Crazy things British people say....

[thegodfather]

So, I'm kinda fascinated by the things British people say, their little sayings and words, here we shall discuss those words and sayings, lol....I'm really interested to hear the Brits chime in on this one.....I mean my comments in the nicest and most light hearted way, Im just poking a little bit of fun at sayings and words I find to be kind of funny.... So, Cheerio lads...

"She's a right ballbreaker isnt she"... As opposed to a 'wrong' ball breaker? or a Left ball breaker? a middle ball breaker?

"I fancy her" .. Who the hell says that, even in England? It's like, the queerest word one could possibly think of to say they like something...

"All you YANKS and your guns" Still bitter about getting our asses kicked in 1776 are we? What does that even mean, a 'yank'....

"Thats quite a nice piece of a kit idnt it" Guys, the word is GEAR, EQUIPMENT, whatever, a kit is something thats like, ya know, in a box with a bunch of accessories. Yet you guys refer to really nice guns, cars, etc, as "kit," it makes no sense to me.

"He's a real tosser" really? what does he toss? footballs? baseballs? etc?

Ahhh, and then three of my biggest gripes on how you guys pronounce stuff.... NIKON Cameras are pronounced 'NAI-KOHN" not "NICK KON", and a Nissan car is pronounced NEE-SAHN, not NISS-SAN, and Aluminum is ALUM IN NUMB, not ALUM INIOM.


Jolly Good, Cheerio, carry on lads.....

[Back In Black]

Aha, you stole our language and bastardised it with your sidewalks, diapers and colouring Father Christmas (not Santa) in red.

So, a right ballbreaker is a proper ballbreaker. Not that we break balls over here, I'll have to think of the alternative.

Fancy might still be used amongst the kids but yeah, it's probably still prevalent.

Yanks? No idea why? Not sure we use that word much nowadays. You do love your guns though

Kit? Yep, we are definitely right on that.

Tosser = wanker. But you don't use that word either do you?

And dont get me started on you lot missing out an i in aluminium

Oh, and you know what a fanny is over here, right?

Ha ha, this could be amusing.

Sithee in a bit!

[Capebuffalo]

Aha, you stole our language and bastardised it with your sidewalks, diapers and colouring Father Christmas (not Santa) in red.

So, a right ballbreaker is a proper ballbreaker. Not that we break balls over here, I'll have to think of the alternative.

Fancy might still be used amongst the kids but yeah, it's probably still prevalent.

Yanks? No idea why? Not sure we use that word much nowadays. You do love your guns though

Kit? Yep, we are definitely right on that.

Tosser = wanker. But you don't use that word either do you?

And dont get me started on you lot missing out an i in aluminium

Oh, and you know what a fanny is over here, right?

Ha ha, this could be amusing.

Sithee in a bit!

I need help with my cockney slang. Mikey is killing me.

[Capebuffalo]

Get some slap on your boat and look lively. Wtf does that mean.

[milky01623]

Can I chime in here????

I'm sorry but baseball - glorified rounders
American football - glorified rugby
Although I must admit you do play them really well and I enjoy watching them loads more than the English versions
But honestly how can you gripe the English language when you have trouble speaking it correctly reading the op's first post I would hazard a guess he's an army boy am I right?

[milky01623]

Oh and the term yank comes from Cockney rhyming slang

Sherman tank - yank

It's actually yourselves where it comes from your civil war between the north and south wasn't one lot called yanks?

[songdog]

YES we love our GUNS!!! NRA for life !!!!

[Capebuffalo]

Oh and the term yank comes from Cockney rhyming slang

Sherman tank - yank

It's actually yourselves where it comes from your civil war between the north and south wasn't one lot called yanks?

Interesting. Who knew? Well I guess you did. Ha

[milky01623]

Interesting. Who knew? Well I guess you did. Ha

You see I'm a hive of useless knowledge bahahaha

[thegodfather]

Oh and the term yank comes from Cockney rhyming slang

Sherman tank - yank

It's actually yourselves where it comes from your civil war between the north and south wasn't one lot called yanks?

One "LOT" called Yanks? If you are referring to one SIDE being called the Yankee's versus the Confederates, then yes you are right. But to my knowledge during the war, parking lots did not exist, and there were no parking lots called Yanks. Lol...I appreciate the English language actually, and I am vehemently opposed to those who bastardize it, such as those blokes who speak Ebonics. Them wankah's are nothing but a bunch of twats. Arrrrgh matey, come aboard me ship.

[thegodfather]

YES we love our GUNS!!! NRA for life !!!!

