England has the oddest words ever. Especially the young people in London.

Minger: Ugly
Baffed: Confused
Bere: as in, lots, to be used like this ‘There are bere mingers round that area’
Ends: Area
Peng: Good, as in ‘That film was bere peng’
Creps: Trainers
Cushty: Good, fine
Allow it: Forget it (You mean that film's not on, aw, allow it, man.'
Blud/Bruv: Friend
'Ave it!: Go for it
Blates: Obvious, blatant
Innit: Isn't it. To be used after every sentence. ‘We gonna go down them ends innit.’
Rah-tid: What the hell
Mandem, Boydem, Galdem: Man, girl, boy
Youngaz: Younger people
Oldaz: Older people
Wass gwannin: What's going on, what's up

Don't even get me started on Cockney Rhyming slang. D:

Croi Dhubh
12. Blinker
-Your turn signal

that's what we say in Australia. It makes sense in my opinion, your “turn signal” blinks doesn't it?

Emily Elizabeth
England has the oddest words ever. Especially the young people in London.

lol! I've heard that stuff called “Ja-fakin” :)

Emily Elizabeth
Don't even get me started on Cockney Rhyming slang. D:

What shits me is when fellow Aussies claim that rhyming slang is “typically Australian”. No it bloody isn't, it's all taken from the poms and probably not even that long ago either! (they'd like to crap on about convict times…) It probably all came over with the later waves of immigration in the 50's and 60's.

ParkerFarker

Croi Dhubh
12. Blinker
-Your turn signal

that's what we say in Australia. It makes sense in my opinion, your “turn signal” blinks doesn't it?

Some people call it that… I call it an indicator.

It's hard to know what words in your language are weird without having somebody from another country to bounce them off of. But apparently it's a bit strange that Americans call petroleum “gas”.

In other places it's “fuel” or “petrol”, but we call it “gas” (short for gasoline).

Emily Elizabeth
England has the oddest words ever. Especially the young people in London.

Minger: Ugly
Baffed: Confused
Bere: as in, lots, to be used like this ‘There are bere mingers round that area’
Ends: Area
Peng: Good, as in ‘That film was bere peng’
Creps: Trainers
Cushty: Good, fine
Allow it: Forget it (You mean that film's not on, aw, allow it, man.'
Blud/Bruv: Friend
'Ave it!: Go for it
Blates: Obvious, blatant
Innit: Isn't it. To be used after every sentence. ‘We gonna go down them ends innit.’
Rah-tid: What the hell
Mandem, Boydem, Galdem: Man, girl, boy
Youngaz: Younger people
Oldaz: Older people
Wass gwannin: What's going on, what's up

Don't even get me started on Cockney Rhyming slang. D:

When I first read those words, I was thinking ‘My goodness, what a ridiculous lexicon,’ but then I realised that I use most of those in my everyday language.

some people call Subway sandwiches subs or hoagies or heroes, but I just call them sandwiches.

I'm from New England, where we speak the purest, most pristine form of English.
our slang:

Yacht: our boat
Mansion: the summer cottage
Chauffeur: Ralph
J. Crew: standard uniform


oh here is a legit one:
Housie: Housatonic river? (pronounced whoo-zie, not house-ey, a mistake I made as well)

we call blinkers blinkers too; turn signal's too vague! (it can be a hand motion…)

Oh and some people around here pronounce horror funny– instead of saying like “WHORE-er” they say “hah-ruh”. “hah-ruh-bull” instead of “WHOREible.” My mom pronounces hero “heh-ro” instead of “hee-ro.”

Another thing, we swallow our t's sometimes– Latin, for instance, is “La-in” and Shelton, my lovely hometown, is “Shell-in.” (And Huntington is pronounced “honey-ng-tun” although I used to pronounce it like any rational person would (hunting-tun).

AQua_ng
When I first read those words, I was thinking ‘My goodness, what a ridiculous lexicon,’ but then I realised that I use most of those in my everyday language.

I know. I hate to admit it, but I actually tend to speak like a Cockney chimney sweep. D: I don't even realize I'm doing it.

I have a posh Joanna Lumley voice for when I'm on the phone though XD

Emily Elizabeth
I know. I hate to admit it, but I actually tend to speak like a Cockney chimney sweep. D: I don't even realize I'm doing it.

I have a posh Joanna Lumley voice for when I'm on the phone though XD

Cor Blimey, what an absolutely marvellous linguistic collaboration me old china!

I'm always getting called out for saying things like ‘pants’ and ‘gas’… everyone knows what I mean, they just like to make fun of me for it.

Just heard another one:
“Let me take a look-see.”

Emily Elizabeth
I have a posh Joanna Lumley voice for when I'm on the phone though XD

PATSY FROM AB FAB?!?!?!

skoolmunkee
I'm always getting called out for saying things like ‘pants’ and ‘gas’

Pants and Gas go together amusingly :)

ozoneocean

skoolmunkee
I'm always getting called out for saying things like ‘pants’ and ‘gas’

Pants and Gas go together amusingly :)

I think you can only put them together if you add refried beans…

ozoneocean
Some people call it that… I call it an indicator.

really? That sounds so American. You don't call round-a-bouts rotaries do you???

Kristen Gudsnuk
Another thing, we swallow our t's sometimes– Latin, for instance, is “La-in” and Shelton, my lovely hometown, is “Shell-in.” (And Huntington is pronounced “honey-ng-tun” although I used to pronounce it like any rational person would (hunting-tun).

I sometimes swallow my Ts, although sometimes I pronounce them as Ds. Like “Mittens” I would say “Middens”.

