What Briticism does your head in?

LordSutch

Paramite Pie wrote: »

Sambo.

*cringe*

I've actually started hearing some Irish people saying it recently. I've seen it on boards too but I hope they were using it for a laugh. Clearly someones watching too much Coronation St.

Otherwise I quite like a lot of Briticisms.:)

Nobody would dare use the racist term "Sambo" in Britain!

...they did in the 60s though.

macnug

Asking "yea?" At the end of every sentence.

MadsL

Keep Calm and Chive On.


grrrr.....

heldel00

English friend says "to be fair" at the end of every bloody statement she makes regardless of whether or not it makes sense!

KungPao

OiL RiG wrote: »

'Facking cant' sounds more Australian to my ear.

Personally, I enjoy Briticisms. They're so mellifluous, like 'sod off.' Delightful!

Sod off! Love it.

'Bugger off' is a good 'un 'n all.

Bladdy 'ell!

Eugene Norman

Sambo ain't British.

welchywelch

Banter or bants does my head in. Its CRAIC

Herb Powell

eqwjewoiujqorj wrote: »

A lot of British phrases are fastly creeping into Irish vernacular more and more.

"High Street" instead of Main Street

"Mum" / "Mummy" instead of the good old Irish "Mam" / "Mammy" / "Ma"
Is there anything more English sounding than Mum?

"Bollocks" - Used so much by the Irish now that they probably think it's Irish.
As British as Yorkshire pudding.


What Briticisms does your head in?

Bollocks is one of the greatest words in the English language, or indeed any language.

diusmr8a504cvk

How has nobody mentioned "The Loo"?

The Backwards Man

Herb Powell wrote: »

Bollocks is one of the greatest words in the English language, or indeed any language.

It's Teutonic anyway, not British.

Not a lot of people know that.

Your Superior

Paramite Pie wrote: »

Sambo.

*cringe*

I've actually started hearing some Irish people saying it recently. I've seen it on boards too but I hope they were using it for a laugh. Clearly someones watching too much Coronation St.

Otherwise I quite like a lot of Briticisms.:)

We don't use sambo in Britain. It's a racist term referring to black people. It's Ireland that uses sambo. You seem a little confused.

Sir Osis of Liver.

By jingo.

WesternZulu

'Fleg' is one particular Briticism that does my head in :pac:

buried

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It's Teutonic anyway, not British.

Not a lot of people know that.

Bloody gerry's

George White

Paramite Pie wrote: »

Sambo.

*cringe*

I've actually started hearing some Irish people saying it recently. I've seen it on boards too but I hope they were using it for a laugh. Clearly someones watching too much Coronation St.

Otherwise I quite like a lot of Briticisms.:)

isn't it sarnie in UK?
Sambo is racist talk.

Your Superior

WesternZulu wrote: »

'Fleg' is one particular Briticism that does my head in :pac:

Fleg isn't British, its northern Irish.

SEPT 23 1989

'alright fella':mad:

The Backwards Man

George White wrote: »

isn't it sarnie in UK?
Sambo is racist talk.

Down south, up north it's a butty, in Scotland (and Donegal) it's a piece.

OiL RiG

Your Superior wrote: »

We don't use sambo in Britain. It's a racist term referring to black people. It's Ireland that uses sambo. You seem a little confused.

Without context, I was almost sure that sambo was slang for sandwich. Potential cross-cultural disaster averted.

Lenin Skynard

The big one is "mate". The English speaking world seems to be divided into countries where it's used and countries where it's not. We were always one of the latter and that was fine by me. But it has crept in, it seemed like just Dublin but I'm hearing it more and more from non-Dubs.

It seems to be used in an aggressive way in Ireland more often than not. Like: "Sorry, there's a queue here, mate".

It just doesn't sound right in an Irish accent.

Fred Swanson

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Lenin Skynard wrote: »

The big one is "mate". The English speaking world seems to be divided into countries where it's used and countries where it's not. We were always one of the latter and that was fine by me. But it has crept in, it seemed like just Dublin but I'm hearing it more and more from non-Dubs.

