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#141
11-09-2007, 08:42 PM
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Re: Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?
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Yeti, How is t*at and another term (for male genitalia/slang term for male chicken) profanity and yet the word wanker is openly used on this forum ! [/ QUOTE ] Because wanker isn't a curse word in the U.S. unlike those other two. 
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#142
11-09-2007, 08:47 PM
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Re: Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I like the term "geezers" that The Streets uses a lot in his songs, I am trying to make it cool slang in the U.S., but I doubt it will succeed. [/ QUOTE ] Uhm... geezer has been commonly used in the U.S. since before you were born. [/ QUOTE ] Anyone apart from a Londoner using this word should be shot imo. People with a standard English accent sound like their trying too hard when they use it and an American would just be laughable. [/ QUOTE ] Huh? It's a commonly used word in the U.S. I had no idea it was even used in Britain. Like, it's 50s slang or somecrap, but it's common.
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#143
11-09-2007, 08:53 PM
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Re: Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?
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do you guys use 'prick'? i know dice used it a ton to refer to his member, but i'm not sure if it's used as insult over there [/ QUOTE ] Yes, used as an insult exactly the same as that chicken word, although much less commonly. Male "icky person" insults by commonality of use: [censored] (rectum hole) dick jerk [censored] (male chicken/penis) prick What's weird is the profanity filter getting "[censored] (male chicken/penis)" and not "dick" which is just as bad but more common.
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#144
11-09-2007, 09:02 PM
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Re: Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?
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What's weird is the profanity filter getting "[censored] (male chicken/penis)" and not "dick" which is just as bad but more common. [/ QUOTE ] yeah, but dick is also a name
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#145
11-09-2007, 09:02 PM
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Re: Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?
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good terms for girlfriend : 'our peg' 'our maud' and you must pronounce our like are, obviously! [/ QUOTE ] lol, ur gunna have the american poker community talking like theyre from lancashire!
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#146
11-09-2007, 09:13 PM
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Re: Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I like the term "geezers" that The Streets uses a lot in his songs, I am trying to make it cool slang in the U.S., but I doubt it will succeed. [/ QUOTE ] Uhm... geezer has been commonly used in the U.S. since before you were born. [/ QUOTE ] Anyone apart from a Londoner using this word should be shot imo. People with a standard English accent sound like their trying too hard when they use it and an American would just be laughable. [/ QUOTE ] Huh? It's a commonly used word in the U.S. I had no idea it was even used in Britain. Like, it's 50s slang or somecrap, but it's common. [/ QUOTE ] By who? I've never heard an American use this word (unless talking about Lock, Stock or Snatch) on TV, irl, on here or in a movie. Even if it is common over there, it doesn't change the fact that anyone using it is going to sound like a muppet.
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#148
11-09-2007, 09:50 PM
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Re: Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?
I think brilliant is catching on more because they say it in the Harry Potter movies.
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#149
11-09-2007, 10:04 PM
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Re: Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?
geezer has been commonly used in the U.S. since before you were born.
I don't use it very often but then again I don't interact with people over 60 very often.
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#150
11-09-2007, 10:27 PM
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Re: Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?
Good example of one that is originally American, caught on over here, and several years later is popular in the USA again through British influence...
High Five!
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