Slang!

[s.varty]

You took the words right out of my mouth!

 

Ok, if you're gonna use slang, at least fill me in on what it means.

 

And unless you're referring to another American, I'm no spring chicken.

 

Yes I was referring to you, which brings me to another saying, here in Bedfordshire we say "look at that ole boy" that ole boy could be 5 years old or 95.

[eggsarascal]

Where I originate from the standard greeting would be "hey up duck!! 'Ow at?"

 

Which means, hello mate, how are you.

[s.varty]

Where I originate from the standard greeting would be "hey up duck!! 'Ow at?"

 

Which means, hello mate, how are you.

 

I did some work for a bloke from up north that kept calling me love, everytime he said it he opologised and said its a northern thing.

[difflock]

Hmmmm:001_rolleyes:

but if you say so:001_tt2:

[csservices]

Ay up = hello

yer = your

sen =self

ow art = how are you as in "ow art thou or thee" thou and thee = you

mate,bud,youth,kid,owd lad, young 'un =friend all used regardless of age and sometimes gender with the exception of owd lad

owd =old

snap,bait,scran =food usually your pack up for dinner

 

can't think of any more at the minute

[silky fox]

Ganzy-overcoat.

[Asimina]

Ganzy-overcoat.

 

It just keeps coming.

 

Something occurred to me. Are you guys making up random words to mess with the American?

[HuntingHicap]

In Devon, (South West England) a Tourist is known as a Grockel by the locals, and in Cornwall they are know as an Emmit....

[s.varty]

It just keeps coming.

 

Something occurred to me. Are you guys making up random words to mess with the American?

 

Never heard of ganzy overcoat , but what you have to understand is in this country ,you could live only 2-3 hundred miles apart and we cant understand each over, to me its northern irelanders and gazza,s.

[ArthurBottlesworth]

I did some work for a bloke from up north that kept calling me love, everytime he said it he opologised and said its a northern thing.

 

It's love where I come from .........

 

My grandfathers phrase when he saw something like a trapese act was

"they'll do owt but work"