Slang is very regional. What is "common" in Yorkshire may never be heard in the Potteries. Even within the same "region" (East Anglia, say) there are massive variations between, e.g. Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Within counties themselves you get vast differences, too. "Estuary" English is spoken in South Essex (places like Dagenham and Billericay and Southend) but not in the North of the county (places like Braintree and Saffron Walden). And London ... well, London is a diverse melting-pot of cultures, and yet still there are vast differences between the language spoken in, say, Hackney, Islington, Chiswick and Hammersmith. Also, are you looking for the snobbish terms used by those who are trying to differentiate themselves (implying that they are somehow "better"); or the terms that such a person might use to self-define? Again ... immense differences. It was once said that England and America are two great nations divided by a common language ... but the truth is that the language divides England perfectly well, without the need for American intervention.
'sort of'? as in you speak English? I was referring to (North) America in it's entirety rather than just NEW England/Boston. Btw, you can keep: "Wicked Pissah"
haha, not quite what I meant I never say wicked pissah .. the more common phrase is wicked retarded (pronounced retahdid).
Decades ago when working in London a co-worker referred to the luggage box on my motorbike as a "lunchbox".
Actually, I think you felt challenged by my comment (didn't mean to offend your senses, odon). I know the language I speak .. I've always stuck out like a sore thumb for speaking proper English (as opposed to American English). I'm more lazy about it now than I had been before. I've always believed two things: I should've been born in the 1700's and I belong back home in England.
I'm right I think that in America your fanny is your backside? Not so for those English birds. :mickey:
