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What would be more realistic British slang for, "Oh darn."? (But no curse words please.)
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Source(s): Forty years.
Evasion of "damn" which would of course be the normal British equivalent.
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Could you give me the British version of these phrases and slang? Some of them might be the same, and if they are, just let me know.
He's a "jerk"
She was "screwing around on him"
"Friend" (as in a woman's friend-- do you use mate or friend?)
That guy...
Started by Esther on
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I suppose you could always use.
Jerk in itself is also a curse word as it's slang for masturbation.
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British PBS Hit Using American Slang
I'm Just Sayin': There Are Anachronisms In 'Downton'
by NPR STAFF
February 13, 2012
PBS's hit series Downton Abbey has been praised for its subtle and witty dialogue. But a few anachronisms have slipped into the characters...
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(Didn't watch that shit myself) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...on-Schama.html
Downton Abbey has failed to impress Simon Schama, who has launched a scathing attack... .
Historians ripped this apart when it was on TV over here, had loads of holes in it .
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And you wonder why I don't understand you Gits half the time.
abdabs Noun. Terror, the frights, nerves. Often heard as the screaming abdabs. Also very occasionally 'habdabs'. [1940s]
absobloodylutely Adv. Absolutely.
Abysinnia! Exclam. A jocular and intentional...
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Best of British - If someone says "The best of British to you....
Bender the travel agent creates an itinerary around your exact requirements .
It's the British for shut up.
Belt up - For some reason I heard this quite a lot as a kid .
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DOCTORS' SLANG, MEDICAL SLANG AND MEDICAL ACRONYMS "C"
C/C- "Cancel Christmas" (dead)
C2 - a "can't c**t"; lazy physician who passes off work to colleagues
and often whine
C&T Ward - Coma ward - "cabbages and turnips"
Cabbage - heart bypass i.e. CABG ...
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Re: DOCTORS' SLANG, MEDICAL SLANG AND MEDICAL ACRONYMS "D"
D&D - Divorced and Desperate (middle)
Dagenham - (psychiatry) or "Three Stops Beyond Barking": severely
disturbed/mad (based on British train Like to F*** (Fornicate with)....
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Hi,
Does anyone know of a library or bit of code that converts British English to American English and vice versa?
I don't imagine there's too many differences (some examples that come to mind are doughnut/donut, colour/color, grey/gray, localised/localized...
Started by Graphain on
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Britain is very Americanised anyway, we accept silly slang, but appears to handle non slang too..
To British English, I personally wouldn't bother.
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British tourists arrested in America on terror charges over Twitter jokes | Mail Online
This article explains how two British kids (about 20 years old) were denied entrance to U.S. for "tweeting" a couple of messages...
'Free this week, for quick gossip...
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Years ago a British satirist answered the question "do appeared under the Daily Mail banner, I would not worry about how DHS appears in the British Press.
On earth did they think two kids were going to do .
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Hi all,
First off, I'm quite new to this forum, so I hope I'm putting this topic in the right place. If not, I apologize.
So I've been trying to write a story, and it includes a large variety of characters. I've decided that one of the more important ...
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There are many many many different types of British accent - and for a start....
Or slang that would differentiate between an American character and a British character is 'British' sounds like either Liz Hurley or Michael Caine.
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Still dishing out numbers?! I'll have 5 I'm that British!
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'I'm going to destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe': British pair arrested in U.S. on terror charges over Twitter jokes
By Richard Hartley-parkinson
Last updated at 1:08 PM on 31st January 2012
Two British tourists were barred from entering America...
Started by AHardDaysNight on
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What an idiot.
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