Zeta Vandyke Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 18 minutes ago, Beth Macbain said: On a trip to England several years ago, a friend taught me the proper use of the great big C word as a devastating insult. I save it for special cases. 😉 There really is an art to is. Actually that big C word that is indeed a devastating insult to one region, is something you can say to people in the another region as a lighthearted remark, something like "bastard". I think in the north of England and Scotland is not that bad, but in the south its a massive insult. Oh, and when said to a women its much more of an insult compared to when said to a man. Very confusing rule set for a swear word! So yeah, proper English swearing seems to be an art form 😛 One thing that surprised me the first time was how it seems that a proper English sentence does not seem to be compete with at least one variation of the F word woven into it. Not sure if that is regional too, is a bit north of London. And that words meaning is also completely decided on the context, being something positive, negative, or just sex. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Evanier Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 In Liverpool nobody can understand our accent anyway most of the time. So we can get away with lots of swearwords. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 11 minutes ago, Cindy Evanier said: In Liverpool nobody can understand our accent anyway most of the time. So we can get away with lots of swearwords. Can you give us some examples? I'd like to see how much of what you say I can make out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Evanier Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: Can you give us some examples? I'd like to see how much of what you say I can make out. Not sure if I will get hand slapped if I link to swearwords but heres a general list of things we say https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-sayings-top-26-things-6463028 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, Cindy Evanier said: Not sure if I will get hand slapped if I link to swearwords but heres a general list of things we say https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-sayings-top-26-things-6463028 Wow. I think I recognized maybe a half dozen of these -- "skint," "offie," "bird" (of course), and a few other more-or-less common ones. How do you communicate with the rest of the country? Are there translation apps? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: 38 minutes ago, Cindy Evanier said: Not sure if I will get hand slapped if I link to swearwords but heres a general list of things we say https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-sayings-top-26-things-6463028 Wow. I think I recognized maybe a half dozen of these -- "skint," "offie," "bird" (of course), and a few other more-or-less common ones. How do you communicate with the rest of the country? Are there translation apps? I recognized about as many as you, but was stuck by this one... Usage: 'Devoed, girl, I left me coat at home and it was proper baltic. Must've been abar minus 40.' Curiously, they chose -40 as the example temperature, which is the same whether in °F or °C, leaving us to wonder which system the Scouse use. Or is it always -40, so there's no need for translation? Cindy? Edited July 9, 2019 by Madelaine McMasters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Evanier Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Madelaine McMasters said: Curiously, they chose -40 as the example temperature, which is the same whether in °F or °C, leaving us to wonder which system the Scouse use. Centigrade. I don't believe it has ever been that cold here. I believe the coldest ever where I live was recorded as -17.6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Just now, Cindy Evanier said: Centigrade. I don't believe it has ever been that cold here. I believe the coldest ever where I live was recorded as -17.6C Is Centigrade Scouse for Celsius? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Evanier Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Madelaine McMasters said: Is Centigrade Scouse for Celsius? Centigrade is an old fashioned name for Celsius I guess. I am old 😭 https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/centigrade-or-celsius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Just now, Cindy Evanier said: Centigrade is an old fashioned name for Celsius I guess. I am old 😭 https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/centigrade-or-celsius Do you say “rheostat” or “thermostat”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: Scouse ‘Scuse me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvia Tamalyn Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Just now, Love Zhaoying said: Do you say “rheostat” or “thermostat”? She says "F-word thermostat". 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Just now, Cindy Evanier said: Centigrade is an old fashioned name for Celsius I guess. I am old 😭 https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/centigrade-or-celsius Mostly I hear "Celsius" here in Canada, but one used to hear Centigrade more frequently maybe 20 years ago or so? So maybe you're right: the one has gradually replaced the other. (Probably because "Celsius" is a slightly more precise version of the same scale?) It has rarely got as cold as -40C where I live, but in other parts of The Great White North . . . Which is one reason why I don't live in other parts of The Great White North. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Evanier Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: Do you say “rheostat” or “thermostat”? I say turn the feckin dial up its baltic in here 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 I present to you, the “Irish feckin song”. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Evanier Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 9 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: I present to you, the “Irish feckin song”. Makes sense that both Liverpool and Irish people use the same feckin word due to the huge Irish population that live here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwar Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 "What do we say to a cup?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Cindy Evanier said: Not sure if I will get hand slapped if I link to swearwords but heres a general list of things we say https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-sayings-top-26-things-6463028 Once upon a time, many , many years ago, a friend of mine taught me to say something with what was supposed to be a "Liverpool accent" or was it Cockney... anyway. I'll have to bleep some of it but it goes something like this: "Ye bleedin ****sucker! Ye put an 'ole in me pocket! Ye put an 'ole in me pocket, I'll put an 'ole in ye 'ead! And yer wife's a bloody bird!" I'm must have either gotten very good at it or really sucked at it because it used to make people laugh. I don't do it any more because people are too damn sensitive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeta Vandyke Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said: I don't do it any more because people are too damn sensitive. That should be a reason to do it even more I'm so fed up with sensitive souls and political correctness, I sometimes just go over the edge of what would be acceptable just for the sake of it. Not nice, probably not wise either, but hey, at least I'm having fun when doing it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsSeren Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Oh bloody 'ell, what world ruddy coming with a pigging child avi swearing? Makes me think of my RL colouring book which is sweary and some of those I never even heard of and i'm so like what the freaking 'ell does that mean??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 8 minutes ago, Zeta Vandyke said: That should be a reason to do it even more I'm so fed up with sensitive souls and political correctness, I sometimes just go over the edge of what would be acceptable just for the sake of it. Not nice, probably not wise either, but hey, at least I'm having fun when doing it. Oh believe me, for a long time I did but I'm gettin old now and don't have the muscles to back it up with anymore. Well... we now know that we do have at least one thing in common. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsSeren Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) Okay; so anyone tell me what piss flaps or beaver dam or baggy vag are??? As they from the aforementioned book, lol. Wow, they went through! Edited July 9, 2019 by MrsSeren amazing my question on words went through filter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 minute ago, MrsSeren said: Okay; so anyone tell me what piss flaps or beaver dam or baggy vag are??? As they from the aforementioned book, lol. Wow, they went through! If you don’t have those parts, you are male. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Selene Gregoire said: Ye put an 'ole in me pocket! What does this part mean, that someone cost you money? Or does it refer to the game of snooker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Love Zhaoying said: What does this part mean, that someone cost you money? Or does it refer to the game of snooker? Don't ask me. I'm not a Brit. lol I believe it means the same as our "burning a hole in your pocket" but don't get me to lying. Ask the Brits. lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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