Looking for British ENGLISH insults [modified]
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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.
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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. ;)
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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
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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".
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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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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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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.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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That's someone who's looking for traffic for the ol' Hershey Highway... Someone seeking visitors to Brown Town... Someone who wants you to push in their stool for them (even when you're not out to dinner)... Someone who, when they say "ream", is not talking about a box of paper... Someone who doesn't consider cymbals an integral part of a rim-shot... Someone who considers corn on the cob to be a sexual aid...
"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, 10/26/2001modified on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:31 PM
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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.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
an incomprehensible mumble that sometimes disappears into the realms of audibility that only dogs can hear.
This also applies to Scouse .. I don't think you can write of the difference, it just has to be heard. Luckily I'm conversationally fluent in Geordie since one of my mates at uni was 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.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
the realms of audibility that only dogs can hear.
That reminds me - my ex-wife had a high pitch to her whine that affected dogs. Of course, seeing a cow talk in the first place required quite the mental leap, but once you got past that, you noticed the gathering packs of canines...
"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 -
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
the realms of audibility that only dogs can hear.
That reminds me - my ex-wife had a high pitch to her whine that affected dogs. Of course, seeing a cow talk in the first place required quite the mental leap, but once you got past that, you noticed the gathering packs of canines...
"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, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Of course, seeing a cow talk in the first place required quite the mental leap, but once you got past that, you noticed the gathering packs of canines...
That's the funniest thing I've read tonight. A 5 for the belly laughs.
"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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Tell him you're a fan of the Aussie cricket team. Tell him you slept with Johnny Wilkinson and he was a dud Tell him soccer is a girls sport
Josh Gray wrote:
Tell him soccer is a girls sport
It is - it's played by soft pampered poofters.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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Josh Gray wrote:
Tell him soccer is a girls sport
It is - it's played by soft pampered poofters.
"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
Just call him French.
