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

[Yeti]

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%?

[Jay Riall]

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.

[KRPI2k05]

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

[His Boy Elroy]

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

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half 4 is 2 imo

[Eurotrash]

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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.

[Alobar]

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).

[Kimbell175113]

I say "not bloody likely" sometimes

think I got that from James Marsters on Buffy

[CrazyEyez]

MAYBE THE DINGO ATE YOUR BABY

[nazahl]

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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.

[ThaSaltCracka]

Question for British people.

Why is the word "absolutely" used so frequently?

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