|
Post by hellsbells on Dec 8, 2009 13:21:51 GMT -5
It's a type of whisky - originating from Scotland I believe. Cherry - shizzle???
|
|
|
Post by JC on Dec 9, 2009 18:58:42 GMT -5
Grey goose is vodka! Also I'm glad that you cleared up the fanny pack thing. That's funny! The fag thing is funny too. Here's one that's different between American English and real English (yes I said REAL). When we say "I'm pissed" it means I'm really angry. But if I'm not mistaken doesn't that mean that you're drunk in England?
|
|
|
Post by cherry on Dec 9, 2009 21:11:33 GMT -5
Yeah that's about right Jenaya, though things like that vary so much across our little island. Like stuff Helen grew up saying would be like latin to me. I'd think I maybe knew what it meant and same for her I think. The Geordie and Scouse accents are the oddest in the UK by far. Think cos we were port cities. Oh shizzle means sh*t. I think Snopp Dogg coined the term? I think you only use it at certain times though. Like you don't say 'that dog did a huge shizzle' but when you have your first caffeine hit on a cold morning, it's that positive shizzle. I have bastardised this, please someone correct me!
|
|
|
Post by JC on Dec 10, 2009 4:11:28 GMT -5
Shizzle can be used whenever! FO SHIZZILE MY NIZZLE! LOL and yes, that was all snoop dogg's doing. But what's funny is we crazy American's have made up a word to use for the past tense of sh*t. So you would say "My dog shat on the carpet." LOL Shat= past tense of sh*t.
I saw that Kitty said "hella" earlier. That's SUCH A NOR CALI THING TO SAY!!! HAHAHHHAAHAA!!!!
|
|
|
Post by hellsbells on Dec 10, 2009 8:20:00 GMT -5
Oh Jenaya we've ended up using 'shat' too. Like when you get a fright: 'Eeeee I nearly shat myself'. LMAO. Hilarious. 'Scuse the ignorance on the Grey Goose - I must be getting confused with that well known Scottish whisky advertised with the partridge/pheasant......what's it called? As for the 'pissed' - a few years ago it would only have meant drunk, but you've managed to infiltrate.........:-).........and it can now mean either, but still generally means drunk. Your definition of 'pissed' would be 'pissed off' over here. Cherry, scouse accent is my most fave after a really sexy Scottish one, maybe on a par actually. But moreso on men than women..........!!!!! I'm going to interview a scouse to work for me next week and I reckon he's gonna get the job!!!
|
|
|
Post by cherry on Dec 10, 2009 10:03:41 GMT -5
I think in the north west shat has been used as long as I can remember? Like adults thought kids wouldn't repeat it but of course we did. Can someone explain your painkillers please? Like people say 'popped an advil' and I have no idea what it was. I had a helluva time asking for ibuprofen when I went to New York the first time, maybe cos it's the generic name and you guys tend to talk in brands? Helen if he has a Trigger like accent go for it, but if he sounds like anyone off 51st State, bin him. I'm down with most accents, except Brum. Eep.
|
|
|
Post by cherry on Dec 10, 2009 10:11:54 GMT -5
So Grey Goose - vodka Famous Grouse - cute ads Wild Turkey - bourbon?
|
|
|
Post by Karen on Dec 10, 2009 20:45:11 GMT -5
"popped an advil" means take a painkiller. Advil is a brand name of ibuprofin, I think.
|
|
|
Post by JC on Dec 12, 2009 21:03:35 GMT -5
Yeah we definitely use brand names more than the chemical name for pain killers.
|
|
|
Post by sunshine78 on Dec 13, 2009 3:58:15 GMT -5
Especially for OTCs.
|
|
|
Post by hellsbells on Dec 13, 2009 14:55:45 GMT -5
Is Advil not more like aspirin? Gimme N-U-R-O-F-E-N any day. The 400mg dose in 'Express' format. Little red jewels of joy they are! Sorry I've been absent for a few days ladies, have been living it up in Frankfurt, Germany with my mum this weekend. Ha, now there's some literal translations that would have you howling with laughter! Heehee!!
|
|
|
Post by cherry on Dec 13, 2009 16:30:32 GMT -5
Helen one of my uni buddies from my first degree (incomplete) was from Jarrow, or North Shields, she always said one or the other. Whenever she and cousins came back to Liverpool after a Christmas break we all had to ask her to translate cos her accent was so broad!
|
|
|
Post by hellsbells on Dec 14, 2009 13:33:39 GMT -5
Yey! Jarrow!! My home town! I've lived in Scotland, Germany and Ireland so my accent has toned down a lot, everyone thinks I'm posh!
|
|
|
Post by hellsbells on Dec 14, 2009 13:34:44 GMT -5
Might it have been South Shields where little Xfactor Joe is from? It's the next town to me, a few hundred yards away. The whole South Shields fan base was a couple of miles from my house last night.
|
|
|
Post by cherry on Dec 14, 2009 13:51:32 GMT -5
People here think I'm posh and I certainly haven't lived anywhere abroad, actually I grew up in Toxteth which was rough as burnt toast back in the day! Rough as burnt toast - bad
|
|