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newton kabiddles
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Australians should never use "Yo Dog". |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: |
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Hilltop Hoods
These blokes hail from Adelaide. I reckon they've appropriated US hip-hop using the local vernacular pretty bloody well. No worries, yo. |
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swetepete
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Location: a limp little burg
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:44 am Post subject: |
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| I think everybody should be allowed to call people 'tosspots' and 'w**kers' and 'goofballs' and 'f**kwits,' while 'dude,' 'mate,' 'bloke,' 'chum' and 'buddy' should be regionally specific. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Many Korean use the term "bloke" regularly. I've often heard a student say, "Teacher, I bloke my pencil." |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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It is, of course, OK for anyone to use the word pint, as beer is sold in pints. Anyone found ordering a 'glass' or 'cup' or 'mug' or (gasp) bottle of Guiness should be served budweiser, or perhaps Old English 800.
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Whats wrong with asking for a glass of guinness? I had a girlfriend who would always ask for a glass. If you ask for one, they'll give you a glass instead of a pint.
On the subject of Irishisms, no matter how many times my canadian friends say "whats the craic" or "what about ye" they sound like wierd posh imposters. Much like me saying "eh" I suppose. So N americans should probably stay away from that, as well as "lad", bloke, etc. N Americans just don't have the accent for it. |
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NAVFC
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| we beat your asses in 1776 we can say any of your words we want. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| That's very odd logic. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Can Americans use the word "bloke" |
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As a Canadian who has traveled America a lot, it seems to me that:
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| Anyone can use "guy." Can you take a North American who uses the word "bloke" seriously? |
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| How about "brilliant" to mean "great"? |
yes, but only if used with emphasis "Brilliant!" otherwise it'd sound odd
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| Cheers! (And how about "Cheers") |
only when drinking beer |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:03 am Post subject: |
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Typing stuff's one thing, but it always sounds slightly wrong to my ears when anyone other than Brits say "Cheers" to mean 'Thanks'.
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Er, kiwi's use "cheers" for thanks all the time ...
No to bloke for N americans, but they can say brilliant as far as I'm concerned, that's a very general non slang word anyway. |
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beachbumNC
Joined: 30 May 2007
Location: Gumi
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: |
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i don't think we can say bloke. it just sounds like whoever is saying it is trying to...i dunno, it makes them sound like some kind of poser.
but non-NAs can't say dude, so i think it's even. |
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beachbumNC
Joined: 30 May 2007
Location: Gumi
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:36 am Post subject: |
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when i was in wales, a lot of the english guys i hung out with used "massive" in the same way americans use "awesome." i thought that was pretty cool, but i can't see myself or any other americans saying, for example:
oh, have you read about the new corvette? MASSIVE!
dude, we went to the sigma chi party last night, it was MASSIVE!
"i went to see Wolfmother in concert last night."
"oh you did! MASSIVE! i've been dying to see them!"
anybody else heard english guys call stuff "massive?" they were all from hereford, so maybe it is a hereford/west england thing? |
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