My husband found this site and I thought it may help us. I few weeks ago Al told me he thought something was "pants". I had no idea what he meant. He soon explained it to me.
So now I have a site where I can get the translation from British slang to American.
Take a look, it is pretty funny.
http://english2american.com/
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.
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Thank you scretta this site is quite cool. I need some time to look over all of it.
Achilles only had an Achilles heel, I have an entire Achilles body.
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I have yet to read the whole thing. I was laughing at some of them. It is hard to believe it is even the same language that I speak. And I had thought Americans had bad slang.
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MonarchOfDoom
(Tue Jul 15 20:35:25)
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That site is so bookmarked.
So that's what wanker means. Never thought it was that derogatory. 
Run, you pigeons! IT'S ROBERT FROST!!!
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I knew what wanker meant but some of the others were a little surpsiing. I am glad you liked it. I think it will come in handy in the future.
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Shakra
(Wed Jul 16 22:11:40)
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I did, but I did live in England for over 6 years. It's one of my favorite terms, along with git and prat.
Homer: God bless those pagans.
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Where at in England?
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Shakra
(Wed Jul 16 23:04:12)
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I lived right outside Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. Lived on a farm called "Westley Bottom Farm." Loved that place...can't even go past it now.
Homer: God bless those pagans.
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Why can't you go past it now?
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Shakra
(Wed Jul 16 23:13:44)
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Because that was OUR home and somebody else lives in it now. When we moved there, they were renovating that place. It hadn't been lived in for a few years. We never wanted to move, either. We loved it there. Even my friends say they can't go past it because it just isn't the same.
Homer: God bless those pagans.
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That is a shame my friend.
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Shakra
(Wed Jul 16 23:28:27)
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My life's not over yet. It is quite possible we will move back to England at some point. Won't be in that house, however, as we plan to buy a house. You going to come visit me if I do?
Homer: God bless those pagans.
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Absolutely. Lee and I always planned to go to England/Ireland/Scotland for our 10th anniversary. We will be married for 7 years in December. So I still have a couple of years to ago. I want to go so bad. I much rather do that then to an Island or some other "romantic" place. I think E/I/S is romantic. Plus, I am a die hard history buff. I would love to see the old castles and churches.
BTW Where do you live now?
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Shakra
(Wed Jul 16 23:44:01)
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Omaha, NE...don't laugh...it's not funny.
Homer: God bless those pagans.
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I won't laugh. I promise I am completely under control I will not let it out.
Sorry it got the best of me Don't hate me. I am so weak.
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Shakra
(Thu Jul 17 00:26:49)
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Guess what word I'm thinking of now that was recently sent to you by me in a pm?
Homer: God bless those pagans.
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(Thu Jul 17 00:29:12)
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LOL.  Am I at least a cute dog?
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Shakra
(Thu Jul 17 01:17:28)
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You're a cuter smartass. Arf!
Homer: God bless those pagans.
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Yes it will. It will come in handy for me as well. Now I will know when I am getting a compliment or an insult.
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Oh...oh....
Oh...
*giggle*
*sigh*
Oh, I needed that. Thanks Scretta.
from rise to set sweats in the eye of Phoebus and all night sleeps in Elysium
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Any time sweetie.
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Ah HA!
I knew it. "Scrummy" is a word! "I belive this to be an amalgamation of "yummy" and "scumptious". It's a fairly childlike way of describing something as delicious"
pips n. The little seeds in the middle of fruit guaranteed to get stuck in your teeth. Americans call them "pits". Difficult to imagine how or when the two words split. Isn't language an interesting thing, unless you've been banging away for umpteen thankless years writing a dictionary about it. Bastards, the lot of you.
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Well, I learned something new today...for once!
Run, you pigeons! IT'S ROBERT FROST!!!
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I knew there were a lot of differences, but I had no idea there were this many differences.
How many of you U.K. types are self-editing to communicate to the Yank punters?
from rise to set sweats in the eye of Phoebus and all night sleeps in Elysium
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LOL So funny.
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crap, there is one word in there that has been omitted. What exactly is "Govenah?"
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Shakra
(Wed Jul 16 23:05:49)
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Can you use it in a sentence? I've never heard of it, myself.
Homer: God bless those pagans.
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I'm guessing it's just a name you attack to someone, like "dude" or "mate."
How're ye doin' today, guvner? Top o' the mornin' to ye!
Run, you pigeons! IT'S ROBERT FROST!!!
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Shakra
(Wed Jul 16 23:14:31)
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How about attach instead of attack, Monarch?
Homer: God bless those pagans.
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Run, you pigeons! IT'S ROBERT FROST!!!
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Yeah, governor, but said with a cockney accent. I'm guessing, but it might have the same origins as "gaffer".
"The Governor" is anybody in charge I think.
Dobby likes me.
Dobby's a *beep* fag.
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Shakra
(Wed Jul 16 23:19:06)
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See...that's what I was thinking also, which is why I asked Goshzilla to use it in a sentence.
Homer: God bless those pagans.
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I'll try to remeber where I have heard it, and in what context it was used. but if it helps, it wasin the form of a reply, that proceeded a command.
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"I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew..."
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(Tue Aug 5 01:42:41)
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I'm like a good haines t-shirt: tagless 
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