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Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:48 pm

werepup wrote:What's that got to do with the price of cheese - That's got no relevance to anything.


I always say it as fish...not cheese...... o_O

Thats the only saying I know.
AND I'm bittish. :oops: XD

Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:48 pm

cheeri-o? Am i right? o_O

Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:32 pm

I quite like the word bonkers. And the phrase stark raving mad.

But my favorite has to be "Ooer!" :D

Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:39 pm

I've tried to steal 'taraa' from Cilla Black - however, it fails to work well when online due to the lack of... something.

Re: Apropos of nothing: What's your favorite British saying?

Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:37 pm

shapu wrote:"On a bit of a sticky wicket" - to be experiencing problems


You do realise that nobody says that, right? You learning British sayings off Jeeves and Wooster or somthing?

Ammer wrote:I like,

"That just takes the pee right out of me!" -- Someone finding something hilarious.


My brother-in-law's cousin from England said that while watching Friends.


Your BIL's cousin is weird. Where's he from?

werepup wrote:What's that got to do with the price of cheese - That's got no relevance to anything.


I say fish. Maybe it's a borders thing. :P

Biff-Boff wrote:
OR

"TUNE!" (followed by a T-sign), meaning a song is good.


It's pronounced 'CHOON' and only used in a non-ironic way by chavs ;)

Are you a chav? :O

Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:01 pm

Moongewl wrote:I was wondering, is a'ight a southern US word, or is it more national? Most people have probably heard that one, but it's a shortened/slurred way of saying "all right."

Must be southern. I'm northern US, and I've never heard it said.

Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:02 pm

pipsqueeek wrote:
Moongewl wrote:I was wondering, is a'ight a southern US word, or is it more national? Most people have probably heard that one, but it's a shortened/slurred way of saying "all right."

Must be southern. I'm northern US, and I've never heard it said.


Used a lot in the music I've heard too.

Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:17 am

"A'ight" is a "gangsta" term, and I dont think I've ever heard anyone but wannabe "gangstas" saying it. It doesn't know a specific area, though, (unless you live in the middle of nowhere), since it's basically a rap word. It's probably not heard too much outside of the US, though, unless it's in music or something, as Anoohilator pointed out. Could be, but not very often, I would think.

Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:25 am

A'ight is definitely not limited to "gangstas" as I specifically remember noted redneck Jeff Foxworthy using the term in one of his routines as something rednecks say. He talks about two rednecks in conversation:
Redneck One: J'eat yet? (Did you eat yet?)
Redneck Two: Naw, J'you? (No, did you?)
Redneck One: Naw. Y'ontoo? (No. Do you want to?)
Redneck Two: A'ight.

My mom's friend(with whom we've taken many long car trips) had a few Jeff Foxworthy tapes. We used to listen to them every time we made a trip together. That's why the bit above is permanently lodged in my brain.

Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:42 am

Mmmm Dialect's. :D
Did a year on the subject at College. Forgotten most of it now ofcourse. o_O

Although I do recall that Donkey is a Dialect word (Originating from the Devon / Cornwall area I think) and that "Bottom"* is the correct term.



*Should have known aye. :lol:

Re: Apropos of nothing: What's your favorite British saying?

Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:26 am

Igg wrote:
shapu wrote:"On a bit of a sticky wicket" - to be experiencing problems


You do realise that nobody says that, right? You learning British sayings off Jeeves and Wooster or somthing?


I have no idea where I heard it. I actually always thought it was "<i>in</i> a bit of a sticky wicket," but in thinking about it I realized that being inside of a wicket would be kind of difficult.

Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:33 am

One of my favorite British sayings is "I'm going to the loo". I just find the word "loo" an entertaining way of saying "bathroom".

Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:14 am

mayanspypilot wrote:One of my favorite British sayings is "I'm going to the loo". I just find the word "loo" an entertaining way of saying "bathroom".


but unless you're going to a room with a bath or a shower in it you're not going to a bathroom! you're going to the toilet or the loo.

Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:32 am

Yes, but toilet doesn't sound at all nice when said with an American accent. It's much too harsh a word, despite all the vowels. And saying loo with an American accent isn't any better.

Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:38 am

I saw a'ight ALL the time....?
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