Diaper vs nappy.......doesn't really matter as they were both coined in Britain!
The state of British English
Chuck the baby out with the bathwater if you like but keep the diaper - nappy - or whatever the heck you want to call it.....canny Scottish thrift :-)
"I doubt people learn English for it's efficiency "
They learn it for its efficiency and because it's a lot more useful than Dutch.
They learn it for its efficiency and because it's a lot more useful than Dutch.
"Adam, Adam, Adam; you are funny. I believe "The Eagle has landed" was said in an AMERICAN accent.... "
Yeah? And?
All I said was that Imperial measurements, not metric measurements, put man on the Moon.
Imperial is far superior, and less cumbersome.
Yeah? And?
All I said was that Imperial measurements, not metric measurements, put man on the Moon.
Imperial is far superior, and less cumbersome.
"In Adam's part of Lancashire: Fleeing "
Other lancashire words for "cold" -
Frozzen.
Cowd ("By eck, it's cowd out here.")
Other lancashire words for "cold" -
Frozzen.
Cowd ("By eck, it's cowd out here.")
More British slang words -
Banger - sausage/old car
Chelp/Chelp off - to disagree vocally with someone without sufficient grounds to do so i.e. "he chelped off at me"
Daft - stupd/foolish
Evat - The common newt
Minging - ugly
Nards - testicles
Nimrod - A Northern English word for the common weasel
Pongo - Infantryman of the British army
Scrotty - dirty
Skanking - dirty
Skivvies - male or female underwear
Sod off - "Go away!"
SSDD - The common newt
To take the mickey - to mock
Todd - a red fox
To be on your todd - to be alone ("He is on his todd" - "He is alone.")
To wank - to masturbate
Whittret - Northern English word for weasel
Banger - sausage/old car
Chelp/Chelp off - to disagree vocally with someone without sufficient grounds to do so i.e. "he chelped off at me"
Daft - stupd/foolish
Evat - The common newt
Minging - ugly
Nards - testicles
Nimrod - A Northern English word for the common weasel
Pongo - Infantryman of the British army
Scrotty - dirty
Skanking - dirty
Skivvies - male or female underwear
Sod off - "Go away!"
SSDD - The common newt
To take the mickey - to mock
Todd - a red fox
To be on your todd - to be alone ("He is on his todd" - "He is alone.")
To wank - to masturbate
Whittret - Northern English word for weasel
=>"I doubt people learn English for it's efficiency "
They learn it for its efficiency and because it's a lot more useful than Dutch. <=
What do you know about learning languages Adam !?
They learn it for its efficiency and because it's a lot more useful than Dutch. <=
What do you know about learning languages Adam !?
**What do you know about learning languages Adam !?**
Probably zilch!....like about......90% at least of us....the overall British population - if you mean to the point of absolute fluency SANDER.
Probably zilch!....like about......90% at least of us....the overall British population - if you mean to the point of absolute fluency SANDER.
No DAMIAN ;-) , I ment he shouldn't talk about things he does not know anything about.He's not an English teacher and he hasn't learned English.
So Adam: STFU.
So Adam: STFU.
You spelt it wrongly ADAM: "Todd" - I've only heard of that as a surname.
"Tod" - Scottish and Northern English dialct word for a fox.
Being alone.....should be spelt "Tod" as well - as in "He's on his tod" meaning "on his own - solo". It's rhyming slang....most likely Cockney....there was once a jockey called "Tod Sloan" - Tod Sloan all alone ....on his tod...all alone. He's on his tod. Probably cream crackered - knackered. I'm feeling a but cream crackered tonight so I'm staying in. Some Friday night! :-( skint.... LOL
"Tod" also meant at one time a unit of weight for wool sheared off a sheep...equiv. to 28 pounds in those archaic Imperial measurements you still cherish! It comes from the Frisian word "todde".
"Toddy" - a whisky with hot water (not too much!!!!) and with a wee bit of sugar and lemon juice added.
Guaranteed .......
.....for a cold in duh heid.
"Tod" - Scottish and Northern English dialct word for a fox.
