my head as "Do I?... [censored]!"

Yeah like that but with a heavy accent on the F*** with a rising inflection. You should normally turn your head with mild disgust

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11-09-2007 , 08:19 PM

#131

cashstrapped

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you meet someone called jimmy at a bar

'so what did you think of jimmy?'
'yeah hes safe'

i do not use this, i think it's dumb.

thats more of a southern term in my experience

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11-09-2007 , 08:21 PM

#132

Not_In_My_Name

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Can you please make the little [censored] London chavs stop calling people blud please? They sound like such knobs.

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11-09-2007 , 08:22 PM

#133

By-Tor

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can we do a thread next of terms from the US that haven't caught on in the UK?

some examples could include things like showers & deodorant

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11-09-2007 , 08:25 PM

#134

Quicksilvre

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"Wag" (as in wife/girlfriend) is one that I've heard a few times around here, and I don't recall ever hearing it before this last summer.

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11-09-2007 , 08:25 PM

#135

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can we do a thread next of terms from the US that haven't caught on in the UK?

some examples could include things like showers & deodorant

No wonder you guys think English humour sucks if you posted that in an attempt to be funny.

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11-09-2007 , 08:26 PM

#136

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"Wag" (as in wife/girlfriend) is one that I've heard a few times around here, and I don't recall ever hearing it before this last summer.

Bleh, no-one really uses this in my experience (apart from when referring to a professional footballers wife).

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11-09-2007 , 08:28 PM

#137

AlexM

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I like the term "geezers" that The Streets uses a lot in his songs, I am trying to make it cool slang in the U.S., but I doubt it will succeed.

Uhm... geezer has been commonly used in the U.S. since before you were born.

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11-09-2007 , 08:29 PM

#138

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can we do a thread next of terms from the US that haven't caught on in the UK?

some examples could include things like showers & deodorant

No wonder you guys think English humour sucks if you posted that in an attempt to be funny.

it wasn't a joke. please shower and use deodorant.

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11-09-2007 , 08:32 PM

#139

Yeti

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OK, I'm gonna start saying this. How does the intonation go? I usually hear it in my head as "Do I?... [censored]!"

Yeah like that but with a heavy accent on the F*** with a rising inflection. You should normally turn your head with mild disgust

there's no pause in there, you can lengthen the I out if you like though. a little extra emphasis on [censored] and a face of disgust helps.

you can also use it in to mean disbelief. does he [censored], is he [censored], have i [censored], has he [censored], all work in different situations.

good terms for girlfriend :

'our peg'
'our maud'

and you must pronounce our like are, obviously!

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11-09-2007 , 08:32 PM

#140

Not_In_My_Name

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I like the term "geezers" that The Streets uses a lot in his songs, I am trying to make it cool slang in the U.S., but I doubt it will succeed.

Uhm... geezer has been commonly used in the U.S. since before you were born.

Anyone apart from a Londoner using this word should be shot imo. People with a standard English accent sound like their trying too hard when they use it and an American would just be laughable.

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11-09-2007 , 08:42 PM

#141

AlexM

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Yeti,

How is t*at and another term (for male genitalia/slang term for male chicken) profanity and yet the word wanker is openly used on this forum !

Because wanker isn't a curse word in the U.S. unlike those other two.

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11-09-2007 , 08:47 PM

#142

AlexM

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I like the term "geezers" that The Streets uses a lot in his songs, I am trying to make it cool slang in the U.S., but I doubt it will succeed.

Uhm... geezer has been commonly used in the U.S. since before you were born.

Anyone apart from a Londoner using this word should be shot imo. People with a standard English accent sound like their trying too hard when they use it and an American would just be laughable.

Huh? It's a commonly used word in the U.S. I had no idea it was even used in Britain. Like, it's 50s slang or somecrap, but it's common.

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11-09-2007 , 08:53 PM

#143

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do you guys use 'prick'? i know dice used it a ton to refer to his member, but i'm not sure if it's used as insult over there

Yes, used as an insult exactly the same as that chicken word, although much less commonly. Male "icky person" insults by commonality of use:

[censored] (rectum hole)
dick
jerk
[censored] (male chicken/penis)
prick

What's weird is the profanity filter getting "[censored] (male chicken/penis)" and not "dick" which is just as bad but more common.

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11-09-2007 , 09:02 PM

#144

Alobar

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What's weird is the profanity filter getting "[censored] (male chicken/penis)" and not "dick" which is just as bad but more common.

yeah, but dick is also a name

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11-09-2007 , 09:02 PM

#145

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good terms for girlfriend :

'our peg'
'our maud'

and you must pronounce our like are, obviously!

lol, ur gunna have the american poker community talking like theyre from lancashire!

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11-09-2007 , 09:13 PM

#146

Not_In_My_Name

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I like the term "geezers" that The Streets uses a lot in his songs, I am trying to make it cool slang in the U.S., but I doubt it will succeed.

Uhm... geezer has been commonly used in the U.S. since before you were born.

Anyone apart from a Londoner using this word should be shot imo. People with a standard English accent sound like their trying too hard when they use it and an American would just be laughable.

Huh? It's a commonly used word in the U.S. I had no idea it was even used in Britain. Like, it's 50s slang or somecrap, but it's common.

By who? I've never heard an American use this word (unless talking about Lock, Stock or Snatch) on TV, irl, on here or in a movie. Even if it is common over there, it doesn't change the fact that anyone using it is going to sound like a muppet.

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11-09-2007 , 09:15 PM

#147

Not_In_My_Name

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Has bloke been mentioned? How about chap (not really sure if this is a British-only thing or not)?

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11-09-2007 , 09:50 PM

#148

Rootabager

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I think brilliant is catching on more because they say it in the Harry Potter movies.

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11-09-2007 , 10:04 PM

#149

ematz

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geezer has been commonly used in the U.S. since before you were born.

I don't use it very often but then again I don't interact with people over 60 very often.

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11-09-2007 , 10:27 PM

#150

bigmonkey

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Good example of one that is originally American, caught on over here, and several years later is popular in the USA again through British influence...

High Five!

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