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To the staff of MES (now a comparison of transatlantic slang!)
pkd_lives:
Bad editing.
Flat = appartment.
Yes people do say 'can I bum a fag'. 'I was outside bumming a fag', 'I'm gonna go smoke a fag', etc. etc.
Spent a lot of time there, so I know these things.
Calum:
what's wrong with "can i bum a fag?" (except that i don't smoke...) Usually it would be "you don't mind if i bum a fag off of you?" you wouldn't usually say you were bumming a fag just on its own.
you don't say 'dodgy'? what sort of a society are you running over there? WEIRDOS!!!
drawers is another good name for pants, do you use that in north-americaland?
there are so many that i myself have to watch, coming as i do from orkney, that even the rest of the UK don't know about. I had to stop saying 'peedie' when i moved away from orkney (it means small and is only used within orkney, shetlanders say 'peerie' to mean the same thing) for example and there are a ton more...
Master of Reality:
considering we call stupid people or gay people "fags" that is funny (yes, i am a cruel person)
pkd_lives:
I have to confess when I first realised it I laughed myself stupid, and I'm not cruel. Funny is funny.
For a good introduction you have to pick up a copy of Notes from a small Island and Notes from a big country (or I'm a Stranger Here Myself in the US) by Bill Bryson. Does not matter which side you are from they are very very funny. I am told that for Canadians these books can get quite surreal, because they kind of mix and match from both cultures - which makes things funnier for them.
And don't even mention Frugal Fannies. Oh My God hahahahahahahahhahahah :D
[ October 10, 2002: Message edited by: pkd ]
Calum:
caption- Woman:"Can i bum a fag off of you, mate?"
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