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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 15:44:39 GMT
Ok, I actually thought of one! I don't think it has been said... "I plead the fifth"-meaning, I chose to use my (American) 5th amendment right to decine to give self-incriminating evidence. Haha, only in America! (Maybe? Wait...is that another expression!? )
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Post by iriemama on Apr 20, 2016 21:22:57 GMT
was watching peppa pig with the little and noticed that you guys call sunscreen, suncream? is this usual? Dreadlocktruth, james, saralcat?
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on Apr 20, 2016 21:27:42 GMT
Yeah it's called suncream over here.
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Post by micki on Apr 21, 2016 0:36:58 GMT
My parents were older when they had me & so when I was little I used their expressions. Real old time New York slang like "johnny pump" for fire hydrant or "Oil Cloth" (pronounced Earl Cloth) for linoleum, or "Ice box" for the refrigerator. I was probably one of the few little kids in the 70's that sounded like an extra in an old James Cagney movie.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 1:25:13 GMT
Is that where ice box came from? I have used that and refrigerator synonymously...actually, no I think of ice box as the portion...the freezer section I mean. hmm
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Post by lipstic on Apr 21, 2016 1:39:36 GMT
Yeah it's called suncream over here. I'm so using this when I create my sun tan/ sunscreen lotion. (I make cosmetics) It sounds so much more accurate.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 1:45:18 GMT
Yeah it's called suncream over here. I'm so using this when I create my sun tan/ sunscreen lotion. (I make cosmetics) It sounds so much more accurate. This is kinda related. Lipstic...have you made natural deodorants/antiperspirants? Or do you have any suggestions for making such a thing?
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Post by lipstic on Apr 21, 2016 1:49:34 GMT
I'm so using this when I create my sun tan/ sunscreen lotion. (I make cosmetics) It sounds so much more accurate. This is kinda related. Lipstic...have you made natural deodorants/antiperspirants? Or do you have any suggestions for making such a thing? Yes I do have a deodorant available... send me a message and I'll tell you about it before we derail this thread
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Post by twistroot on May 15, 2016 1:20:52 GMT
How about a little cultural exchange? Here's some Brit slang for the non-Brit users, give me some back. "The dog's bollocks" - very good indeed "Went arse over tit" - he fell over "Gormless" - has no clue "The bee's knees" - polite version of "the dog's bollocks" "Budge up" - give me some room "... and bob's your uncle!" - inserted at the end of a sentence to indicate that a task will be completed "Bollocks!" - damn! "Bugger all" - nothing (eg there was bugger all in there) "Chin wag" - talking (eg they were having a chin wag) "Chuffed" - extremely happy "He's pissed" - he's drunk "Fannying around" - procrastinating (though this makes more sense with the us version of the word 'fanny' to mean your arse, as you'd be sitting on it, 'fanny' means vagina in UK lingo) "Give us a bell" - call me "Gobsmacked" - amazed Feel free to add more, UK people. OH gosh.....we have a family from England that came to our school and I said her child "Landed right on her fanny" when she fell (as a nice way of saying "butt") and mom raised her eyebrows and laughed. Now I know fanny means vagina..... Oh my!
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purpledaze
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Post by purpledaze on May 19, 2016 16:31:08 GMT
Where I live we say 'mardy' instead of 'grumpy'.
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on May 19, 2016 17:16:59 GMT
Mardy is an expression here, too!
Though these days you're more likely to hear it used like "she's got a mard on"
EDIT: oh, nevermind purpledaze, I just read you say you're English ha. I assumed you were from overseas, you have very "exotic" looking features.
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Post by james on May 19, 2016 17:22:06 GMT
I haven't heard that since I was at school in Lincolnshire. Is it a wider expression than midland England?
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Post by james on May 19, 2016 17:24:54 GMT
I sort of avoid local slang and just jibber my own. 'Grumpenstein' would be my equivalent.
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on May 19, 2016 17:30:23 GMT
Well I remember words like "mardy" being used in crap TV soaps a lot when I used to watch them with my parents as a kid, so I assume so!
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Post by james on May 19, 2016 18:23:01 GMT
Willy.
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