to the non-British, has the BKP forums affected your vocabulary?

[indysmith]

Haha I am so very young! :oops:
AC/DC has always meant Malcolm and Angus to me.

[keith]

I don't know about the non-British, but I'm continually picking up phrases and words I have certainly never heard before from my compatriots up north. Sometimes I think they almost speak a different language !!  :lol:

arlreet marra ow ya deein? greetings from sunderland
cheers
keith

[Philly Q]

also, when i first went to uni no-one had a clue what i meant when i said mardy  - i didnt know it was a local thing.   i guess artic monkeys changed that and tried to make it northern

I first heard "mardy" from my stepmother 30-odd years ago, and she's from Hull.  Then again, she did live in Leicester for a while so it could be a Midlands thing.

On the AC/DC thing, I thought everyone would know the legendary (or mythical?) Bon Scott quote:

Journalist:  "So are you AC or DC?"
Bon:  "Neither, I'm the lightnin' flash in the middle!"

[Dr. Vic]

I'll be delighted to read more street lingo from Welsh peoples around here.
I never went to Wales but it seems to be an amazing experience, I'm quite tempted to go there !   :drink:




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Well no !
 
I won't be able to even buy a ticket to go to this city !  ^^

If I am not mistaken (help me welsh friends !), I think this city name can be translated in :

"The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave" 

 PDT_006

[WezV]

also, when i first went to uni no-one had a clue what i meant when i said mardy  - i didnt know it was a local thing.   i guess artic monkeys changed that and tried to make it northern

I first heard "mardy" from my stepmother 30-odd years ago, and she's from Hull.  Then again, she did live in Leicester for a while so it could be a Midlands thing.

that will be it.  its hard to pin down its origins between nottingham and derby so leicester is in the right area.

funny thing is i can go on a bike rideand within 5 miles be within derbyshire or leicestershire and the whole dialect changes completely

anyway, hello around here is kinda derbyshire and goes like

"ay up me dook"

[headtheball]

"regional dialect is pyar boss lid. get yer taigs out, don't be arl arse!"

I hope upon hope yours is not the same dialect as mine.

[FernandoDuarte]

Can't be true that pic of Dr Vic :o

[WezV]

it is

http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com/

[AndyR]

I first heard of mardy on 27th May 2009 when Wez posted it :lol:

(And I still don't have a clue wot it means!)

[WezV]

it has its own meaning that one word cant really cover

its a bit like being grumpy and  childish.  think about the way a child acts when not getting its own way and thats about it

[AndyR]

Oh good grief... don't tell Mrs R about this word and what it means - I'll never hear the end of it! :lol:

[ToneMonkey]

I'll be delighted to read more street lingo from Welsh peoples around here.
I never went to Wales but it seems to be an amazing experience, I'm quite tempted to go there !   :drink:

I went when I was a kid, seem to remember it being cr@p.

As for Leicestershire, I agree, they're all wierd around here.  I was raised in Warwickshire and we used to say mardy (both parents brought up in Warwickshire too, so maybe it is a midlands thing).  My misses calls me a mardyarse sometimes.

[ToneMonkey]

Oh yeah, and I saw Fernando use the word "bugger" earlier and thought that must have come from here.

[Dr. Vic]

I went when I was a kid, seem to remember it being cr@p.

Thanks for the info, this would avoid me to spend money for a ticket, and to spend my time trying to spell this city name !  :tin:

[juansolo]

also, when i first went to uni no-one had a clue what i meant when i said mardy  - i didnt know it was a local thing.   i guess artic monkeys changed that and tried to make it northern

The northern version of mardy is maungy. I only found out about mardy from more southern friends.