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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 1:21:17 PM

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Things said in Australia

I got *really* confused by "shagged = tired" in Oz, given shagged would be the past participle of "to shag" meaning "to have sex with" in the UK.

And, I'm marvelling at the irony of having had the bumbag/fanny pack discussion over lunch today.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 1:27:54 PM

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The origins of the words truck and lorry are pretty similar. Truck probably comes from the word truckle, which was a flat bed on four wheels, which sat under another bed. Lorry comes from the word lurry, which i think is Old English for pull. Either way both truck and lorry were early terms for flat bed railway wagons, set on two pairs of wheels.

I worked in transport/logistics... I gave up calling things "lorries" and "trucks", it was all "artics" and "rigids" and such. Much easier as the terms are more specifics, but, for the new girl who has no idea which diver is licensed to drive what sort of vehicle... really not.

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Quid comes from the term quid pro quo. Fortnight just means fourteen nights, oddly enough Wales and some other European Countries have a term meaning 15 days.

In France, it's a quainzene (or 15 nights) instead of a fortnight.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 1:32:17 PM

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I won't mention Worcester, Gloucester or Leicester.

*lives there*

My personal favourite place name is "Loughborough".

I was asked yesterday when we (the English) celebrated "Thanksgiving". I thought that was amusing.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 1:43:09 PM

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lol ... when I was in Oz ... they referred to the shopping cart as a Trolly..
and it was there that I first heard the word "Ta" as in "Thank You"
I still love that word

and did anyone mention Knickers yet ??? ( lol .. can't remember if I saw it )

ohhh in Scotland - Bairn (sp?) - child

Here in Texas (and in South Carolina, if a friend of mine from my Army days is any example) they call it a 'buggy'... which I thought hilarious (I grew up with it being called a 'cart' or 'basket').

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 1:46:28 PM

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*sighs*
I love it when UK or Irish Men say "Aye" ... absolutely melts me.

( I hate the word underpants ... no matter WHO says it ... even a Great accent does nowt for That word

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did anyone mention Gob Smacked???

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 1:47:41 PM

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do you eat a roll, a bap, a batch, a butty, a stottie or a breadcake?

It's a bread bun where I come from, or a barm cake where I live now.

Bit of confusion when I first moved to the North West: "a bread bun, please, love"......"what?"...."a bread bun"...."what's one of them?"...."you know, bread in a bun shape"......"oh! you mean a barm cake!"......"yer what, lass?"...."a barm cake......you know, bread in a cake shape"......

Oh, and I believe calling the fish and chip shop "the fishy" is unique to the North East, am I right in thinking it's "the chippy" everywhere else? Peasants.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 1:48:23 PM

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I won't mention Worcester, Gloucester or Leicester.

*lives there*

My personal favourite place name is "Loughborough".

I was asked yesterday when we (the English) celebrated "Thanksgiving". I thought that was amusing.

I think the closest we come is the Harvest Festival.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 1:49:08 PM

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Guys are men, not men and women. A geezer is a guy, a bloke is a man, and a bird is a woman. There is also crumpet.

*nodnod* My daughter hopes to audition to be one of Emilie Autumn's Bloody Crumpets. *grins*

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 1:51:53 PM

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It's a bread bun where I come from, or a barm cake where I live now.

Bit of confusion when I first moved to the North West: "a bread bun, please, love"......"what?"...."a bread bun"...."what's one of them?"...."you know, bread in a bun shape"......"oh! you mean a barm cake!"......"yer what, lass?"...."a barm cake......you know, bread in a cake shape"......

*laughing*
Loved that NG ... thanks for sharing ... made me smile

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 1:53:16 PM

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The police are:

The Old Bill in London.
The Polis in the North East.
Dibble in Manchester.
The Bizzies in Liverpool.
The Rozzers in East Yorkshire.

Probably loads more.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:01:26 PM

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ever been had by the fuzz NG?

(to which the answer is "no, but I've been swung by the tits")

Fuzz - police

Wonder if any Americans might have an idea what the Tufty Club might be?

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:03:25 PM

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The other thread about paying Tabs got me thinking...

A "Tab" is a Cambridge university student. And the word Tab can be used to apply to a few other things Cambridge University related.

If you're an Oxford student, you may well say "Tab" as a kind of mock insult.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:04:09 PM

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o thowt tabs weer smirks? NG?

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:05:22 PM

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At the risk of sounding utterly idiotic, what in the world are UMs? I realize it has something to do with either children and/ or grandparents/ some other familial relation... Is it short for something I'm missing..?

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:08:55 PM

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lol ... UM=Un Mentionables ( I think )

Soooooo ... Lady Ellen ... what IS a Tufty Club ???

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:10:49 PM

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ever been had by the fuzz NG?

No, nor lifted/collared/had a tug by the polis.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:11:14 PM

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The other thread about paying Tabs got me thinking...

A "Tab" is a Cambridge university student. And the word Tab can be used to apply to a few other things Cambridge University related.

If you're an Oxford student, you may well say "Tab" as a kind of mock insult.

A "Tab" is a soda. Or in some places here a "pop." In some places in the south, all soda is "Coke," even when it's not. For example, a 7-UP can be a Coke.

UMs=UnMentionables; offsprings.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:15:30 PM

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o thowt tabs weer smirks? NG?

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Pretty much spot on.....except "smirks" is Newcastle, and "smowkes" is Sunderland. 8 miles apart and a world away in language terms.

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:17:01 PM

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And the Americans (and a lot of Brits I bet) are none the wiser NG!

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RE: Terminology across the pond - 10/21/2008 2:17:58 PM

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Oh go on then, I'm on a roll now......

Youths: neds or scallies in Liverpool, chavvies in London, charvers in Newcastle and Sunderland.....any more?

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