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| BrKhalid |
| 07/17/02 at 12:09:17 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) Just a little experiment in linguistics which I thought would amuse. ;-) Please translate the following commonly used English phrases: all over the gaff barney big girl's blouse butchers cushty doobry 'er indoors Don't knows aren't allowed, if you're stuck please make an (educated) guess ;-) |
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| NinthMuharram |
| 07/17/02 at 16:58:47 |
| Salam, I definitely am not a Brit but read a lot of Brit books..well mostly kids book. Let see if I can recall. (Time now is 4:56am) but I'll do it in sentence form so others can guess too. Dunno if my sentences are approariate :) 1) all over the gaff - "Son! How in the world did you get chocolate all over the gaff. You better clean up now! Grandma is coming today and I wouldn't want her to think I don't know anything abt taking care of the house!" 2)barney - Fred and barney. Flinstone :) . "We can't design all the aeroplane seats to accomodate all Barneys!" 3) big girl's blouse - Conversation heard at an office. Person A : So, boss can I get a raise? Boss: Over my dead body! Your work is a big girl's blouse. You don't contribute anything to this company! Errm maybe a bit too harsh. 4) butchers - Conversation at a shop between a husband and wife Husband: Hon, let's go! We've been in this shop for hours!!! Wife: Oh, but I I just need to butcher one more time. The shoes are on sale! 5) cushty - ???? or cushy? If it is cushy - "Don't get too cushy in that car. We're just test driving it" 6) doobry - Ermm??? Situation : 2 boys trying too cook coz their parents went for vacation and they have never cooked before. Boy A : Do you know that thing that mom use to beat the egg? ??? Boy B : We need some kind of mechanical device to beat eggs? :o Boy A: I've seen her did it before. So what's that doobry that mom used!? ??? 7)'er indoors - In Br Khalid thread which test the linguistic knowledge of Madinites, he mentioned the word 'er indoors. ;D So did I get any correct? :-/ |
| 07/17/02 at 17:34:24 |
| NinthMuharram |
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| SisterHania |
| 07/17/02 at 17:43:45 |
| [quote author=NinthMuharram link=board=bebzi;num=1026922157;start=0#1 date=07/17/02 at 16:58:47] So did I get any correct? :-/ [/quote] :D :D I have never laughed so much! Which books did you used to read? Are you sure they were british? I think my fav was your interpretation of 'big girls blouse' hahaha. Im still laughing........ :D |
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| Kathy |
| 07/17/02 at 19:54:17 |
| all over the gaff - driving all over the road. barney - a great big purple dinasaur who loves me and we are all part of a family. big girl's blouse- the contents of my closet butchers - where i met my hubby cushty - a deep hug while patting your babies bottom doobry - "good" in slovak 'er indoors- the bloomers! |
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| gift |
| 07/18/02 at 03:40:19 |
| )[slm] lol these are sooooooo funny ;D but bro khalid as a brit i have no idea what a *doobry* is ??? i love the interpretations of *butchers* best :-X (here's a hint for you amreekans - think cockney slang ;) [wlm] |
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| BrKhalid |
| 07/18/02 at 05:28:04 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) It's amazing. We think we speak the same but oh my is it a different language!! ;-) Sr Ninth Muharram and Sr Kathy - All credit to you guys. Jolly good show ;-) [quote]butchers - where i met my hubby[/quote] And there was me thinking Islamic conferences were the place to meet your future spouse ;) [quote]I definitely am not a Brit but read a lot of Brit books..[/quote] Maybe we should make you an honourary Brit ;-) Btw I tested some of this lingo on an unsuspecting [s]victim[/s] volunteer yesterday with the line: "Don't worry, just go up the apple and pears and get the dog and bone. It'll be cushty" ;-) The look I got back was priceless ;-) Keep the guesses coming ;-) |
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| eleanor |
| 07/18/02 at 06:36:01 |
| [slm] for those of us who know what they mean are we allowed to make a little story with them? I have a good one involving "barney" and "'er indoors" ( hope I didn't give anything away :o :o) wasalaam eleanor |
