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"I'd say that was more of an insult tbh"
I wouldn't say they're mutually exclusive.
And it's only an inslut if it's directed at somebody who perceives it that way  |
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"What about regional ones? My beautiful friend from the north taught me two:
To pie someone off
Wind your neck in
Never heard either of them before."
Wind your neck in is quite common I think, not come across the other though |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What about regional ones? My beautiful friend from the north taught me two:
To pie someone off
Wind your neck in
Never heard either of them before."
Wind your neck is something we use often in the south.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What about regional ones? My beautiful friend from the north taught me two:
To pie someone off
Wind your neck in
Never heard either of them before.
Wind your neck is something we use often in the south.
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Really? Never heard it in the midlands |
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I went to the States many years ago and the expression 'tosser' was not known. I explained to various americans and candadians we met that a tosser was someone who tossed salad. Yes I did manage to keep a straight face but my mate had to leave the room to supress laughter! |
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"We say
Are you having a giraffe?
On your Jack
We seem to be more common in certain places in the south than others. "
On your Jack is rhyming slang (Jack Jones) having a giraffe is a rhyming slang derivative, should be having a Jimmy (Jimmy Giraffe) lord knows where that comes from though |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We say
Are you having a giraffe?
On your Jack
We seem to be more common in certain places in the south than others.
On your Jack is rhyming slang (Jack Jones) having a giraffe is a rhyming slang derivative, should be having a Jimmy (Jimmy Giraffe) lord knows where that comes from though"
Yeah I know, we've been saying them since we were kids. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We say
Are you having a giraffe?
On your Jack
We seem to be more common in certain places in the south than others.
What does that mean  "
Are you having a laugh and On your own  |
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Going back to around the time that "shameless" was first on tv here.
Irish tv had a very similar series "pure mule"..
Title came from irish slang pure mule....as in if it was top bollocks it was pure mule..
But it was interchangeable in that if something was total shit it's pure mule.. |
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"I had to explain what I meant when I said 'over the moon' to my Polish colleague yesterday... "
Was that along the lines of "I'm going to be over the moon when you get your thick polish sausage in me" |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"How do they cope with our language..
I'm going to polish the furniture...
Stop talking polish in my company I don't speak it.."
Only works if you read it.. |
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"Stop being Mardy. Means moody where I'm from. Not a lot of people know that (said in the style of Micheal Cain)"
I used to hear mardy pants a lot as a kid, along with ‘don’t get your knickers in a twist’ |
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"What about regional ones? My beautiful friend from the north taught me two:
To pie someone off
Wind your neck in
Never heard either of them before."
Haha these are from our area |
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When my auntie moved back from the East end after 48 years we needed a translator to understand what she was on about .
The Rhyming slang was unbearable and she didn't register it as a problem.
Out for a "Ruby"
Lend us a "Monkey"
Do us a "Godiver"
Creaking "apples" (& pears)
Fancy a "rolla upper"
Ring us a "Hackney"
Dreadful...... ??
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What about regional ones? My beautiful friend from the north taught me two:
To pie someone off
Wind your neck in
Never heard either of them before.
Haha these are from our area"
Never heard pie!!
In London you can "buoy" someone off... no idea why it's a thing, but it is... |
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"I'll start with one that always cracks me up, the knob gobbler!
Please share yours "
I hear “Leary” often where I live and work can’t stand that expression  |
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"My favourite is Septics as a term for Americans
I've always liked that expression can sum them up quite accurately
It sounds like an insult to me...(no offense taken)  "
Only an insult in the same manner as calling us Limeys |
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"My favourite is Septics as a term for Americans
I've always liked that expression can sum them up quite accurately
It sounds like an insult to me...(no offense taken)
Only an insult in the same manner as calling us Limeys "
I’ve never used that term and never would...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My favourite is Septics as a term for Americans
I've always liked that expression can sum them up quite accurately
It sounds like an insult to me...(no offense taken)
Only an insult in the same manner as calling us Limeys
I’ve never used that term and never would... "
So would you say you were antiseptic? |
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"My favourite is Septics as a term for Americans
I've always liked that expression can sum them up quite accurately
It sounds like an insult to me...(no offense taken)
Only an insult in the same manner as calling us Limeys "
Limeys comes from the days of sailing ships, they sucked limes to ward off scurvy |
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"My favourite is Septics as a term for Americans
I've always liked that expression can sum them up quite accurately
It sounds like an insult to me...(no offense taken)
Only an insult in the same manner as calling us Limeys
I’ve never used that term and never would... "
Septic is rhyming slang..
Septic tank...= yank.. |
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"We say
Are you having a giraffe?
On your Jack
We seem to be more common in certain places in the south than others.
On your Jack is rhyming slang (Jack Jones) having a giraffe is a rhyming slang derivative, should be having a Jimmy (Jimmy Giraffe) lord knows where that comes from though"
Having a Jimmy is having a piss Jimmy riddle = riddle me ree = pee |
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Talking of slang once had a call from an hospital as one of guys who was taken to a and e where he couldnt understand the locals..he was from London a broad cockney accent and dialect the hospital was in Newcastle....nether could understand each other very well...so much local slang and accents.. |
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"Talking of slang once had a call from an hospital as one of guys who was taken to a and e where he couldnt understand the locals..he was from London a broad cockney accent and dialect the hospital was in Newcastle....nether could understand each other very well...so much local slang and accents.."
Is it not said that when a geordie is in full flow speaking the local dialect someone from Scandinavia has a better chance of understanding him or her..than a southerner |
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"Talking of slang once had a call from an hospital as one of guys who was taken to a and e where he couldnt understand the locals..he was from London a broad cockney accent and dialect the hospital was in Newcastle....nether could understand each other very well...so much local slang and accents..
Is it not said that when a geordie is in full flow speaking the local dialect someone from Scandinavia has a better chance of understanding him or her..than a southerner "
Thats where the accent originates. Its an older english accent then RP. Or they are all fans of the muppets swedish chef. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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we use the phrase cooking fat for the cat when it wraps itself round your legs as your walking...better than fucking cat when kids are about..
The term septic meaning American is short for septic tank as in tank- yank..a derogatory term...
There is so much local slang used its unreal having worked around a lot of the UK its amazing even the name for familiar everyday things...bread roll, balm cake, cob, butter etc is it not slang...? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"we use the phrase cooking fat for the cat when it wraps itself round your legs as your walking...better than fucking cat when kids are about..
The term septic meaning American is short for septic tank as in tank- yank..a derogatory term...
There is so much local slang used its unreal having worked around a lot of the UK its amazing even the name for familiar everyday things...bread roll, balm cake, cob, butter etc is it not slang...? "
Barm cake not balm cake  |
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Slag is a nice word come to think of it.... 
