Colloquialisms from the UK..... (1674 views, 103 replies)
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away and boil yer heid 
that comes from scotland 
us scots have a habit of spelling words the way they sound when we say them 
to other people, if on chat for example its mykee and myself chatting it looks like a foreign language
but as most of use get to know our LINGO use get to know what we are saying
we have loads of expressions but i would be here from ever if i had to say them ,but i wil give a few and for a laugh let use guess if use know or think what they mean 
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"Gertcha" (mostly obsolete)
Used in the same way we use 'ffs' now.
You don't really hear it that much anymore but it's still used by a few of us Southerners.
@DemandingFemale I remember my grandparents saying strange things... I assumed that they had to come from somewhere! Tell us whatever you want to, whenever you want to.
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“Bob’s your Uncle”
An exclamation used to signify that success is guaranteed or you’re all set.
"Screw these pieces of wood together, and Bob's your uncle - you've got a new table."
"To play a DVD, put the disc in, press play, and Bob's your uncle"
@bondojoe It started after our then Prime Minister Robert Cecil appointed his nephew as Chief Secretary for Ireland (late 1880s) Nepotism. YaY!
Robert = Bob
@chaseyerself When I was younger we used to say
"Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt, and if your Nan had bollocks she'd be your Grandad" LOL
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@DemandingFemale shes like a broken gate on a windy day she swings both ways , fur coat nae knickers
@DemandingFemale shes like a broken gate on a windy day she swings both ways , fur coat nae knickers
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@chaseyerself Ye play silly games ye win silly prizes. where may I ask are you fae def west coast there has been nae kens lol
@torrac yer rite am fae the west side and i dinae ken anyone that speaks like that not even the bairns haha
@chaseyerself hawf the lies ye tell are tru lol an byesy baw have you seen a film called one day removals? if not watch it I swear you you will wet yersell laughing east coast but funny as f"ck,tell what you think TC :)
@torrac no av never heard ae it but al check it out see if its as funny as ur sayn 👍
wer u fae then? since ur replyn in a scottish language lol
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@torrac We use the same one, but it's meant as what's meant for you will not pass you by as in the good will find you. lol What a difference!
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Some old favourites; shickered=very drunk; face like a busted sandshoe; if his brains were dynamite he couldn't blow his hat off; if it was a snake it would have bitten you=to someone who can't see for looking; if he moved any slower he'd be going backwards; too lazy to get out of one's own way; wouldn't work in an iron lung; if you wanted to drive me crazy let me out, I can walk from here; looking like she's been dragged through a hedge backwoods; done up to the nines; came in looking like the wreck of the "Hesperus"; running around like a chook with its head cut off; couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag; couldn't get a f*** in a brothel; tall and skinny=long drink of cold water; wimp=big girl's blouse; face as long as a wet week; thick as two short planks; as welcome as a poke in the eye with a blunt stick; sharp as a tack=bright, smart; flat as a tack=tired, weary, dispirited; cute as a button; too big for his britches; to have tickets on oneself=boastful; wouldn't know if their own hair was on fire=not self aware, inattentive see also away with the faeries; dingo=betrayer esp. ...
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Just looking over the comments, is it me or as someone (from the looks of it) downvoted all of them?
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"Haven't got a pot to piss in"...when you are broke.
Bostin...tends to mean "I am good thanks"
Car be arsed..."Can't be bothered"
These are from middle England
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I'll do some simple ones. Mind how you go. Ta! Courgette=Zucchini, Spring Onion=Scallions, Aubergine=Egg Plant, .. I know all the food ones. Biscuit=Cookie, Scones=a sweet biscuit, the light switch goes down to turn on... and up to turn off... when you go to the toilet.. loo in the middle of the night and flush first instead of turning on the light (faux pas from the French), Dammit!!! It's so annoying. Feck=Fu*k in Irish. There's so many. The lift=elevator doesn't go to the top floor. Dumber than a bag of hammers (that may be universal now), The Guv'nor is the Boss. It's Ma'am as in Jam , not Marm as in arm, if you meet the Queen.
the English.. hate the Southern gal, who is "fix'nto".
That's all for now.
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great, i really like these.But I heard on t.v, what Brits don't like to hear or say,is"Bangs".IF the AMERICAN hair cutter says,"Do you want BANGS?"to the Brit, it sounds disgusting or dirty to him."Bangs" means something different to the Brits,(I forgot exactly what.)
There are very good films from Ireland,and the U,K, 
probably here.Either they have SUBTITLES w/some of the films,or you just have to follow it along.(She tries to think of good example--)"Lock-Stock-and Smokin-Barrels"(???and several humorous films by Madonna's ex. --The cute Brit who made these successful gang-comics movies.Now, my mom long ago said,"If it were a snake, it'd bite you."--very old remark.So the origin is British?
Aubergine is often used to describe the COLOR of purple,so I hear that a lot.The "bag of hammers" is funny. 
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I am interested in the way you speak in Scotland, Ireland, England...etc The expressions that you use that Americans have never heard. Things that you say to each other every day. Tell us some of them...like one i swiped from "obsolete expressions"..."Away n boil yer heid" or.."In the ketchup" ...or ""I need to spend a penny"...Most of us came from Europe....but we've lost the idioms. Tell us things you or your grandparents said.
@bondojoe geggy bottle
@chaseyerself No idea!
@bondojoe i dont know how or if u would get it , but its a glass bottle of ginger
@bondojoe is yer cat deed
@chaseyerself It's like a foriegn language. My grandparents were one generation removed from Scotland, and often I didin't know what THEY meant!
@chaseyerself ur trousers are to short on u lol
@chaseyerself You're too tall?