A plea for full words

[tst]

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craigc wrote:

Also im English so im all up for a bit of slang.. almost got sold some apples and pairs down the nuclear sub.. yours for a lady kidiver! and i'm not even from London!

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Rhyming slang, right? I know the concept, but not being English I often don't have the necessary context to understand it.

[Ray.R]

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corys wrote:
Well, right on the edge of it, but I've ran into people my age who actually speak using those acronyms at times. Somehow 'lol' loses something when they're saying it while not actually laughing, though...

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WHAT??!!?  Did I understand correctly?

Are you saying that, for a funny situation, some pepople will pronounce the word "lol"  instead of laughing?   They will say "lol"??  -wow- 😮

Never heard that before...  That is strange...

[corys]

Yes, you indeed understood correctly, JLV. After a funny situation, say a good joke, rather than actually *laughing*, they smile and say 'lol'. Maybe it's just a new way of humoring my bad jokes? 😄

[Laura F.]

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@corys wrote:
Yes, you indeed understood correctly, JLV. After a funny situation, say a good joke, rather than actually *laughing*, they smile and say 'lol'. Maybe it's just a new way of humoring my bad jokes? 😄

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It has to be - I lol (actually did) just thinking about that situation

Laura

[craigc]

Hi tst,

Yeah it is rhyming slang and not being from London i hardly know it either.  Most people in the UK know the basics though like...
Nuclear = Nuclear sub = Pub (Public house / bar i.e "are you going down the nuclear tonight").
Loaf = loaf of bread = head (context may be to say "use your loaf" to someone i.e "start thinking")
Ayrton = Ayrton sennar = tenner (Ten pound note)
My Grandmother was the expert, she knew loads of it growing up in London.  Someimes i could hardly understand her, although that was the whole point of rhyming slang.  If you were not in the rhyming slang club then you wouldnt know either.

[Ray.R]

I guess British comedy would be funnier if I understood the slang.. 🙂

Although quite funny already...  I am collecting comedy movies from England dating as far back as in the 1960's..

[craigc]

Hi Joe,

Sounds like a cool hobby, i can imagine you have quite a collection.  Im assuming you have most of the Monty python stuff in there 😉 Life of brian, and now for something completely different?  English humour i suppose is the flip side to English reservedness (If thats even a word)

"This parrot is dead"
Craig


Message Edited by craigc on 08-01-2008 09:31 AM

[smercurio_fc]

Hmmm... me thinks we've strayed a bit from the original topic of this thread.

Don't u think?

Not trying to stifle u, mind u.

[craigc]

yep ur rite.  sry smercurio back to the topic...

[Graziano]

Actually this discussion increases the percentage of "r" and "u" on this forum

graziano