Best way to Learn British English?

Sander   Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:42 pm GMT
=>Then Sander and Adam joined forces with Ariel and Damien and the they became best of pals.<=

Dear boy , If I ever met Adam in person I'd strangle him with his own organs.So this scenario is highly unlikely.
Rolls   Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:43 pm GMT
Cmon Sander I need a Hollywood ending to my writing...

LOL
DamiAn   Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:43 pm GMT
erm...I'm just wondering who this bloke DamiEn is? sounds a bit of a weirdo. Chuck him in the Bloody Tower and orf with his head, my old china boat chum Sir Rolls of Rotherhithe docks.
Dastardly DamiAn   Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:46 pm GMT
Amazing powers of recovery I possess.....I can go out with my mates now! yippeeeeeee. byeeeeeeeee.
Rolls   Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:48 pm GMT
DamiAn- can you translate this to American English for me please?

"Chuck him in the Bloody Tower and orf with his head, my old china boat chum Sir Rolls of Rotherhithe docks."

Thanks mate...
Damian   Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:50 pm GMT
**around 5 million people I believe (Damian??)**

erm...well as from November it will be 4,999,999 - a mate of mine has got a job in Northampton so he says. Don't tell Adam.....he'll just say it's part of the Scotland to England drift...the sad b*****d.
Rolls   Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:53 pm GMT
There is a Northampton in the UK? Is that an English name or town?
Travis   Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:13 pm GMT
Rolls, I'd guess that translate best to "Throw'im in the fucking Tower and chop off'is head, my old 'china boat" friend Sir Rolls from the Rotherhithe docks." I put "china boat" in quotes because I wasn't sure if it had any particular specific significance here. Also note that personal pronoun and possessive determiner cliticization is marked here, as I assume this would be spoken, as opposed to something one would find in formal writing in the first place.
Candy   Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:25 pm GMT
Northampton is a town, located in Northamptonshire (astonishingly enough)
It's nowhere near Southampton.
Rolls   Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:28 pm GMT
Wow that is rough what Damian wants to do with Damien
Sam   Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:42 am GMT
Why not learn the english language by having fun and experiencing an english Mums forum............
http://mumsextra.myfreeforum.org/index.php
Uriel/Ariel   Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:53 am GMT
SCOTLAND is now more violent than the US????????

I'm flabbergasted. Appalled. Have our criminals become such slackers that they can now be beaten at their own game by a grumpy old woman in skates?

It's the music, I'm telling you. Blame the rappers. First it was all gangsta rap, all Fuck tha Police and murder and mayhem. Then they got soft -- started going on about how much money they were wearing and how many times they got laid in the last half-hour. Now our criminals have turned from a life of dirty, low-down street thuggery to softies who are too afraid a rhinestone might pop out of its setting if they swung a fist!

And pasty people in plaid are pounding their butts! What is the world coming to?

It's a sad state of affairs, I tell you.
Rampaging Damian   Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:23 am GMT
Just had a shower and struggling to get into my body armour and steel helmet ready to face another normal day in Violent Scotland.

The Brits are well known for their ability to take the piss out of each other or anyone else for that matter. I heard a phone in on Radio 5 Live and they were discussing this so called Violent Scotland UN report (entirely based on misinformation and distorted stats btw!)

One guy from somewhere in England (hmmmph!) said that he wanted to strongly disagree with the statement that: "Scotland was the most violent country in the developed world". When asked why he disagreed, he said: "Well, look at the facts...since when was Scotland part of the developed world?"

Only an English b*****d.........
:-) Only joking, CANDY....

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1962482005

Hey URIEL...I love rap! And I just looked in the mirror....pasty? Grrrr....there is a pinkish bloom to the overall white. I dare you to come to Edinburgh and try and find any outward signs of violence! I guarantee you're no going to find much in the way of butt pounding.......even at chucking out time. And remember......our coppers still do their bit successfully without the aid of any firearms....they have been known to cause a headache with a baton though....fae time to time.

LORD ROLLS OF ROEHAMPTON: Your Lordship.....I made a cock up. (I hasten to add that this means an error in Britspeak) ....for "china boat" please read" chaina plate". I looked up some Cockney rhyming slang terms for you and a mate in CRS is "china plate". Mate = china plate. Apparently "china boat" is a coat! I humbly apologise.

I've been looking at a map of London and I've moved you from Rotherhithe to the much more upmarket and exclusive Roehampton, as befits your exalted status. I just saw this place Rotherhithe on the map cos it's near the Tower of London....it once had docks apparently but "them's all gorn now" (Cockneyspeak)and it's now exclusive Docklands where the new elite live in their penthouses. Will one of those suit your Lordship? The Bloody in Bloody Tower is not an expletive......it's the place where they held people prisoner before they had their heights reduced by a complete head.

Travis got most of it right. And as Candy says..Northampton is a town in England. Northampton is north of Southampton and Southampton is south of Northampton but only by about 110 miles and both are a hell of a long way from here....by our standards.

Cheers my old china plate! DamiAn....an inane Scotsman......oops I meant insane.....but both will do.
Damian   Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:29 am GMT
SAM...it's sort of like...eavesdropping on the girlies.... :-)
Candy   Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:02 am GMT
<<One guy from somewhere in England (hmmmph!) said that he wanted to strongly disagree with the statement that: "Scotland was the most violent country in the developed world". When asked why he disagreed, he said: "Well, look at the facts...since when was Scotland part of the developed world?" >>

Ouch! I don't know, that friendly banter, eh??

Totally irrelevant piece of information: in the Middle Ages the Bloody Tower was called the Garden Tower, but it was changed on account of all the bloodiness, horrid executions and such things. And why is the Tower of London called that anyway?? it's an enormous sprawling fortification, with over 20 towers, not just 1!