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Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:57 pm
by kerble_Archive
Lazybones wrote:"roger"


yeah, that's a good one.

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:00 pm
by galanter_Archive
I like "boffin".

Also possible misunderstandings related to the word "fanny".

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:45 pm
by alex maiolo_Archive

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:56 pm
by rayj_Archive
"Milling Cove"-
Out of an old slang dictionary from 1920.

Correct me if I'm wrong...bare-fisted boxer.

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:14 pm
by garble_Archive
"bofus"

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:18 pm
by mrdfnle_Archive
Egads

and

By Jove

Pissing off then

--Doug

P.S. And Roderick

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:44 pm
by Arson Smith_Archive
'ere, 'ang on!

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:46 pm
by Arson Smith_Archive
washing-up liquid

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:59 pm
by johnnyshape_Archive
"Dear George Washington.

I offer my surrender as a traitorous buffoon and a disgrace to the British people.

Yours,

General Charles Cornwallis, 19 October 1781."

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:35 pm
by Mr Chimp_Archive
kerble wrote:shouldn't the title be 'favourite'?


I truly do enjoy spelling it that way. I don't do it for color or humor, but favourite is nice. I like.



Don't you mean "....colour or humour....?


Bob's yer uncle,


Ta!