Date:
Friday, April 11, 2008
Time: 11:45 PM
Sharing My Day... and British Slang
=D K so -.- I've been a bit lazy blogging but not to worry! I plan to make this post a long and fulfilling one ......
Ok... so basically I ran off after writing that =.= because my neigbor made cakemuffinpie and brought it over. Its a cakemuffinpie because im not sure what exaclty it was =.= it tasted like a cake looked like a cake but then i was told it was a pie...so then i figured it might as well be a muffin since it doesnt look/taste
like a pie so it became the cakemuffinpie. Anywho it was yummu =D And now I love my neighbor!
Any who that's not what I wanted to blog about. I was going to blog about how British accents are contagious!! Everytime I watch a British movie... I suddenly find myself imitating the actors.. =.= not because I want to either. The side effects of British movies/tv shows usually wear of in a few minutes but now... I have a bit of a problem.
You see... the little boy I've been watching is =.= British. And he just happens to have an accent... which I just happen to keep on imitating!! @.@ Not very well either. Oh the horror! I had better never go to England because I'd offended everyone I talked too. I've even picked up on some Birtish slang... like broad with means a woman or absobloodylutely which apprently you shouldn't say actually o_o why not make a list of British slang words here! =D...... O_O ok after Googling british slang... im not so sure I want to post ALL of them here... some aren't exactly PG rated if you get what I mean. But here are some that are =D
- Ace - If something is ace it is brilliant.
- Aggro - Short for aggravation, it's the sort of thing you might expect at a football match. In other words - trouble! There is sometimes aggro in the cities after the pubs shut!
- All right? - This is used a lot around London and the south to mean, "Hello, how are you"? You would say it to a complete stranger or someone you knew. The normal response would be for them to say "All right"? back to you. It is said as a question. Sometimes it might get expanded to "all right mate"?
- Arse - This is a word that doesn't seem to exist in America. It basically means the same as ass, but is much ruder. It is used in phrases like "pain in the arse" (a nuisance) or I "can't be arsed" (I can't be bothered) or you might hear something was "a half arsed attempt" meaning that it was not done properly.
- Barmy - If someone tells you that you're barmy they mean you have gone mad or crazy.
- Beastly - You would call something or somebody beastly if they were really nasty or unpleasant.
- Bees Knees - If you are in polite company and want to say that something was fabulous, this phrase might come in handy.
- Belt up - It's the British for shut up.
- Blast - An exclamation of surprise. You may also hear someone shout "blast it", or even "bugger and blast"!
- Bleeding - An alternative to the word bloody. You'll hear people say "bleeding hell" or "not bleeding likely" for example.
- Blimey - Another exclamation of surprise.
- Bloody - One of the most useful swear words in English.
- Bob's your uncle - This is a well used phrase. It is added to the end of sentences a bit like and that's it! For example if you are telling someone how to make that fabulous banoffee pie you just served them, you would tell them to boil the condensed milk for three hours, spread it onto a basic cheesecake base, slice bananas on top, add some whipped double cream, another layer of banana and Bob's your uncle!
- Bum - This is the part of your body you sit on.
- Chat up - To chat someone up is to try and pick them up.
- Cheerio - Not a breakfast cereal. Just a friendly way of saying goodbye.
- Cheesed off - This is a polite way of saying you are pissed off with something.
- Crikey - Another exclamation of surprise.
- Dear - If something is dear it means it is expensive.
- Dishy - If someone is a bit of a dish or a bit dishy it means they are attractive or good looking.
- Dodgy - If someone or something is a bit dodgy, it is not to be trusted.
- Fancy - If you fancy something then it means you desire it.
- Fruity - If someone is feeling fruity then they are feeling frisky.
- Give us a bell - This simply means call me. You often hear people use the word "us" to mean "me".
- Knees up - If you're having a knees up, you're going to a dance or party.
- Smart - When we say someone is smart, we are talking about the way they are dressed - you might say they look sharp.
- Spend a penny - To spend a penny is to go to the bathroom.
- Totty - If a chap is out looking for totty, he is looking for a nice girl to chat up.
- Waffle - To waffle means to talk on and on about nothing.