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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: 68ROX on May 27, 2005, 02:03:55 PM
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One thing I particularly enjoy about AH is the diversity. There are literally players from every corner of the globe. You can have squaddies on from down the street, or from the other side of the earth.
The only thing for me that can be an obstacle is "Two peoples, separated only by a common language." Tommy & Yank have fought along side one another in many conflicts, and do so every day in AH.
"Brown Bread"? "Bullocks?" I get lost.
So, in the interest of my own education, as well as enjoying poking fun at one another's slang…I ask a favor of our UK brothers…
Give us Yanks a "Glossary of AH Tommy-Speak"!
Who knows, it might help in a furball.
We Yanks will gladly add any of ours to this thread as well.
Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen
Rittmeister
ROX
PigStompers
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Originally posted by Casinoman
We Yanks will gladly add any of ours to this thread as well.
I ain't no damned Yankee. I wuz borned in th Heart O' Dixie!! Actually, in the first Capitol of the Confederacy.
:p
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Originally posted by slimm50
I ain't no damned Yankee. I wuz borned in th Heart O' Dixie!! Actually, in the first Capitol of the Confederacy.
:p
Damn Skippy!!!
Well Said!!!
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[Southern Drawl]Well SUH then you are a true man of fine southern distinction; having been born of fine southern blood in Montgomery, Alabama. God Bless the Confederacy![/Southern Drawl]
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i can fill you in with slang... how blue do you want to get?
for example..
"Arrange the orchestra":v. To make adjustments to ones horn, woodwind, string and brass sections..to fiddleabout with ones fruit bowl through ones trouser pocket..
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Thing about much Brit-speak (TM) is it's usually funny for us non-Brits, but when you disect it, it's rather vulgar most of the time :P
This said from a guy who has an online pal or two across the pond, has learned quite a bit of British swearing/slang.
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I usually need a translator for Telstar. English my ass:D
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Originally posted by Krusty
Thing about much Brit-speak (TM) is it's usually funny for us non-Brits, but when you disect it, it's rather vulgar most of the time :P
funny thing... i love brit cussing.. sounds so ... eloquent LMAO
but even funnier, being american i had to re-read the original poster's poet 3x to be sure, i though he was brit, because i have no clue what this means:
Give us Yanks a "Glossary of AH Tommy-Speak"!
LOL
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Oh man u get me banned
Brown bread = Dead...... cockney rhyming slang
Jack Jones = on your own ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. You'll here this when somone get's himself in the cart (cart= nice way to say crap)
Hank Marvin = starving..need to eat .
Apple and paers = stairs
Bollocks = your errs SACKS but ment as a term of negativity i.e "oh bollocks!" .."your talking bollocks".."it's all bollocks" .."playing with his bollocks" or just plain and simple "BOLLOCKS"
"F" "B" & "C" we ashemedly have passed on.
Now the big secret....................... .......
TOSS/ER.. "you Tosser" "oh toss" "load of toss" "toss off"
WANK/ER "you W" "oh W" "load of W" "W off"
TWAT.."you T" "what a T" "that's T-ish" "T-ed"<--to hit
To actually know when, where, and how to say these insults is a full on Brit thing. It can make laughter or it can make black eyes.
It is all very vulgar and your "mum" would be ashamed.
To give it all away wouldn't be British of me. :rofl
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As an American born in England (me mum is English my father was USAF-Burtonwood) I have a few that have been passed from my mom and grandmom.
dick about- messying around "Stop dicking about!"
makeing a row- being very noisy.
muck about - foolaround "will you stop mucking about"
knocked up-tired. My mom tells me the story of telling her newly introduced American family that she was "Knocked up" my Dad nearly died and his side of the family was disgusted.
seeing to- a good spanking
Notice that most have a theme aimed at keeping kids in tow. But can be used for any occasion.
One of my favorites is Spotted Dick, which has no sexual overtones (unless your mum uses it in front of your young friends!). It is a type of dessert pudding.
