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What a brutal attempt at a useful web page.
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Erm... Apparently, this person doesn't realize that a lot of those words mean exactly the same things here as they do there. "Dodgy", "fluke", "gander", "get lost", "grub", "haggle", "healthy" (where the hell did they hear "healthful"?), "hunky-dory", "knockers", "knuckle sandwich", "nice one", "one off", "peanuts", "piece of cake", "plastered", "puke", "put a sock in it", "row", "rubbish", "shitfaced", "yakking". All mean here exactly what they written on that site, and all but one or two are quite common. But, then again, their information apparently comes from talking to a few Texans, so who knows what sort of weird stuff they've been exposed to...?
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The purpose of the glossary is to show British slang as it differs from textbook spoken British English, as i understand it.
That includes defining terms that might be duplicated in the slang of other forms of English too. At the top it doesnt say it 'only slang thats different from American English slang' it just says slang.
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Well, given that he points out the differences between British and American Englishes in just about every entry, I think it's safe to say that that was the purpoe of the endeavor.
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Yes, we speak differently. Aren't we mental?
"Any road - Up north (where they talk funny!!) instead of saying anyway, they say "any road"! Weird huh? "
Lee has been further up north than I have, but I have to admit that I've never heard anyone using this term, ever.
"Arse - This is a word that doesn't seem to exist in America. It basically means the same as ass, but is much ruder."
No it isn't. The fact that it was said by 11 year olds in Harry Potter is surely enough proof.
"Bespoke - We say something is bespoke if it has been created especially for someone, in the same way that you say custom."
Also in the same way that I say custom, apparently.
"Biggie - This is unusual. A biggie is what a child calls his poo!"
What?
And at that point I completely lost interest. Sorry.
Michael_T: "So what do the British call gay people? "
As Lee pointed out, poofs. And queers. And, most surprisingly, gays.
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