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Saying "Holiday" instead of "vacation"

And my favorite: "Bloody Hell...."

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I remember hearing 'leg it'(mostly in baseball) a ton when I was younger, never even considered it was a Euro thing. I'm talking 20-30+ yrs. ago.

Surprised no one has mentioned 'spot on'. I see that all the time on this site, yes from the Americans too. Hear it occasionally out in the wild.

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"Bugger" as a verb?

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I've noticed here in the south, people are using [censored] quite a bit.

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... what's coursing?

hare coursing. they set two lurches -- those are dogs, before you ask -- on a hare. and the hare has to outrun the dogs.

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so what if it doesn't?

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I've noticed here in the south, people are using fag quite a bit.

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fyp

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well the big rabbit gets [censored], doesn't it?

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i am absolutely amazed that 'brilliant' doesn't get used in america in the same way as it does in england, that has kinda stunned me

i have never heard anyone say uber aloud.

'spot on' is a good one

the english also say stuff like 'quarter to 5' and 'half 4' instead of 'quarter of 5' and 'half past 4'. i remember those causing confusion at one point

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Does half 4 = 3:30 or 4:30?

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"Beckham won't be playing this weekend"

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4:30

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"Beckham won't be playing this weekend"

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DING! nh sir

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well the big rabbit gets [censored], doesn't it?

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Proper [censored]?

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i wish people used slag and slapper w/ reference to slutty girls in the states.

you tit/tosser pretty solid light insults.

and "alright?" as a general greeting is pretty cool

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you guys should use 'f'ing knobhead' more than you do, if you even do at all

the correct northern pronunciation of 'alright?' is 'allreet?'

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trollop is a good word imo.

roger too. as in, i rogered ur mom right proper last night.

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you guys should use 'f'ing knobhead' more than you do, if you even do at all


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agreed. or knobend works

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the correct northern pronunciation of 'alright?' is 'allreet?'

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not sure, I spent most my time in the midlands. i'd say it like "y'awlrite?"

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Yeti, is using "guv" cool?

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Euro,

No.

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seriously? [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

that's one of my favorites.

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heh i dunno, i mean, it's definitely possible that that is used down south in london etc. i am not familiar with southern slang at all really, have never actually heard 'guv' or 'guvnor' used. but imagine it is in some parts.

may i suggest 'squire' instead?

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Still amazed that most Americans i have met didn't understand Snog and shag.

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heh i dunno, i mean, it's definitely possible that that is used down south in london etc. i am not familiar with southern slang at all really, have never actually heard 'guv' or 'guvnor' used. but imagine it is in some parts.

may i suggest 'squire' instead?

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lol, squire sounds a little odd but it's kind of growing on me.

all those bad-ass cockney guys seem to like guv/guv'nah a lot though, so I can't see how it's all that bad.

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yeah i meant 'never actually heard in real life'.

'crick' is decent. i used to use 'chief' a lot but its a bit played out now

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Is "craic" used in america? You have a lot of irish people, has this word survived over the years? I met a few australian people last year who had no idea what the craic was and never really fully understood the concept.

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Preggers.

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'craic' does my head in. Such an annoying word, yet everyone seems to use it now.

Yeti - what accent do you have?

Edit - is 'does my head in' used in the US? Prob not.

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heh i dunno, i mean, it's definitely possible that that is used down south in london etc. i am not familiar with southern slang at all really, have never actually heard 'guv' or 'guvnor' used. but imagine it is in some parts.

may i suggest 'squire' instead?

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lol, squire sounds a little odd but it's kind of growing on me.

all those bad-ass cockney guys seem to like guv/guv'nah a lot

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lol?

My girlfriend is from Surrey (south of London) and is always ridiculing Americans for thinking that Brits actually say 'guvnah.'

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It should also be noted that any American/Canadian using 95% of these words/phrases is going to sound like a complete idiot.

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wigan accent i guess but thankfully not too common-sounding. definitely not a manc accent.

i would like to know what % of the english population knows what craic means. certainly no more than 20%?

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Some awesome additions from the West-Country (I like in Glastonbury, Somerset).

'How be on?' - just a general greeting really.
'Hows your father?' - euphamism for sex, and it has other uses but I'm not really sure of them.
'GERROF MY LAAND!1' - Get off my land
'Wasson?!' - What's on - another greeting I guess.
'me son' - just an affectionate name for a friend. e.g. 'Wasson me son!?!?!'
Using 'I' instead of 'me' at every single opportunity.

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I'm a southerner and have heard 'guv' and 'guvnah' used a few times, normally by the lowest of the working classes, usually in the pub as a greeting. Don't hear it that frequently though.

'Chief' and 'skip' I've heard here and there too.

Don't northerners use 'me' instead of 'my' a lot? As in 'You should see me new motor'

Saying that, we never use the term 'auto' to refer to a car. We call it 'car', 'motor' or 'wheels'.

Also, what about using the word 'fit' to describe attractive birds

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Does half 4 = 3:30 or 4:30?

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half 4 is 2 imo

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heh i dunno, i mean, it's definitely possible that that is used down south in london etc. i am not familiar with southern slang at all really, have never actually heard 'guv' or 'guvnor' used. but imagine it is in some parts.

may i suggest 'squire' instead?

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lol, squire sounds a little odd but it's kind of growing on me.

all those bad-ass cockney guys seem to like guv/guv'nah a lot

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lol?

My girlfriend is from Surrey (south of London) and is always ridiculing Americans for thinking that Brits actually say 'guvnah.'

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wow, she deserves a hearty pat on the back for ridiculing those stupid Americans.

but srsly I was under the impression that cockney and people saying "guv" would be contained the to east end of London and other similarly dodgy parts. so i'm not sure your girlfriend and her gaggle of friends from Surrey are exactly supreme arbiters of this particular subset of slang.

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me and my roomate use the word "minga" a lot. I also use the word "telly" all the time, but no one else I know does. I've been known to say "[censored] hell" with a British accent after a bad beat (dunno why I started that one).

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I say "not bloody likely" sometimes

think I got that from James Marsters on Buffy

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MAYBE THE DINGO ATE YOUR BABY

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I've been known to say "[censored] hell" with a British accent after a bad beat (dunno why I started that one).

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awesome.

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Question for British people.

Why is the word "absolutely" used so frequently?

I also like the terms "dodgy" and "shambolics".