I'd love to know more Brit speak, slang. (Or any region's slang, for that matter). I'm pretty new to the AWAD, so if it's come up before, I haven't come across it. Maybe something for a new thread? Or private mail me if you've got a list... I'd enjoy it.Well, Seian wanted a regional slang discussion. Just having moved to Newfoundland, where there's actually a dictionary of Newfoundland English (
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/d7ction.html) because so many phrases and word uses are unknown on the mainland, I thought I could start it off...
If someone asks you "Where ya to?" here it actually means something along the lines of "Where are you from?" Yes, that's right, just the opposite of what you'd expect. It usually means, "Where do you live?" but if you run into someone in your office building who asks, it may mean "Where is your office?" and if you are trying to find something and you can't remember where you put it, "Where's it to?" would mean something like "Where's it got to?"
Apparently the Newfoundland phrases are pretty localized in various communities, because these small fishing outports were isolated for so long. My friend from Placentia tends to ask "How'ya gettin' on?" instead of "How's it going?", although I think that phrase is generally understood across the whole island.
