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 Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:49 am
I had a friend who was British who I used to talk to on MSN all the time (sadly, I haven't heard from him in almost a year now) and he used to ask me "Have you been wanking today?"
Up until that point, I had NEVER heard of the word "wanking" and had to get him to explain it to me. Not sure if it's sterotypical, but I use the word all the time now myself.
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:44 am
Hm, not sure. I've never heard it spoken outside the UK, though kids in France learn the word. Not from the teachers though, it has to be said.
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:23 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:20 pm
Indeed, let us support this new thread! I shall be vigilantly scanning the pages for newbs, n00bs, and even the dreaded nub.
Also known as:
British Stereotypes: Reloaded.
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:24 pm
Very much appreciated, I'm hoping that it doesn't get CB'd like the original did.
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:08 am
I dunno about stereotypes but for sayings I love cockney rhyming slang.
My dad once asked for a cup of "rosie lea" (tea) in a restaurant and the waitress was all: "We don't serve wine til after six"
I love Bloody Hell and Sod Off.
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:46 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:05 am
And now it has been enshrined in the GBG Info page.
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:40 pm
Probably 'What the devil?' or its derivations, these just seem to epitomise the British reaction to suprising events, along with such phrases as 'I say' or possibly even 'I say, I do say'.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:07 pm
Narelon the Great Probably 'What the devil?' or its derivations, these just seem to epitomise the British reaction to suprising events, along with such phrases as 'I say' or possibly even 'I say, I do say'. What the Dickens!
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Foetus In Fetu Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:01 pm
See? Some situations just require an interrobang.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:46 pm
I prefer the neutrality mark.
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Foetus In Fetu Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:14 pm
Taking the piss, by far! Why do they not have this saying everywhere else? It makes us seem jolly stupid chaps and chapettes when we use this inadvertently to an audience of some other nation and then have to explain it.
...listening to BoJo (Boris Johnson) speak is entertaining.
Is 'toff' British?
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:31 pm
"Blimey!" - The ferret has spoken. 
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:39 am
I'm probably not able to comment neutrally on stereotypes, given the top hat. Both on here and on f*cebook. neutral
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