A list of 20 words by uselessness.
- jolly well has 2 comments
- bloody appears on 40 other lists and has 3 comments
- chap appears on 24 other lists
- i say appears on 2 other lists
- blimey appears on 33 other lists and has 18 comments
- bollocks appears on 58 other lists and has 2 comments
- governor appears on 10 other lists
- love appears on 291 other lists and has 38 comments
- cheerio appears on 14 other lists and has 7 comments
- good day appears on 1 other list
- righto appears on 2 other lists
- spot of tea
- good lad
- wot appears on 10 other lists and has 5 comments
- arse appears on 31 other lists and has 7 comments
- good show appears on 3 other lists
- smashing appears on 17 other lists
- jolly good appears on 4 other lists
- sod off appears on 5 other lists
- wanker appears on 52 other lists and has 11 comments
sionnach Brilliant! Everything is just tickety-boo, oojah-cum-spiff here at Greyfriars. Though Bulstrode is a bounder and a cad, Bob Cherry will give him a sound thrashing.
Hurree Jamset Ram Singh (Inky).
Meanwhile, that blighter House continues to impersonate Bertie Wooster on Sunday evenings on many public television stations.
Tootle-pip! Jan 21, 2008
yarb You've got two kinds of stereotypical Britishisms here: ones which are actually in common use, like wanker, bollocks, cheerio and good lad, and ones confined mostly to fiction, like jolly good, i say, spot of tea and good show. These were all current in decades past, but having been fossilised in the foreign conception of Britain have now (perhaps consequently?) become unpopular.
I think there are a few similar lists around for you to mine. I think arby has one? Jan 21, 2008
misterpolly Spiffing idea, actually, palooka. Well done that man/girl Jan 21, 2008
uselessness Yes, it is friendly, isn't it? I know they say mate in the UK, but to me that's much more stereotypical of Aussies than Brits. Come to think of it, I'm curious about the difference between sod off and jog off. Are they basically the same? I'll add jolly good, which is not the same thing as jolly well but belongs on the list nonetheless. :-) Jan 21, 2008
arcadia What's a list of Britishisms without mate, and the insulting: Sod off and wanker? This list is too friendly. ..And isn't it "jolly good" rather than "jolly well"? Maybe both. Jan 19, 2008
palooka Great list uselessness! I will jolly well favorite the whole bloody thing. Sep 28, 2007