You say tomato ...

[Isabella Thorne]

P.S.

one more thing about "fags" please ...

i would never personally use the slang term "fag" as meaning homosexual ... at least not until the homosexual person i was referring to used it first ... lol ... no sersiously ...

but i have kidded around sometimes and called a ciggy a fag ... but then again ciggy is a slang word too, eh?

... and also i was thinking about another word Canadians would use for "posh" and i think maybe another good word might be "poised" ...

but i guess really Poised Spice doesn't sound quite right ... lol ...

it's funny ... Canadian slang seems to be comprised of a combination of American slang and British slang terms ... like "fag" ... so that is strange ... do people in the states ever call ciggies fags?
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Primone luv ... good gravy dear you know so much about english slang ... and also you have such a nice bo.u ...t...m

 

[April]

Nope.

 

[Sexyoldman]

POSH

Hi Isobela - I've been following this thread. The reason you do not have Posh over there is that it is English from the days of visiting India.
It means - POrt side out - STarboard home.

This was the side of the ship which was out of the wind and rain and was therefore the most expensive - so only the P O S H people could afford it.

I@m full of useless info

 

[Sexyoldman]

That should have read
POrt side out Starboad Home

 

[OUTSIDER]

Re: POSH

Hi Isobela - I've been following this thread. The reason you do not have Posh over there is that it is English from the days of visiting India.
It means - POrt side out - STarboard home.

This was the side of the ship which was out of the wind and rain and was therefore the most expensive - so only the P O S H people could afford it.

I@m full of useless info

LOL, congrats mate your the third person (including me) to post that fact......I should think their all heartily sick of hearing it by now

 

[Trinka]

i'm from wisconsin

but i think i speak canadian based on your examples and words

 

[Isabella Thorne]

Tickle my fancy ....

Hey SexyOldMan ... nice to meet you darling <hugs> .... don't mind that nasty Outsider ... he sounded a wee bit cranky there ...

hey Outsider, luv, you don't wanna scare away all our Virgins, now do you? hee hee ...

ahhh Trinka dear ... nice to meet you too .... the cheese state, eh? ... you speak Canadian there, cherie?

and also i was thinking ... another word that is different from UK to US/Canada is "fancy" ... and someone even mentioned that word earlier in the thread as in "fancy shmancy" ha ha ...

but in the UK ... "fancy" means to like / love something, right?

i remember seeing this video clip of Linda McCartney backstage and she was serving tea for some reason to The Who and Paul ... and she asked if they would "fancy some tea"? i thought at the time how strange it was to hear an american say that ... but well ... Paul would make me say anything too .... lol ... no seriously ...

 

[OUTSIDER]

LOL, me cranky........never

 

[Primeone]

POSH

Why make a meal of it? Port Out, Starboard Home.

Port was on the north when going to India, away from the very much hotter sunny side (rather than the wind and rain!!!)

 

[Isabella Thorne]

Fancy that ...

... oh just one more thing about the fancy thing ....

it seems strange because in UK, you use it as a verb, eh? that is what makes it seem weird to us ... and perhaps stranger than other slang terms ....

and also "fancy" is a cutsey slang term for pussy, isn't it?

and of course it has always been an adjective ...

so really ... one could say ....

I fancy your fancy fancy ... hee hee

now that's fancy .... lol ...
_______________________________
I don't fancy you too much, child
I don't fancy you too much
I don't fancy you too much, child
I don't fancy you too much
You think you're cute, you think you're fine
You're always trying to steal my shine
Get off of me, don't mess with me
You know who you are

~Destiny's Child~

 

[Natalie Nessus]

LOL, me cranky........never

Must be time for a new AV, Outsider?

 

[rahfirst]

Do the

English still use lucifer for match, as in "while you've a lucifer to light your fag"?

Does WC equal washoom equal restroom?

or does WC equal toilet (sans lavatory)?

Some of the "American" words from Bratcat's first post on this thread sound like "Hillbilly", not just country or southern mind you, but way up in the Appalachians.

 

[rahfirst]

By the way Isabella, wonderful Av!!

(Even if there "silicone".)

 

[Isabella Thorne]

don't be silly, silicone in these knockers?

never, rah darling ....
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<inserting my fag into my posh fag holder>
you got a lucifer, baby?

 

[Fly_On_Wall]

Re: Do the

Does WC equal washoom equal restroom?

or does WC equal toilet (sans lavatory)?

WC stand for Water Closet, not it dosn't mean restroom or washroom. It is a technical term used on architectural drawings. It has two meanings 1) new toilets are called WaterClosets. so are small washrooms....
If there is just a sink(lavratory) and a toilet(WC) then it is called a Water closet. If there is anything else it has a different name.

This is used in both Canada and America.

 

[rahfirst]

Fly_On_Wall

Thanks, Bud!

Do you do Architectural CAD?

btw, cool av.

 

[Fly_On_Wall]

Yah i can do both Manual and CAD drafting.
if your going to ask which is better... Both
Each has it's ups and downs and neather is faster.

 

[Isabella Thorne]

Each has it's ups and downs and neather is faster.

... welll i prefer all my ups and downs in bed, darling .... and really i prefer it when it is not too fast anyways ...

... aha rav ... now is see ... this is a very clever pick up line of yours, eh, cherie? ... "cool / wonderful av" .... aha i am on to you now baby ...

WC <water closet>? well i never heard that expression before except in Europe ... i never heard it used here in Canada or in the states ... maybe it is only used by architects in north america, eh Fly? but in europe it is used for washroom all the time ...

as in "where is the WC, please?" ... i think maybe in the UK too, n'est-ce pas?

 

[OUTSIDER]

Re: Do the

English still use lucifer for match, as in "while you've a lucifer to light your fag"?

Does WC equal washoom equal restroom?

or does WC equal toilet (sans lavatory)?

Some of the "American" words from Bratcat's first post on this thread sound like "Hillbilly", not just country or southern mind you, but way up in the Appalachians.

Lucifer !!!......probably last used in the first world war, no one use's that term today in the UK and most people wouldn't even know what your talking about either, today it's either a lighter or a box of matches.

Ask for the "WC" in the uk and people will show you a toilet, WC is a term used by persons who find the word toilet a little crass or embarrassing.

 

[rahfirst]

Thanx

For the straight of it, Outsider. The English do still say lorry for truck, yes? The U.S. Army uses the word vehicle for just about every thing with wheels. A truck is the "thingy" on top of the garrison flagpole.

You know, it's a wonder that any person not raised speaking English ever learns it! LOL!!

Fly,
I rather admire your ability to hand draft. I'm limited to CAD. I'd tell you the story of drawing a railroad arc with a T square, but it's too long. (the story and the T square. LOL)

 

[rahfirst]

Isabella,
I would never try "that" on a member of the RCMP. After all, "The Mounties always get their man." Not the other way around!

 

[OUTSIDER]

Yep a truck is a lorry over here although a pickup is called a pickup truck here too, their not very common here at all.

A common tongue twister here is to try and say "Red lorry yellow lorry" over and over as fast as you can

 

[Rambling Rose]

hahahaha!!!

A common tongue twister here is to try and say "Red lorry yellow lorry" over and over as fast as you can

that's much harder than I thougt! *laughing*

 

[OUTSIDER]

Re: hahahaha!!!

that's much harder than I thougt! *laughing*

Then you should try the old one...."Duck fuzzy, fuzzy duck"...........again over and over as fast as you can

 

[sch00lteacher]

USA v Taliban, again

USA = AC-130, aka Spooky, aka Puff the Magic Dragon.

Taliban = Looks harmless to me.