Funny Other Country Expressions?

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  • blukitten
    blukitten Posts: 922 Member
    edited August 2016
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    From New Mexico here and this is a youtube video of things I grew up saying... lol... there are two parts to it too- an they are all true and hilarious (to me anyway)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IucBp1yrr7A
  • kevinf2380
    kevinf2380 Posts: 256 Member
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    I'm more frustrated than a three legged dog trying to bury a terd on a frozen lake.
  • rebel_26
    rebel_26 Posts: 1,826 Member
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    In the south they say
    fixin , Whalago. Right quick, earl (oil), and buggy for shopping cart.

    I was fixin to go to the store a whalago , but now I'm out of food so I have to go right quick to Walmart and get my earl changed while I get a buggy and go shopping.
  • Timothyh27
    Timothyh27 Posts: 251 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    AskTracyAnnK28 wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    AskTracyAnnK28 wrote: »
    Well, I'm from Jersey and we have our own funny expressions. Like, notice how I dropped the "New" from "New Jersey"? Because if you're from Jersey there's no need to use the "New"...it's just Jersey.

    Wouldn't people constantly confuse New Jersey with Jersey than? Because when I think of Jersey I think:
    The largest of the Channel Islands, between England and France. A self-governing dependency of the United Kingdom, with a mix of British and French cultures, it’s known for its beaches, cliffside walking trails, inland valleys and historic castles.

    :)

    Definitely not. I don't think anyone in my Jersey even knows another Jersey exists in another country.

    My Jersey is known for it's beaches, boardwalks, mafia and guidos lololol

    I agree i bet most Amercians don't realise alot of place names are from European colonist orgin . New England , etc etc

    I bet there is no other place called Knob Lick (as in Knob Lick, KentuckOxfordshire

    UK's got some good uns

    Bell End, (near Lickey End)
    Backside Lane, Oxfordshire
    Back Passage, London

    :smiley:
  • owieprone
    owieprone Posts: 217 Member
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    RunRutheeRun wrote: »
    In Northern Ireland we have loads of slang terms, the most used ones being;-

    and then theres slang words:
    cannae (can't)
    dinnae (don't)
    hame (home)
    wouldnae (wouldn't)
    hae te (have to)


    I'm from Aberdeen and that second lot is scottish/doric as well, you can shorten them too:
    cannae - ca. Ca dae 'at = can't do that.
    dinnae - da. Da dae 'at = don't do that.
    gonnae - Go not/going to/go and. Gonnae nae dae 'at - stop it/that (lit: go and not do that)
    hae - can also be hiv. Ah hiv'nae nane/ony - i haven't none/any.

    Fiel/glaikit/gype/gypit - idiot/fool/foolish
    fit like 'e day? - How's you today?
    Foo's yer doos - how are you (Doos are pigeons)
    answer to the above is: Aye, peckin - fine
    furra boots [r']ye fae? - Where are you from? Also pron: Furry boots...
    fur d'ye bide? - Where to you live?
    aye, spik! - shut up. (lit: yes, speak).
    Spikken baws - lying (lit: speaking balls)

    A face 'at wuld soor mulk - ugly or needs to cheer up (lit: a face that would sour milk)
    bidey in - live in gf/bf
    bleezin/blootered - drunk
    doon aboot 'eh moo - depressed/sad (lit: down about the mouth)
    clappit te'gither - thrown together (shoddily/quickly made)
    black affrontit - embarrassed/mortified.

    loon/gadgey/min/boy - male of any age
    quine - girl. If someone in Aberdeen says 'Fit a bony quine' they're not saying you need to eat, they're saying you're pretty.

    One of my fave sayings is:
    hud 'at - hold that. Always best said just before your throw a punch (at karate/boxing practice obviously).





  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,834 Member
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    kevinf2380 wrote: »
    I'm more frustrated than a three legged dog trying to bury a terd on a frozen lake.

    I feel like a one legged guy in an *kitten* kicking contest
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
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    Here in the Midwest....it's pop!
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,440 Member
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    pudgy1977 wrote: »
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    Here in the Midwest....it's pop!

    Its cordial ..or fizzy ..
  • subakwa
    subakwa Posts: 347 Member
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    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
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    Here in the Midwest....it's pop!

    Its cordial ..or fizzy ..

    Fizzy pop. Sorted. Thank you all UK grandparents.
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,440 Member
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    subakwa wrote: »
    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
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    Here in the Midwest....it's pop!

    Its cordial ..or fizzy ..

    Fizzy pop. Sorted. Thank you all UK grandparents.

    We never say soda or pop ...in Australia
  • subakwa
    subakwa Posts: 347 Member
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    It's a bit "old-fashioned" to use fizzy / pop / fizzy pop in the UK, but all are definitely terms for carbonated drinks.

    Now some places in Scotland all soft drinks come under the name of "juice" and that's confusing!
  • ejbronte
    ejbronte Posts: 867 Member
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    Long ago and far away, I used to read British childrens' mysteries from about the 1950s I guess, and one of the expressions I enjoyed was "Wizard!", which meant "Wonderful!"

    Having a Spanish father makes me appreciate and enjoy the occasional mangling of an expression. A family favorite was how he changed "as far as I'm concerned" to "for what to me concerns".

    When referring to a name he didn't recognize, but understood should be recognized, he'd say: "Very well known at lunch hour."
  • Carbybarbie
    Carbybarbie Posts: 102 Member
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    Put wood inth ole ( close the door ) was thi born int barn ? (You've left the door open)
    Me belly thinks me throats cut ( im hungry )
    It needs a right fecklin (it needs fixing , its broken )
    Up wooden hill to Bedfordshire ( up stairs to bed)
    Fair to middlin ( im doing OK )
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
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    Louise1491 wrote: »
    Facts.

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    I assume this one was meant to be a joke. I know enough of American and British to see that most of the stuff in the British column isn't true. Actually, I think only the first two are correct, the third one I'm not so sure.
  • TonyB0588
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    pudgy1977 wrote: »
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    Here in the Midwest....it's pop!

    I recognize them but both pop and soda were foreign to me. They were just fizzy drinks when I was growing up.
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
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    subakwa wrote: »
    It's a bit "old-fashioned" to use fizzy / pop / fizzy pop in the UK, but all are definitely terms for carbonated drinks.

    Now some places in Scotland all soft drinks come under the name of "juice" and that's confusing!

    That's the way I grew up too, but my wife insists "juice" is only when it is squeezed directly from the fruit.
  • Geeky_and_Cheeky
    Geeky_and_Cheeky Posts: 493 Member
    edited August 2016
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    I'm from Oklahoma (live in Tulsa area) & say y'all all the time! And Worsh instead of Wash. I say pop instead of soda.
    I don't hear an accent but when I visited DC, everyone had a bit clearer accent than me!
  • KiwiLifter
    KiwiLifter Posts: 115 Member
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    Kiwi slang:

    "Yeah, nah bro" - I canm see what you're saying, but the answer is no.
    "She'll be right, mate" - It'll be okay (also in Australia)
    "Up tos?" - What are you doing right now?
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Any new ones?

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