Indeed we do, eh?

yeah, at least using 'yeah' in every sentence would be less annoying than working 'like' into every sentence has been.

Like, gag me with a spoon, I mean totally rad.

Buzzin'

I presume you studied in the North as there's a couple I've never heard there. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

And fortunately I am far to gentlemanly to comment on the fact you have four words for stroppy. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cute.gif

Originally posted by DrSpike
And fortunately I am far to gentlemanly to comment on the fact you have four words for stroppy. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cute.gif No need to get narky http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Well I grew up in the north in the nineties and one or two of those are new to me. I am still amused by how we used "taxed" to be "stolen", ie, "Miss, miss, he's taxed my ruler!". Gordon Brown take note... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Originally posted by Thoth
I thought "rogering" specifically referred to arse shagging. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/confused.gif You must have suprised some people with that. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cute.gif

Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
I am still amused by how we used "taxed" to be "stolen", ie, "Miss, miss, he's taxed my ruler!". Gordon Brown take note... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif Ooh, those words were fun. "Thefted" was perhaps the most polite form, and "Gypsied" and "Jobbo'd" were less politically correct forms. A "jobber" was somebody who stole routinely, and a "gypsy" was somebody who did that in addition to being unkempt.

You're probably all familiar by now with the terms "wanker" and "tosser" to mean somebody of low esteem (usually male, given the anatomical etymology - a ruder way of saying "jerk", perhaps). But did you know "bell" and "bell-end", deriving from a very similar source?

A few words I never really understood were "prat" and "pillock". Both describe people who are generally idiots, but I never figured out why.

They also say "sugar" a fair bit when things don't go as planned.

I've heard "bell-end" but never just "bell". Maybe your classmates were just too lazy for the additional syllable... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Yeah, bell is just a lazy form of bell-end.

A bell here would refer to a comely woman of high status, used mainly (and a bit archaic) in the south. A "Southern bell".

It blatantly has an 'e' at the end! http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/rant.gif

Originally posted by DrSpike
Do Canadians really speak like they do in South Park? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif Only when we get excited and our heads start to flop aboot.

We also use "eh" often when asking questions or emphasizing things. So it never seems that strange to me when Americans make fun of Canadians because of that "eh"

It's a useful word if you don't know what to say next and need to think a short while!

I haven't heard anyone use "blag it" recently.

Maybe it's cos people I work with these days are a bit more studious. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/lol.gif

Skive generally gets used in a sentence such as "Skive off work early"...