Happy 100 REV...

[Infidel Castro]

Let me say this!

On the subject of being British, I would like to add that I actually don\'t feel British. I\'m anti-Royal, anti-Westminster and against what the British Empire stood for...

The term British is not adequate to cover the diversity in those constituent parts of these Isles, namely England, Scotland, N. Ireland, Wales and all those little Channel Islands and add-ons. I am a Welshman and do not in any way associate myself with being British other than having an enormously healthy respect for our forebears who defended these island nations against oppression in the last century...I take my hat off to you all!

I love what the countries each have to offer, but it\'s about time we had a new vision and direction so as to prosper once more and to learn more respect for each other. Our diversity should be our strength, though not under the stifling banner of Britain. That word no longer means anything!

Disclaimer: I may be anti-Royal but I do like the individuals within that heirarchy (mostly). I hate Westminster becasue of the House of Lords and the lack of real Democracy. I love individuals where it is possible, not catch-all titles and categories.

BTW, More Tea Vicar was off telly in the UK (isn\'t that a better term?) though I can\'t remember what programme...sorry I can\'t help!

Happy Birthday Lurch, btw, 100 just the other day!

Love one and other!

Rev.

PS, I hope I haven\'t stepped on anyone\'s toes. :innocent:

 

[Dragonsreach]

All this rhyming cockney slang on this forum is almost making me homesick for Newcastle, where English is spoken in a true dialect only the most educated Geordies can understand.

There the term \'Ya bins a\'haad\'
is translated to :
\'Madam I regret to inform you that your waste disposal unit is currently ablaze!\'

And \'How Ye\' is usually the precursor to fisticuffs.
As well as \'Hadaway and Shite\' which is an expresion of disbelief and not a legal partnership.

Ah such lovely sounds, Shakespeare would be proud.

PS: Reverend, congrats on the ton.

 

[vincegamer]

Not exactly on topic, but related to Great Britain or the United Kingdom (are those the same thing???)

In my international law class someone mentioned the \"English\" embassy, and the prof corrected the student that it is the British Embassy and that people can get upset by that mistake, to which the Scottswoman in the class said something about ignoring 3/4 of the population, then the Englishman in the class made some reply and 5 minutes of raised voices between the 2 of them ensued. Delightful.

Now as a \"Yank\" (as opposed to a Yankee, which I am not) I think we need a thread on American slang \'cause yall are fixin ta get me ornery.

 

[finn17]

The difficulties of being Brutish

It\'s very difficult you know....
I was born in this \'golden Isle\' and I was an adult before I started to realise that Great Britain and the United Kingdom were the same thing. The fact that the Welsh, Scots and Irish feel largely P***ed off about the rest of the world lumping them in with the English entirely escaped me. Because I am Cornish (from Cornwall) we too feel that we have a separate existence from the \'English\' although politically speaking, we are English. (I could get scalped for saying that in my local pub). Fact is, GB is just packed to the gills with diseparate tribes/cultures/factions/religions etc who have been kicking the crap out of each other for so many years now that it has become sheer force of habit. The average Brit will probably get a bit terratorial over which side of the road he/she lives on!
With regard to \"More tea, Vicar\". It alludes to a mythical time in the middle class mentality when everything was rosy, we had an empire etc. Often the local clergy would drop round for a cup of \'Earl Grey\'. In such a gentile climate, whilst the lady of the house was proferring chocolate biccies etc. the ladbrador/Father-in-Law etc would fart loudly and, with ultimate good grace, (ignoring the fact that the vicar had gone green) the lady would gently enquire, \"more tea Vicar?\" as if nought had happened. Hence, whenever someone delivers a similar social faux pas, some wag generally enquires whether the vicar would appreciate another shot of Earl Grey.lol

 

[vincegamer]

Victoria

by The Kinks

I always thought that was a great song about that idealized British middle-class \"grand old days\" culture.
\"long ago, life was clean, sex was bad, called obscene, Victoria was my queen...\"

Now why is it called \"land of hope and glory\"?

\"where the sun never sets\" I know, but I\'ve always found it humorously close to \"where the sun don\'t shine\".lol

 

[Sand Rat]

Well, since this has also become a discussion on variations in English as well as congratulating the Rev on 100 posts, let me add this - I live in Texas, y\'all, and my cousins live in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan, which has lead to such confusing statements as \"Hey, eh, we\'re going down to the canteen to get a soda, wanna go?\" and me scratching my head, knowing full well they\'re speaking english, but not having a clue about what they\'re talking about.

 

[vincegamer]

Frank\'s Place

was a short-lived television program about a man in New Orleans who owned a restaurant.
The cook had the distinct status as the only english-speaking character on American TV who was accompanied by subtitles. His Cajan accent was so thick as to make him incomprehensible to anyone more than 6 miles from the Mississippi delta.

 

[syco-pyro]

wow im confused

well gee in so very confused??? what was this forum room about in the begining? i thinks its been through three topics or four eeek maybe five and now with me (i think) a sixth! cheers to you mates! o and you said yall in england love the under dog? what do you think about the san diego chargers? or the orks agianst just about any other army(wfb)

 

[syco-pyro]

the mysterious lingual properties of \"eh\"

since all these people were talking about slang and stuff it got me thinking of how many places use the term \"eh\" for different and the same things i just thought i should bring this delima to the worlds attention !!! just think some day the whole world will be talking in different tones/ pitches/ variations of \"eh\" for example= \"eh eh eh eeeh ehh eh ehh eh!\" answered by \"eh eeh ehhhhh eh eh eh eh eeh eh?\" o my god the world has come to an end eh!


:~(

 

[vincegamer]

yada yada yada

Is this one used in Britain? as in:

Originally posted by syco-pyro
since all these people were talking about slang
yada yada yada
o my god the world has come to an end eh!


:~(

 

[barkel]

eh?

I\'m not sure what Syco-pyro just said, but I\'m pretty sure it must be hillarious. I laughed for about a minute, scratched my head and laughed some more. If I wasn\'t sure this whole thread would be deleted in a fort night, I\'d say \"eh eh eh eeeh, eh eh ehh,\" were words to live by.

barkel

 

[smokey]

Originally posted by JonG
This brings up another classic British trait - that of not supporting winners. Man Utd are generally resented by people because they have been the most successfull football club of the past decade.

That\'s not just a British trait. The New York Yankees (who suck) have long been resented outside New York (who loves \'em) for their success in 26 Major League Baseball World Series. Why this is called a \"World Series\" is beyond me, because the only two countries with teams in the MLB are Canada and The U.S.

Yankees Suck.

Smokey

 

[smokey]

British/welsh/cornish...

So then where do English come from?

 

[JonG]

Geography Lesson

JonG\'s British/UK Geography lesson:

Great Britain = England, Scotland, Wales (please note alphabetical ordering there)

United Kingdom = England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales. note the full title is \"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\"

British Isles = Channel Isles (eg Jersey, Guernsey), England, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales. Essentially all those islands just off the coast of France!

It\'s all a bit confusing really isn\'t it?

 

[Axebone]

Um... I know I\'m not real bright... but, do you win something for getting 100 posts...?

That\'s probably a REALLY stupid question... but, uh... I don\'t know.

 

[paleotaur]

Here I go bouncing through with another gratuitous post of my own....:bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy:

Oh, and by the way, I\'m from New Orleans and no one, let me repeat that, No One, talks remotely like that here.

 

[SirKenneth]

Happy 100 and thanks for the **English???** lesson

It\'s really fun to hear explanations for these expressions I\'ve heard before but never knew quite from whence they came. And this is my first post, so I\'ve a long way to go to get to 100.