How To Swear Like a Brit

[the_moonmoth]

Despite having been in the New World for nearly a year and a half now, I am, in many ways, incurably British. For example, the number of times a week I check the BBC website. At the weekend I caught this little gem, which is relevant to many of our interests. Americans, take note ;)

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In other news, the parents have finally gone, and we survived

Comments

[shapinglight]

You're right. It is a little gem. I'm so glad her pronunciation was so nice and clear. No mistaking 'bollocks' for 'bullocks', which I've seen so many times in fanfic. :shudder:

[the_moonmoth]

No mistaking 'bollocks' for 'bullocks'

Or 'bollix' or 'bollox' or... *shuddering with you* Like, it's an actual word, it has a correct spelling - use it!

OMG your icon though D:

[shapinglight]

:)

Someone kindly made it for me when I was raving about how Americans kept confusing the two. It annoyed me so much that I actually wrote a (very polite) piece of feedback to one of the then BtVS fanfic BNFs in which I mentioned that she'd made this error.

She never replied, and years later I saw her doing it again. Needless to say, I lost all respect for her instantly. ;)

I also have this icon.

[the_moonmoth]

That too is a quality icon. Wally. Lol. Haven't heard that word in many years ;)

One thing that always makes me cringe is when Spike says 'ninny' and 'nit'. You know, cause those are really bad words. When he was a kid. In the 1850s.

[thisficklemob]

That sucks.

I try to avoid assurances with health stuff, because the fact is I just don't know, and I don't want to lie. Even if the odds are good, they're never 100%.

Which sometimes leads to awkward phrasing, but oh well.

Feel free to call me out if I misstep. I am chronically ill myself, so I do understand the occasionally emotional necessity of contradicting the well-meaning ignorant.

[the_moonmoth]

That sucks.

:)

I try to avoid assurances with health stuff, because the fact is I just don't know, and I don't want to lie. Even if the odds are good, they're never 100%.

Right? And I understand the desire to reassure someone, but sometimes it all just rings a bit false, you know?

[herself_nyc]

I'm just reading this post now, somehow I missed it. Glad your visit with the folks was endurable. Post a pic of the renewed desk!

You've convinced me to go see Mad Max; I'll probably do another Monday morning at the movies like I did last week with The Avengers; me and 11 other people at 10:30 a.m.

No platitudes from me. Just good wishes and support.

[the_moonmoth]

The light isn't great, but, here's it is...

[the_moonmoth]

Thanks! I'm pretty pleased with the way it came out, and given that it was a sort of dark slate grey before, it's really lightened up the room :)

Sod is an awesome word ;)