Damn straight! Look what happened to your country when you outlawed almost all private gun ownership, you went from a country of a large degree of freedom, to one of the most heavily surveilled societies on earth with your CCTV cameras. You guys have crazy laws, like those which can send someone to jail for not stopping to help someone under duress, or having cops come around and give you tickets for not putting your "rubbish bins" out a day early. Btw, its a TRASH CAN, not a rubbish bin.

[Back In Black]

I need help with my cockney slang. Mikey is killing me.

He's slightly more coherant in real life!

[Back In Black]

Damn straight! Look what happened to your country when you outlawed almost all private gun ownership, you went from a country of a large degree of freedom, to one of the most heavily surveilled societies on earth with your CCTV cameras. You guys have crazy laws, like those which can send someone to jail for not stopping to help someone under duress, or having cops come around and give you tickets for not putting your "rubbish bins" out a day early. Btw, its a TRASH CAN, not a rubbish bin.

Yeah, it's terrible living in a country with minimal gun crime.

Maybe let's not get onto weird laws, like the town in GA where it's illegal for a chicken to cross the road!! And where does the term jaywalking come from?

Hmmm trash can? I get a can of coke, but not a can of trash.

And how funny, when we need to use a toilet we go to a ------ toilet and not a restroom or bathroom!

And a fag is a cigarette.

A fanny is a pvssy.

A hood is something we put on our heads not the roof of a car.

A trunk is something Harry Potter packs his belongings in not the storage compartment of a car.

And I think you meant to say car park, not lot.

[Armykid93]

Can I chime in here????

I'm sorry but baseball - glorified rounders
American football - glorified rugby
Although I must admit you do play them really well and I enjoy watching them loads more than the English versions
But honestly how can you gripe the English language when you have trouble speaking it correctly reading the op's first post I would hazard a guess he's an army boy am I right?

What is an army boy exactly?

[kelkel]

like the town in GA where it's illegal for a chicken to cross the road!!

This answers the question....

[--->>405<<---]

hey im from georgia dammit! u gotta watch them there chickens!

what kind of man sits down at 4pm for a "spot" of tea anyways? here real men (except me) drink beer and jack daniels, not tea and crumpets (which is what BTW!!)

and if u dont call it a hood on a car what the hell do u call it? engine cover? or are most of ur engines in the trunk???

[Flagg]

So, I'm kinda fascinated by the things British people say, their little sayings and words, here we shall discuss those words and sayings, lol....I'm really interested to hear the Brits chime in on this one.....I mean my comments in the nicest and most light hearted way, Im just poking a little bit of fun at sayings and words I find to be kind of funny.... So, Cheerio lads...

"She's a right ballbreaker isnt she"... As opposed to a 'wrong' ball breaker? or a Left ball breaker? a middle ball breaker?

"I fancy her" .. Who the hell says that, even in England? It's like, the queerest word one could possibly think of to say they like something...

"All you YANKS and your guns" Still bitter about getting our asses kicked in 1776 are we? What does that even mean, a 'yank'....

"All you YANKS and your guns" Guys, the word is GEAR, EQUIPMENT, whatever, a kit is something thats like, ya know, in a box with a bunch of accessories. Yet you guys refer to really nice guns, cars, etc, as "kit," it makes no sense to me.

"He's a real tosser" really? what does he toss? footballs? baseballs? etc?

Ahhh, and then three of my biggest gripes on how you guys pronounce stuff.... NIKON Cameras are pronounced 'NAI-KOHN" not "NICK KON", and a Nissan car is pronounced NEE-SAHN, not NISS-SAN, and Aluminum is ALUM IN NUMB, not ALUM INIOM.


Jolly Good, Cheerio, carry on lads.....

Those sound like something out of a bad american comedy depicting brits.

"She's a right ballbreaker isnt she" - dont think ive ever heard anyone say this. I have heard people use the word "right" to attribute something to someone like "he's a right fvcking twat"

"I fancy her" - people used to say things like this, it's kinda gone now, replaced by "he/she is WELL fit". Emphasis on the word 'well'.

"All you YANKS and your guns" - normally it's "Americans and their guns", "yanks" is a term used in my Dads generation more than anything

"That's a real nice piece of kit" - not quite right....sometimes it is said "nice bit of kit there", but how you have phrased it sounds like cockney trying hard to sound well spoken

"He's a real tosser" - no one say's this. It would just be "what a tosser", or more eloquently, "what a cvnt". 'Cvnt' is a very popular word in the UK

EDIT: Lol, love how Godfather, again, has to introduce how we're only two generations away from a full blown communist state, and it will all be because we dont have guns. America has a population about 4 times ours, yet there gun deaths run into the tens of thousands and I dont think ours have ever reached half a thousand in one year.

