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Timmytales

I've posted a new lot of words today. Please let me know which of these are in use in the States.

posted by Limey on June 24, 2005 at 4:56 PM | link to this | reply

camlau

Bin days vary from place to place. And it's now even more confusing as we have three bins - a blue one for dry recyclable items, a brown one for compostable material like garden waste, and a black one for everything else. The blue and brown bins are emptied one week, the black bin the next week.

posted by Limey on June 24, 2005 at 4:50 PM | link to this | reply

Wonder

Actually, you have a point. And did you know that our term for a heavy drinker is the somewhat vulgar piss-artist - as in he/she is a bit of a piss-artist?

posted by Limey on June 24, 2005 at 4:45 PM | link to this | reply

Limey,

Our bin day here in Oregon, USA is Monday too!  Just coincidence, though.  I have friends in the next town over whose bin day is Friday. 

Thanks for the vocab lesson.  I heart the Englich vernacular -- even better when I can listen to the accent at the same time. 

posted by camlau on June 24, 2005 at 8:47 AM | link to this | reply

Limey, I know...but we learned it from our ancestors in England.

posted by Ariala on June 24, 2005 at 8:31 AM | link to this | reply

Wonder

How horrendous!

posted by Limey on June 24, 2005 at 8:20 AM | link to this | reply

Limey, we're known to pee along the side of the road...you know us

Americans.

posted by Ariala on June 24, 2005 at 7:57 AM | link to this | reply

Wonder

Well at least we have a separate room, no matter how small. I believe you people use the bathroom!

posted by Limey on June 24, 2005 at 7:50 AM | link to this | reply

water closet? hahahaha

posted by Ariala on June 24, 2005 at 4:45 AM | link to this | reply

Tiger

We use various names, including toilet, WC, water closet, lavatory and loo.

As a rough guide, our upper-middle and upper classes tend to say lavatory while loo is a middle-class term. The lower-classes usually say toilet.

WC and water closet are not much used nowadays.

posted by Limey on June 24, 2005 at 4:35 AM | link to this | reply

Oh No!

So I guess the room with the toilet is still referred to as a water closet???

posted by tigerprincess on June 23, 2005 at 9:13 PM | link to this | reply

LIMEY

A lot of the words that you consider to be strictly in use by your countrymen are still words that we use widley as well. Cubbyhole for one.

posted by TIMMYTALES on June 23, 2005 at 8:43 PM | link to this | reply

Now don't get too excited Limey

I am not talking about all of the words...but I will definitely be checking out the continued glossary...

posted by FactorFiction on June 23, 2005 at 7:45 PM | link to this | reply

limey

Come, love - I have complimented you many times.

See my post OFF LIKE A PROMDRESS - The lizard names names...

You'll find I hold you in high regard!

xo

posted by behindamask on June 23, 2005 at 3:39 PM | link to this | reply

behindamask

Now that really is unkind. No wonder you stay behind your mask.

posted by Limey on June 23, 2005 at 3:35 PM | link to this | reply

Talion

The space under the stairs, often fitted with a door, is frequently referred to as a cubby hole. Another word for couch is settee, although in upper middle class homes sofa is normally used.

You're absolutely right about our bin lorries being the equivalent of your garbage trucks. They get their other name, dustcart, because they used to tale away the dust from coal fires - and still do to some extent.

posted by Limey on June 23, 2005 at 3:32 PM | link to this | reply

Fact

Now that really is interesting.

And I'm fascinated by the fact that some people in isolated parts of America still use Elizabethan English. Do you know much about this?

posted by Limey on June 23, 2005 at 3:24 PM | link to this | reply

Wonder

Superbrat has cleaned up his act to some extent. But his 'you cannot be serious'and 'chalk dust, I saw chalk dust'outbursts will live on. We really do love to hate this particular American.

posted by Limey on June 23, 2005 at 3:20 PM | link to this | reply

Hemlocker

Yes, it's hard to believe Superbrat is a reformed character and going straight! However, I can see why the BBC like him: he's intelligent, understands the game very well, and has an 'edge.'

What's the 'ownership society', by the way? Presumably it includes those who have lots of money?

