For the brits - Page 2

DanaC · 02-13-2009, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

You guys got, like, a whole other language.

That's right. It's called English.

bluecuracao · 02-14-2009, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

That's right. It's called English.

But...but...in America, we're supposed to speak English!

Shawnee123 · 02-13-2009, 12:37 PM

Oh no you di'int! lol

DanaC · 02-13-2009, 03:24 PM

Oh, I surely did.

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-13-2009, 07:53 PM

We get it in the paper. Bucky is wholly unlovable, but I always had a soft spot for Satchel.

monster · 02-14-2009, 09:33 AM

yeah, what happened to that?

Shawnee123 · 02-14-2009, 10:44 AM

They's was some dilly dang ding dong dudes who done stoled our talkin' good. Done stoled it from right under our noses.

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-15-2009, 09:20 PM

(Sound of Ed Flanders' moustache being ripped out by the roots and stolen -- sounds kinda like velcro)

dar512 · 02-17-2009, 03:42 PM

I admit that Get Fuzzy is hit and miss. But I always skim it, at least, because there are gems to be found.

The best ones are the combinations of Bucky's weird world view and his malapropisms. I thought this one was good.

And M^3 returns from time to time. I always enjoy those as well.

HungLikeJesus · 02-17-2009, 04:16 PM

Get Fuzzy is one of my wife's favorite cartoons.

She has this one on her wall. Now we say "You can wordify that."

dar512 · 04-11-2009, 07:50 PM

Today's Get Fuzzy has m^3 again. Here's his bit:

"Defo.
Knappers are flappy.
Chuck 'em in the wheelie bin."

Thanks to a previous bit on the cellar, we all know what a wheelie bin is.

Defo is definitely?

Knappers are flappy - These guys are nuts? What's a knapper exactly?

DanaC · 04-11-2009, 08:00 PM

Never heard of knappers...Sundae is it a southern thing? What part of britain are they supposed to be?

Defo is definately yes.

Pete Zicato · 04-06-2010, 12:43 PM

New British phrase in my reading - this one from Naomi Novik's Black Powder War. "..., but puzzling out the means left them at sixes and sevens a while."

Had to look that one up.

Sundae · 04-06-2010, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Never heard of knappers...Sundae is it a southern thing? What part of britain are they supposed to be?

Almost a whole year later I can confirm that I've never heard of knappers either.
Not in the South, or London (as a specific region) or the East Midlands. And not even from my previously extensive Irish network.

Knackers, yes.
Nappers, possibly, but only in the form of to take a nap which I know crosses the pond.

Re sixes and sevens; there's a line in (Evita) Don't Cry For Me Argentina:
"All you can see is the girl you once knew/ although she's dressed up to the nines/ at sixes and sevens with you"

Carruthers · 04-06-2010, 04:47 PM

Knapping is the ancient art of making tools from flint and a flint knapper practises the art. Not really applicable here though, is it?

I'll shut the door on my way out..........

02-13-2009, 12:37 PM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oh no you di'int! lol __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-13-2009, 07:53 PM	#5
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	We get it in the paper. Bucky is wholly unlovable, but I always had a soft spot for Satchel. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

02-14-2009, 09:33 AM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yeah, what happened to that? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-14-2009, 10:44 AM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	They's was some dilly dang ding dong dudes who done stoled our talkin' good. Done stoled it from right under our noses. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-15-2009, 09:20 PM	#8
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	(Sound of Ed Flanders' moustache being ripped out by the roots and stolen -- sounds kinda like velcro) __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

02-13-2009, 03:24 PM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Oh, I surely did.

02-17-2009, 03:42 PM	#9
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I admit that Get Fuzzy is hit and miss. But I always skim it, at least, because there are gems to be found. The best ones are the combinations of Bucky's weird world view and his malapropisms. I thought this one was good. And M^3 returns from time to time. I always enjoy those as well. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

02-17-2009, 04:16 PM	#10
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Get Fuzzy is one of my wife's favorite cartoons. She has this one on her wall. Now we say "You can wordify that." __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-11-2009, 07:50 PM	#11
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Today's Get Fuzzy has m^3 again. Here's his bit: "Defo. Knappers are flappy. Chuck 'em in the wheelie bin." Thanks to a previous bit on the cellar, we all know what a wheelie bin is. Defo is definitely? Knappers are flappy - These guys are nuts? What's a knapper exactly? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

04-11-2009, 08:00 PM	#12
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Never heard of knappers...Sundae is it a southern thing? What part of britain are they supposed to be? Defo is definately yes.

04-06-2010, 12:43 PM	#13
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	New British phrase in my reading - this one from Naomi Novik's Black Powder War. "..., but puzzling out the means left them at sixes and sevens a while." Had to look that one up. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

04-06-2010, 04:47 PM	#15
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Knapping is the ancient art of making tools from flint and a flint knapper practises the art. Not really applicable here though, is it? I'll shut the door on my way out..........

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