No I didn't get your dry british humor....and I've got yer yank right here pal! LOL I'm a southerner, and we southerners don't take kindly to being called yankees. LMAO
I will have to apologise for my fellow countryman Loco! These whippersnappers nowadays, what can you do? LMAO!! Courtesy of wikepedia; A humorous aphorism attributed to E.B. White summarizes these distinctions: To foreigners, a Yankee is an American. To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner. To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander. To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter. And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast. Full article; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee
pulse, you don't have to apologize for me mate -- whenever I diss America, I mean it! @ the "whippersnapper" crack - I think We have our third Jeremy Beadle of the evening!
I'm sure they say the same thing about us! EDIT: @Pulsar Lol, I wish I got that one... Anyone else care to post there mug's???
Lethal, when I insult, I usually mean it, esp when I call someone a whippersnapper!! LMAO!! Goddamm us Brits complete with dry humour that only a few appreciate (PS, not you Loco, I have way too much respect - or fear, much the same! - for you!)
British humor? Foreigners can't understand our language, let alone our humor! You always get in a bit of a barney when you try to tell an easter bunny glory to foreigners... They get Mariah Carey when they don't understand us, so you always get offered a punch in old mary... You're always cattled anyway...
Quote; "easter bunny glory to foreigners... They get Mariah Carey when they don't understand us, so you always get offered a punch in old mary... You're always cattled anyway..." Even though I was born in Glasgow, raised in Yorkshire, lived in Yorkshire for 38 of the 40 years I have been on this planet, I haven't the foggiest notion of what the above means!
the original meaning of yankee was a trader from the new england states around the turn of the 19th century
You would Pulsar, if you were married to a cockney girl... lol easter bunny - funny (morning) glory - story Mariah Carey - scary mary (rose) - nose cattle (trucked) - fu££ed Got it now? LOL
English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom A monster online dictionary of the rich colourful language we call slang... all from a British perspective, with new slang added every month. If you are unable to immediately find the term you are looking for, try the slang search. A short essay giving an outline of the parameters of this site and brief information on slang can be accessed on the introduction page. Please take the time to read this introduction before submitting any slang for inclusion in this dictionary. Should you wish to do further research I have presented a selection of good source material... books, which can be found on the bibliography page. Thanks to page27 for originally hosting this site and continuing to support the dictionary in its new home. go here http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/
Here we go, everyone's a cockney now. A lot of English people (meaning people from England) try the old cockney rhyming slang, but it's really only spoken by Londoners.
The reason Northerners don't use rhyming slang is because cockneys use it. We don't wish to be associated with a bunch of lager drinking nancys. Sorry Lethal, I couldn't resist! LMAO "Cor blimey guv'nor, I slipped with on my plates of meat, fell down the apples & pears & hit my boat race on the auntie Mabel!"
The proper term we use is "southern lager drinking nancy gits!" I just didn't want to call Lethal a git! LOL!!
LOL, I'd never get into battle with these northern monkeys.. You'll find anyone British wants to claim London/cockney/chavness. They say they don't but they do.. just ask carefree, herbsman, or Mik3h.. the poor lads could only wish they were Londoners. I highly doubt permiggs is a Londoner too, as if he were, he'd know that the rhyming slang he used is rarely spoken of! touché! [edit] by the way, pulsar.. 1am? I thought you had a "life"!
