Looking for British ENGLISH insults [modified]
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That doesn't work - it's a more powerful image in America than here in the UK.
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Well then, I guess we're gonna have to move into more universal insults, such as "as*hole", "dickhead", or "pillowbiter".
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
What nationality is he? English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh? What about region? For instance, if he was from Manchester calling him a scouser would needle him. If he's Welsh, calling him a sheep shagger would do it.
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Well then, I guess we're gonna have to move into more universal insults, such as "as*hole", "dickhead", or "pillowbiter".
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Only if you're holding back John.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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I've got a Englishman here that I've been office fighting with. Other than limey, what other things can I call him to try to get under his skin?
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modified on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:26 PM
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/[^] Other than that, you're better off insulting him in your native tongue. As a Brit living in California, some of my co-workers will jokingly try to insult me in "English", but it never really works. In fact, after a while it becomes almost endearing to be called a Limey or something similar! Only a real Englishman can call someone a wanker with just the right intonation. Coming from an American girl, it just sounds too cute to be insulting - especially as you are unlikely to grasp the full extent and subtleties of the word. And don't try to mock the queen, the royal family or British history either. You'll likely be smacked down as a "rebellious colonial" that england is beeter off without. Call yourselves civilized? Your country's less than 300 years old and you don't even appreciatre good tea! Good Luck. ;) edit: I just noticed you say he's from Liverpool. Just refer to him as a "northern peasant", a coalminer or an uneducated boor. Any insult you can possibly make about the fact that he's from the North will be good. You don't see any newscasters on TV with a northern accent, because no-one can understand them! (etc...)
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Call him a Geordie, then
Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore
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I've got a Englishman here that I've been office fighting with. Other than limey, what other things can I call him to try to get under his skin?
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
modified on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:26 PM
whinging pom ?
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Wooly back[^]. Scally[^].
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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Call him a Geordie, then
Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore
I should have come up with that one. Alternatively, call him a Manc or a Cockney.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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whinging pom ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Again, this one doesn't really work. We're far more capable of coming up with derogotary regional insults to bother with the former colonies insults.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/[^] Other than that, you're better off insulting him in your native tongue. As a Brit living in California, some of my co-workers will jokingly try to insult me in "English", but it never really works. In fact, after a while it becomes almost endearing to be called a Limey or something similar! Only a real Englishman can call someone a wanker with just the right intonation. Coming from an American girl, it just sounds too cute to be insulting - especially as you are unlikely to grasp the full extent and subtleties of the word. And don't try to mock the queen, the royal family or British history either. You'll likely be smacked down as a "rebellious colonial" that england is beeter off without. Call yourselves civilized? Your country's less than 300 years old and you don't even appreciatre good tea! Good Luck. ;) edit: I just noticed you say he's from Liverpool. Just refer to him as a "northern peasant", a coalminer or an uneducated boor. Any insult you can possibly make about the fact that he's from the North will be good. You don't see any newscasters on TV with a northern accent, because no-one can understand them! (etc...)
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Miszou wrote:
You don't see any newscasters on TV with a northern accent, because no-one can understand them! (etc...)
That's not true. There are plenty of regional stations with "local" newscasters. ;)
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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I've got a Englishman here that I've been office fighting with. Other than limey, what other things can I call him to try to get under his skin?
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
modified on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:26 PM
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whinging pom ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
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I've got a Englishman here that I've been office fighting with. Other than limey, what other things can I call him to try to get under his skin?
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
modified on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:26 PM
leckey wrote:
what other things can I call him to try to get under his skin?
Depending on the browser he uses: 1. IE User if he is in the FireFox cult. 2. FF User if he prefers IE Warning: #1 is the most powerful insult ever invented, it could kill a person. Use it at your own risk. :)
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modified on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:04 PM
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http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/[^] Other than that, you're better off insulting him in your native tongue. As a Brit living in California, some of my co-workers will jokingly try to insult me in "English", but it never really works. In fact, after a while it becomes almost endearing to be called a Limey or something similar! Only a real Englishman can call someone a wanker with just the right intonation. Coming from an American girl, it just sounds too cute to be insulting - especially as you are unlikely to grasp the full extent and subtleties of the word. And don't try to mock the queen, the royal family or British history either. You'll likely be smacked down as a "rebellious colonial" that england is beeter off without. Call yourselves civilized? Your country's less than 300 years old and you don't even appreciatre good tea! Good Luck. ;) edit: I just noticed you say he's from Liverpool. Just refer to him as a "northern peasant", a coalminer or an uneducated boor. Any insult you can possibly make about the fact that he's from the North will be good. You don't see any newscasters on TV with a northern accent, because no-one can understand them! (etc...)
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Call him a Geordie, then
Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore
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http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/[^] Other than that, you're better off insulting him in your native tongue. As a Brit living in California, some of my co-workers will jokingly try to insult me in "English", but it never really works. In fact, after a while it becomes almost endearing to be called a Limey or something similar! Only a real Englishman can call someone a wanker with just the right intonation. Coming from an American girl, it just sounds too cute to be insulting - especially as you are unlikely to grasp the full extent and subtleties of the word. And don't try to mock the queen, the royal family or British history either. You'll likely be smacked down as a "rebellious colonial" that england is beeter off without. Call yourselves civilized? Your country's less than 300 years old and you don't even appreciatre good tea! Good Luck. ;) edit: I just noticed you say he's from Liverpool. Just refer to him as a "northern peasant", a coalminer or an uneducated boor. Any insult you can possibly make about the fact that he's from the North will be good. You don't see any newscasters on TV with a northern accent, because no-one can understand them! (etc...)
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Miszou wrote:
In fact, after a while it becomes almost endearing to be called a Limey or something similar!
I hate it when people call me a limey, absolutely despise the word, most vile insult to ever have been ... oh wait .. never mind!
Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore
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Well then, I guess we're gonna have to move into more universal insults, such as "as*hole", "dickhead", or "pillowbiter".
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Miszou wrote:
In fact, after a while it becomes almost endearing to be called a Limey or something similar!
I hate it when people call me a limey, absolutely despise the word, most vile insult to ever have been ... oh wait .. never mind!
Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore
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Geordie's are from Newcastle[^]
Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore
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If we ever meet, you'll hear the difference. My accent is Geordie, and his is an incomprehensible mumble that sometimes disappears into the realms of audibility that only dogs can hear.
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