Slang
 

Kind of inspired by the Canadian Accent thread. Every country has a language they speak, and within that language there is inevitably going to be slang. It could be small like not pronouncing the t at the end of a word, or something bigger. What kind of slang words/ phrases circle around you? Do you use them?

There are things like cockney slang;

SLANG

I ball of chalked up the apples after 'avin an ol' steak to go to Uncle Ned when I heard a girls and boys in the next room. I took me this and that and had a butchers. It was just the semolina all jack jones.
NORMAL

I walked up the stairs after having a steak and kidney pie to go to bed when i heard a noise in the next room. I took my cricket bat and had a look. It was just the cleaner all alone.



This is seldom used but occasionally certain phrases are still used such as butchers. And to anybody who can understand that, well done!


Now what we hear more often is chav slang. :rolleyes: They say words like "innit" for no reason. And call each other "blud". There is a lot more. Of course, not all people talk like that but it is insufferable.

I just have to say that I think british slang is the absolute worst.

allow that, nang... I forget the other words I've heard.

Its more than just cockney rhyming slang. As well as having distinctive accents there are many local slang words depending where you come from eg Scouse (Liverpool), Brummie (Birmingham), Geordie (Newcastle), Mackem (Sunderland) can be dialects in their own right sometimes!

I'm a Norfolk lad myself.

Brummie has to be the funniest.

mork -

scooby -

Here are a few Liverpool slang expressions.


Tilly Mint: This is an endearing admonishment used for a female Scouser who has ideas above her station. The male equivalent is 'Dicky Mint'.

Kex: This is the word for men's trousers. Not to be confused with the Geordie word 'Kex' which means men's underpants.

Over the water: This term is used to describe people who don't actually live in Liverpool but 'over the Mersey' on the Wirral, Birkenhead or Ellesmere Port.

Doin' me 'ead in: This charming little expression means that something is annoying.

Jigger: This is the Liverpool noun for an alleyway or passageway, usually located to the side or back of a house.

La: This word means 'mate' or 'friend'

Skint: This word means to have no money.

Ta: The local word for 'thank you'.

Queen: A term of endearment for a female who you love very much and know very well, usually from father to daughter or husband to wife. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the similar expression used on the gay scene.

Made-up: Contrary to what you might think, this term has nothing to do with cosmetics. When a Scouser is 'made-up' they're very pleased about something or other.

See ya later: This does not mean 'I'll see you later today' but 'I'll see you sometime later in our lives', which could be anything from six hours to six years.

So, a Liverpool conversation could go:

Hey Tilly Mint, pass me those new kex. Your sister from over the water is comin' up the path, and she does me 'ead in, so I'll slope off round the back jigger, and join me las down the pub. Lend's a fiver, coz I'm skint. Ta, queen. I'm made-up now. See ya later.

La as in lah (rhymes with ha) or as in la? Because if it's the latter, it seems you're just dropping a d from lad.

Thats the way.

The word lad is said 'lid'

Almost seems like a diminutive for love then.

I think its origin came from lad & lass and was just contracted to la, but over the past hundred years or so has developed its own meaning. Dont quote me on that though!