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Red Atomic Send message Joined: 22 Jun 99 Posts: 2624 Credit: 840,335 RAC: 0 |
the word Gaol is still use by a lot of people here, I prefer it. It is pronounced exactly the same as the American spelling. Join Calm Chaos |
littlegreenmanfrommars Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0 |
the word Gaol is still use by a lot of people here, I prefer it. It is pronounced exactly the same as the American spelling. Yep! The American has been adopted in England, as I remember, but in Oz, people still use "Gaol". G'Day Red. "Ow ya goin' cobber? |
Red Atomic Send message Joined: 22 Jun 99 Posts: 2624 Credit: 840,335 RAC: 0 |
the word Gaol is still use by a lot of people here, I prefer it. It is pronounced exactly the same as the American spelling. Fit as a mallee bull mate. and you? Join Calm Chaos |
littlegreenmanfrommars Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0 |
the word Gaol is still use by a lot of people here, I prefer it. It is pronounced exactly the same as the American spelling. Good as gold mate. Good as gold. |
littlegreenmanfrommars Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0 |
Well that's just spiffing, old bean :) |
littlegreenmanfrommars Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0 |
Here's on that sounds rude: Ball tearer It's a reference to a powerful kick in Aussie Rules Footbal (The only kind) that was strong enough to tear the leather cover of the football |
sammie Send message Joined: 8 Nov 06 Posts: 304 Credit: 443 RAC: 0 |
OK... here's another one. you pass out as it is on par with a miracle knightmare for Forum Admin He sure has my vote. |
sammie Send message Joined: 8 Nov 06 Posts: 304 Credit: 443 RAC: 0 |
Some must have hated eating them, particularly if they had to eat quite a lot to get their vitamin C quota. But on the other hand, perhaps they didn't taste much worse than the alcohol sailors used to drink. talking of gunpowder i had to laugh about the history of bonfire night in the uk, it all started when some guy called guye falks or whatever, tried to blow up parliament. he was caught but the fun came with the 5 guys that got away. they were surrounded in a farm house where the had taken some gunpowder that was damp. so as to go out in a blaze of glory and not to be hung drawn and quatered, they poured the gunpowder on the floor in front of the open log fire to dry out so they could use it for there flintlocks and fight to the death. well you know what happened next right? i spark jumped out the fire and BOOM the keg of gunpowder went up in a puff of smoke and along with it, their hair and some clothing too. not to be out done, they charged the army with swords to be cut down by a volly of musket fire before reaching the first step out of the house. moral of this story? don't look for a gas leak with a naked flame knightmare for Forum Admin He sure has my vote. |
Chas Woodhams Send message Joined: 28 Jun 99 Posts: 64 Credit: 293,207 RAC: 0 |
OK... here's another one. The "Lanky" (Lancashire dialect) equivalents of "ripper" are "crackin'" and "belter"/"beltin'" (omitting the terminal-G is mandatory ;-) ) Sammie's "pass out" has a double emaning: 1. Graduation from a military academy like Sandhurst (not the US school type). 2. Fainting. So, .... after a long day on parade, it has been known for Sandhurst graduates to pass out before they have passed out Chas - Orme's Tun, Mercia, Albion. |
iX Send message Joined: 28 Aug 06 Posts: 684 Credit: 6,175 RAC: 0 |
talking of gunpowder i had to laugh about the history of bonfire night in the uk, it all started when some guy called guye falks or whatever, tried to blow up parliament. he was caught but the fun came with the 5 guys that got away. That was very good Sammie, very funny. It reminds me of sandwiches (I don't know why). The sandwich was named after 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat, although it is unlikely to have been invented by him. And I hear the hamburgers, a sandwich with beef (so why ham?) were invented by New York Immigrants from Hamburg (ah, that's why 'ham' even though they contain beef). Account frozen... |
littlegreenmanfrommars Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0 |
you pass out as it is on par with a miracle The "Lanky" (Lancashire dialect) equivalents of "ripper" are "crackin'" and "belter"/"beltin'" (omitting the terminal-G is mandatory ;-) ) As a Londoner by birth, we also had "crackin'" also without the G :) Sammie's "pass out" has a double emaning: 1. Graduation from a military academy like Sandhurst (not the US school type). 2. Fainting. So, .... after a long day on parade, it has been known for Sandhurst graduates to pass out before they have passed out [/quote] As an ex-soldier, I and the rest of my rookie troop had it drummed into us that it was a "Passing off" parade. we still called it "passing out" lol |
Sulijoo Send message Joined: 16 Nov 00 Posts: 17 Credit: 357,712 RAC: 1 |
In the interests of multinational togetherness, it has been suggested that a thread be started so "English-speaking" posters can discuss words, expressions and phrases that are peculiar to their local version of English. This site might interest you, and the board readers, on this topic: ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS There are two possibilities: either we are alone in the Universe, or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. - Arthur. C. Clarke. |
iX Send message Joined: 28 Aug 06 Posts: 684 Credit: 6,175 RAC: 0 |
In the interests of multinational togetherness, it has been suggested that a thread be started so "English-speaking" posters can discuss words, expressions and phrases that are peculiar to their local version of English. What an excellent site. Just the biscuit! :> Account frozen... |
littlegreenmanfrommars Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0 |
This site might interest you, and the board readers, on this topic: Nice list, Sulijoo. I might take another look, but I didn't see the national origin of any of the sayings. (Saying that, I often miss whole chunks of text) Some of the phrases were definitely British-English, and others were definitely US-English. |
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