Can you guess what these British phrases mean?

by eddie Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:06 pm

More so for our oversea buddies

http://en.what-character-are-you.com/d/en/1041/index/5577.html

by Syl Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:11 pm

You got:
15 out of 15! You could be British!

Congratulations! 15 out of 15 is a incredible score and (if you're not actually British yourself), this must be a sign that you're British at heart. Somehow you managed to get every single one right, which is even better than some Brits! What's your secret? There's no way that your friends will be able to match your score. Why not share this quiz and find out? cheers

by HoratioTarr Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:19 pm

I'd be more interested in whether I know all American sayings.

by Syl Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:23 pm

It'll be interesting to know if the Americans know ours too.

by magica Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:32 pm

I got 15 too. So easy lol

by Ben Reilly Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:38 pm

15/15

Cos I'm well read, ain't I?

by eddie Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:40 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:15/15

Cos I'm well read, ain't I?

Yep. And Bob’s your uncle mate.

by eddie Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:42 pm

And by the very way, I got 14.
I blame my iPad it must have clicked something wrong. Piece of shit.

by Cass Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:10 pm

by Cass Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:11 pm

eddie wrote:And by the very way, I got 14.
I blame my iPad it must have clicked something wrong. Piece of shit.

Loser

by eddie Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:18 pm

Cass wrote:
eddie wrote:And by the very way, I got 14.
I blame my iPad it must have clicked something wrong. Piece of shit.

Loser

My iPad is the loser. It has its own mind.

by Cass Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:34 pm

eddie wrote:
Cass wrote:

Loser

My iPad is the loser. It has its own mind.

Sure. Blame the technology albino

by eddie Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:15 pm

Cass wrote:
eddie wrote:
Cass wrote:

Loser

My iPad is the loser. It has its own mind.

Sure. Blame the technology

Oh, always.

by Original Quill Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:19 pm

eddie wrote:And by the very way, I got 14.
I blame my iPad it must have clicked something wrong. Piece of shit.

Um...aren't you one of out 2 Brit mods? How can you know if someone's misbehaving if you don't even speak Brit-speak?

You're back on probation again.

by eddie Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:22 pm

Original Quill wrote:
eddie wrote:And by the very way, I got 14.
I blame my iPad it must have clicked something wrong. Piece of shit.

Um...aren't you one of out 2 Brit mods? How can you know if someone's misbehaving if you don't even speak Brit-speak?

You're back on probation again.

Quill, I’m always on some kind of misbehaviour punishment somewhere. Cool

In all seriousness, I did know them but no one speaks like that anymore - I never have.

by veya_victaous Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:02 pm

15 out of 15
Can you guess what these British phrases mean? 2681620681

Eddie Loses
Can you guess what these British phrases mean? 2681620681

and she is one of 3 British Mods Can you guess what these British phrases mean? 2300614393

by magica Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:04 pm

eddie wrote:
Original Quill wrote:

Um...aren't you one of out 2 Brit mods? How can you know if someone's misbehaving if you don't even speak Brit-speak?

You're back on probation again.

Quill, I’m always on some kind of misbehaviour punishment somewhere.

In all seriousness, I did know them but no one speaks like that anymore - I never have.

by magica Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:06 pm

Eddie many of these phrases are still spoken in London

by JulesV Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:24 pm

Cakewalk!
The quizmasters have not put much effort into it, they deliberately made all the answers obvious.

by 'Wolfie Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:14 am

I got 15 as well...

The compiler of that quiz was quite lazy, and probably quite ignorant -- I reckon most Aussies and Kiwis would handle it easily..

That quiz is just as silly as those "Aussie slang" guides written by foreigners who have never been here.

by nicko Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:41 am

How about Cockney slang? who knows any?
Example, Apples and Pears............Stairs.
Trouble and Strife........Wife.

There,s lots more, what do YOU know?
Bye the way, your not a Cockney unless you were born within the sound of "Bow Bells".

by Ben Reilly Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:16 am

nicko wrote:How about Cockney slang? who knows any?
Example, Apples and Pears............Stairs.
Trouble and Strife........Wife.

There,s lots more, what do YOU know?
Bye the way, your not a Cockney unless you were born within the sound of "Bow Bells".

I want to make a Texan slang quiz. What do these expressions have in common? Blue Norther, dirt devil, turd floater, bug killer.

by Ben Reilly Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:23 am

Actually I found a good Texas quiz. I got a perfect score, que sorpresa Smile

http://quizdoo.com/can-you-speak-texas-slang

by 'Wolfie Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:47 am

Ben Reilly wrote:Actually I found a good Texas quiz. I got a perfect score, que sorpresa

http://quizdoo.com/can-you-speak-texas-slang

I got 8 out of 10 right, there...

by nicko Tue Jan 23, 2018 8:31 am

Ben, I asked about Cockney slang first, how dare you hi-jack my thread with one of your own ? Smile

by eddie Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:06 am

Ben Reilly wrote:Actually I found a good Texas quiz. I got a perfect score, que sorpresa

http://quizdoo.com/can-you-speak-texas-slang

I got 6 but I am rather tired.

by HoratioTarr Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:55 am

Ben Reilly wrote:Actually I found a good Texas quiz. I got a perfect score, que sorpresa

http://quizdoo.com/can-you-speak-texas-slang

The only one I got wrong was Tank. And I've never been to Texas. Seems I'm a true blue Texan.

by HoratioTarr Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:57 am

http://quizdoo.com/can-you-speak-american-slang/

I got seven right. Not bad I suppose.

by HoratioTarr Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:04 am

I have some speak colloquial British here. Can you guess them? Only non-Brits to try.

