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Okay I'm doing an essay on Kelly Pavlik for my English Assignment in college and the teacher said that I need to use American lexis (American words) in it so could you guys name me some common words used by Yanks which aren't used a lot in the UK, "Dude" for instance.
I need words to do with somebody saying "Stop chatting, bollocks" in American. "Calm Down, brother" would that count ?? :-\ haha
Please help Yanks, the essay is in for tommorow ;D
"Quit talking shit" would be a proper replacement of "Stop chatting bollocks"
Just un-gay your type of English and blam Americanized English is born ;D
Anything else I can help you with bro?
Lyle, thats perfect thanks ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
I've used words like Mom and Garbage as well so I should be fine with this American grammar but I'll let you know if I need anymore expressions ;D
Thanks again mate, have some rep.
This is great.There needs to be a translation Thread for all of the forum.At times Its a little hard to decipher The verbiage used.
as for your English Teacher.....In the Morning walk in and say "Good morning Peckerwood" a true sign of respect ,sure to Impress him.Might even help your grade.;D;)
"stop bullshitting" would probably work too
Lyle hit it on the head "un-gay" everything you say, and you'll have the American jargon.. hahah..
it's like, you guys call your buds or friends "mates" not that i'd EVER say "mate" but if i did, i'd be referring to my girlfriend, the person i mate with.. so if i referred to a male friend of mine as my "mate" it would be a homosexual remark.. So "un-gay" works perfectly..
oh yeah, and bilbo always says "telly" referring to the television, which is really gay.. TV or television work fine..
hmm i'll have to think of some more ;D
It's actually a harder question than you think, at least for me. I would need to read the essay and then edit it in order to feel comfortable with my suggestions.
I use words like "rubbish" and "telly" all the time. I don't think that is British per se it's just popular language. I say "Kapitan" and I'm not German. I say "bueno" and I'm not Mexican.
I've always had a thing for words.
Yes but rubbish and telly are gay words.....just watch Eddie Murphy Raw, that should help you out more than anything else.
You know what I never get....
Kids calling their Dad's sir in America.
sir and ma'am are signs of respect....you don't have to be a fucking knight to be called sir here. Therefore the lowest economic classes over here can still recieve respect from their children and sometimes co-workers or even everyday people.
I never called my mom or dad sir or maam, not out of a lack of respect, it just wasn't what me or my brother did. It just seems a bit odd to me, too formal and I wouldn't want my kids doing it either. Did always use it for other people's parents/old people in general.
The one English thing I could never get used to is mate. Just doesn't sound right.
This 'mate' word I always use on myspace and stuff. I also use lad a fir bit. In Liverpool we say "Scran" for food and we use the word "Sound" for good, decent etc and also the word "Swerve" i.e. (swerve this lesson or swerve gettin the train lad haha) ;D
The scouse accenet is the best ;)
Yeah, I never used that "sir" or "ma'am" crap when dealing with my parents. I had a friend whose parents made him address them as such and I found it quite ridiculous! My friend's father always called him "son" instead of his name. I thought it strange and wondered how such a tradition got started.Quote:
Originally Posted by OumaFan
I call my father "Dad" and my mother "Ma."
Mate is hard to get used to but I through it around now and again
It's not just for parents either but the reason BG didn't use Sir or Ma'am is because he's a God Damned Yankee ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
Maryland swung both ways ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by LyleIt's not just for parents either but the reason BG didn't use Sir or Ma'am is because he's a God Damned Yankee ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
Johnny Reb...
Why would your right-on wierdy beardy teacher want to to use American lexus for an 'English' essay, in England.
Perhaos you could stick some serbo-croat and see if you get extra PC marks for that?
I see:detective:Quote:
Originally Posted by OumaFan
It's pretty common everywhere really, arises from shipmate etc.
Where I'm from we've got an entirely different diction.
Scan, Lad, Kid, Boy (pronounced bi) are all common versions of mate here
I have said it from the very beginning of this forum that the word mate was gay. as a matter of fact it was a banned word for a very long time, till the gay tide took over. a lot of homoes on this forum I tell you that right now.
lefty you might be one of them. I don't know at this point.
anyways....what was the question?
maybe Memphis too....