It seems to be used in an aggressive way in Ireland more often than not. Like: "Sorry, there's a queue here, mate".

It just doesn't sound right in an Irish accent.

This, a million times.

Words I say in my most perfick, Peckham accent....

Sarnie
Sod off
You're avin a laugh, int ya
For ****s sake
Mum
Millwall lost again

PARlance

eqwjewoiujqorj wrote: »

"Mum" / "Mummy" instead of the good old Irish "Mam" / "Mammy" / "Ma"
Is there anything more English sounding than Mum?

Mam... An Irish Mammy or The Queen Mother

An Claidheamh

Mint Sauce wrote: »

That it seems cool to slag the British.

If this was the other way round, you'd be telling people they have an inferiority complex or can't take a joke or to get over themselves.

So relax, there was an American version previously.


However, "blokes" is one that makes me cringe when Irish people say it, or "the Beeb" for BBC.

guppy

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

You're avin a laugh, int ya

You avin a bubble?

Bannasidhe

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Words I say in my most perfick, Peckham accent....

Ohhh I dunno... sarf Lundun sowoffink innit :eek:

George White

PARlance wrote: »

Mam... An Irish Mammy or The Queen Mother

Mam itself is common in North England. But that's the accent.

jamesbere

One is quite amused with all these peasant joke's

guppy

guppy wrote: »

You avin a bubble?

I dunno what that means, guppy

But I ain't a cockney

PARlance

PARlance wrote: »

Mam... An Irish Mammy or The Queen Mother

Ma'am for the old Queenie, not mam.

MRnotlob606

U ****in wot mxiii I'll nick your nan and cellotape her to tree trunk an ill bash her head in with ma timberlands.

TheOtherBloke

Bloody hell = Im shocked
Banjaxed = Fecked
Shag = Ride


am I doing this right?

MRnotlob606

I hate our judicial system is based on the British onem

TheOtherBloke

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Ohhh I dunno... sarf Lundun sowoffink innit :eek:

'Ello darli'n fancy abit of my meat 'n two veg?.. landan innit

James Bond Junior

I hate the description of a bold child as being naughty. Or nawwwty as they say.

guppy

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

I dunno what that means, guppy

But I ain't a cockney

A laugh. Apparently rhymes with bubble bath.

My boyfriend is from greater London, and isn't cockney either, but uses some slang. That's the only one I really, really hate. It makes no sense because bath and laugh do NOT rhyme. And pronouncing it to make it rhyme is hideous.

Bath and laugh do rhyme! Lol

guppy

Only if I'm having a "baaaf"

welchywelch

Dont know if it's certain areas or what but some of them seem to put an R at the end of a word, like Ford Fiester

Dyr

"Yeah?" wrecks my head yeah?

ChunkyLover54

"Uni" instead of university or college.

Paddy Cow

What's wrong with Mum?

hawkwind23

hello tiger!

Cee-Jay-Cee

Per-joe innit' mate.

It's ****ing pew-joe (Peugeot) and I'm not your mate!

Duckworth_Luas

I was sat ...

I was stood ...

Dirty Dingus McGee

The recent " keep calm and ...... " craze that is all over the place.It's completely idiotic for anyone in Ireland to use that phrase as it has absolutely no context in this country.

sabat

Stopping instead of staying (in a hotel etc.)
Pal- similar to mate at the end of a sentence but it just sounds really passive-agressive.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Paddy Cow wrote: »

What's wrong with Mum?

It sounds ****ing dreadful.

LordSutch

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I was sat ...

I was stood ...

This also wrecks my head and its so bloody prevalent nowadays, you will even hear it uttered on the BBC on a regular basis :mad:

Apparently it's called "non standard English" and it seems to be getting the upper hand in England.

Rega

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I was sat ...

I was stood ...

Is there anyone sat there?

Eh ??