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| WhatDFish |
| 07/18/02 at 10:32:14 |
| :-/ :-/ :-/ ;D :D :-/ :-/ :-/ hahahaha, Kathy u crack me up! dog and bone = phone but apples and pears?? hmm ive not heard of this one, must be stairs yeah? |
| 07/18/02 at 10:41:36 |
| WhatDFish |
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| NinthMuharram |
| 07/18/02 at 10:55:48 |
| That's it I ain't ever going to London ! [i] Packs her bag, book a ticket to Singapore to learn Brit Slang 101 from Sis Barr (she's the nearest to me who happens to understands the Brits! [/i] But I'm having fun with this! "Don't worry, just go up the apple and pears and get the dog and bone. It'll be cushty" I'll rephrase that and tell me if I am anywhere near the correct meaning. Apple and pears - "We're just going up to the first floor, there's no need to use the lift. C'mon you need some exercise, let's use the apple and pears instead," said the super athletic wife to her super couch potato hubby. *now now don't put me down on contract for this!* dog and bone - "Quick! Go find the dog and bone . We need to report this ding-dong before it gets out of hand!!!" said person A to person B. So, does cushty actually means "easy"? Reckon I could survive in Britain? How abt some OZ slang... now where did I put my OZ books... |
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| BrKhalid |
| 07/18/02 at 11:22:03 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) [quote]dog and bone = phone but apples and pears?? hmm ive not heard of this one, must be stairs yeah? [/quote] Br Uthmaan I'm impressed. ;-) Cushty is not really 'easy' Sr Ninth Muharram. My research says it actually comes from a Hindustani word. Go figure huh? Right with the apple and pears. Not sure about your example though. ;-) [quote]for those of us who know what they mean are we allowed to make a little story with them? [/quote] Sure. It may help others to guess if there is some context. |
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| AyeshaZ |
| 07/18/02 at 12:52:29 |
| [quote author=BrKhalid link=board=bebzi;num=1026922157;start=0#9 date=07/18/02 at 11:22:03]Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) Cushty is not really 'easy' Sr Ninth Muharram. My research says it actually comes from a Hindustani word. Go figure huh? [/quote] no way, could it be wrestling or maybe it means running fast or something like that ??? |
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| eleanor |
| 07/19/02 at 05:43:43 |
| Conversation overheard between two British brothers: ;-) 1: "Just had a bit of a barney with 'er indoors. Said I was leaving dirt and muck all over the gaff. I dunno mate, maybe I'd better start cleaning up after myself" ;-) 2: "Don't be such a big girl's blouse!!" |
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| WhatDFish |
| 07/19/02 at 10:07:43 |
| im no brit but it wouldnt be fun if i gave the answers away so heres a couple more cockney slangs, heheh, have fun! My trouble and strife brought me nothing but misery, fighting over bees and honey which landed me in bucket and pail. Br Khalid, and other dear brits, do enlighten us abt the cockney slang. language is sppsed to make things short and sweet, meaning easier for one to communicate, so why then the need for two words instead of one etc? |
| 07/19/02 at 12:17:00 |
| WhatDFish |
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| BrKhalid |
| 07/19/02 at 12:06:21 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) I have no idea Br Uthmaan why two words are better than one!!! Maybe it was just a way of talking in code when it originated such that the fuzz couldn't work out what was being said!! ;-) I'll post the answers up at the weekend inshaAllah. Wasalaam Br Khalid PS Fuzz = Police ;-) |
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| Fatimah |
| 07/19/02 at 20:49:07 |
| salam alaikum... this is tooooo funny! Ok, I think Ill try, even though I have no clue... [quote]"Just had a bit of a barney with 'er indoors. Said I was leaving dirt and muck all over the gaff. I dunno mate, maybe I'd better start cleaning up after myself"[/quote] All over the gaff... all over the floor?? Barney..... (purple dinosaur came to mind) but Ill guess an arguement??? 'er indoors.... her in the house??? big girls blouse...( i thought of a shirt for women) but now i know that wont be true..dont be a baby? dont be a wimp?? butchers.... a place to slaughter meat cushty...(something to sit on??) fast??? doobry...something left over after a plane crash or fire :D this cant be english!! :-/ :-/ :-/ |
