Poor English

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ShankS
wow dudes.. thats real radicle.

blimey, one thing's for sure guv,
you'll never hear a bloody englishman use any dodgy words,

struth !

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
Going back a bit further...."Groovy" [although Ash almost made this popular again ]....."Can you dig it"...."cool".....that one is still around.

the 50's 60's and old school 70's lingo is cool.


and 'cool' has become a very good word with a life of it's own ..
it's transcended 'fly by night' status and will always be with us ..

[ShankS]

I've just reread some of this thread, and what's amusing me most, is most of the stuff you lot hate and moan about, never used to be heard of here... since a lot of the advertising and hollywood uses so much of it in films, Uk culture has taken this all in, and now the kids grow up and use the slang all the time. Now english advertising companies in the Uk have latched onto the idea and now I see english products being sold the 'american' way, your slang you hate so much is become so influencial it 'could' get scary.

[newb]

How about words that have a whole new meaning.
{Again...I'm not trying to be insensitive.}

"Gay" used to mean "happy"
"fag" used to mean cigarette.[ a bit before my time ]

[ShankS]

Originally posted by urgeok
blimey, one thing's for sure guv,
you'll never hear a bloody englishman use any dodgy words,

struth !

lol :D

btw struth is australian slang :p

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ShankS
lol :D

btw struth is australian slang :p

thats weird ..
there was an old python show where graham chapman kept saying it ...

then again they did like to take the piss out of the aussies .


(only UK people use the expression 'take the piss out of')

:D

[newb]

Originally posted by urgeok
the 50's 60's and old school 70's lingo is cool.


and 'cool' has become a very good word with a life of it's own ..
it's transcended 'fly by night' status and will always be with us ..

Great "RUSH" album.

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by ShankS
I've just reread some of this thread, and what's amusing me most, is most of the stuff you lot hate and moan about, never used to be heard of here... since a lot of the advertising and hollywood uses so much of it in films, Uk culture has taken this all in, and now the kids grow up and use the slang all the time. Now english advertising companies in the Uk have latched onto the idea and now I see english products being sold the 'american' way, your slang you hate so much is become so influencial it 'could' get scary.

Hey, there are "gangsta" cancadians these days.. Good ol' america, always infuencing the world in a positive and enlightening way...

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
How about words that have a whole new meaning.
{Again...I'm not trying to be insensitive.}

"Gay" used to mean "happy"
"fag" used to mean cigarette.[ a bit before my time ]

the word faggot means a bundle of sticks.



i'm always suprised at this day and age the number of people (especially on this forum) that use the expression 'gay' to describe things they dont approve of.

then they say they arent homophobic ...

i think that if you saw a man in a pretty dress wearing lipstick and sitting on another mans lap - and the other man was wearing chaps, cowboy boots and hat, a studded leather choker and no pants .... it might then be appropriate to say 'that looks gay'

other than that - it's a pretty poor use of the word.

[newb]

Originally posted by urgeok


i think that if you saw a man in a pretty dress wearing lipstick and sitting on another mans lap - and the other man was wearing chaps, cowboy boots and hat, a studded leather choker and no pants .... it might then be appropriate to say 'that looks gay'

THAT WAS ONE TIME!......sheesh.


and the dress wasn't even that pretty.