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Post by Senna1Rossi on Apr 20, 2017 13:54:35 GMT -5
Could yous youts that live in the UK teach me some of the latest slang words and phrases, so I could be cool as yous youts when talking!
For example, I used to correspond with this cute bird in Brighton, UK, and she told me aboot "dog's bollocks" (and of course she told me not to call women/girls, "birds", but I thought it was endearing to call her that... heh). I learnt a lot aboot different accents and dialects through oot UK. It was really cool!
So, how do I sound cool and "with it", not sounding like a wanker?? Trying to be a good bloke, you know.
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Post by 90GTVert on Apr 20, 2017 15:00:17 GMT -5
I'm all for learning things, as long as we keep it clean... but I have to say that I think people sound "cool and 'with it'" when they are themselves... warts and all.  |
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Post by geoffh on Apr 20, 2017 15:34:29 GMT -5
Be careful what you wish for,I spent a week in Southern Ireland cheerfully greeting every one with "poge mahone"after a wicked,wicked barman told me it was good morning in galic.As for cool and with it,I,m not even trying,but if I could say "Hello I live in Vegas" it would be a huge step up from down town Wigan. Geoff  |
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Post by Senna1Rossi on Apr 20, 2017 15:48:44 GMT -5
^^ haha, that's how I'm gonna catch a bird when I go there... "Hey, I'm from Vegas" "Why is it so dark over here..." heh
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Post by geoffh on Apr 20, 2017 16:07:55 GMT -5
Let me know when your going to try that,I,d love to watch,from a distance,Netflix or some other providers might help,watch TOWIE,Geordy Shore,Cheshire wives,Coronation Street and EastEnders all strangely popular over here no Queens English spoken at all,not that I,ve ever watched for more than a few weeks (just not cool dude)
Geoff(nearly forgot)Rab C Nesbitt is a documentary you should study
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Post by bluegoatwoods on Apr 20, 2017 21:29:58 GMT -5
I have very little to add. And what I've got is going off on a tangent.
But, anyway.....
I'm reminded of the scene where Professor Henry Higgins makes a statement that arouses disbelief in the people he's speaking to. And one of them says, "No!"
Higgins turns to him and says, not very forcefully but distinctly, "Jawohl!"
Part of the joke was his demeanor and facial expression, impossible to describe here. But I've kept this joke in my memory. Someday I'll get the chance to spring it on someone.
And it shouldn't be too hard to work with Alfred P Doolittle's material. "Work? Tried that once. It's not worth it. Takes up your whole day!"
And...."Y' see, guv'nor, I'm one of the undeserving poor. If there's something good going and I wants a piece of the action, I'm told 'No! You're undeserving..' "
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Post by aeroxbud on Apr 21, 2017 6:07:29 GMT -5
Not been to Liverpool for a long time, but it took me a while to work out that "boss" means good. As in, that's boss mate.
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Post by aeroxbud on Apr 21, 2017 6:16:56 GMT -5
Guy Martin always has some cool English expressions.
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Post by Senna1Rossi on Apr 21, 2017 10:45:03 GMT -5
Not been to Liverpool for a long time, but it took me a while to work out that "boss" means good. As in, that's boss mate.
I think I've heard that in the States too. haha.
aeroxbud knows where I'm coming from, and is going... heh
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Post by Senna1Rossi on Apr 21, 2017 10:55:37 GMT -5
Guy Martin always has some cool English expressions.
Oh, I love Guy Martin! I want him to get the top prize at the Isle of Mann so bad...
"That's licking on." So cool. heh
Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. And it took off on him! LOL Cool vid 
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Post by knobby on Apr 21, 2017 11:37:25 GMT -5
Netflix binge shameless. The real one.
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Post by pinkscoot on Apr 21, 2017 13:02:54 GMT -5
I got my first introduction to English in college. I worked with a couple of British directors, one had done some announcing on the BBC and the other had been a beat cop somewhere in London. The accents and use of swear words was remarkably different. It was where I learned what bugger meant. Years later I worked with a woman who would refer to men as buggers. After a few months of it I had to break the news to her, never heard the word from her lips again. Having owned an MGB I of course learned the proper names for parts of the car. A few years back I worked on a few plays that transferred from London and had to learn the proper name for various theatrical terms that I thought I knew. Though they are the same language there are many differences in terms and spelling.
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Post by Senna1Rossi on Apr 21, 2017 13:13:43 GMT -5
I got my first introduction to English in college. I worked with a couple of British directors, one had done some announcing on the BBC and the other had been a beat cop somewhere in London. The accents and use of swear words was remarkably different. It was where I learned what bugger meant. Years later I worked with a woman who would refer to men as buggers. After a few months of it I had to break the news to her, never heard the word from her lips again. Having owned an MGB I of course learned the proper names for parts of the car. A few years back I worked on a few plays that transferred from London and had to learn the proper name for various theatrical terms that I thought I knew. Though they are the same language there are many differences in terms and spelling.
Cool. Are you an actor?
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Post by pinkscoot on Apr 21, 2017 13:18:15 GMT -5
No, I earn real money. I'm currently a production manager and I oversee 3 spaces. I have done a little of everything over the years though so I am a jack of all trades and master of none so I just manage now. A few years back I missed a trip to Vegas to load out Spamalot, I left the job before the show closed. I still regret not sticking it out for a few more months.
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Post by 2stroked on Apr 21, 2017 15:41:09 GMT -5
Australia slang " Getting Pissed" meaning " Getting Drunk"
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