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Greetings, DSW! you've come to the right place. I'm sure one or many Brits will clue you (and me! I'd never heard this one) in on 'billio' soon.
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"Driving like Billy-O" is the "kerrect" spelling, and it's just slang for "the mostest of the verb in question", i.e. drive like billy-o, sing like billy-o, swear like billy-o and ain't billy a talented sonofabitch?
- Pfranz
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"A friend of mine told the tale of his wanderings around on the German Autobahnen. His traveling companion noted, "This town, Ausfahrt, sure is big!"
During my tour of duty in Germany, I saw a number of newly reporting personnel claiming residence on "Einbahnstrasse" (one-way street)
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"What are you like?" is a definite Austraaalianism.
You sure 'bout dat? I've heard it used in Britland by Britspeakers and I thought I'd heard it on BritTV too....No, that doesn't necessarily mean it's not Antipodean in origin, but I have to say, I ain't never heard an Aussie use it, but I've heard it on the lips of Brits many a time.
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Sod a dog is extremely satisfying as an expression of dismay, if you don't think about what it means....Got that one from Notting Hill (the fillum, not the place!)
I remembered another one of my former boyfriend's sayings, t'other moment (earlier today, might have been - the days are all merging on me at this point), but now it's gone....I'll be back!
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We city slickers know this, but are always surprised our country cousins have signs all over pointing it...
"Slow Children"
and there really are signs on Manhattan streets that say "Don't even think of stopping, standing or parking here!"
My daughter in law saw some NYC traffic department tow trucks in operation, and was amazed-- they can remove an illegally parked car in under a minute -- and only take 2 minutes for cars that are parallel parked. the tow trucks are designed that the operater doesn't even have to get out of the truck. they make Repo men look slow!
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When we were tripping around the US of A last year, we were always amused when we went through an intersection that had signs up at the approaches saying "Don't Block The Box". We had a lot of fun coming up with various ways of blocking boxes ...
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Since we've taken a turn down street sign lane, I've always loved this sign in the parking lot of a nearby Italian eatery: In reply to:
Parking for Martini's customers only. All others will be considered inconsiderate and rude.
Did I mention it's hand painted with a floral border that includes morning glories?
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"Don't Block The Box".
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"What are you like?" is a definite Austraaalianism.
I've never heard it either, but then Australian tends to mean East Coast.
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