Translating British Babble

[my_expeditions]

 This entry is dedicated to and inspired by Matt, the British guy, who is coming to visit tomorrow. :-D

In the past couple days, I have been playing the role of super duper awesome observer. By that, I mean instead of ridiculing everything my British companions said, I wrote the phrases and words down on a piece of paper and tried to translate them

Comments

[beakus05]

There is only one word for this - amazing

a few tiny errors but I can let them pass - Football (not hardcore enough - it is in Scotland , loads of blood and guts during derby matches)

I would addapt the rubbish in the garbage thing - I'm extreamly offended by that - we would probably replace the upper case one with "balls" or "shit"

Jesus you will love London

[morbidblasphemy]

Don't forget:

Swot-- Nerd

Snog - To make out with, kiss passionately. "Sucking face".

Rate - See also fancy.

Chips - French Fries.

Prat - Idiot.

Rucksack - Backpack.

And if someone threatens to 'Duff you up', they're definitely not referring to the singer/actress. 'Beating up'.

Shirty - flustered.

Stone - measure of weight. Approx. 14 American pounds.

Okay I'm done, I didn't mean to give you a bunch of useless words. I just know my fair share of British lingo, figured I'd help out a wee bit.

[morbidblasphemy]

Although you might find yourself saying 'snog' quite a bit.

So maybe you WILL use some of these...

[my_expeditions]

I will be using that one way too much.

Hopefully, that is. :-D

-j.

[my_expeditions]

good call, those are very important words I forgot to mention.

thank you :-)

Or shall i say, 'cheers'!

-j.

[arsonic]

Not surprisingly unfamiliar. A lot of those words are taken on in SE Asia. I sometimes still use 'uni', 'lift', and 'ttfn'.

Who cares about soccer? I do. :D

[celandinex]

A few Irish friends of mine call popsicles...

Are ya ready?

"Ice Lollies."

It's just too damn cute.