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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread English-American Dictionary #73345 06/18/2002 10:20 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England Hi folks, Having just stumbled across this little beaut, I thought I'd share it with you all. It's an English-American Dictionary, broken down into useful and interesting categories. I know there have been several occasions this sort of reference would have been useful in the past - which is, of course, no guarantee it will be of any use in the future . As I've said elsewhere, it's bigger on practical than academic value. But it looks pretty accurate at first glance from a Brit/English perspective, despite the author being a Scot . http://english2american.com/ Fisk Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: English-American Dictionary #73346 06/19/2002 1:18 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 21 adam stranger adam stranger Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 21 I like this one------> willie n. In the UK, willie is a rather childlike word for penis. The film Free Willie no doubt attracted large optimistic female audiences when it was released over here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: English-American Dictionary #73347 06/19/2002 1:37 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 My first name is William. I never heard of penis association with "willie" until I joined AWADtalk. But fortunately, my nickname was always "Bill". Now I'm glad of that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: English-American Dictionary #73348 06/19/2002 11:04 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk dodyskin addict dodyskin addict Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk wow, this is top Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: English-American Dictionary #73349 06/19/2002 11:08 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk dodyskin addict dodyskin addict Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk ps, the old norse word for woman was 'burd' Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: English-American Dictionary #73350 06/20/2002 3:08 AM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada Adam, I feel compelled to tell you that when Free Willy was released in Kingston (my town), The Firm was also playing here, and some wag working at the cinema had a little fun with the marquee....fortunately, just the one at the back of the building, but it was still visible to people travelling up or down Queen Street (next street over from main drag). Of course it said.... FREE THE FIRM WILLY something about which some of us lasses were even more optimistic....! Anyone heard that excellent Scottish comic, Billy Connelly (gad I hope I spelled his name rite), going on about why he calls his a willy? very funny! all about "penis" sounding like that horrible place you went to on vacation, where it rained all the time and you got mugged, and "vagina" sounding like a lovely place to go (then he added, "Well, it IS!") - it was very clever and funny - well, for them as appreciates his style of humour. Which I does. Let us go in peace to love and serve the board. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Willy #73351 06/20/2002 2:28 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England As to the childish term willy (I've never spelt it "willie", although the plural is "willies") - from way back in the mists: Mary had a little lamb She thought it rather silly She threw it up into the air And caught it by its Willy was a watch dog Sitting on the grass Along came a bumblebee Who stung him up his Ask no questions, tell no lies Ever seen a Scotsman doing up his Flies..... That's enough of that! I agree with Billy Connolly (a hero even for many English people) that the biologically correct terms are appalling . Little boys (of all ages) have willies, men generally have dicks. "Dick" is rude, but not that rude. We're back to seaside postcard humour with that famous English pudding Spotted Dick - note that it's referred to as "Spotted Richard" only by jokers, never by even the most politically correct. Similarly (Bill), there's rarely much, if any, embarrassment attached to men being called Willy or Dick. In that context they're more slightly affectionate diminutives, as in Willy Shakespeare, Dick Turpin and Dick Whittington. Having said which, some of my work colleagues - not me, of course - had an unworthy chuckle at the expense of someone called Dick Long, whose emails presented his name surname first.. Fisk Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: English-American Dictionary #73352 06/20/2002 2:32 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England the old norse word for woman was 'burd' Blinder! For non-Brits, we should point out that it's considered uncouth and sexist to refer to women as birds. So maybe that's just a case of mistaken identity, eh, dody? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Willy #73353 06/20/2002 9:50 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 Angel addict Angel addict Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 At work, I have become acquainted with a very sweet gentleman. His name? Dick Johnson By the way FishonaBike, I lurve that poem! Is there more? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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