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To: the scotsman
I watch BBC America all the time.
2 posted on
09/27/2012 5:28:14 AM PDT by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: the scotsman
My favorites are “bender” and “sod off.”
3 posted on
09/27/2012 5:31:49 AM PDT by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: the scotsman
I sometimes hear the word “gormless” in British TV and movies, but I have yet to meet anyone who knows what “gorm” is.
4 posted on
09/27/2012 5:43:49 AM PDT by
jimtorr
To: the scotsman
I cringe when I hear “went missing” yech
5 posted on
09/27/2012 5:45:46 AM PDT by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: the scotsman
I always liked “Going pear shaped” for something that’s turning out disastrously.
To: the scotsman
We’ve been using Britishisms since Sean Connery became 007. We thought it would help when chatting up the birds. It didn’t.
To: the scotsman
But bit by bit British English is invading America too Guilty as charged!
My personal favorites are bloody and wanker.
As in: Obama is a bloody socialist wanker!
8 posted on
09/27/2012 5:48:56 AM PDT by
MamaTexan
(I am a Person as Created by the Laws of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
To: the scotsman
Our entire frigging language is a “Britishism” :)
I don't see the point of complaining about a few new words.
After all, we could have all been speaking German.. if a few things had turned out different (as the myth goes)
However, I will agree on this: “Bespoke” is unbearably pretentious
To: SoothingDave
11 posted on
09/27/2012 5:51:01 AM PDT by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: the scotsman
This thread has me chuffed.
To: the scotsman
I try and use the words “chancer” and “likely lad” every chance I get.
13 posted on
09/27/2012 5:57:27 AM PDT by
PGR88
To: the scotsman
Meh, the Brits need to stop getting their knickers in a twist over the Americanization of britishisms...
British English is hugely influenced by FRENCH, thanks to William the Conqueror...so it’s the French who should be pissed...
To: the scotsman
A British friend of mine once used the expression “I’m going to take a whiz around”. I had to explain that it had quite a different meaning in this country.
17 posted on
09/27/2012 6:08:33 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
To: the scotsman
Years ago I was in a pub somewhere in the Midlands and an enchanting redheaded lass came in. She was just chattering away. After a few moments I realized every other word coming out of her mouth was a curse word. Somehow it didn't sound as vulgar with a British accent.
I have several Brits that work in my office. When they speak they seem to get extra credit. It's seems that their accent gives them an automatic increase of 10 points in their IQ. When we Southerners speak people automatically take away 10 points.
18 posted on
09/27/2012 6:12:07 AM PDT by
Gamecock
(We don't come to Christ to be born again; rather, we are born again in order to come to Christ. RCS)
To: the scotsman
To: the scotsman; cripplecreek
Since my mother is from England, I have been speaking British phrases before they were cool!
Such as:
Bloody Hell, Sod Off!
Do not paint the toilet that colour! It will clash with the colour of the lift outside!
22 posted on
09/27/2012 6:19:23 AM PDT by
KC_Lion
( Wherever I find myself standing, I forever stand with Israel.)
To: the scotsman
I’m gobsmacked and knackered.
26 posted on
09/27/2012 6:25:17 AM PDT by
Natufian
(t)
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28 posted on
09/27/2012 6:26:41 AM PDT by
dfwgator
(I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
To: the scotsman
34 posted on
09/27/2012 6:34:25 AM PDT by
glorgau
To: the scotsman
Two Countries separated by a “Common Language”...
35 posted on
09/27/2012 6:34:45 AM PDT by
ThomasPaine2000
(Peace without freedom is tyranny.)
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