My Rain Day: So Hip

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Well, as much as I love it here...this kind of news makes going home to Minnesota not so bad.

Go, read. Go, go, go.

Important Terms To Know:

3-door/5-door: a vehicle description, with the trunk (boot) counting as a door
awk: a sentence filler of sorts, like "awk, no" or something? I think it's like how we use "oh"...
aye: yes
banter: joking around with friends, also called "bant"
bing: a game guys play to point out hot girls...so classy...
biscuits: cookies, and generally store-bought ones
bolognese: marinara sauce for spaghetti
boot: the trunk of a car
bout ye: slurring of "how about you" which just means "what's up"
brown sauce: a kind of sauce they use on the side of meals...and I can't really describe it at all...
buns: made in cupcake tins with papers, but not as sweet...more like an in-between zone of cake and bread
chip buddy: buttered bread with chips in the middle as a sandwich
chippy, the: a place which serves fish and chips takeout (which they say as takeaway here)
chips: fries, but they're a bit different in shape, and served with basically everything (even Chinese)...and eaten with a fork and knife
class/lethal/unreal/brilliant: various terms for describing how good something is
Come Dine With Me: a reality television show you must watch to truly understand
craic: pronounced "crack," it means something like the condition of the place you're at, or when posed in a question like "how are things/what's up"
crisps: potato chips
cuppa: "cup of" but will be written out as former, and if it doesn't include what it's a cup of, it's assumed it's a cup of tea
dab hand: be skilled at (to be a dab hand)
dander: a short walk
dead-on: to be honest, no idea what word to compare it to quite yet...they just use it to describe people A LOT
eejit: idiot
football: soccer (a given, but I thought I'd put it up anyway)
fraped: "Facebook raped," when someone hacks your profile and changes your status to something super awkward or embarrassing or something...and it's a big thing here...
gutted: to be completely dismayed or disappointed or upset...
I can't be bothered: a phrase meaning "I'm too lazy" or "I don't feel like it" and not at all rude in tone though initially it always came across that way to me...
injection: medical shots
jumper: a hooded sweatshirt
keep 'er lit: an important phrase to know, though I don't know an equivalent....
lift: either the elevator or getting a ride somewhere, or can be used to mean you picked up something for purchase...or also stealing, but that's by context
lorry: truck
lough: lake
Lucozade: a drink sold by the bottle here and sold in a couple different flavors...the orange one = good, the energy one = vile and nasty
ma/da: mom/dad/mother/father
mate: ...pretty obvious, is it not?
mince: ground beef/hamburger meat, whatever you call it...but they always refer to it as "mince"
nice: used to describe just about anything, especially food (e.g., "oh, that tastes nice") and express approval, etc.
pants: means "underwear/underpants" here...so, say "trousers" instead
red sauce: ketchup (no joke...even though it says "ketchup" right on the dang bottle of Heinz...)
sausage roll: a kind of food with a sausage (but not with a heavy casing like ours) baked in a pastry...delicious
scone: DELICIOUS. that's all you need to know.
scundered: to be embarassed
slagging: giving someone grief with sarcasm--it's heavier than joking, but lighter than actual teasing
stuck in: kind of like...to get in there and get it done?
taking the mick: a phrase I still don't quite understand...but I think it's the same as when we say we're giving someone crap?
Thai sweet chili sauce: a kind of dressing/sauce you can use, and is quite popular
toasties: toasted sandwiches
Troubles, The: how they refer to the time from the late '60s to the late '90s and the conflict between the Protestant unionists and the Catholic nationalists; following, NI joined the United Kingdom
tuck in: said at meals, means "feel free to help yourself"
Twelfth, The: July 12, also known as Orangeman's Day, celebrating the victory of the Protestant king William of Orange over the Catholic king James II in 1690
vinegar: malt vinegar
wee think: to think something over, "have a wee think"
wee: little, but used much more than we would use "little"
work away: a phrase meaning "go ahead" or "help yourself"
wrecked/shattered: exhausted
yous: collective "you", when Midwesterners would say "you guys"

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