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| mwishka |
| 07/19/02 at 21:37:21 |
so, um "a barney with 'er indoors" sounds like "a row with 'er ladyship"...... and um, well are you sure......you didn't mean "doobry", you meant "doohickey"?? ----maybe that's why it wasn't recognized.... hee heee mwishka |
| 07/21/02 at 08:47:51 |
| mwishka |
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| wardah |
| 07/20/02 at 17:58:23 |
[slm] just one thing....i'm Brit butttt i've never come accross those words!!! ever! are you sure they're not made up :P [wlm] |
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| BrKhalid |
| 07/20/02 at 19:29:00 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) Okay okay…for the sceptics amongst you, here are the answers: all over the gaff General term to describe someone or something that has no direction or that is in a mess. barney Row, violent argument. big girl's blouse A term that has more associations with the north of England, but is also used 'down south'. Normally used as a term to playfully ridicule a young man who is a bit soft and shy. The sort of thing your uncle might say to you. eg. "Come on, put your back into it you big girls blouse !". butchers Rhyming Slang , short for for 'butchers hook' meaning 'look'. A very common example of rhyming slang, usual examples are "give us a butchers" or "let's av a butchers". Cushty (also kushty) general word meaning everything is fine or that something has been resolved. From Hindustani 'khush' meaning 'pleasant' doobry - a nonsensical word used when you forget the name of something, like a 'thingy' 'er indoors The wife. Meaning the one at home. Made popular by the character Arthur Dailey from the TV series 'Minder' Imagine the scene…..Muslim husband is cooking a surprise meal for his devoted wife. There’s a knock on the door and a friend walks in to see how he’s getting along: Friend: So what’s cooking mate? ;) I thought I’d come over and take a butchers Husband: Quit with the jokes man, ‘er indoors is back in half an hour and I’m all over the shop. Friend: How’d you get into this mess anyhow? Was it some sort of dare or something? Husband: Yeah that jannah.org has got a lot to answer for!!! This smoked salmon ain’t looking smoked man, more like char grilled!!!! You reckon you can scrape off the burnt bits off like toast??? Friend(noticing the husband has actually been following a flapjack recipe): Hmmmm….forget that, have you seen the kitchen? Your missus is going to have a right barney at ya!!! Husband: You’re supposed to be helping me not depressing me…here give me a hand and lend me that doobry thing over there for the sauce. Friend: No can do man, I’ve never cooked in my life I wouldn’t know what to do. Husband: You big girl’s blouse!!! I’m only asking you to pass me it, not cook with it!!! Sheesh Friend(reluctantly passes the doobry) Husband(takes it and starts stirring wildly): Oh yeah, now we’re cooking!!! Cushty :) Friend(looking quizzically at the food) Three hours later….. Wife: Hmmm……that was a wonderful meal, I never knew you had it in you. Husband(smiling): Oh well sometimes you just have to push the boat out I guess….. THE END Waiter: Do you want me to order a cab sir? ;) |
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| mustafas_baba |
| 07/20/02 at 19:46:09 |
| [slm] Does Barney also mean: Barney = Barney rubbles as in TROUBLE !!!!!!! ;) ????? |
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| Barr |
| 07/21/02 at 00:08:51 |
| Assalamu'alaikum :-) [quote]Waiter: Do you want me to order a cab sir? [/quote] Typical ;) Is this based on a true story? ;):P Lets try these phrases/ words... :) Bonus brownie points for continuing Br Khalid's "Dinner story" using these words, in no asending or descending order. 1) Making a mick 2) Doing my/his/her/their/your* head in 3) Hossy 3) Go up the wooden hill to Bedford Good Luck! :-* * delete where applicable P.S. Ninth Muharram.. yes, pack your bags and come down! I'll give you a lesson or two ;) or maybe, you can give me some! |
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| Barr |
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