1. I need the bog.

2. I'll go to the foot of our stairs.

2. Put wood in'thole

4. Corporation pop

5. What are kecks

6. Manchester caviar

7. Will he eckers like

8. What does- 'anging - mean- as in "she's fookin' 'anging!"

9. Bobbins - as in "That's fookin' bobbins"

10 . Brassic. as in 'I'm fookin' brassic me'

by Syl Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:48 pm

eddie wrote:
Ben Reilly wrote:Actually I found a good Texas quiz. I got a perfect score, que sorpresa

http://quizdoo.com/can-you-speak-texas-slang

I got 6 but I am rather tired.

I got 6 also.

by nicko Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:19 pm

Am i fucking invisible or what ?

by Syl Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:24 pm

nicko wrote:Am i fucking invisible or what ?

I'm a northerner...I hardly know any.
Mince pies...eyes.

That's about it. Laughing

by Cass Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:34 pm

I’m a texameribrit queen

Can you guess what these British phrases mean? 1366281442

by eddie Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:36 pm

Pffff. I have my own special kind of language.

by Syl Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:07 pm

eddie wrote:Pffff. I have my own special kind of language.

I bet you don't remember Stanley Unwin...he had his own special language....he was very funny at the time.

by eddie Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:03 pm

magica wrote:Eddie many of these phrases are still spoken in London

I was born and bred in London and nobody I knew ever spoke like that. Perhaps if these phrases aren’t spoken at home and by your friends then you don’t become as familiar with them. I did know them all though as they’re relatively easy - I do blame my iPad for one of the clicks.

by veya_victaous Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:00 pm

8 out of 10 Texan Can you guess what these British phrases mean? 1366281442

@ nicko

reg grundies = undies = under garments
frog and toad = road
Septic tank = yank

by 'Wolfie Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:56 am

veya_victaous wrote:8 out of 10 Texan

@ nicko

reg grundies = undies = under garments
frog and toad = road
Septic tank = yank

Captain Cook == look, as in "have a Captain Cook at that !"

by Tommy Monk Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:27 am

nicko wrote:How about Cockney slang? who knows any?
Example, Apples and Pears............Stairs.
Trouble and Strife........Wife.

There,s lots more, what do YOU know?
Bye the way, your not a Cockney unless you were born within the sound of "Bow Bells".

That would be 'Mary le bow church' on Cheapside... near Cannon St stn...

Nothing to do with Bow in east London...

by Ben Reilly Wed Jan 24, 2018 6:23 am

Nobody ventured a guess at what these terms have in common: blue norther, dirt devil, turd floater, bug killer.

by 'Wolfie Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:45 am

Ben Reilly wrote:
Nobody ventured a guess at what these terms have in common: blue norther, dirt devil, turd floater, bug killer.

Winds ? Or storms..

by eddie Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:55 am

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:
Ben Reilly wrote:
Nobody ventured a guess at what these terms have in common: blue norther, dirt devil, turd floater, bug killer.

Winds ? Or storms..

That would be my guess, that, or some very odd cocktails.

by Ben Reilly Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:03 pm

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:
Ben Reilly wrote:
Nobody ventured a guess at what these terms have in common: blue norther, dirt devil, turd floater, bug killer.

Winds ? Or storms..

Weather, yes!

Blue norther is a massive winter storm, a dirt devil is a weak dust tornado, a turd floater is a storm that brings a lot of rain, and a bug killer is when temperatures drop below freezing for a few days.

by magica Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:38 pm

nicko wrote:Ben, I asked about Cockney slang first, how dare you hi-jack my thread with one of your own ?

Nice and clean - washing machine
North and South - mouth
dicky dirt - shirt
Barnet fair. - hair. Just say barnet now
Mince pies. - eyes
Ones and two's. - Shoes

Goes on forever lol.

Born within the sound of Bow bells, I thought they had to be heard but I'm told you as long as your within distance, I was, so I'm a true Cockney cheers

by eddie Wed Jan 24, 2018 6:40 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:
WhoseYourWolfie wrote:
Ben Reilly wrote:
Nobody ventured a guess at what these terms have in common: blue norther, dirt devil, turd floater, bug killer.

Winds ? Or storms..

Weather, yes!

Blue norther is a massive winter storm, a dirt devil is a weak dust tornado, a turd floater is a storm that brings a lot of rain, and a bug killer is when temperatures drop below freezing for a few days.

A blue norther is when one passes a gas that turns the air blue.
A dirt devil is when one’s shit is so wet it leaves traces in one’s underwear.
A turd floater is a shit that doesn’t flush because one has eaten far too many burgers.
A bug killer is when there’s an unsuspecting spider in the toilet bowl and one shits right on top of it.

So. Neutral

by eddie Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:38 pm

No one likes it when I talk shit.

by 'Wolfie Thu Jan 25, 2018 2:32 am

We have occasional dust storms/sand storms down here as well, that look like mini-tornadoes...

Here in Oz, they're often referred to by one of their Aboriginal names : "Willy Willys"..

by eddie Thu Jan 25, 2018 6:42 pm

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

We have occasional dust storms/sand storms down here as well, that look like mini-tornadoes...

Here in Oz, they're often referred to by one of their Aboriginal names : "Willy Willys"..

Don’t get me started wolf. I have a very vividly wild imagination.

by Original Quill Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:20 pm

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

We have occasional dust storms/sand storms down here as well, that look like mini-tornadoes...

Here in Oz, they're often referred to by one of their Aboriginal names : "Willy Willys"..

In Arizona they are called 'dust devils' or, as the mascot for ASU indicates, 'sun-devils'.

Can you guess what these British phrases mean? AZS482

by Cass Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:44 am

eddie wrote:No one likes it when I talk shit.

Well it was certainly descriptive.

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