"Seperated by a Common Language"

[JB82]

Originally posted by maddog
use guys have problem wit Yankees?!?

Yes!  

[LtPillur]

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

[xbrit]

LtPillur in your original post you said you had family from Wigan ?
I'm from Wigan and now living here in Illinois

[Flossy]

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.    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.  

[Tilt]

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.

[LtPillur]

Originally posted by Flossy
Small world indeed.    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.  

 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.

[Clifra Jones]

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.  

[mudder]

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.

[Flossy]

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.

[BBQ_Bob]

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