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Weird things other people (in other countries) say
"and Bob's your uncle"
I just figured out basically what that means, it still strikes me as kind of a bizarre phrase. Strange people, the English.
fwiw I don't really know if English people still say that but I was just watching a movie about 1930's England.
and, go.
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I would also like to add to this basically everything Big H says.
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In Korea they always say "piting" which is apparently the English word for fighting. They will say it before a football game or an interview. It's an extremely strange word to use and I don't know why they have adopted an English word for it. "Korea piting" makes no real sense to me, but I will let them say it. It's part of their culture and as long as I never say it I don't really care.
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Until a few years back, I didn't know the word fag means cigarette for the English.
;D
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:D Gaday knackers, howzit goin?
:D Har ya old cunt, how ya going!
Hot enough for ya?
Fuckin oath.
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Andre
:D Gaday knackers, howzit goin?
:D Har ya old cunt, how ya going!
Hot enough for ya?
Fuckin oath.
Ozzie like to talk in Cockney rhyming slang.....
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Ghost
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Andre
:D Gaday knackers, howzit goin?
:D Har ya old cunt, how ya going!
Hot enough for ya?
Fuckin oath.
Ozzie like to talk in Cockney rhyming slang.....
To be honest not a lot, you dont hear it a great deal.
Im not sure we even have an accent :-\ I think its how people sound when they are so slack they just blurt shit out with no accent at all just straight talking.
We dont say chuck another shrimp on the barbie either :confused:
Dont even call em shrimps out here they are prawns.
the movies and adverts portray us doing and saying stuff we just couldnt be fuked doing or saying I think our laziness is reflected in our approach to the English language.
Ah Fa fuks sake!
aww fair go.
whos this Cock head think he is?
< You all hear them a fair bit.
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generalbulldog
Until a few years back, I didn't know the word fag means cigarette for the English.
;D
Fagot is a bunch of sticks like kindling.
You guys call an ass a fanny ! Fanny has always been the vagina out here.
We were like WTF :o ;D when it was first being said on screen.
"Fetch to me a few fagots my good man, my fanny is freezing."
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Andre
We dont say chuck another shrimp on the barbie either :confused:
Say it aint so :eek:
I think its dying out a bit but in my home town there it seems used to be a completely different language in use. Mind would find itself inserted into sentances for no particular reason to add emphisis.
"Dont fuck with I mind" (I = me in Bristol/West country)
Cyllibals are dropped from lots of words, exstension lead becomes stension, remote becomes mote etc.
Strange words that would mean nothing to anyone else anywhere..
ass'nt - Havent you ( You spilt my pint ass'nt)
Cass'nt - Cant you (Deece cass'nt do that)
Bis'nt - I think this means aren't you (deece on the dole bis'nt)
Deece - You /you will (Deece get my fist - a favourite of my dad. Never followed through with it mind on account of me and my brothers all outgrowing him by the time we were about 10)
Im sure there are more but I dont know them. We also stick L's into and on the end of words for no apparent reason. Idea becomes Ideal, drawing becomes drawling, window somehow manages to become windle ;D
Very odd.
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Bollocks? What the hell is a bollock?
Mate? Thats what we call our significant others.
Wanker, we just say jackoff.
Punter? I still dont know what that means, is that a fooball term?
Taking the piss, we only do that in the bathroom.
;D
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Andre
:D Gaday knackers, howzit goin?
:D Har ya old cunt, how ya going!
Hot enough for ya?
Fuckin oath.
China Plate
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No Contest
Bollocks? What the hell is a bollock?
Mate? Thats what we call our significant others.
Wanker, we just say jackoff.
Punter? I still dont know what that means, is that a fooball term?
Taking the piss, we only do that in the bathroom.
;D
Punter = Bookie
Mate = Dam, can not remember your name today, after being on the piss last night.
Bollocks = Does not mean Sandra and most guys have two.
Wanker = Any one who drives a Porsche.
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Ghost
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No Contest
Bollocks? What the hell is a bollock?
Mate? Thats what we call our significant others.
Wanker, we just say jackoff.
Punter? I still dont know what that means, is that a fooball term?
Taking the piss, we only do that in the bathroom.
;D
Punter = Bookie
Mate = Dam, can not remember your name today, after being on the piss last night.
Bollocks = Does not mean Sandra and most guys have two.
Wanker = Any one who drives a Porsche.
Punter means customer, we are saddo's punters. I suppose it comes from gambling, someone willing to have a punt.
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Things Irish People Say....
Now you're sucking diesel;
That is quite a satisfactory result, I am pleased with your progress
That fella is rare as a bottle of crisps;
That gentleman is rather strange or unusual
I was langers and pissed all over my tackies
I was heavily intoxicated and urinated on my own footwear
C'mere and shut your mouth when you're talking to me;
If you wouldn't mind, I have an important opinion to voice
You're as useful as an Englishman with a hurley;
Your contribution to life is minimal, remove yourself from my presence
Weird things women say;
Its Fine
Its not fine/Its only fine if I come with you
She seems nice
Who is she? How do you now her? Is she prettier than me? IS SHE?!!!
Yes
No
Of Course
No
Maybe
No
I'm not sure
No
;D
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Things we say where I live
The is removed from all sentences and replaced with T or removed altogether
So ...... Go to the end if the road turn right at the corner and u will see the shop
Becomes go t end of road... Turn rite at corner and thayl c shop alreet cocker/flower
Stop doing is... geeooohh
A bread roll is called a bread cake ???? Never understood that one
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All you Yeehaws say "could care less," which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, instead of "could NOT care less."
CFH constantly complains about this which proves Canadians are clearly not as thick as Americans. Go Canada. Fact.
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I dated a colombian for a while. Early on she used "Mi Vida" (My Life) as a term of endearment. Apparently it is common in South America but after dating for just a couple weeks it freaked me out at first.
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OumaFan
I would also like to add to this basically everything Big H says.
;D Bob's your Uncle, fanny's your Aunt :cool:
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"Will you stop that already" - What the fuck is that suppose to mean ;D
..And how many black people in England can say "Asked" they all say "Arxked"
Is that racist :-\
;D
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Black people in America say "ax" instead of "ask".
Southerners say many strange things, but not many of the things you'd see on tv (unless its Cops) or in a movie.
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Happy as a dog with a tin dick
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Fenster
All you Yeehaws say "could care less," which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, instead of "could NOT care less."
CFH constantly complains about this which proves Canadians are clearly not as thick as Americans. Go Canada. Fact.
Yeah i noticed that aswell. Fucking idiots ;D
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El Kabong
Black people in America say "ax" instead of "ask".
Southerners say many strange things, but not many of the things you'd see on tv (unless its Cops) or in a movie.
aint aint a word. I'm fixing to go to the store.
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ono
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Originally Posted by
Fenster
All you Yeehaws say "could care less," which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, instead of "could NOT care less."
CFH constantly complains about this which proves Canadians are clearly not as thick as Americans. Go Canada. Fact.
Yeah i noticed that aswell. Fucking idiots ;D
I could care less aboot what those Canadians say eh?
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Bum- in england- buttocks
Bum- in America- a homeless person
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miles
In Korea they always say "piting" which is apparently the English word for fighting. They will say it before a football game or an interview. It's an extremely strange word to use and I don't know why they have adopted an English word for it. "Korea piting" makes no real sense to me, but I will let them say it. It's part of their culture and as long as I never say it I don't really care.
Are you saying you'd never heard this before living in Korea?