yeah, baby!
I think my blog hasn’t been helpful enough lately. So today I’m going to help prepare you for international adventure! Prepare for travel to London for pints of beer, Indian food, and incredible nightlife.
Have you ever heard English slang? I have, and I can tell you there’s a pattern. It’s all based on people’s names. If you’re horny, in England you are “Randy”. If you’re belligerent, in England you are “Larry”. If something got stolen, in England it was “Nicked”. I think there were three English fellows long ago who were nothing but trouble. Randy was always chasing the ladies, Larry was always picking fights, and Nick had some sticky fingers.
Some every day words seem to have been jumbled around when crossing the Atlantic. If you’re in the UK, let’s just say you don’t want to talk about wearing a fanny pack over your pants. Fanny and pants mean something totally different over there.
Now you can buy a ticket to London and blend in like a local…except for the bad teeth.
July 13th, 2005 at 12:20 am
Do you know what your car “bonnet” is in England? Or your “windscreen”? What about being “knackered”? And “reckon” isn’t just a hick word. It’s a whole new language. Ours is, that is. Amer’can.
July 13th, 2005 at 6:31 pm
They also use “Kip” for nap. It seems there was yet another English fellow named Kip long ago who perhaps suffered from narcolepsy. Poor guy.
I was also thrown by “geezer” and “pudding”. Geezer is not an old person. It’s just a guy. And pudding is not specifically a delicious creamy sugary treat that usually comes in chocolate, vanilla, or tapioca flavor. Pudding just means dessert in general. I thought it was weird when everyone felt like having a pudding. How often does everyone agree on the same dessert like that?
July 14th, 2005 at 9:11 am
Last night I watched Bridget Jones, and was reminded of this blog. In that movie, when one person breaks up with another, it’s called “chucking” them.
Of course, there’s also “shagging.” (Yea baby.) At first I thought this famous colloquialism disproved Eli’s theory. But then, in a flash of intoxicated brilliance, I remembered “Shaggy” from the all-time #1 cartoon, “Scooby Doo!”