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 Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:00 pm
I'm writing a story and my main character is british so I need someone who lives in great britian to tell me like the names of some things. 
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:54 pm
What would you like to know?
<--- not actually G.B. but has sources that can verify everything
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darkphoenix1247 Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:54 pm
Same here. Plus, we spent weeks on it in Comparative Government. Question time is amazing!
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:48 pm
what would people in great britian call a
traffic light
stero (like the portable kind) (I call them boom boxes)
tub(does that have a funny name?)
car(anything special here?)
subway
I have other stuff, but those are my biggest things.
any funny sayings you know tell me lol. educate me on british slang
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:52 pm
YvetteEmilieDupont what would people in great britian call a traffic light stero (like the portable kind) (I call them boom boxes) tub(does that have a funny name?) car(anything special here?) Taxi (Lorri/Lori/Lorrie I'm not too sure one the spelling) subway (the subway system is called the London Underground) Apartment (Flat) I have other stuff, but those are my biggest things. any funny sayings you know tell me lol. educate me on british slang
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:49 am
If there's a Jewish Gaians Guild, there must be a British guild out there. Why not go there and ask around?
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Eloquent Conversationalist
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:41 am
traffic light = Traffic light (reference Monty Python's I Like Traffic Lights)
portable stereo = boom box, stereo, transistor radio, cassette deck
tub = tub, basin, bath (Mind you, bathrooms are called toilets or water closets)
car = Car (refrence UK Subs I live in a car)
subway = Underground or Tube
british slang
Slag = Slut
Wanker = A jerk off, same as Tosser
Bollocks = Bull Sh*t or Testicles, depending on the context
That report you handed in was complete bollocks
That girl kicked him right in the bollocks
Sod = Fool, or idiot.
Sex Pistols used the term a lot in their music. Johnny Rotten often referred to himself as a Lazy Sod.
I suggest you watch some british movies for more lingo and slang.
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:21 pm
And bloody is a swear word! Which is quite fun to say, as in "Bloody hell."
Telly= Television
loo/WC= bathroom
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darkphoenix1247 Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:07 pm
Divash... >.> you are very smart... <.< I just felt more comfortable asking you guys, but I'll take that into account now. We can delete this thread if you guys want.
lol i watch a series, but i don't really notice the slang. Oh well I just need to try harder to have my attention span last longer than three minutes.
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:25 pm
YvetteEmilieDupont Divash... >.> you are very smart... <.< I just felt more comfortable asking you guys, but I'll take that into account now. We can delete this thread if you guys want. lol i watch a series, but i don't really notice the slang. Oh well I just need to try harder to have my attention span last longer than three minutes. Turn on BBC randomly or watch some Monty Python. I prefer Doctor Who myself. Even if you don't learn anything, they have the coolest accents in the world.
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darkphoenix1247 Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:13 pm
eh, don't worry I'm a creative writer too. I linked my latest work on this forum so you could all read it and give shout outs, where's your stuff?
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:45 am
Hmmmm.... I couldn't tell you more than other people have but you can find whole dictionaries of Brithish words. It's pretty cool!
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