English Slang

[Colin_T]

Everyone all tickety-boo?

is everyone ok?

Aye...right chuffed with the weather but its left me a bit knackered! Hubby is throwing a wobbly though coz I drank his last bevvy so I've legged it upstairs, can't be arsed with it so he'll have to crack on while I wander around starkers for a while to cool off....

Yes, I'm happy with this weather but it's left me a bit tired. My husband is getting annoyed and chucking a hissy fit though because I drank his last beer, so I've run upstairs, can't be bothered with it so he will have to carry on while I walk around naked to cool off.

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

He's your Uncle.

And Fanny's your Aunt! Gordon Bennett!

 

[Slaphppy7]

is everyone ok?

Yes, I'm happy with this weather but it's left me a bit tired. My husband is getting annoyed and chucking a hissy fit though because I drank his last beer, so I've run upstairs, can't be bothered with it so he will have to carry on while I walk around naked to cool off.

It's cheating to use Google Translate, if that's what you did...

 

[GaryE]

When I got a warehouse job in London, way back when, I just shut up and listened for a couple of weeks. None of my North American slang worked, and a whole lot of language was new to me.

 

[Colin_T]

It's cheating to use Google Translate, if that's what you did...

I didn't use Google translate, I speak a few different forms of slang, including good ol British colonial convict.

No gubna, don't hit me, I promise I won't do it again

 

[Colin_T]

Paul Hogan and Austen Tayshus were good at throwing out Australian slang terms

ello ello ello. what do we hab here den?

https://genius.com/Austen-tayshus-australiana-lyrics

 

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[Slaphppy7]

I'm beyond confused....time for a nap with the pups....before my head explodes

 

[Fishmanic]

Don’t be a blithering idiot

 

[Oblio]

I'm beyond confused....time for a nap with the pups....before my head explodes

I watched this the other day and it made my head hurt

 

[Back in the fold]

Sorry I asked.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

I'm from Brizzle, which famously has it's own unique slang that even other Brits don't understand.

"Gert lush"
"Alright me babber"
"Proper mint, innit"
"ark at ee!"

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

I'm from Brizzle, which famously has it's own unique slang that even other Brits don't understand.

"Gert lush"
"Alright me babber"
"Proper mint, innit"
"ark at ee!"

Ah yes, the Bristolians are a breed all their own! So are the Scouse and Brummies

 

[AmyKieran]

Here near Newcastle we have our own language of slang - see sentence below

A went to the boozer with me marra’s to watch the toon on the tele. Seen these proper munter lasses walking on the other side of the street! Even the spuggies pegged it. Proper belta

Yeah translate that one

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Ah yes, the Bristolians are a breed all their own! So are the Scouse and Brummies

Northerners have a wide range of slang I'd never heard before too


Despite being from Brizzle, I don't really speak much Bristolian. My mother is from Birmingham, but the area where they don't have strong Brummie accents, so she'd rebuke us as kids if we used "gert lush" or "keener" (something I was often called since I was studious in school), so she kinda shaped my accent! Then I moved around all over the midlands once I left home, and consciously slowed down my speaking rate since people couldn't understand me if I spoke at Brizzle speed, so my accent isn't that strong! I count that as a good thing really.

If I ever catch a bus though, I still can't resist a "cheers, drive!" when getting off