[Flagg]

Get some slap on your boat and look lively. Wtf does that mean.

Someone is asking their wife or girlfriend to put make up on their face to get ready to go out.

[Back In Black]

Ha ha, I knew you'd visit here!


Bonnet sits above the engine and the storage compartment is a boot!

Crumpet is a great 70's word for a bird you fancied! And a great whatever carb bread type thing but they are better at breakfast.

4pm we all have a spot of tiffin over here. Mostly wearing a monocle and a top hat.

Spiffing, what what!

[Flagg]

Yeah, they think we're either cockney spivs that talk like Dick Van Dyke or Terry Tibbs or that we're all walking around like Lord Lucan.

Now I do use the word "fancy" to describe something I want, like...."i fancy a cuppa", or "i fancy a pint".

Im gonna nip out for a bit and find some american stereotypes to bring a bit of humour to this thread.

[gixxerboy1]

and what the fvck is fish and chips. They are fries

[Flagg]

American Dream


American Reality

[kelkel]

^^^That should be on the door way into every McDonalds.

[Shol'va]

Yeah there's nothing like going to England and while there puffing a Fag while going down on some local spotted dick!

[kelkel]

What?.......wait.....

[Riptorn]

Yank short for Yankee. One version has it originating during the revolution when us rebels would cross over into Dutch territory in New York State to elude the Red Coats. Most Dutch in upstate were of the surname Yann/Jann or Kee. Not sure of the spelling. But the names were smashed together and we were lumped in with the Dutch.

Doodle-idiot

Dandy-spiffy dresser, thought of as putting on aires. (Also disparaging term for gays back then)

[thegodfather]

Lol this stuffs hilarious guys, I like hearing the things you think we say are weird as well......Btw, what the hell is a cockney????

[Times Roman]

our fight for independence was simply a "misunderstanding"

[Times Roman]

Yeah there's nothing like going to England and while there puffing a Fag while going down on some local spotted dick!

I;'m not sure why, but i know what that means??

[Bigshotvictoria]

forget about what they say, lets talk about what they eat! if it's meat, we'll make a pie out of it!!!! And what the hell is blood pudding!?!

Americans may be morbidly obese, but Brits, whats the deal with the teeth?

Your friendly Canadian neighbour,
Big

[Back In Black]

Lol this stuffs hilarious guys, I like hearing the things you think we say are weird as well......Btw, what the hell is a cockney????

Strictly speaking somebody born within the sound of the bells at a certain church in east London. They derived a rhyming slang so that the rozzers wouldn't know what they were on about.

[Back In Black]

Agreed on our teeth. Not sure why that is!

Black pudding is awesome,, try it in your morning fry up with sausage, bacon, eggs and fried bread.

[Back In Black]

and what the fvck is fish and chips. They are fries

You haven't tried them I guess! Fries are skinny French shit. Out chips are a man size, manly, deep fried in animal fat (preferably) taste sensation.

And what you think are chips, well they are crisps.

And it's a takeaway not a take out.

And maths does have an s on the end.

And it's zed not Zee

And a tap not a faucet

But I'd rather have a muffin than an English muffin!!

[Bigshotvictoria]

I think it's important to point out that us canadians have sided with the brits on a few things, despite sharing the longest undefended border in the world with the USA.

colour, not color
centre, not center
honour, not honor

and so on...

[Back In Black]

I think it's important to point out that us canadians have sided with the brits on a few things, despite sharing the longest undefended border in the world with the USA.

colour, not color
centre, not center
honour, not honor

and so on...

Ha ha, that was gonna be in my next post! Good work!

[Euroholic]

Lift not elevator.
Nappy not diaper
Carvan park not trailer park
Bogan not hick
Bonnet not hood
Shorts not trunks
Boot not trunk
You all not yallll
Bird not braud
Cricket not baseball
Rugby league not that game were you stop every 5 seconds to change play.


Representing western australia

[Euroholic]

And i have a MUM not a mom???? What the hell is that!!!

[milky01623]

Lol this stuffs hilarious guys, I like hearing the things you think we say are weird as well......Btw, what the hell is a cockney????

Ok a cockney or a genuine cockney should be born within the sound of bow bell
There are so many churches in London Town and I think although not 100% sure back in the days of Dickensian London if you we're poor or a villan and could hear the sound of bow bells then your we're known as a cockney but as all things go it expanded over time and now all Londoners are known as cockneys
Co incidentally the Kray twins were 100% cockneys

[Euroholic]

And what the hell is soda pop?

[marcus300]

Tip top old chum

You yanks and all that hunting malarky is well ****ed.