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- SomeImagination, on 11/01/2007, -2/+160Title should be changed to: How to Make an Arse of Yourself in Britain
- SeriouslyButNo, on 11/01/2007, -2/+130I've never heard most of these before, and I'm British.
- inactive, on 11/01/2007, -1/+99I could really get stuck into this if I really wanted to, play the ol' nationalistic card, but I'll only have to endure the inane insipid abuse from the "cousins" across the pond, btw I'm British. British slang is regional, and the people from those said regions are very proud of their individual slang. I don't say "Blow me" when I'm shocked, wouldn't even cross my mind, instead I'll say "Bugger me" which can be interpreted entirely different. Plus when meeting our "cousins" we appreciate that you can't fathom out our slang, therefore we use it for cause 'n' effect, and to baffle the b'jasus outta ya. Hellish good fun!
- ScrumFritter, on 10/11/2007, -0/+89"How To Get Your Face Kicked In In Britain"
- geekchic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+60I think if you said "blow me" to a lady in the UK - you would get a slap around the face (or maybe something vastly more pleasurable).
- tutivlahos, on 10/11/2007, -2/+43I know the feeling, when my friends come to visit me here in Greece, they think that they can smash the plate on the floor after they finished eating... sigh..
- naich, on 11/01/2007, -1/+40My dad says "blow me", and I'm 40 - this is a little bit out of date. This one is more accurate:
http://www.sodwork.com/funnies/funnyitem.php?id=93 - alexforcefive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+36or alternatively: ***** I Picked Up From A Carry On Film
- tony883, on 10/11/2007, -2/+36Pretty much this. I use "wanker", occasionally "fag" (although one of my friends uses it all the time) and I've heard somebody use "slap and tickle", but never in normal conversation. I'd also like to point out, British people don't use the term "oh! oh! I'm arriving!" during the moment of ejaculation.
- Azimuth1, on 10/11/2007, -2/+34I'm English, have lived here my entire life, and have never heard of "knock you up", "diddle", or "slap and tickle". It's not "a lotta bottle", it's just bottle, and it's not "blow me", it's "blow me down".
- invert01, on 10/11/2007, -0/+26That list is (mostly) so wrong that its funny. What do you take us all for? Do you guys still think we speak like Mary Poppins? Come on.
- zadadka, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24Fornicate my ancient footware, I'll be buggered if I've ever heard as much codswallop these last two-score and ten years......arrrrrrr !!
Let's not forget that the language is called English...
...American, as a derivative of the English language, only truly exists in Microsoft-land.
:p - Enigma776, on 10/11/2007, -0/+21Typical American-nisation of the British what a load of crap
- thepeacemaker, on 10/11/2007, -2/+22I think you meant "Blimey"
Blimey expl. A nice mild expletive, blimey is (in terms of rudeness) on a par with "wow" or "my goodness". It was originally part of the phrase "cor blimey", which was apparently a contraction of "god blind me" which was in turn an abbreviated version of "may god blind me if it is not so". To prevent alarm, though, it's worth saying that I've used this word a number of times and so far god has made no attempt whatsoever to blind me, whether what I was saying was true or not. Nowadays "cor blimey" is much rarer, but still used. - FlagrantDrugUse, on 10/11/2007, -4/+24naich-
If your dad say's "blow me", I think you need to run to the nearest adult, then call the cops. - ajskhan, on 10/11/2007, -3/+22I can imagine every digger saying these words out loud...
- trghpy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19I thought that was Australian...
- Akaji, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19Someone, somewhere, has found that article, and has believed it to be true, and has done those things in Britain... that'd be fun to watch.
- mookiemookie, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18As an ugly American pigdog, I wouldn't dream of using another country's slang to fit in. It just makes you look like a trying-too-hard-douche.
That being said, I do catch my self telling people to "sort it out" and that "I'll get it sorted" here and there. - cresswga, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18Yeah a lot of this is bollocks (another word that Americans don't understand)
Has anyone really used the phrase slap and tickle in the last 40 years? - coolspray, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15I'm British, and while many of these are probably very regional, half of those I've never even heard before. Also, isn't it a little strange to try to speak in another country's slang? I can understand wanting to be able to understand it, but I wouldn't try to talk in another countries slang if I was just on holiday or something.
- willx99, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15Im american but even im critical of that list, I mean its not even the 'slang' so much as the way the author writes it. He just seems so proud of his knowledge of british slang when its horribly wrong.
I'd equate this guide to me writing one on "how to get along with black people" and just list every racist stereotype I can think of. - tizz66, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14Yeah definitely. I'm from England, but if a Scot talked to me in their regional slang, I wouldn't have a clue what they were saying, and I expect the reverse would be true too.
"To knock you up" means getting you pregnant. I've never heard it used for knocking on a door.
"Slap and tickle" is one of those quaint things that's undoubtedly British culture, but never used in every day language.
"Blow me!" - say this and expect to get arrested and put on the sex offenders register
Fag and wanker are really the only terms on this list that people use. Wanker is generally taken to be the second most offensive insult word, so you'd hear it in the same circles that use the other swear words. The one my American friends like is 'I'm pissed' as in drunk.
