UK Slang and Colloquialisms The Sequel - English lingo

Having initially been inspired, to create a hub on some of the quirky aspects of the English Language by Habee's Southern dialect hub, I have been asked to share a little more information.

Differences between UK and American English, Yorkshire dialect and UK slang have already been created.

So by popular demand here is the sequel, which may include a little UK slang, some UK differences and a wee bit of Yorkshire dialect.

Have fun and remember that nothing here is meant to offend, but rather to hjave a giggle at our expense. We Brits are made of hardy stuff and can stand it.

Ralph Deeds seemed to be obsessed about pregnancy, when he commented on one of the hubs, and so firstly let me say that, pregnant ladies in the UK may be:-

• Up the duff
• Preggers
• Have a bun in the oven
• Up the stick
• With child
• Knocked up
• or simply pregnant

If someone really annoys you, he or she, may be called a Dickhead, Plonker, Ratbag, Sh_tbag or much worse.

You may eat a crumpet. A crumpet is a round yeasty type of muffin which you toast, cover with butter and then eat.

Parts of your anatomy may have some strange names in the UK such as:-

• Nose become Conk
• Ears may become Lugs or Lugholes
• What Americans call a fanny may be a bum, bottom, backside or worse.
• A man's penis could be a todger, prick, dick, willy.
• Teeth may be tooshie pegs.
• Feet may be tootsies
• Hands may be handy pandies.

The last three above are used more when talking to children.

Onto a few phrases then:-

• When you think that you have won the argument you may say "Put that in your pipe and smoke it"
• If you make what turns out, for example, to be a bad move of job, you may have "Jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire"
• Instead of saying that people in glass houses should not throw stones a Yorkshire person may say "Hark at kettle calling pot black"
• If you are not paying attention you may be asked if you have "Cloth Ears"
• Yorkshire folk are quite wrongly, in my opinion, often called greedy with their money. This means that they are tight.
• Of course though Yorkshire folk know that "where there's much there's brass"
• People who Penny Pinch are also tight or greedy. Tight does also mean drunk in different context.
• I'll have your guts for garters, probably speaks for itself.
• If something is boring you to death, it may be "like watching paint dry"
• We all very different and so "one man's meat, may be another's poison"

UK men seem to have a wealth of strange expressions for when they are going to use the toilet to urinate. They may:-

• Point Percy at the porcelain.
• Be going for a Johnny Cash. This is rhyming slang for a Slash which means to pee.
• Have a Jimmy Riddle. Rhyming slang again which rhymes with piddle.
• Of course, they may also simply have a wee, p_ss, wizz, wass or pee. Very few actually, simply urinate though.

Differences between American and UK English may mean that:-

• If you smoke cigarettes you will be having a fag, a cig or a ciggie. The stub will be a tab.
• If you are a woman you go to the Hairdressers to get your haircut, and not the Salon.
• The UK has postcodes while the USA has Zip codes.
• You drink in the Pub and do not usually go to a Bar.

Rather unpleasant UK slang may include:-

• Handkerchiefs becoming snotrags.
• Rolls of toilet paper becoming Bog Rolls. This one is beacuse sometimes the toilet is called the bog.
• A rather salubrious woman may be a tart or fancy piece. She will probably be "as common as muck"

The British are also verbally rather mean to some animals. When you are calling a person names you may say:-

• Greedy pig
• Silly cow or silly moo.
• Fat as a pig
• As thick as pig sh_t

Of course it is well known that we British are obsessed with the weather. Is there any wonder then that even the UK weather is not safe from our slang? Take for example:-

• Its raining cats and dogs.
• Fine rain may be drizzle or it may be spitting.
• Heavy rain could mean that it is lashing, pouring, peeing, p_ssing or sheeting it down.
• When it is really hot your feet may be like "hot cakes"
• A hot day may be a scorcher or a sizzler.
• If its dark it could be "as black as the hobs of Hell"

Of course as soon as I press the publish button of this hub I will think of millions more. Still "that's life" and I shall still "call it a day"

Well I will for now...............