I have a cousin from Wiggan and still can't understand a full sentence. It is a disgusting dialect.
Peace
Pillur
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In american it's normal to sit on your fanny at the dinner table untill you are stuffed.
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Born and raised in NE Ohio. Proud to be a Yankee.
Although, while stationed at Ft. Bragg I fell in love with the Southern Girls. Just the way those Southern girls act and treated us Yankee guys was awesome. Still kicking myself in the *** for letting one girl go when my tour was up. I wonder what ever became of "DeeDee" from Rockingham NC?
SEssg is a Brit in my squad. He currently lives in California. He is a real treat to listen to on squad VOX. I have no problems understanding him. He is for sure a very funny guy.
Now some of the Scots on this game can be very hard to understand. Even some of the Brits with that Cockney accent are very hard to understand as well.
ALot of times when I'm about and run across a Brit on Range channel I may have to ask the guy to repeat what he said.
Also, it looks like the Knights have the market cornered on the Japanese players. Would be nice to know some Japanese phrases like Check 6 Taki or WIngZero.
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Originally posted by slimm50
I ain't no damned Yankee. I wuz borned in th Heart O' Dixie!! Actually, in the first Capitol of the Confederacy.
:p
I sir, am southern as well. I reside in the Great State of North Carolina. The notion of being called "Yankee" is absurd as I like my skies tarheel blue and my tea the same way I like my women...SWEET.
y'all take it easy :cool:
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Originally posted by slimm50
I ain't no damned Yankee. I wuz borned in th Heart O' Dixie!! Actually, in the first Capitol of the Confederacy.
:p
Funny thing is ........To the Brits where all YANKEES .....:rofl :lol
Crims
479th Raiders FG
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or spams or septics
:rofl
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use guys have problem wit Yankees?!?
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Originally posted by crims
Funny thing is ........To the Brits where all YANKEES .....:rofl :lol
Crims
479th Raiders FG
we're all also "rebels"
:D
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Originally posted by slimm50
I ain't no damned Yankee. I wuz borned in th Heart O' Dixie!! Actually, in the first Capitol of the Confederacy.
:p
Texan by choice and Southern by the grace of God. :)
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"slag stamp"
A tattoo applied to the small of a saldad dodgers (fat woman)back in the mistaken belife that it will distract attention from her enormous arse.
"wife beater"= strong larger that some men cannot handle
"mucky dip" A scuttleing up the coal hole
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Originally posted by LYNX
Oh man u get me banned
Brown bread = Dead...... cockney rhyming slang
Jack Jones = on your own ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. You'll here this when somone get's himself in the cart (cart= nice way to say crap)
Hank Marvin = starving..need to eat .
Apple and paers = stairs
Bollocks = your errs SACKS but ment as a term of negativity i.e "oh bollocks!" .."your talking bollocks".."it's all bollocks" .."playing with his bollocks" or just plain and simple "BOLLOCKS"
"F" "B" & "C" we ashemedly have passed on.
Now the big secret....................... .......
TOSS/ER.. "you Tosser" "oh toss" "load of toss" "toss off"
WANK/ER "you W" "oh W" "load of W" "W off"
TWAT.."you T" "what a T" "that's T-ish" "T-ed"<--to hit
To actually know when, where, and how to say these insults is a full on Brit thing. It can make laughter or it can make black eyes.
It is all very vulgar and your "mum" would be ashamed.
To give it all away wouldn't be British of me. :rofl
Bollocks is generally bad as Lynx says.
BUT - "The dogs bollocks" is a good thing
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Originally posted by LtPillur
makeing a row- being very noisy.
Dunno where you heard that but it's bollocks matey (see above for definition of bollocks).
Making a racket means being very noisy.
Making a row.......doesn't mean anything.
Having a row means having an argument.
Also known as a barny.
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Originally posted by SELECTOR
i can fill you in with slang... how blue do you want to get?
for example..