ParkerFarker
really? That sounds so American. You don't call round-a-bouts rotaries do you???

Of course not!
Eh, I don't think it's American :)
You know, shops like supermarkets, corner shops, bookshops etc are now called “stores” by people here…

People are losing their local vocabulary :(

ParkerFarker
I sometimes swallow my Ts, although sometimes I pronounce them as Ds. Like “Mittens” I would say “Middens”.

that's very american. i know few people who pronounce the T as Tea, when it's in the middle of a word. most (including me) use d.

Puff
-'Win' rhymes with ‘when’

it doesnt?

Kristen Gudsnuk

Emily Elizabeth
I have a posh Joanna Lumley voice for when I'm on the phone though XD

PATSY FROM AB FAB?!?!?!

YEAHHH! Ab Fab is amazing! :D

seventy2
Id doesn'd?

Fixed.

My T's always sound like a T should. -_-

ozoneocean

seventy2
Id doesn'd?

Fixed.

My T's always sound like a T should. -_-

not quite. it, and doesn't (and quite) still have the T sound. however, Seventy2 would be pronounced seven-dee-two. or that's not my dad, that's my step-fadder.
——-

another one i just thought of was adding a stressed “a” sound to words. such as “to” would be i'm going tuh do that. or i'm gonnuh get around to it

Oh I just thought of another great Kiwi one that makes NO sense at all…

When we like something, or something is really cool we say that it's “CHOICE”… or even that it's “CHOOOICE!”

Fucked if I know why…

Similar to this is CHUR! Can also be used as a statement of agreement.

ParkerFarker
I sometimes swallow my Ts, although sometimes I pronounce them as Ds. Like “Mittens” I would say “Middens”.

for me it's mi--ins. Although sometimes I pronounce my t's (when I talk slowly).

Oddly, my d's come out like rolled r's. like when I (or others from 'round here) say “potato,” the second t is like a rolled r.

ozoneocean
You know, shops like supermarkets, corner shops, bookshops etc are now called “stores” by people here…

People are losing their local vocabulary :(

man, I'm still only a yoooouuuttthhh and I know better than that.

Kristen Gudsnuk

ParkerFarker
Oddly, my d's come out like rolled r's. like when I (or others from 'round here) say “potato,” the second t is like a rolled r.

I am struggling to comprehend this one. As in I don't get it. :gem:

seventy2
not quite. it, and doesn't (and quite) still have the T sound. however, Seventy2 would be pronounced seven-dee-two. or that's not my dad, that's my step-fadder.
——-

another one i just thought of was adding a stressed “a” sound to words. such as “to” would be i'm going tuh do that. or i'm gonnuh get around to it

Could that be more of an accent thing than just weather or not your pronounce words correctly though? In that case ALL your pronunciations are “correct”, just in your own accent. :)

I'm sure a lot of the words I say must seem strange in the way I say them to a lot of you guys.

Ryan_Scott would eat fush and chups for example, while I eat fish and chips.
…that's fish and “French fries” to you guys I suppose…? lol!

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On accents and ways of saying things-
-I love how “j” is “h” to Spanish speakers.
-I love how “j” is “y” to some Slavic speakers.
-I love of “w” and “v” are reveresed for Slavic speakers. “Wladimir is a Wampire! Vagner said so.” :) They also get “she” and “he” mixed up when speaking English.
-I love that some south Asian peoples seem to reverse the “l” and “r” sounds.
-I love the way some snotty posh English people turn all their “R” sounds into “w”.

ozoneocean
Ryan_Scott would eat fush and chups for example, while I eat fish and chips.
…that's fish and “French fries” to you guys I suppose…? lol!

Fish and chips are part of the colonial link, right? So if in Australia they're feesh and cheeps and we're fush and chups over the ditch… what do we order in mother England's pubs?

Foosh and choops? :|

oh, and in Australia (probably not only in Australia) we say "I couldN'T care less“. and In my 3 years of living in NY I only heard a ”I could care less“ which makes no sense. The statement means ”I don't care". So if you could care less, then you do care a little bit. If you couldn't care less, then you have absolutley no care for whatever it is

ParkerFarker

Croi Dhubh
12. Blinker
-Your turn signal

that's what we say in Australia. It makes sense in my opinion, your “turn signal” blinks doesn't it?

I agree. I say “indicator” and people would get confused :mad:

Oh, and another one:

Clicker - Your TV remote or garage door opener…neither clicks…

ParkerFarker
“I could care less”

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that phrasing was American Jewish in origin. It sounds like something Woody Allen would say…

Redemption
So if in Australia they're feesh and cheeps

NooooOooooOOOOooooo D:

…

It's true… we do sound like that.
*uck >_<

ozoneocean

ParkerFarker
“I could care less”

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that phrasing was American Jewish in origin. It sounds like something Woody Allen would say…

Redemption
So if in Australia they're feesh and cheeps

NooooOooooOOOOooooo D:

…

It's true… we do sound like that.
*uck >_<

i always thought it would be more like fesh and cheps.

ozoneocean

ParkerFarker
“I could care less”

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that phrasing was American Jewish in origin. It sounds like something Woody Allen would say…

well I wouldn't be surprised. When I lived in America, the school I went to was about 70% Jewish.

seventy2
i always thought it would be more like fesh and cheps.

Eh, could be… I dunno, I'd have to get a Kiwi and ask him how I sound.

ParkerFarker
well I wouldn't be surprised. When I lived in America, the school I went to was about 70% Jewish.

It's brought a wonderful diversity to the English language throughout the world. There's a certain ridiculous, put-upon humour in the phrasings that come from that part of America.