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[chessielady]

I liked rolly bin...trash can.

Trousers versus pants. If I remember correctly pants were undies and trousers were slacks. I learned that lesson when I had a pocket full off change and mentioned that my pants might fall down from the weight of all the coins. I got a look and a snicker !

[chessielady]

Oh..a sweater is a jumper and an eraser is/or was called a rubber.

[NVmimi]

Getting caught short and going to the bar and getting ****** (drunk to us).

[Venezia]

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@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

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@Venezia wrote:

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@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

Billy lid

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@proudlyfromNJ - Can you give us an idea what this is supposed to mean?  Neither DH nor I have ever heard it.  Is is something the "younger generation" uses?

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@Venezia  All generations. A billy lid is a kid.

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@proudlyfromNJ - Okay, Cockney rhyming slang.  I thought that was probably what it was.

[Venezia]

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@Judaline wrote:

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Isn't there a 'pudding' that has liver in it? I remember hearing about it.

@Judaline  - I wonder if you're thinking about something like Steak & Kidney Pudding?  It's not a dessert, but an entree (similar to our Beef Pot Pie).

ETA:  Also, Irish black pudding contains liver, but I won't even go into the ingredients for that.  And again, not a dessert.  

[LyndaGee]

"Snog" (kiss)

"I'll be glad to see the back of him/her."

[Imaoldhippie]

According to MidSomer Murders when you nick something you stole it.

[Judaline]

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@NVmimi wrote:

Getting caught short and going to the bar and getting ****** (drunk to us).

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Did you mean p i s s e d?

[mousiegirl]

@Love my grandkids   I had a British friend until she finally went back to England, and one day we were sorting things, and she said, "we'll just bong it in the boot."  I asked her what that meant, and she said, throw it in the trunk (of her car).

The British and people from the South of the US have wonderful, funny sayings.

[LizzieInSRQ]

"Bob's your uncle" has to be one of my favorite phrases...means "and there it is" usually following an instruction and getting a result like if someone is showing how to do something correctly and we might say "and there ya go" .

I remember watching  the British ChefJamie Oliver on PBS and he said  that, i melted. Love the UK!!