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Cool "sayings" from other countries

 
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When is it ok to start using cool little phrases that are typically heard in other countries? For example, 2 of my favorite little "sayings" are
"Spot on!"
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"Good on ya!"
Spot on being more of a UK phrase, I think. And Good on ya I have heard time and again from Austrailians. I say them every now and then around people I know and they just look at me funny. They'll get used to it eventually. The hardest thing is to say them with an American accent and not how I've heard them from other people.
 
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guess it dosen't matter - depends on how well you want to be understood.
I came to Oxford from the north of England about 14 years ago. I decided that I wouldn't use the local slang but would keep my "native" vocab.
So there is a large range of london/SE lingo that I do not ever use.
 
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Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
... Good on ya I have heard time and again from Austrailians.
The Kiwis I know shorten this to 'On ya' or 'Onyaa!'
 
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When my Irish buddies hang with my American bros there's always some good laughs at the "new" phrases.
My favorite: "On the piss" : Describes 'out drinking'.
So maybe an Irish Buddy would say to one of the Americans:
Dunn and I were on the piss last night and ...
 
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Originally posted by John Dunn:
When my Irish buddies hang with my American bros there's always some good laughs at the "new" phrases.
My favorite: "On the piss" : Describes 'out drinking'.
So maybe an Irish Buddy would say to one of the Americans:
Dunn and I were on the piss last night and ...


And was the Craic ( pronounced crack ) good?
 
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I don't do crack when I'm out with my bros, (Wink, Wink)
 
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He's as much use as a one legged man at an arse kicking contest (Australian)
 
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pissed and chemist are very useful adjectives as well for confusing non-native english speakers.
 
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"Catching a perv" - to check out (look at) a good-looking person

It's an Australian phrase that might be used in other countries as well.
 
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Originally posted by Marc Peabody:
"Catching a perv" - to check out (look at) a good-looking person

It's an Australian phrase that might be used in other countries as well.



I've heard that one in the U.S. quite a bit.
 
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that is used in uk too. It means an over enthusiastic look - a step up from a discreet ogle. It's also a verb - to perve.
 
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Crikey, don't u blokes know how to spell Australia? What do think this is, bloody bushweek? Na just jokin!
 
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Don't go agro until we sus it out.

(Australian: Don't flip out until we figure it out)
 
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How about "Bless her cotton socks" in UK. Is that reserved for the Queen. She was the subject when I saw it in print.
 
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Dancer

meaning cool, I think, in modern Scottish slag.
 
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Always wondered about the origin of this one:


You dancin' ?
You askin' ?
I'm dancin'.
You askin' , I'm dancin'.

I think it's classic Humphrey Boghart. First heard it in the late 80's.

See no googlin'. I'm askin'.
[ June 10, 2004: Message edited by: Helen Thomas ]
 
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