Re: Learning to speak English with Rich (aka Trickster)

**dramaqueenk** · 07-27-2011, 06:59 AM

and also:

'that person is fit as!' (meaning they're hot)
'having a bubble' (having a laugh)
'jog on' (as in 'oh jog on love!' meaning yeah right!)

**Evilduckqueen** · 07-27-2011, 09:19 AM

Aussies say spag bol too.

I know a few people have been a little confused by some of the Aussie slang I use, so I'll clarify some here....well at least everything I can think of off the top of my head!

Macca's= McDonald's
Flat battery = Dead battery
Soft drink/Fizzy= Soda/Pop
Mobile ( As in "I got a call on my mobile)= Cell phone
Gone walkabout= Gone off somewhere

That's all I can think of atm, if I think of anymore I will post! Or if anyone wants any Aussie slang translated, let me know!

**dramaqueenk** · 07-27-2011, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by Evilduckqueen

Aussies say spag bol too.

I know a few people have been a little confused by some of the Aussie slang I use, so I'll clarify some here....well at least everything I can think of off the top of my head!

Macca's= McDonald's
Flat battery = Dead battery
Soft drink/Fizzy= Soda/Pop
Mobile ( As in "I got a call on my mobile)= Cell phone
Gone walkabout= Gone off somewhere

That's all I can think of atm, if I think of anymore I will post! Or if anyone wants any Aussie slang translated, let me know!

Don't forget 'Thongs' which are flip fops!

**Evilduckqueen** · 07-27-2011, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by dramaqueenk

Don't forget 'Thongs' which are flip fops!

Ahh yes, thankyou! What the English and American's call Flip Flops, we call Thongs, and what you call a thong, we call a g-string.

Jumper=Sweater
Joggers/Runners= Running shoes
Telly= Television

**Keasmom** · 07-27-2011, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by missbounce

Only just seen this thread, and it's really put a smile on my face - loving all the Brit terms - didn't realise how many us Brit-folks say without thinking that it might not make any sense to people outside of the UK.

A couple more for ya'll...
"you're having a woolly-scarf / giraffe" (having a laugh - a bit of the old Cockney Rhyming Slang for you)
"whatcha" - informal hello
"spag-bol" - spaghetti bolognese
"tasty crumpet" - a compliment aimed at somebody you fancy

Tasty crumpet, I like it.

Originally Posted by Evilduckqueen

Ahh yes, thankyou! What the English and American's call Flip Flops, we call Thongs, and what you call a thong, we call a g-string.

Jumper=Sweater
Joggers/Runners= Running shoes
Telly= Television

I've always said telly, but then my great gran on my birth mothers side was full on Brit.

LOVING all the terms here.

**trickster** · 09-30-2011, 05:16 AM

Hehe! I forgot about this thread - Bumping it up to have a read through later!!

**Keasmom** · 10-01-2011, 12:29 PM

Come on, ya'll, post up some more. Thee is a whole class taught on similarities of slangs from British to American southern. Interesting how close some of it is.

**trickster** · 09-10-2012, 08:41 AM

Tally-Ho everyone!

**Keasmom** · 09-19-2012, 04:16 PM

LOL Rich.

Is that more of a Hello or a Goodbye or a rallying cry?

**trickster** · 09-29-2012, 03:29 AM

Hehe!!

Hello and good show!

**nicholas** · 10-27-2012, 05:25 AM

I just found this and Rich when I saw the titile I was like.

But let's go down the list of thing that I did kew.
BADGES Kew that.
BUM Haha I kew that.
CRISPS
CRUMPET
And CRUMPET again
FLOWER
FOOTIE
GAN
GANNA
JELLY
JUMPER
KNACKERED
LOO
MO
MOBILE We say that too.
NAAH We also say that.
OWLD
PUND
RABBIT ON
TAKE AWAY
TEA
WHILST
YE
I know all this because I love to watch this English guy on youtube.