Across the Pond

palooka commented on the list across-the-pond-2

Great list uselessness! I will jolly well favorite the whole bloody thing.

September 28, 2007

arcadia commented on the list across-the-pond-2

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.

January 19, 2008

uselessness commented on the list across-the-pond-2

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. :-)

January 21, 2008

misterpolly commented on the list across-the-pond-2

Spiffing idea, actually, palooka. Well done that man/girl

January 22, 2008

yarb commented on the list across-the-pond-2

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?

January 22, 2008

sionnach commented on the list across-the-pond-2

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!

January 22, 2008