RMweb Gold 96701 Posted April 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: Colonialism made a big difference to the vocabulary of British English in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most obvious are words of Indian origin - like pajamas / pyjamas. (The word is Persian but introduced to Britain via India.) There are many examples. Loads of examples from bint to juggernaut. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Bint is considered to be of Arabic origin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted April 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) None of this is making me smile at all. I always was a miserable git though. Edited April 18, 2021 by BoD 1 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted April 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2021 Perhaps we should revert to toilet humour? As ERs will be aware, I'm coming into contact with estate agents at the moment. Looking through one set of particulars, I saw an example which can only be interpreted as remarkable confidence in their salesmanship: 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Septic Tank? I thought we had moved on from colonials.... Psst. Cockney rhyming slang for Yank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ardbealach Posted April 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2021 I recall away back in, I think, the 1960's there was a guy selling tartan tat to tourists on Princes Street in Edinburgh. He had on his stall a sign - hand written in felt pen on a piece of cardboard - "English spoken - American understood". (Alisdair) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted April 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2021 19 hours ago, kevinlms said: Why is it always brand new or virtually so tyres get destroyed? It's happened to me a couple of times in the first 5000 km. Three tires, three drywall screws; all within about two months. Luckily it was only tread damage and repairable. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 minute ago, J. S. Bach said: Three tires, three drywall screws; all within about two months. Luckily it was only tread damage and repairable. I managed to get a screw through the sidewall of a brand new tyre on the way home from the tyre fitters! It had punctured the sidewall but not damaged the plies. Had to go straight back and have a tube fitted! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted April 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2021 When you meet your friends after lockdown . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Licence. Light the blue paper and retire! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 hour ago, ardbealach said: I recall away back in, I think, the 1960's there was a guy selling tartan tat to tourists on Princes Street in Edinburgh. He had on his stall a sign - hand written in felt pen on a piece of cardboard - "English spoken - American understood". (Alisdair) Have you ever had one of those moments when someone speaks to you and your mouth replies on its own without your brain having any input at all? It happened to me once (well, several times but this is the relevant one). I was on a SCUBA diving holiday in Hurghada, Egypt. Walking towards the port to get our dive boat we were approached by another bunch of obvious tourists. One of them loudly asked in a strong American accent "Hey, do you guys speak English?" Mouth did its own thing. I replied "Probably better than you do." 1 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 G'Day Folks 2 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2021 7 hours ago, CameronL said: Have you ever had one of those moments when someone speaks to you and your mouth replies on its own without your brain having any input at all? It happened to me once (well, several times but this is the relevant one). I was on a SCUBA diving holiday in Hurghada, Egypt. Walking towards the port to get our dive boat we were approached by another bunch of obvious tourists. One of them loudly asked in a strong American accent "Hey, do you guys speak English?" Mouth did its own thing. I replied "Probably better than you do." I had a similar moment in a restaurant once, having listened for a while to the table of Americans being loud and annoying, one turned to me and said " do you speak English", mouth went into automatic as I replied, "yes, do you?" Mike. 2 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted April 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2021 10 hours ago, andytrains said: Licence. Light the blue paper and retire! Both are correct, depending on context: Licence - noun. License - verb. I have a driving licence, which licenses me to drive a car. 3 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Before the pedants start posting, I did spot that whoever created the original meme didn't know the difference between humidity and temperature. Didn,t spoil the humour Jim 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 15 hours ago, simontaylor484 said: A liberal spray of WD40 on said surfaces prevents their use for that purpose allegedly I visualize a woman in a white dress, exiting a toilet, looking as though she has just carried out heavy maintenance work upon a motor vehicle. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted April 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Nick C said: Both are correct, depending on context: Licence - noun. License - verb. I have a driving licence, which licenses me to drive a car. I have a tv licence, is this so that I can drive a tv? I also have modellers' license, which allows me to get things wrong and claim it was deliberate afterwards... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted April 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Nick C said: Both are correct, depending on context: Licence - noun. License - verb. I have a driving licence, which licenses me to drive a car. I have a tv licence, is this so that I can drive a tv? I also have modellers' license, which is not a licence authorising me to be a modeller, but which allows me to get things wrong and claim it was deliberate afterwards... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19, 2021 59 minutes ago, The Johnster said: I have a tv licence, is this so that I can drive a tv? I also have modellers' license, which is not a licence authorising me to be a modeller, but which allows me to get things wrong and claim it was deliberate afterwards... If you needed a licence to post on RMweb, perhaps the post wouldn't have gone in twice! Only joking. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted April 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2021 I’ll say that again... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 3 hours ago, The Johnster said: I’ll say that again... I wish I had never made the comment , in the first place. Julian 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 9 hours ago, Chrisr40 said: "Virtually identical" Did you know that Jim Carrey actually played Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live during the run-up to the 2020 election? SNL: First Debate Cold Open (content is political satire) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir TophamHatt Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 4 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: Did you know that Jim Carrey actually played Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live during the run-up to the 2020 election? SNL: First Debate Cold Open (content is political satire) Yup except it now stands for Still Not Laughing...apparently Biden gives nothing to mock - really ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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