Just remember that while we have our differences, Brits don't live in a Carry On film. - Paranoidmarvin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15#1 - be born in the UK
- thirdplanet, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15This is a stupid article from a ad-laden website and doesn't belong on digg.
- Diablo84, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14I hate these kind of things, because they add to silly stereotypes by generalising, and thus paint an inaccurate picture. Not to mention the fact that "British" namely covers England, Scotland and Wales.
I very occasionally use one word on that list; wanker, with emphasis on "occasionally".
"I can imagine a conversation at the front desk of a bed and breakfast in England /snip"
Most people simply don't talk like that over here. Beyond having never said most of those things myself, I've never heard ANYONE say them.
Most of our "slag" is very similar to American slang, in as much that it's just words or phrases that have caught on, rather than stereotypical cockney rhyming slang inspired phrases. Such phrases might exist within particular regions, but certainly not England as a whole. - Eryin, on 10/11/2007, -4/+17When i do something wrong or mess up i shout "OH ***** ME SIDEWAYS"
:/ - revjustin2, on 10/11/2007, -4/+17I've lived in Brittan my whole life and I've never once said anything on this list.
Actually, I grew up in Pennsylvania and now live in Texas, but I wanted to jump on the bandwagon. - tizz66, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12The fact you spelt Britain wrong kinda gave the game away.
- DiggLord, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12No thats Crikey!
- zykt0n, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12hows ya'll doin, a American here, from that there south, anyone point me in that direction of ya'll saloon? i wanna get tanked tonight daddio! and then when im all beat im gonna go out to me ranch on vacation, ill turn on the foset in my aluminum tub and wash me some tomatoes.
- zebbie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11Yeah , but teeth condition may be down to the lack of fluoride in the water which isnt damaging our minds and is thus why I may have bad teeth but can type in something other than all caps ... oh and can say Aluminium correctly.
And scone. - Angostura, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11Well as a 43 year old who has lived in England all my life, I can say they are true, but some of them a rather archaic. When I was at University 20 years ago saying 'do you want me to knock you up' would have been quite understandable in the context of 'do you want me to knock on your door to get you out to the early lecture'. Today, it would probably be replaced by 'do you want to give me a knock'.
"well blow me" is about as archaic as "well bless my soul" or "you could knock me down with a feather" - but was certainly a phrase from my childhood. - chris9902, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12you get your face kicked in for a lot less. Sometimes you don't have to say anything.
- WallnutBoy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Guh these are the stereotypical ones =P
But hey as a British i'm not knocking it.. They're so damned funny 'cause i've never said hardly any of these in conversation... - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10"We mostly say things like "That's boss" "That's *****' mint" "
Only the 12 year olds... - Userfaulty, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Giggity!
Did they say something about an article? I couldnt get past the picture.
Cover me! I am goin back in. - lcmatt, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8If you speak like that you'll make an arse of your self.
- zebbie, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Bit of a generalisation there or just the ones you've banged? :p
- acedavidson, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Fag and wanker are indeed the only ones in common usage, although being English, I am at least aware of the existence of all of the rest of them, if only from old films.
Another point entirely: None of the inhabitants of Great Britain actually like being referred to as "British". I am English, which is a very different kettle of fish from being Scottish, Irish or Welsh. The sooner these Americans figure that out, the better. - KyotoWolf, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10I'm British and prefer that than to be called English.
- Telfield, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7"knocked up" is pregnant...
- Angostura, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10Actually, although I'm English, I rather like being British too. So there.
Wanker seems to be dying out in favour of 'tosser' in general conversation, I think. - acedavidson, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7And I suppose "douchebag" isn't a colloquiallism? That's about as stereotypically jockish-American as language gets.
- adnams, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8well, i suppose there isn't that much difference between Americans and Mexicans either is there, keep telling yourselves that your different :)
- lanemik, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7someone's seen ocean's 11...
- lanemik, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Okay I'm an american living in England. So far I've heard a few that didn't make that list. "Take the piss out of" someone means to give them a hard time or to tease them. Bloody wanker is apparently as bad of a thing to say as ***** bastard is in the US. And everything, and I mean everything, is a goddamed "kit". No bare feet in the kit, you've got to get him kitted up, go get the kit, etc.
Oh and all brits will laugh when you say "computer says no" or "I don't like it" or "bitty" or "ehhh ehhh ehhh!" in a really loud annoying screechy voice. Just try it some time. - Timmmm, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Haha. Actually 'fag' and 'wanker' are commonly used. And 'bottle' sometimes. The others... not so much. I.e. never.
Also: 'Britain'. - dime, on 10/11/2007, -5/+11Come on over to our side of the pond, go to the closest bar, grab yourself a fine pint, turn to the guy next to you, and say "Say mate, I've just had a super long journey and nothing would please me more than to suck a fag... can you help me out?"
Let me know how it turns out ;p - iwaldo, on 10/11/2007, -7/+13I think you mean speak English, Scotland/Wales/Ireland don't really use these terms. I'm Scottish btw not ***** British
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