"Arrange the orchestra":v. To make adjustments to ones horn, woodwind, string and brass sections..to fiddleabout with ones fruit bowl through ones trouser pocket..
What are these "trousers" you speak of?:confused:
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dont know what you may call them... pants i guess
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Swoop beg to differ but "making a row" is being noisy, it depends on which part of UK your from.
LtPillur I'm originally from Wigan and now living here in Illinois.
Other slang terms that spring to mind are
Knackered = very tired
Tart = Slut
Fortnight = 2 weeks
pillock = same as earlier definitions of Bollocks
LtPillur Wigan dialect would make a good code most would never understand it !!
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i learned everything i know about the English by watching Benny Hill.
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Originally posted by maddog
use guys have problem wit Yankees?!?
Heh Maddog, not at all. My Father's family is from around Coleman and Pontiac, Michigan, my mom's family all from Alabama.
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Originally posted by xbrit
Swoop beg to differ but "making a row" is being noisy, it depends on which part of UK your from.
pillock = same as earlier definitions of Bollocks
Never heard of making a row before, sounds suspiciously northern to me.
And a pillock is NOT the same as Bollocks.
A pillock is always said 'A' pillock, as in singular, as in someone with less than normal intelligence. Bollocks are always referred to as plural cos (most) men have 2 and is not used in the same context.
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LOL interesting thread! :) Even here in the UK we have regional variations, such as the "making a row" example above. Over the last 7 years since I started playing AW, I have had many occasions where I've said something in all innocence only to be told a particular word or phrase meant something completely different over there. :D
One example was during the great AW scenario, Longbow. I hadn't been playing long and didn't have the confidence to fly, but had a regular gunner spot for my squadmate, Spiff (Spiffy in AH). I remember after one frame posting that I had finally "broken my duck"! This was met with a lot of hilarious comments which were lost on me at first until someone finally told me that over there it meant I had lost my virginity! :eek: Over here, it is a term (from the very British game of Cricket) meaning I had finally got a score. In other words, I had got my first Kill! :rofl
For more examples of language differences, see The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British (http://www.effingpot.com/slang.shtml) :aok
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Flossy, was reading from your link.....funny.....be forewarned before using some of those words if ya come to the states......might go home with a arse kickin...LOL
Cheerio
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Originally posted by Flossy
LOL interesting thread! :) Even here in the UK we have regional variations, such as the "making a row" example above. Over the last 7 years since I started playing AW, I have had many occasions where I've said something in all innocence only to be told a particular word or phrase meant something completely different over there. :D
One example was during the great AW scenario, Longbow. I hadn't been playing long and didn't have the confidence to fly, but had a regular gunner spot for my squadmate, Spiff (Spiffy in AH). I remember after one frame posting that I had finally "broken my duck"! This was met with a lot of hilarious comments which were lost on me at first until someone finally told me that over there it meant I had lost my virginity! :eek: Over here, it is a term (from the very British game of Cricket) meaning I had finally got a score. In other words, I had got my first Kill! :rofl
For more examples of language differences, see The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British (http://www.effingpot.com/slang.shtml) :aok
I have never heard of the that term Flossy.......but then again I grew up in Arizona, so I might have missed out. :)
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Being 'knocked up' normally means you are in the pudding club, i.e. pregnant, not tired. Tired is knackered. The only other use I've heard of being knocked up is when someone knocks on your door to wake you up.
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Yeah sorry Swoop been awhile since I used a lot of those and your 100% right on pillock and yes "row" is a northern expression mainly also it's got 2 variations to it 1/ having a row =arguement 2/ making a row =a noise.
