Favo(u)rite expressions from across the Atlantic

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here it's biscuits not cookies,
soft drinks not soda
A bathroom is a room where my bath is housed
I poo in the toilet,
"Well fuck me dead!!" is an expression of suprise
"I wouldn't fuck him with your dick" means I wouldn't fuck him at all.
"she screws like a soat" means she a wild lay.
The local rag" is the newspaper.
being on the "turps" means drinking alcohol.
Being "blind leggless" means being drunk.
Being a "two pot screamer"means ou get drunk on very little alcohol.
"Throwing the leg over" is sex.
"Cold as nuns tits" it's very cold.
Slap n tickle is sex.
"fuck you and the horse you rode in on" is a ruder version of fuck off please.
"Rack off" a polite version of fuck off.
 

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The language does seep in, I lived in England from age 20 to 25 and every now and then something will slip through, such as using whilst, or asking for the gents. I try not to because when I first got back to the States my friends and family would say "stop it." It really is hard to unlearn speech patterns. Funny that it is only when it stands out, because whenever anyone visited me, they did not comment on my usage of British slang. In England I had a yank accent and I suppose, when I first got back, people would now say I had a Madonna accent (mine at least took 5 years not months).

I noticed when I got back though how funny it can be when Americans try to do a British accent! They usually sound like they are auditioning for a Merchant Ivory film or like Lovey Howell.

However, I have purposely kept using dogs bollocks, because it is so cute and always gets a smile when they figure it out.
 

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That reminds me of a bit in the fourth Blackadder series (Rowan Atkinson): "Look, I'm sorry, I know you mean to be friendly, but I hope you won't take it amiss if I ask you to sod off and die."

And you like Blackadder - oooh now I,m getting all creamy!!!!xxx

And Monty Python and Fawlty Towers (or Flowery Twats!!)!

I love you Cal when we getting married - you chose the date!!!!!