International Differences - Page 2

**OtisOne** · June 3rd, 2012, 06:54 PM

Brits say, 'Not by a long chalk'.

English-speaking North Americans say, 'Not by a long shot'.

Strines say .......Buckley's??????????

I'll leave it for others to explain (if they can).

**TCO95** · June 3rd, 2012, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norbert84

I took a look at the slang link you posted and learned that AC/DC is a slang for bisexual.

I guess Sweet's AC/DC wasn't a big hit for you Norbert84?

She got girls
Girls all over the world
She got men
Every now and then
But she can't make up her mind
On just how to fill her time
But the only way she can wind

AC/DC
She's got some other lover as well as me
AC/DC
She's got some other women as well as me
She's got some other women as well as me
...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d0lrp3Nsi0

**blondifan** · June 4th, 2012, 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OtisOne

... Strines say .......Buckley's??????????

I'll leave it for others to explain (if they can).

Quote:

The origin of the Australian slang term "Buckley's chance" (meaning "little or no possibility" or "no chance at all") has been explained as rhyming slang, viz, "Buckley and Nunn" (meaning "None"); and as a punning reference ("You've two chances: Buckley's and none")

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley_%26_Nunn

Australians in states other than Victoria generally believe the idiom derives from the adventures of escaped colonial convict, William Buckley.
Where i live it often applies to 'choices', such is the nature of this place

**Mal Hombre** · June 4th, 2012, 07:42 AM

Americans refer to "Murphy's Law"-If something can go wrong,It will-,In Britain We call that "Sod's Law",Although "Murphy's Law" is used in polite company...

**Brecht** · June 4th, 2012, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TCO95

I guess Sweet's AC/DC wasn't a big hit for you Norbert84?

She got girls
Girls all over the world
She got men
Every now and then
But she can't make up her mind
On just how to fill her time
But the only way she can wind

AC/DC
She's got some other lover as well as me
AC/DC
She's got some other women as well as me
She's got some other women as well as me
...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d0lrp3Nsi0

I'm afraid you're right.

**Joszka** · June 4th, 2012, 06:22 PM

My family is half Polish/German (my father was), half Italian/Sicilian (my mother was) and half French (I try to be, not easy, damn f*** country) and I have a surrealistic memory when I still was really kid (just living in France after years in Algeria.. I know, it's complicated, sry) of a German aunt suddenly visiting us in our recent house in France and knocking at the door.

My Mom, before to open the door, answered in French with her Italian accent : "Qui c'est ?" (aka "who is it ?) and my German aunt understood "Küsse" (aka "kisses" : it sounds almost same in French & German) and was asking (in German) who the hell she had to kiss before anybody opens that damn bloody door. And where the damn bloody hell she had to kiss that moron. My Polish/German aunt wasn't an easy lady

It was really funny and an eternity of European languages trying to connect each others. We did it.
And I had later lot of fun with my Polish/German uncle teaching me "Beer + Schnaps"..

My Mom (RIP) finally opened the bloody door and we kissed my Polish/German aunt (RIP). Thanks God !
I'm fully and for ever European, only, deeply and joyfully.
And I love our differences : they're precious.

**Sir Honkers** · June 5th, 2012, 11:20 AM

We used to have a rich tradition of our own slang...but you never hear kids say, 'bonza' or 'sheila' or 'stone the flamin' crows' any more. It's all American now.

**MemoryHunter** · June 20th, 2012, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loosegoose

We used to have a rich tradition of our own slang...but you never hear kids say, 'bonza' or 'sheila' or 'stone the flamin' crows' any more. It's all American now.

What, not even 'Dags'? Is all my my hard earned knowledge from 'Neighbours, and Home and Away' now worthless?

Surely you must still go to the 'Dunny'? Is beer no longer served in "Demi's" and "Schooners"?

No offense intended, down/up here (depending on your perspective) we used to say; 'May I have...' Thanks to the US, it's now; 'Can I get...'

It must be all that self service

**billybunter** · June 20th, 2012, 09:58 AM

Belfast has its own kind of dialect. If I was to type it out very few would understand it. It is based on hiberno-english like all English spoken in Ireland. Exception is the far north east which has a lot of Scottish mixed in with it. A lot of people think Ian Paisley speaks Belfast, wrong, he's a country boy from Ballymena. Gerry Adams speaks Belfast.

**sydney1** · June 20th, 2012, 02:55 PM

The original English accent is the Northern one i.e. old Anglo-Saxon which the majority of Limey's spoke at the time just before the Norman conquest.

Queen's English has only been spoken for about 200 years. Bill Shakespeare probably would have had a Midland's accent..(Think Ozzy Osborne)

Mick Jagger's accent is one of the weirdest accent's ever.

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Joszka Farmer Stiff Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 17,842 Thanks: 234,175 Thanked 555,589 Times in 17,892 Posts	My family is half Polish/German (my father was), half Italian/Sicilian (my mother was) and half French (I try to be, not easy, damn f*** country) and I have a surrealistic memory when I still was really kid (just living in France after years in Algeria.. I know, it's complicated, sry) of a German aunt suddenly visiting us in our recent house in France and knocking at the door. My Mom, before to open the door, answered in French with her Italian accent : "Qui c'est ?" (aka "who is it ?) and my German aunt understood "Küsse" (aka "kisses" : it sounds almost same in French & German) and was asking (in German) who the hell she had to kiss before anybody opens that damn bloody door. And where the damn bloody hell she had to kiss that moron. My Polish/German aunt wasn't an easy lady It was really funny and an eternity of European languages trying to connect each others. We did it. And I had later lot of fun with my Polish/German uncle teaching me "Beer + Schnaps".. My Mom (RIP) finally opened the bloody door and we kissed my Polish/German aunt (RIP). Thanks God ! I'm fully and for ever European, only, deeply and joyfully. And I love our differences : they're precious.

June 5th, 2012, 11:20 AM	#17
Sir Honkers Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Land Of Glorious Leader Posts: 30,436 Thanks: 287,480 Thanked 387,224 Times in 30,392 Posts	We used to have a rich tradition of our own slang...but you never hear kids say, 'bonza' or 'sheila' or 'stone the flamin' crows' any more. It's all American now.

June 20th, 2012, 02:55 PM	#20
sydney1 Vintage Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,378 Thanks: 10,562 Thanked 27,979 Times in 1,357 Posts	The original English accent is the Northern one i.e. old Anglo-Saxon which the majority of Limey's spoke at the time just before the Norman conquest. Queen's English has only been spoken for about 200 years. Bill Shakespeare probably would have had a Midland's accent..(Think Ozzy Osborne) Mick Jagger's accent is one of the weirdest accent's ever.