Bollocks, I think I need to hop the pond, hit a boot sale, and see if I can obtain an English to English dictionary.
Bollocks, I think I need to hop the pond, hit a boot sale, and see if I can obtain an English to English dictionary.
We actually just got back from a few days vacationing in London. First time for me. Fascinating. The Britishism I want to adopt is the word "faff" -- used instead of nonsense. "Get <whatever the product> without all the faff!" I'm determined to work that word into my vocabulary. Very useful.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington
I always liked “pillock”.
British, but not English. Some of the things my Scottish MIL would say that I have appropriated from time to time:
"uxters" for armpits
"He's up to high doh" meaning very excited/agitated
"hale heeded" ("whole headed") meaning not broken up. "I kept my wedding china hale heeded rather than selling them piecemeal."
"greet" for cry
"messages" for groceries
"line" for receipt
"flit" for taking off [usually without paying]
"tattle" for potato
"wain" for child
This post made me smile and a little sad, remembering my "mam"
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My granddaughter (9) is the queen of "giving someone the north and south." That is, looking at someone up and down, askance-like.
My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already!
You have a good memory, Catherine! I don’t know whether it was your MiL’s accent, bit those words are Oxters and Tatties!
Other UK (mostly Scots) words/sayings
Stank. The grid in the gutter for rainwater
NED. Non-Educated Delinquent. Same as an English Chav
Bashed neeps and chappit tatties. mashed Turnips, aka Swede or rutabaga and mashed potatoes, often served as accompaniments to haggis
Hogmanay. The Scottish celebration of New Year’s Eve (which tends to last for days)
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