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u have to remember xbrit left the UK before the America did!! He's a bit long in the tooth the old muppet :rofl
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pillock = idiot.
cream crackered= knackered= tired.. or in terms of an object broken beyond repair..
shagged,, shagged out= very tired
old dear= mother
stubbie= bottle of beer... prob originated from austrailia
studmuffin= cigarette
fanny= womens private parts
rubber= a tool for rubbing out pencil marks
spunk= mans love jucie
crown jewels= mans private parts
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I worked with a bunch of English and Irish folks several years ago. They thought it was funny as hell when they asked if I was gonna "get pissed" after work, and I said "uh......no, I'm happy when work is over." Apparently, "pissed" means drunk, and "it's always bloody pissing" means it rains a lot. They (and me along with them) ended up getting pissed almost every night after work, and they were a hell of a lot of fun to be around. :D :D
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Stubbie - Yes from Australia, originally a 'Darwin Stubby' which I believe is the biggest bottle of beer there.
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The Brits and Southerners have a lot in common, can't hardly understand either one of them. :D
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Never heard of making a row before, sounds suspiciously northern to me.
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My Grandmother was from Caton, My mother originally from Barrow. So I'm not sure how North you would consider Caton; but "making a row" was a common expression from her mouth.
My wife is from Maryland and we live in the Midwest. The dialect is different. She says "mackatam" (sp?) for blacktop, and grinny for chipmunk. Even the USA is separated by a common language.
Peace
Pillur
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Originally posted by AaronGGT
Being 'knocked up' normally means you are in the pudding club, i.e. pregnant, not tired. Tired is knackered. The only other use I've heard of being knocked up is when someone knocks on your door to wake you up.
Yes you are correct. My bad. It was in the context of being awakened in the moring. "Knock me up at 7 am". In the States I know only one use of the expression, that is being pregnant. Being "knocked up" has two totally different uses in the 2 languages.
Peace
Pillur
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Originally posted by SELECTOR
dont know what you may call them... pants i guess
Guybrush Threepwood: "Pants... What pants?"
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Originally posted by NUKE
I have never heard of the that term Flossy.......but then again I grew up in Arizona, so I might have missed out. :)
Arizonans unite! :P
Grew up there m'self. (Phx Valley area)
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Originally posted by Krusty
Guybrush Threepwood: "Pants... What pants?"
YES...Monkey Island ruled....glad to see someone else played it =)
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MI2 had the funniest ending ever lol
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Originally posted by LtPillur
My mother originally from Barrow.
If you mean Barrow in Furness, I live about 10 miles away from it, in Ulverston! It is in the North West of England, just south of the English Lake District. Caton is just across the bay (Morecambe Bay) near Lancaster. :)
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Originally posted by DaddyAck
I sir, am southern as well. I reside in the Great State of North Carolina.
damn northern yankee!
The notion of being called "Yankee" is absurd as I like my skies tarheel blue and my tea the same way I like my women...SWEET.
Us sutherners like our women like we like our coffee, strong and black:p
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Originally posted by maddog
use guys have problem wit Yankees?!?
Yes! :D
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Originally posted by Flossy
If you mean Barrow in Furness, I live about 10 miles away from it, in Ulverston! It is in the North West of England, just south of the English Lake District. Caton is just across the bay (Morecambe Bay) near Lancaster. :)
That's the place! Small world. Even smaller in that some of my family lives in Ulverston!! One of my cousins owns a jewelry store there.
Peace
Pillur
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LtPillur in your original post you said you had family from Wigan ?
I'm from Wigan and now living here in Illinois
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Originally posted by LtPillur
That's the place! Small world. Even smaller in that some of my family lives in Ulverston!! One of my cousins owns a jewelry store there.
Small world indeed. :D I know the jewelry store - there is only one in Ulverston (Lindows) - and have spoken to your cousin on many occasions! My husband and I have bought many items from him over the years, the latest time I think being last August when we celebrated our Pearl Wedding Anniversary. :cool:
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Originally posted by Swoop
Bollocks are always referred to as plural cos (most) men have 2 and is not used in the same context.
Except when refering to the "dropping of a bollock"
(he "dropped a bollock") ie he made a mistake.
