|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,526
veteran
|
OP
veteran
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,526 |
Just returned from a week in UK. I noticed people there seldom say "Thanks." Instead they say, "Cheers!"
Also, to indicate approval, they don't say "Very good!" or "Well done!" Instead they say, "Brilliant!"
Last edited by TheFallibleFiend; 11/24/08 08:05 PM. Reason: "Cheers!" not "Cheer!"
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,295
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,295 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
germane to this,
the worthless word for the day is: chuffed
updated:
[orig. northern Eng. dial. meaning proud] /chuft/
1) pleased, delighted; flattered; very excited
2) displeased, disgruntled
"Qualifiers and context may be required to distinguish
usage from the previous sense as 'pleased'. Variants
include 'dischuffed' and 'dead chuffed'." [see below]
- Eric Partridge et al. The New Partridge Dictionary
of Slang and Unconventional English (2006)
"'He'll not be chuffed at you paying off old debts on
company time.' 'He's going to be even less chuffed if
something big did happen and South were sitting
there smugly saying, "Well, we did warn you!"'"
- Reginald Hill, Death's Jest-Book (2004)
"'And I thought that Sir Monty.. would be bum-chuffed
to hear that something bad might be happening...'"
- Reginald Hill, The Roar of the Butterflies (2008)
-tsuwm
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067 |
Also, to indicate approval, they don't say "Very good!" or "Well done!" Instead they say, "Brilliant!" Or just Brill!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
Ooh, didja say hi to Rodward? Best I recall he lives there.
And, didja have a good time on your trip?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 2,154
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 2,154 |
Hope you had fun. Fair warnng, my last trip to England was years ago and I still occasionally use "brilliant!" or "cheers."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,526
veteran
|
|
OP
veteran
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,526 |
Had a great time, though it was for business and I didn't have much free time. Thanks for asking. Last day ended just after noon and a few of us went to visit H.M.S. Victory, Lord Nelson's ship at Trafalgar. Excellent tour. Lasted almost 45 minutes, but it only seemed like 15.
English people - the ones I met - are a friendly lot and Portsmouth is a pleasant city with a nice feel. I don't normally like crowds, but I think I could live in that place, in a small house that looked out at the Isle of Wight floating there on the sea.
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,343
Members9,182
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
757
guests, and
1
robot. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
