Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?

BretWeir · #1 11-09-2007, 03:26 PM

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Black Cab drivers I should of know there would be some one id leave out. I bet he was middle aged though.
Did he use the clichéd phrase “where to guv'nor”?

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Yup, middle-aged guy, "where to, guv'nor?"

bobman0330 · #2 11-09-2007, 03:28 PM

I was reading a book with some British people in it, and sometimes, one person would ask, "Do you want to do X?" and the other would reply, "Do I, [censored]." (f-word) to mean "No, I do not." Is this common usage over there, and if so, can we import it over here? I like it.

Yeti · #3 11-09-2007, 03:29 PM

very very common, it's just a variation on 'do i 'eck!' (heck)

sh58 · #4 11-09-2007, 03:41 PM

knobjockey

safe meaning sound meaning he's alright (south england)

gordon bennet meaning bloody hell meaning for [censored] sake

Kimbell175113 · #5 11-09-2007, 03:43 PM

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safe meaning sound meaning he's alright (south england)

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I don't get this one, how is it different from what 'safe' already means?

Yeti · #6 11-09-2007, 03:45 PM

you meet someone called jimmy at a bar

'so what did you think of jimmy?'
'yeah hes safe'

i do not use this, i think it's dumb.

Kimbell175113 · #7 11-09-2007, 03:54 PM

oh

yeah, that sounds dumb

cashstrapped · #8 11-09-2007, 08:19 PM

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you meet someone called jimmy at a bar

'so what did you think of jimmy?'
'yeah hes safe'

i do not use this, i think it's dumb.

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thats more of a southern term in my experience

Victor · #9 11-10-2007, 12:55 AM

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I was reading a book with some British people in it, and sometimes, one person would ask, "Do you want to do X?" and the other would reply, "Do I, [censored]." (f-word) to mean "No, I do not." Is this common usage over there, and if so, can we import it over here? I like it.

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wtf who turns down x.