RMM Message Board > English, But Not As You Know It............

sweetnsexy

Mar 27 2006, 08:22 PM

QUOTE(Bobaloo @ Mar 27 2006, 06:49 PM)

Just when I thought I was getting the hang of this stuff, you have to go and throw that one in the mix. I have no clue. i could probably look up something in the Internet, but Pen said that's against the rules.

I am completely stumped and I submit to you punishment. Or maybe you need to give me special tutoring.

Treacle tart.....sweetheart

As for special tutoring....I would need to carry out an initial assessment of your skills...see what you know!!

Bobaloo

Mar 27 2006, 08:39 PM

QUOTE(sweetnsexy @ Mar 27 2006, 08:22 PM)

Treacle tart.....sweetheart
As for special tutoring....I would need to carry out an initial assessment of your skills...see what you know!!

Well, I can safely say that I know more than enough to keep you wanting to tutor me, but not enough for any type of exit criteria.

Gnappster

Mar 27 2006, 10:53 PM

QUOTE(sweetnsexy @ Mar 27 2006, 04:45 PM)

Good try...you could argue that English cockney slang is also a form or word association!!

Try and guess what this short slang means....

Treacle

as in a greeting...'Alright, treacle?'

I don't even know what treacle means

Bobaloo

Mar 28 2006, 10:06 AM

QUOTE(Gnappster @ Mar 27 2006, 10:53 PM)

I don't even know what treacle means

apparently it means sweetheart

evade20

Mar 28 2006, 02:19 PM

QUOTE(sweetnsexy @ Mar 27 2006, 08:22 PM)

Treacle tart.....sweetheart
As for special tutoring....I would need to carry out an initial assessment of your skills...see what you know!!

Reminds me of something from Alice in Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass...Good ol' Charles Ludwidge Dodgson (sp)...now there is a perv for you.

penelope

Mar 28 2006, 04:34 PM

ooooh, nice one Sweets! Heres one that I reckon should stump them a bit:

If you want the 'bird lime' you should check your 'kettle'

Gnappster

Mar 28 2006, 05:00 PM

QUOTE(penelope @ Mar 28 2006, 02:34 PM)

ooooh, nice one Sweets! Heres one that I reckon should stump them a bit:

If you want the 'bird lime' you should check your 'kettle'

ummmm If you want the time you should check your mettle?

penelope

Mar 28 2006, 05:26 PM

QUOTE(Gnappster @ Mar 28 2006, 05:00 PM)

ummmm If you want the time you should check your mettle?

Half right.

Gnappster

Mar 28 2006, 05:31 PM

QUOTE(penelope @ Mar 28 2006, 03:26 PM)

Half right.

which half?

penelope

Mar 28 2006, 05:37 PM

QUOTE(Gnappster @ Mar 28 2006, 05:31 PM)

which half?

bird lime=time

Gnappster

Mar 28 2006, 05:47 PM

hmmm, well what rhymes with kettle besides mettle and settle?
bettle
cettle
dettle
fettle
gettle
hettle
jettle
lettle
nettle
pettle...petal! or possible pedal?

penelope

Mar 28 2006, 05:54 PM

QUOTE(Gnappster @ Mar 28 2006, 05:47 PM)

hmmm, well what rhymes with kettle besides mettle and settle?
bettle
cettle
dettle
fettle
gettle
hettle
jettle
lettle
nettle
pettle...petal! or possible pedal?

Lol.
Your not getting this are you.

kettle and hob

Gnappster

Mar 28 2006, 06:03 PM

QUOTE(penelope @ Mar 28 2006, 03:54 PM)

Lol.
Your not getting this are you.
kettle and hob

Apparently not.
I don't know if that's the answer or a better explanation of the question?

penelope

Mar 28 2006, 06:08 PM

QUOTE(Gnappster @ Mar 28 2006, 06:03 PM)

Apparently not.
I don't know if that's the answer or a better explanation of the question?

Ok

Kettle and hob=fob (fob watch).

Does that make more sense?.

Gnappster

Mar 28 2006, 06:14 PM

QUOTE(penelope @ Mar 28 2006, 04:08 PM)

Ok

Kettle and hob=fob (fob watch).
Does that make more sense?.

haha NO!

1. How was I supposed to guess fob when I didn't even get the "hob" part in the original question. Do kettle and hob naturally go together? I'm not being sarcastic, I don't know what a hob IS?
2. I don't know of or have ever heard of a fob, whether it be a fob watch or fob refrigerator or fob dog.
3. I suck at this.

That is all.

sweetnsexy

Mar 28 2006, 06:24 PM

The whole point of cockney slang was that 'outsiders' should not know what was being said...add in a language divide, and it's no wonder you are struggling!!

btw, a hob is the bit of a cooker that you put pots and pans on to heat...and before the days of electrickery, you would heat a kettle on a hob...

