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Gav1967
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p4ul p4ul
That’ll be me then, a real favourite.
Sod off. Go away.
Sodding thing. A screw that goes in squint.
Sodding around. Not concentrating.
Stupid sod. Everybody in the world except me.
Me too. I recognise all if those situations.
Apart from Sod off though I don't think my son would use any of them
 
p4ul
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Gav1967 Gav1967
Me too. I recognise all if those situations.
Apart from Sod off though I don't think my son would use any of them

Sod off feels like a term of endearment, my father regularly smiled and told me to…..
About as close as he and his generation could come to saying I love you!
 
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Gav1967 Gav1967
Me too. I recognise all if those situations.
Apart from Sod off though I don't think my son would use any of them
My other favourite is bugger

Bugger!
Bugger off
Bugger me
Bugger it
Buggering thing
buggering around
Buggering buggery
Damn and bugger

Edit
Daft bugger
Soft bugger
Stupid bugger
Mad bugger
Hard bugger
Big bugger
Tall bugger

Ad nauseum
 
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Gav1967 Gav1967
My other favourite is bugger

Bugger!
Bugger off
Bugger me
Bugger it
Buggering thing
buggering around
Buggering buggery
Damn and bugger

You can never have too much buggering. Well you can, but not in the lexicon sense. 😉 I am a prolific user of the word bugger and all its derivatives
 
p4ul
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I can only add “you bugger” to this list!

Although thanks to Blazing Saddles and The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre we do have “We don’t need no Steenking buggers” in our house.

Oh and living in Wiltshire Badgers can be substituted.
 
Larry S
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Depends whereabouts they come from. Up north it would more often be "y'alright". Down south it's more likely to be just "alright".
Good point. Yep.
 
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How about when a woman is referred to as a “Tart”? Is that still used or from back 40 years ago? And is it mostly English or Irish?
 
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M'Bob M'Bob
How about when a woman is referred to as a “Tart”? Is that still used or from back 40 years ago? And is it mostly English or Irish?

It's used but infrequently. More likely to be an affectionate insult to a bloke - "you old tart" / "you massive tart"

See also "petal". As in "oh petal" to show fake sympathy for a bloke complaining too much for something minor.
 
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M'Bob M'Bob
How about when a woman is referred to as a “Tart”? Is that still used or from back 40 years ago? And is it mostly English or Irish?

Still used

Like a lot of these things it depends how you say it and to who (familiarity)
"You tart" "what a tart" - to a friend (man or woman) with a smile is a sort of term of endearment or a back handed compliment.

Said with meaning to or about a stranger means a slut or something more derogative
 
Larry S
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Oh and “Quite Nice” isn’t a compliment.
 
M'Bob
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I actually first heard the phase about 30 years ago, when I started collecting watches. An English collector once told me, “I like my watches original, not all tarted-up.”

When I later heard someone refer to an overly dressed and made-up woman as a “tart,” I understood the context.
 
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Tart.

The pair of tarts above seem to have this one covered.

Cheers. Off to the rubba for a pre-scof bevy will expect updates later.😉
 
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Tart.

The pair of tarts above seem to have this one covered.

I now feel well and truly accepted in the group 😉
 
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Time for a short Canadian geography lesson, you hosers!

gatorcpa
 
DrmexicoII
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I went out with a Canadian girl for over a year (a long time ago) . Never once when she said the word "mirror" did she pronounce any of the Rs. I remain impressed to this day!
 
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My favorite Aussie word I picked up is referring to females as sheilas. Hilarious. Is that only an Aussie thing?

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I went out with a Canadian girl for over a year (a long time ago) . Never once when she said the word "mirror" did she pronounce any of the Rs. I remain impressed to this day!
My whole family is from New England. Not a single R is ever said. I’m from New Jersey so we talk funny in a different way.
 
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M'Bob M'Bob
Another one I wonder about: when we want to know how some situation went…

US: “How’d it go?”

UK: “Any joy with that?” Or did that also die in the ‘80’s?

Definitely still in use but usually abbreviated to “any joy?”, usually after an attempt at solving a problem or trying to achieve an outcome.
 
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In my neck of the woods (North-East Scotland), "fit like" is a fairly common greeting. Comes from the Doric dialect. "Foos yer doos" can also be used.
 
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I've often wondered if there's anywhere in the world that has so many words for a bread roll than the UK?
 
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