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Theresa
Lux Mihi Deus
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 Fri May 21, 2004 10:46 am Colloquialisms |
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Post some colloquialisms about your state, country. It'd be interesting to learn more about each others culture.
| Quote: | col�lo�qui�al�ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (k-lkw--lzm)
n.
Colloquial style or quality.
A colloquial expression.
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(in case some of you didn't know the word)
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Thomas
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| Fri May 21, 2004 10:49 am |
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Well, anyone who's not from Wales we call "from away".
 
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Theresa
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| Fri May 21, 2004 10:56 am |
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*kick!* So not nice, Tommy,
| Quote: | This layer outlines the major Upper North dialect region, whose terms tend to be relatively recent coinages. This lexicon has very few loan-words with some derogatory regionalisms for certain immigrant groups. For example, a "sheeny" is a Jewish person and a "mick" is an Irishman.
Slang and colloquial terms make up a large percentage of this lexicon. To be "strapped" is to be without money or broke. The slang expression for mouth is "yap" and for nose is "schnozz". Some of the colloquial phrases in this lexicon are "all the tea in China," which is used in sentences such as "I wouldn?t do that for all the tea in China" and "at swords? points", meaning at odds with someone. If one wants to express how mean someone is they would say "That person is meaner than dirt."
Most of the slang relates to types of people, as in "squealer," derived from the criminal argot term for an informant. Also, a weak person is called a "milquetoast" and a drunk is a "souse".
This lexicon is rich in folk terms for plants and animals. For example, an earthworm is called an "angleworm", a tadpole is a "pollywog" and a "bloodsucker" is a leech.
Calls to animals have been recognized as one of the best defined sets of regionalisms. People in the Upper North and West call cows by saying "so-boss."
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Sadly, most of this I say. Except for the cow thing, and the "mick" and "sheeny".
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Captain Dappet
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| Fri May 21, 2004 11:45 am |
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| Quote: | | Some of the colloquial phrases in this lexicon are "all the tea in China," which is used in sentences such as "I wouldn?t do that for all the tea in China". |
We have something similar here in Sweden.
"I wouldn't do that for all the butter in *Sm�land" 
*A "province" in Southern Sweden.
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Sam Kenobi
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| Fri May 21, 2004 12:29 pm |
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Lets see... out here in tthe west...
we call lollipops "suckers" (I noticed some east coast kids call them "lollys"? crazy east coast kids)
instead of "a lot" or "really" we might say "hella" ("You've got a hella suckers" or "wow, it's hella hot out here")
There's the all popular "fo shizzle" instead of "for sure"
I'm all into "wicked" instead of "cool" ("that drumlick is hella wicked") (a drumlick is piece of music played by a drum)
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harrykims#1fan
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Location: Leicester UK
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| Fri May 21, 2004 12:37 pm |
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Blingin' (Originally a leicester word ) Meaning heavy jewelry or expensive things
(i really, Really dislike this word)
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Theresa
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| Fri May 21, 2004 1:10 pm |
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We says "suckers", or "lollipops". First time I ever heard "lolly" was from Danni, (Seven of Nine)
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Josi Rockholt
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| Fri May 21, 2004 2:59 pm |
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we use "suckers" here too. Not sure of any others.
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Kate Janeway
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| Fri May 21, 2004 10:06 pm |
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Well, any kind of soda is called a coke, and the word "pop" is not anything with carbonation.
"Y'all" and "you guys" are used a lot, no matter if it's a group of girls or no.
A lot of kids have been using "tight," meaning cool.
We also call lollipops "suckers"; what else would you call them?
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I'll post when I think of some more.
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Seven of Nine
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Pop for fizzy drinks, lollies (lolly) are lollipops, ice lollies are erm, popsickles (I think). A Bevvy is an alcoholic drink (normally beer), and being bevvied is being drunk. A Scouser is someone from Liverpool, pigs and bizzies are police, as are bobbies. Adam's Ale is water (also known as council pop). You go to the chippy to buy fish and chips, and the offy to buy alcohol.
When I think of some more I'll post them, but I use most of these, just notvery often online (because no-one can understand them ).
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Starbuck
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Joined: 19 Feb 2003
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Location: between chaos and melody
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| Sat May 22, 2004 11:04 am |
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Just listen to any teenager talk
Dawg
Homeboy
Thug
B*tch
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harrykims#1fan
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| Sat May 22, 2004 1:05 pm |
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| Seven of Nine wrote: | | You go to the chippy to buy fish and chips, and the offy to buy alcohol |
thats also true of leicester...we have so many chippy's and offy's 
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| Sat May 22, 2004 7:39 pm |
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From the Black Country we are kinda known for sayin "*beep* and Peas (pronounced payes)" and I think many people in England call the sea bit between the Uk and Usa "the big pond"
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Seven of Nine
Sammie's Mammy
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| Sun May 23, 2004 9:04 am |
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There's a lot of general ones for England... that was a mixture of Scouse, Geordie and English ones
Aye means yes, howay means come on (as in howay man, to pull yourself together, or howay the lads, normally used for supporting Newcastle United football team ). Canny is good, or similar (she's canny).
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Theresa
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| Sun May 23, 2004 12:27 pm |
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My family, my fathers side, says "aye" for yes a lot. Not exactly sure where that came from, maybe the Scots? The Scot part of our lineage is very prominent at times.
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Seven of Nine
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| Sun May 23, 2004 2:18 pm |
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Yup, that's Scottish, but since Geordieland is very close to Scotland they've got a lot of Scottish phrases in their "language" 
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