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Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:52 pm
by Sheff
rinseballs21 wrote:i use british slang just to fuck with people....i use it online a lot....not that much in public
my favorite is "innit"
That just sounds so cliché when written. Seriously.
It something your uncle or nannan would say when they're trying to do an impression of a chav. Along with the hand symbol for "west-side" or something equally as embarassing.
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:45 pm
by wubstep
Not one mention of poomplex?
Thread fulla fassies.
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:47 pm
by fractal
i don't speak the queens english
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:56 pm
by flyingointment
Lol it has always made me cringe, which is why I rarely if ever do it, unless I'm being ironic with Bandshelll or something.
I think the farthest I've gone is saying "big up" seriously, but that's not an exclusively UK thing, is it?
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:57 pm
by christophera
this entire thread is about seckle
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:57 pm
by christophera
jokes! just kidding, mate!
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:32 pm
by hugh
who cares how people talk it's all gonna be the same one day anyway.
stannnndard
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:35 pm
by Badman Juice
if they're white it makes me hate them a little bit more.
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:35 pm
by christophera
FANCY A SPOT OF TEA? BRAP! BRAP! SAFE UPS 2 U!
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:39 pm
by therapist
Sheff wrote:rinseballs21 wrote:i use british slang just to fuck with people....i use it online a lot....not that much in public
my favorite is "innit"
That just sounds so cliché when written. Seriously.
It something your uncle or nannan would say when they're trying to do an impression of a chav. Along with the hand symbol for "west-side" or something equally as embarassing.
That's a horrible and familiar image you just painted there.
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:42 pm
by firky
jolly wailer wrote:the same way I feel about people using the word soda when they mean pop
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:43 pm
by christophera
nan nan is admittedly worth appropriating unironically
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:47 pm
by christophera
my favorite part is the 'telephone' aspect where the jamaican context is double removed.
the many bastardizations of BIG UP (YOUR CHEST) are the best
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:48 pm
by Sheff
christophera wrote:nan nan is admittedly worth appropriating unironically
wat
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:51 pm
by fractal
respect! this one going out to the one like parson, big boy pon da floor YOUR TIME!
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:54 pm
by mashmash
only a small minority of people in london use those phrases and slang
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:11 pm
by fractal
*insert random jungle mc phrases from the 90's*
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:28 pm
by christophera
inside! inside! outside! back and forth! FOOOOREEEEEEVEERRRRRRR
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:29 pm
by christophera
))<>((
Re: how do u feel about north americans using british slang
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:29 pm
by fractal
YES