Typically rightpondwise - 12/29/05 05:55 PM
I need several typical slang terms of wide use in the UK but seldom used in the U.S.--Thanks all
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 12:22 AM
Sad. Chav.
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 12:48 AM
Chuffed.
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 01:41 AM
Uh, I understand "chav", but "sad"? 
Well, I know "skint" means "broke, to have no money"... it may just be London slang though. Heard that on Gilmore Girls as the character "Rory" said it, and made a reference for it being British... and that's as far as I know. Prime-time TV here only teaches you American English, really.
Well, I know "skint" means "broke, to have no money"... it may just be London slang though. Heard that on Gilmore Girls as the character "Rory" said it, and made a reference for it being British... and that's as far as I know. Prime-time TV here only teaches you American English, really.
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 01:49 AM
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 01:59 AM
From mav's post in Misc.: leccy beach.
Sad, in the UK slang, means pitiful, and possibly somewhat laughworthy, as in, "My sole interest in life is AWAD". "Oh, that's sad".
Sad, in the UK slang, means pitiful, and possibly somewhat laughworthy, as in, "My sole interest in life is AWAD". "Oh, that's sad".
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 03:09 AM
I think she meant sod. Not sure though.
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 05:35 AM
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 09:06 AM
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 11:33 AM
Bloody Yanks!
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 11:35 AM
Rubby.
rightpondial - 12/30/05 12:32 PM
snogging (or at least it was, before Harry Potter)
Re: rightpondial - 12/30/05 04:05 PM
Thanks guys, keep 'em coming!
Good dog bad dog - 12/30/05 06:06 PM
'Bollocks'.... or somewhat of a 180 = 'the dog's bollocks'.
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/30/05 07:33 PM
There may be a link here on Max's reference page you can use, Dale.
http://maxqnzs.com/References.html
http://maxqnzs.com/References.html
Don your cloaks, you wankers. - 12/30/05 08:20 PM
I wonder: how does that make Max feel, Asp?
Re:Who you callin' a wanker? - 12/30/05 09:21 PM
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I wonder: how does that make Max feel, Asp?
Hwæt?!
And that's ASp [/ahem].
Fore! - 12/30/05 10:45 PM
Hwæt?!
Sorry for the miss, spellin, but I can't answer for other invisibilities.
Yet, we'll all be "floging with cloaks" if it's *links yer givin.
Sorry for the miss, spellin, but I can't answer for other invisibilities.
Yet, we'll all be "floging with cloaks" if it's *links yer givin.
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/31/05 01:39 AM
Thanks for that Anna, I've ensconced it in Favorites
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/31/05 03:31 AM
Asp or ASp: what's the difference? [seeking info. e] I've seen ASp (I think) in some urls, but have not a clue what it means.
Re: Typically rightpondwise - 12/31/05 06:07 AM
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Asp or ASp: what's the difference? [seeking info. e] I've seen ASp (I think) in some urls, but have not a clue what it means.
as it's sort of an interval of a fifth (or either a localized smushing) of AnnaStrophic, it has to be ASp, hasn't it!?
-ron obvious
Re:Who you callin' a wanker? - 12/31/05 07:22 AM
Quote:Quote:
I wonder: how does that make Max feel, Asp?
Hwæt?!
And that's ASp [/ahem].
Hwæt indeed! I feel both flattered and slightly uncomfortable, having been reminded of the need to update and freshen the page.
Re:Who you callin' a wanker? - 01/01/06 11:55 PM
Herewith revealing purpose of thread: Devise an index by which one might decide to what extent an expression supposedly rightpond has become adapted to leftpond use
Method: (a) Google the expression, note no. of hits (b) Google same expression, placing "uk au nz nu aussie brit british cockney" in "without" box, again noting no. of hits (c) calculate ratio b:a. The larger this number the more exclusively rightpond
Results: chav 8.1:1 chuffed 3.6:1 skint 4.7:1 leccy 3.7:1 leccy beach 1.6:1 GIYF 7.6:1 rubby 1.5:1 snogging 2.6:1 dog's bollocks 2.4:1
Thus "chav" is the hands-on winner, "rubby" the loser; though clearly all are predominately rightponders
Alright, the method is slightly haphazard but thanks all for the chance to try it out
Method: (a) Google the expression, note no. of hits (b) Google same expression, placing "uk au nz nu aussie brit british cockney" in "without" box, again noting no. of hits (c) calculate ratio b:a. The larger this number the more exclusively rightpond
Results: chav 8.1:1 chuffed 3.6:1 skint 4.7:1 leccy 3.7:1 leccy beach 1.6:1 GIYF 7.6:1 rubby 1.5:1 snogging 2.6:1 dog's bollocks 2.4:1
Thus "chav" is the hands-on winner, "rubby" the loser; though clearly all are predominately rightponders
Alright, the method is slightly haphazard but thanks all for the chance to try it out