Here are some more common ones...

Loaf of bread

Brown bread

Trouble & strife

Donkey's ears

Whistle & flute

tit for tat

BEAUTIFUL

Mar 28 2006, 06:26 PM

QUOTE(sweetnsexy @ Mar 28 2006, 06:24 PM)

The whole point of cockney slang was that 'outsiders' should not know what was being said...add in a language divide, and it's no wonder you are struggling!!

btw, a hob is the bit of a cooker that you put pots and pans on to heat...and before the days of electrickery, you would heat a kettle on a hob...

Here are some more common ones...

Loaf of bread

Brown bread

Trouble & strife

Donkey's ears

Whistle & flute

tit for tat

I have enough trouble with American English...so...this is impossible for me, but it is interesting...I do speak really good Spanglish though...

penelope

Mar 28 2006, 06:30 PM

QUOTE(Gnappster @ Mar 28 2006, 06:14 PM)

haha NO!

1. How was I supposed to guess fob when I didn't even get the "hob" part in the original question. Do kettle and hob naturally go together? I'm not being sarcastic, I don't know what a hob IS?
2. I don't know of or have ever heard of a fob, whether it be a fob watch or fob refrigerator or fob dog.
3. I suck at this.

That is all.

Lol.You dont suck at this,I admire your efforts.

There are still lots of words that I dont know and others that I come accross that I havent heard of before and I only live 40 miles from London.

Only the other day someone told me "get that down your gregory" and I hadnt heard it before.

A hob is the hotplate on top of a stove,I didnt know that hob isnt used in america,See we both learnt something.

Gnappster

Mar 28 2006, 06:35 PM

QUOTE(sweetnsexy @ Mar 28 2006, 04:24 PM)

The whole point of cockney slang was that 'outsiders' should not know what was being said...add in a language divide, and it's no wonder you are struggling!!

btw, a hob is the bit of a cooker that you put pots and pans on to heat...and before the days of electrickery, you would heat a kettle on a hob...

Here are some more common ones...

Loaf of bread

Brown bread

Trouble & strife

Donkey's ears

Whistle & flute

tit for tat

Well I understand that. But it's like me asking if anyone can think of any words that rhyme with Chicago, and when no one can I say Oh I meant Chicago BULL. The answer is Pull. A rudimentary example but you get my drift. I at least need the whole phrase to have some chance at guessing it.

sweetnsexy

Mar 28 2006, 06:43 PM

QUOTE(Gnappster @ Mar 28 2006, 06:35 PM)

Well I understand that. But it's like me asking if anyone can think of any words that rhyme with Chicago, and when no one can I say Oh I meant Chicago BULL. The answer is Pull. A rudimentary example but you get my drift. I at least need the whole phrase to have some chance at guessing it.

Okay, okay....

Use your loaf

My mobile is brown bread...no signal

Get caught on here by your trouble and strife and you are in deep shit!

haven't seen Naz on here in donkey's

You look smart in your new whistle....reckon you need a titfer to go with that!

Now, that should make it all clear!!

Gnappster

Mar 28 2006, 06:45 PM

QUOTE(sweetnsexy @ Mar 28 2006, 04:43 PM)

Okay, okay....

Use your loaf

My mobile is brown bread...no signal

Get caught on here by your trouble and strife and you are in deep shit!

haven't seen Naz on here in donkey's

You look smart in your new whistle....reckon you need a titfer to go with that!
Now, that should make it all clear!!

It sure does

Hey we have some pubs around here with names like that.
Do Elepahnt & Castle or Crown & Hand mean anthing or have they just bastardized your slang?

sweetnsexy

Mar 28 2006, 06:49 PM

QUOTE(Gnappster @ Mar 28 2006, 06:45 PM)

It sure does

Hey we have some pubs around here with names like that.
Do Elepahnt & Castle or Crown & Hand mean anthing or have they just bastardized your slang?

No...pub names are a whole different subject...and usually have nothing to do with slang.

Use your loaf - loaf of bread - head

Brown bread - dead

Trouble & strife - wife

Gnappster

Mar 28 2006, 07:00 PM

QUOTE(sweetnsexy @ Mar 28 2006, 04:49 PM)

No...pub names are a whole different subject...and usually have nothing to do with slang.

Use your loaf - loaf of bread - head

Brown bread - dead

Trouble & strife - wife

All I know is pig latin.

Ancay Eway Eesay Ouryay Oobsbay?

sweetnsexy

Mar 28 2006, 07:07 PM

QUOTE(Gnappster @ Mar 28 2006, 07:00 PM)

All I know is pig latin.

Ancay Eway Eesay Ouryay Oobsbay?

