"You American Gumbies are so unimaginative."*nod* That's why we can't get anybody in the rest of the world to pay money for our storytelling.
No being pissy and defensive at jokes.Quote"You American Gumbies are so unimaginative."*nod* That's why we can't get anybody in the rest of the world to pay money for our storytelling.
>.<Pretty please?
No. :P
:nod: Because nobody is ever pissy or offensive with jokes. :pQuoteNo being pissy and defensive at jokes.Quote"You American Gumbies are so unimaginative."*nod* That's why we can't get anybody in the rest of the world to pay money for our storytelling.
Does any culture spell "rhombus" as "rhombous"? It looks like a Britishism, but I can't find any evidence on Google that this is a standard British spelling. Anybody have a better way to check?
:nod: Because nobody is ever pissy or offensive with jokes. :pQuoteNo being pissy and defensive at jokes.Quote"You American Gumbies are so unimaginative."*nod* That's why we can't get anybody in the rest of the world to pay money for our storytelling.
That entry totally passed its statute of limitations for quoting. Sorry, I'm going to have to annul your commentary.Two weeks? Sorry, but no.
It's how I get my kicks.
All of those phrases were familiar except "your bottle's gone" which only makes sense if they were drinking (or pouring) something out of bottles in which case "gone" just means "empty".Yeah, it wasn't that. And the phrase clearly gets used a lot as some sort of expression -- there seems to be at least one popular song that has the phrase in it, but not in a way that helped me a whit.
And he teaches our children!It's how I get my kicks.
Sicko.
… did you by chance learn this word recently from whitewhine.com?You caught me.
The GPS assumes you will never get stopped at stoplights, which makes it pretty freaking useless in my opinion.??? ??? ???
And that has changed? If you look at the average comments section of a website, for instance. Unless you just meant that this person doesn't spell for whatever reason.Still true in the average comments section. :P
I assumed that rather than the nonstandard spelling, you meant he was a terrible writer in terms of lack of organized thought.I thought the whole thing was funny.
I assumed that rather than the nonstandard spelling, you meant he was a terrible writer in terms of lack of organized thought.
I can't take too much credit for words I picked up just by having the parents I do. ;)
I don't know what separates Cockney from a general London accent.Class, or perceived class. Watch enough episodes of BBC sitcoms, and you'll pick up on some differences.
I don't know what separates Cockney from a general London accent.Class, or perceived class. Watch enough episodes of BBC sitcoms, and you'll pick up on some differences.
I was talking about phonetic differences.I know, but I always get those wrong when I try to explain them.
That didn't work for me!I don't know what separates Cockney from a general London accent.Class, or perceived class. Watch enough episodes of BBC sitcoms, and you'll pick up on some differences.
Like "mug" - he thought it meant thug. I don't think it means that anywhereActually, I have heard it as slang along those lines. Can't recall where.
Are the following obsolete, or are they still OK in British usage, does anyone know?
Many things in our lives go by contraries.
Give me as much again
I didn't make much of the lecture.
Person 1: That book you were waiting for is coming out next week.
Person 2: Cheers.
pl. In British English, = thank you, thanks. colloq.
(https://shardsofchina.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/chickenfeetpriortocooking.jpg)In China, you call these phoenix claws.
Interesting. I've never heard that expression before.Me either. I learn the most interesting things chatting with our SA team at night (their morning).
Interesting. I've never heard that expression before.
That's funny.
Also, did you know you can resize images? Just put width=x in the opening tag, where x is the width in pixels. When you click on the image, it should pop out to full size, and it'll shrink when you click on it again.
"You've got tickets on yourself" is pretty great.Yeah, and that one I was pretty sure of the meaning by context, but looked it up to confirm.
I also knew arvo, root, and combi, but the rest were new to me.
dunny = toilet, especially porta-potty-typeThat one I know from watching Bluey, which is an almost daily occurrence at my house
I've been watching an Australian show (to follow up all the UK ones I was watching before that). Lots of odd (to my ears, at least) slang and word usageOne last batch: