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Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:46 pm
by johnB_Archive
johnB wrote:Baked swede


edit: nevermind. Swede = rutabaga

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Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:49 pm
by johnB_Archive
johnB wrote:This is just the job with faggots in gravy or a beef casserole. Serves 4 as a side dish.


Researched that one too. Why they hell can't you call these meatballs, you sick fucks?

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Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:32 pm
by lemur68_Archive
johnB wrote:
johnB wrote:This is just the job with faggots in gravy or a beef casserole. Serves 4 as a side dish.


Researched that one too. Why they hell can't you call these meatballs, you sick fucks?

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The teen is murdering his parents in his head for this.

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Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:44 pm
by burun_Archive
The preceding posts elicited a 5-minute bout with extremely loud laughter accompanied by tears - actual tears!

So loud, in fact, that my next-door neighbor called my mobile phone to see if I was OK.

Edit: Oh, god, it gets worse.

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:30 pm
by johnB_Archive
Salut, Nigel Slater! I own three of your food books and in none of them have you ever used the word "faggot" in regards to food!

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:35 pm
by johnB_Archive
burun wrote:Edit: Oh, god, it gets worse.


BBC wrote:Family of faggot fans fly the flag

"The nation knows that the Cornish pasty, Yorkshire pudding, haggis and fish and chips are great British dishes, but all too often the faggot is left off that list," said Janet Doody.

Her husband Fred added: "It's unfair because faggots were a British delicacy long before any of the others.

"The great British faggot is full of flavour and a great belly warmer at this time of year."

Americans and others! Your favorite British English phrases?

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:24 pm
by chairman_hall_Archive
"Like a dog with two dicks."