Thanks for your kind remarks. I think you'd enjoy the UK if you could get here.

posted by Limey on June 23, 2005 at 1:39 PM | link to this | reply

limey

Blower - The blower is the telephone, before you get too excited!

Funny - I looked up the word "blower" in the Blog-it dictionary and it's defination was:

"...long winded, full of hot air:  see LIMEY

 

posted by behindamask on June 23, 2005 at 11:27 AM | link to this | reply

Limey

I say couch instead of sofa and use the term cubby hole from time to time. Is bin lorry the only term for what we call garbage trucks? I've heard them referred to as "dustcarts" too.

posted by Talion on June 23, 2005 at 11:21 AM | link to this | reply

Interesting to read the British terms for things...

why? Because I note that parts of my family still use/used some of those words. Meanwhile it has been a few hundred years since that branch of my ancestors left the UK.  Old habits are hard to break maybe?

posted by FactorFiction on June 23, 2005 at 11:03 AM | link to this | reply

McEnroe is the epitomy of someone who cannot control his emotions...I

think it humorous he has this position now.

posted by Ariala on June 23, 2005 at 11:01 AM | link to this | reply

Limey

This is very nice, maybe (in my opinion) your best post of all.  I really liked the definition for bin men, with all those other things thrown in.  I'd like to visit the UK but unfortunately, I'm not a member of the "ownership society" here in the United States.  McEnroe is commenting for the BBC!  That's almost an oxymoron.  He was once thrown out of Wimbledon.  How soon we forget--or maybe the BBC believes that people should not be punished for past indiscretions.  Thanks.   Hemlocker

posted by Hemlocker on June 23, 2005 at 10:56 AM | link to this | reply

Blackcat

... and you'll find them on pencils!

posted by Limey on June 23, 2005 at 10:56 AM | link to this | reply

lol

I'll never forget when a Brit co-worker announced that he needed a rubber.  Does anyone have a rubber he can use?  LOL.... I was like... a WHAT?    

posted by -blackcat on June 23, 2005 at 10:51 AM | link to this | reply

David

I'll bear your comment in mind: yes, seriously.

PS John McEnroe is an articulate, well-informed commentator who, over the years, has endeared himself to the British public. (It's also fun to see a a return of the old Superbrat: something that seems to happen whenever he competes in veterans' tournaments).

posted by Limey on June 23, 2005 at 10:44 AM | link to this | reply

Burly

How interesting.

Over here a paramour is for rolling in the grass wif! Of course, Prince Charles has just married his.

PS London's Cockneys say things like wif, alwight mate? and it's abaht time.

PPS Just out of interest, my Irish relatives live in County Kerry. I stay with them regularly.

posted by Limey on June 23, 2005 at 10:30 AM | link to this | reply

Blackcat

Digestives are a special type of biscuit that are very popular in Britain, the best-selling brand being McVitie's.

Here's a description:

Food Glossary - Digestive biscuits
Digestive biscuits

Also referred to as sweetmeal biscuits, digestives are made from coarse brown flour which give them their distinctive texture and flavour.
Uses: A favourite for dunking in a cup of tea, digestives are also popular in cookery for making into bases for cheesecakes and flans and including in uncooked chocolate cakes that are set in the fridge.
To store: Keep in a cool, dry place and once opened store the biscuits in an airtight container for 1-2 weeks.
To use: To crush digestives for a recipe, either process in a food processor or place in a large food bag, seal with a wire tie and bash with a rollling pin until crumbs are formed

posted by Limey on June 23, 2005 at 10:16 AM | link to this | reply

Limey

In Balmer (Baltimore) Merlin (Maryland) what do you think a paramour is for. To cut your grass wif! We talk funny.

posted by Burly on June 23, 2005 at 10:07 AM | link to this | reply

Very good dictionary Limey

Now that's the kind of posts you should be writing. Educating us Americans!  

Oh, and I'll give you the comment (headline) on John McEnroe, or SuperBrat as the Brits call him!

posted by David1Spirit on June 23, 2005 at 9:55 AM | link to this | reply

Limey

Love the dictionary!  A brit friend here are work always talks about "digestives"... is this just a really unappetizing word for a cookie?

posted by -blackcat on June 23, 2005 at 9:46 AM | link to this | reply