I think the correct pronunciation and spelling is E - Bay??

evade20

Mar 29 2006, 01:00 PM

QUOTE(sweetnsexy @ Mar 28 2006, 06:49 PM)

No...pub names are a whole different subject...and usually have nothing to do with slang.

Use your loaf - loaf of bread - head

Brown bread - dead

Trouble & strife - wife

Now some of it is starting to sound familiar...

Use your....loaf----Almost any phrase in the US that starts with "Use your..." generally points to using your head. (i.e. 'Use your noodle')

Brown Bread is not something I have heard but your example was fairly transparent.

I think I have actually heard "trouble & strife" as a reference to one's wife, but it definitely isn't common. It is more likely to have been shortened to " here comes trouble"... It better be said "tongue in cheek" with a smile, a wink and a kiss...or there will be trouble.

Damn, the tea party was a long time ago.

evade20

Mar 30 2006, 05:08 AM

QUOTE(evade20 @ Mar 29 2006, 01:00 PM)

Damn, the tea party was a long time ago.

More Cockney please...got catch up after 200 plus years....

sweetnsexy

Mar 30 2006, 10:00 PM

QUOTE(sweetnsexy @ Mar 28 2006, 06:43 PM)

haven't seen Naz on here in donkey's

You look smart in your new whistle....reckon you need a titfer to go with that!
Now, that should make it all clear!!

Donkeys ears = years

whistle & flute = suit

titfer = tit for tat = hat

penelope

Mar 31 2006, 04:45 PM

QUOTE(evade20 @ Mar 29 2006, 01:00 PM)

Now some of it is starting to sound familiar...

Use your....loaf----Almost any phrase in the US that starts with "Use your..." generally points to using your head. (i.e. 'Use your noodle')

Brown Bread is not something I have heard but your example was fairly transparent.

I think I have actually heard "trouble & strife" as a reference to one's wife, but it definitely isn't common. It is more likely to have been shortened to " here comes trouble"... It better be said "tongue in cheek" with a smile, a wink and a kiss...or there will be trouble.

Damn, the tea party was a long time ago.

Do you mean trouble with the old carving knife?.

evade20

Mar 31 2006, 04:47 PM

QUOTE(penelope @ Mar 31 2006, 04:45 PM)

Do you mean trouble with the old carving knife?.

Or something like that....

knife....wife?

penelope

Mar 31 2006, 04:48 PM

QUOTE(evade20 @ Mar 31 2006, 04:47 PM)

Or something like that....

Carving knife =wife.

evade20

Mar 31 2006, 04:50 PM

QUOTE(penelope @ Mar 31 2006, 04:48 PM)

Carving knife =wife.

Ha Ha

I editted my own post in a sudden flash...You must be psychic.

penelope

Mar 31 2006, 04:52 PM

QUOTE(evade20 @ Mar 31 2006, 04:50 PM)

Ha Ha
I editted my own post in a sudden flash...You must be psychic.

Or duchess of fife=wife

betty

Dec 28 2006, 05:57 PM

QUOTE(penelope @ Mar 28 2006, 06:30 PM)

Lol.You dont suck at this,I admire your efforts.

There are still lots of words that I dont know and others that I come accross that I havent heard of before and I only live 40 miles from London.

Only the other day someone told me "get that down your gregory" and I hadnt heard it before.

Just thought i'd put my penn'th in, even from the North we know what a "Gregory" is, Gregory Peck = Neck !

Love this thread though

evade20

Dec 28 2006, 10:02 PM

QUOTE(betty @ Dec 28 2006, 05:57 PM)

Just thought i'd put my penn'th in, even from the North we know what a "Gregory" is, Gregory Peck = Neck !

Love this thread though

Well, Liz, if you can get Penelope to come back and join us, you're golden!!!!

bondiguy

Dec 28 2006, 10:21 PM

QUOTE(betty @ Dec 28 2006, 05:57 PM)

Just thought i'd put my penn'th in, even from the North we know what a "Gregory" is, Gregory Peck = Neck !

Love this thread though

we also know a Gregory Peck as a Cheque

lilrovr

Dec 31 2006, 09:02 PM

Ok I'll stick to Ebonic's!!! I understand that.

evade20

Jan 1 2007, 05:26 PM

QUOTE(lilrovr @ Dec 31 2006, 09:02 PM)

Ok I'll stick to Ebonic's!!! I understand that.

bondiguy

Jan 2 2007, 11:51 PM

is lilovr a relative evade?

evade20

Jan 4 2007, 08:30 AM

QUOTE(bondiguy @ Jan 2 2007, 11:51 PM)

is lilovr a relative evade?

Nah! Closeup8!

bondiguy

Jan 5 2007, 12:17 AM

QUOTE(evade20 @ Jan 4 2007, 08:30 AM)

Nah! Closeup8!

I havent seen so much smiley's since your peak of posting back in August 06