British Words of the Day
I've been slacking with the words lately. Here are a few words and word oddities (As I don't have Internet access at the moment, I can't see if I've already posted these words or not, so forgive duplicates.):
"Cymru" - "Wales", in Welsh
"Famously" - Perfect answer to "How are you getting along?", meaning you're doing well.
"Spot On" - Similar to "Right On"
"Cheers" - Used in place of "Thanks, have a nice day." in some cases, for example, when getting off the bus.
"Rubbish" - Trash
"Pants" - Slang for something is poor. For example, "That movie was pants." To refer to what we call pants, say "trousers".
"Jumper" - Sweater, and possibly a Jacket (at least in the case of sweatshirt jackets)
"Dip/Dipping Headlights" - "Dip" is used in place of "Dim". My question as to what they call "brights" wasn't understood.
"Mobile [Phone]" - Nobody here says "cell phone".
"college" - Can refer to a "college" at Oxford, or can mean school between the ages of 16 and 18. "school" is only used to refer to primary and secondary school.
"Uni" - University
"coach" - A bus. Think Motorcoach.
Most people here don't pluralize "pound" when discussing currency. For example, the all-day fare on the Tube is "four pound, twenty".
"Cymru" - "Wales", in Welsh
"Famously" - Perfect answer to "How are you getting along?", meaning you're doing well.
"Spot On" - Similar to "Right On"
"Cheers" - Used in place of "Thanks, have a nice day." in some cases, for example, when getting off the bus.
"Rubbish" - Trash
"Pants" - Slang for something is poor. For example, "That movie was pants." To refer to what we call pants, say "trousers".
"Jumper" - Sweater, and possibly a Jacket (at least in the case of sweatshirt jackets)
"Dip/Dipping Headlights" - "Dip" is used in place of "Dim". My question as to what they call "brights" wasn't understood.
"Mobile [Phone]" - Nobody here says "cell phone".
"college" - Can refer to a "college" at Oxford, or can mean school between the ages of 16 and 18. "school" is only used to refer to primary and secondary school.
"Uni" - University
"coach" - A bus. Think Motorcoach.
Most people here don't pluralize "pound" when discussing currency. For example, the all-day fare on the Tube is "four pound, twenty".
posted by Richard Laager at
11:00 PM
2 Comments:
hi it kenny/kenneth hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilol
By
Anonymous, at 4:48 PM
Sweet!I think I will start talking like them,like Jessie said, pants is slang for poor!
By
Anonymous, at 6:27 PM
Post a Comment
<< Home