[Spridgets] Brit Slang
Jay
jfishbein at snet.net
Tue Feb 25 12:19:20 MST 2014
lol
Only from Moss
jay
>________________________________
> From:
"WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com" <WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com>
>To:
corvallis at peoplepc.com; spridgets at autox.team.net
>Sent: Tuesday, February 25,
2014 2:05 PM
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Brit Slang
>
>
>Good Nick means good
condition, not functioning properly.
>
>Fiddly is generally taken to mean an
awkward job because it involved small
>parts or a lot of fine finger
movement or dexterity.
>
>No-one says 'Pudding Club' any more but they might
say 'up the duff'.
>
>I've never heard the expression use your spanner smartly
but a spanner is a
>wrench.
>
>Bob really is my uncle
>
>I've never head the
expression ' get a wiggle on'.
>
>And a quid is of course a pound but it's
never 12 ounces.
>
>I'm not old enough to remember bobs and tanners but am old
enough to
>remember shillings.
>
>Weslake-Monza 1330
>
>
>In a message dated
25/02/2014 17:04:59 GMT Standard Time,
>corvallis at peoplepc.com writes:
>
>http://www.mossmotoring.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/top10_britishslang.ht
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