(usually one that impinges upon his reputation)
studmuffins can also be male homsexuals or small boys at public (private) schools who are enslaved by the older boys (same as homosexual then) this has also been extended to the term "studmuffingot" (as in meat ball) which has since gone on to newer connotations before lapsing into disuse.
Muffin. To some this is a small cake or large "fairy" cake. To some Brits this is a bread bun turned during baking. To other Brits it is an act of oral sex as in "muffin the mule" or "muff diving".
Piklets and crumpets. In the north a Piklet is a crumpet in the Midlands the norths crumpet is refered to as a piklet. Crumpet, totty, talent are also a vulgar plurals for the fairer sex.
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Originally posted by Flossy
Small world indeed. :D I know the jewelry store - there is only one in Ulverston (Lindows) - and have spoken to your cousin on many occasions! My husband and I have bought many items from him over the years, the latest time I think being last August when we celebrated our Pearl Wedding Anniversary. :cool:
:) So funny . That's them!! If I go back to England I'll be sure to knock you up..errr drop in ! sorry couldn't resist.:rofl
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All very interesting. I work for a British owned company here in the states, Balfour Beatty. We are currently being infiltrated by them in large numbers. Most recently my new boss. I'm finding out more and more phrases I have no idea what he's talking about. Now I have some guilds to go by.
I'm pretty sure this is going both way too.
I have to say that all the folks I've had contact with from the UK are all great people who are great to work with. :aok
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The Banter Sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus ****
(Scene: a wartime RAF station)
Jones: Morning, Squadron Leader.
Idle: What-ho, Squiffy.
Jones: How was it?
Idle: Top-hole. Bally Jerry, pranged his kite right in the how's-your-father;
hairy blighter, dicky-birded, feathered back on his sammy, took a waspy,
flipped over on his Betty Harpers and caught his can in the Bertie.
Jones: Er, I'm afraid I don't quite follow you, Squadron Leader.
Idle: It's perfectly ordinary banter, Squiffy. Bally Jerry, pranged his kite
right in the how's-your-father; hairy blighter, dicky-birded, feathered
back on his sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harpers and
caught his can in the Bertie.
Jones: No, I'm just not understanding banter at all well today. Give us it
slower.
Idle: Banter's not the same if you say it slower, Squiffy.
Jones: Hold on then -- Wingco! -- just bend an ear to the Squadron Leader's
banter for a sec, would you?
Chapman: Can do.
Jones: Jolly good. Fire away.
Idle: Bally Jerry... (he goes through it all again)
Chapman: No, I don't understand that banter at all.
Idle: Something up with my banter, chaps?
GRAMS: AIR RAID SIRENS
(Enter Palin, out of breath)
Palin: Bunch of monkeys on the ceiling, sir! Grab your egg-and-fours and
let's get the bacon delivered!
Chapman (to Idle): Do *you* understand that?
Idle: No -- I didn't get a word of it.
Chapman: Sorry, old man, we don't understand your banter.
Palin: You know -- bally tenpenny ones dropping in the custard!
(no reaction)
Palin: Um -- Charlie choppers chucking a handful!
Chapman: No no -- sorry.
Jones: Say it slower, old chap.
Palin: Slower *banter*, sir?
Chapman: Ra-ther.
Palin: Um -- sausage squad up the blue end?
Idle: No, still don't get it.
Palin: Um -- cabbage crates coming over the briny?
The others: No, no.
(Film of air-raid)
Idle (voice-over): But by then it was too late. The first cabbage crates hit
London on July the 7th. That was just the beginning.
(Chapman seen sitting at desk, on telephone)
Chapman: Five shillings a dozen? That's ordinary cabbages, is it? And what
about the bombs?... Good Lord, they _are_ expensive.
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Originally posted by LtPillur
:) So funny . That's them!! If I go back to England I'll be sure to knock you up..errr drop in ! sorry couldn't resist.:rofl
:rofl
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Originally posted by Jackal1
Texan by choice and Southern by the grace of God. :)
Texas, only two things come out of Texas....
Go Sooners !!:aok