Being alone.....should be spelt "Tod" as well - as in "He's on his tod" meaning "on his own - solo". It's rhyming slang....most likely Cockney....there was once a jockey called "Tod Sloan" - Tod Sloan all alone ....on his tod...all alone. He's on his tod. Probably cream crackered - knackered. I'm feeling a but cream crackered tonight so I'm staying in. Some Friday night! :-( skint.... LOL
"Tod" also meant at one time a unit of weight for wool sheared off a sheep...equiv. to 28 pounds in those archaic Imperial measurements you still cherish! It comes from the Frisian word "todde".
"Toddy" - a whisky with hot water (not too much!!!!) and with a wee bit of sugar and lemon juice added.
Guaranteed .......
.....for a cold in duh heid.
Adam,
Whittre? Nimrod? I've lived in Northern England all my life and never heard of those. The only Nimrod I know is the plane!
Whittre? Nimrod? I've lived in Northern England all my life and never heard of those. The only Nimrod I know is the plane!
"Whittre? Nimrod? I've lived in Northern England all my life and never heard of those. "
Me neither.
Me neither.
I got my information from a website about British slang.
Those two words must only be used in some areas of Northern England but not all over.
Those two words must only be used in some areas of Northern England but not all over.
Adam,
=>Me neither<=
My god! You don't even read what you copy&paste!!!
=>Me neither<=
My god! You don't even read what you copy&paste!!!
Here are some more British slang words -
Ackers - money (From the Egyptian "akka")
AC/DC - Bisexual
Afty - Afternoon
Airlocked - Northern Irish word meaning "drunk"
Aks - To ask E.g."I aksed him to move his car from the driveway." [dialect]
Alkie - Scottish slang for an alcoholic
Bab - Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire word meaning "to defecate" or "faeces"
Baked bean - Cockney Rhyming slang for "queen"
Banjax - To ruin
Karzy - toilet
Kip - Sleep
Klempt - Hungry
Kraut - A German
Mackem - A person from Sunderland
Maftin - Hot and humid
Mahatma - Cockney Rhyming slang for "shandy" (Mahatma Ghandi) Shandy is a drink made from beer and lemonade
Mahusive - Immense, great, big
Marra - Friend
Moonraker - A person from Middleton in Manchester
Muso - Musician
Roister doister - A cheery and boisterous person
Rozzer - A policeman/woman
Wang - To throw
Wee - Small, little/To urinate
Whirlies - Dizziness induced by excessive intoxication
Wooden hills - Stairs ("I'm going up the wooden hills to Bedforshire" means "I'm going to bed")
Yacksy - Disgusting, vile
Yam/Yem - Home (in Cumbria and North East England)
Yam yam - A person from the Black Country area of England
Yonks - A long time
Zapper - A TV remote control unit
Zilch - Nothing, zero
Z's - Sleep/a nap
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Ackers - money (From the Egyptian "akka")
AC/DC - Bisexual
Afty - Afternoon
Airlocked - Northern Irish word meaning "drunk"
Aks - To ask E.g."I aksed him to move his car from the driveway." [dialect]
Alkie - Scottish slang for an alcoholic
Bab - Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire word meaning "to defecate" or "faeces"
Baked bean - Cockney Rhyming slang for "queen"
Banjax - To ruin
Karzy - toilet
Kip - Sleep
Klempt - Hungry
Kraut - A German
Mackem - A person from Sunderland
Maftin - Hot and humid
Mahatma - Cockney Rhyming slang for "shandy" (Mahatma Ghandi) Shandy is a drink made from beer and lemonade
Mahusive - Immense, great, big
Marra - Friend
Moonraker - A person from Middleton in Manchester
Muso - Musician
Roister doister - A cheery and boisterous person
Rozzer - A policeman/woman
Wang - To throw
Wee - Small, little/To urinate
Whirlies - Dizziness induced by excessive intoxication
Wooden hills - Stairs ("I'm going up the wooden hills to Bedforshire" means "I'm going to bed")
Yacksy - Disgusting, vile
Yam/Yem - Home (in Cumbria and North East England)
Yam yam - A person from the Black Country area of England
Yonks - A long time
Zapper - A TV remote control unit
Zilch - Nothing, zero
Z's - Sleep/a nap
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