{"id":7974,"date":"2016-11-15T09:09:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T08:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/?p=7974"},"modified":"2016-11-15T09:20:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T08:20:32","slug":"illustrated-guide-weird-british-expressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/illustrated-guide-weird-british-expressions\/","title":{"rendered":"An Illustrated Guide to Weird British Expressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does anyone know the real Britain? It\u2019s a small group of islands, but even us locals are asking ourselves this question with more frequency these days, in view of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-32810887\">recent political events<\/a>. But politics aside, it\u2019s a fair question: British or not, few people have seen the true range of British culture, landscape and everyday life that exists within this historic land. Therefore, few people are aware of <strong>the true extent of the weirdness that the archipelago holds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A good place of entry for those who know of Strange Britain only from Monty Python re-runs and the living soap opera we call the Royal Family (and maybe their sitcom alter-egos, <a href=\"http:\/\/gold.uktv.co.uk\/royle-family\/article\/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-royle-family\/\">The Royle Family<\/a>), is with the language. In the internet age, a certain standardized form of English has spread further than ever, with today\u2019s poly-linguals picking up their slang from online blogs and pop music. But while this mid-Atlantic drawl contains its own share of absurdities, many of the uniquely odd utterances that have evolved in the British Isles remain hidden to all but those who venture to its most curious regions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7979\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Youre-all-bum-and-parsley.jpg\" alt=\"youre-all-bum-and-parsley\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Youre-all-bum-and-parsley.jpg 620w, https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Youre-all-bum-and-parsley-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/5-places-to-visit-while-you-are-in-london\/\">London is the most popular destinatio<\/a>n for many who plan a visit to Britain, and the capital is not devoid of its own linguistic weirdness. Many a tourist has been baffled by the <strong>apparently nonsensical sentences to come out of a Londoner\u2019s mouth<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cWould you Adam and Eve it?\u201d or \u201cLet\u2019s go take a butchers!\u201d \u2013 as they seem to have been crammed with random, unrelated words. To some extent, it\u2019s true: this is known as Cockney rhyming slang, and one theory is that it evolved as a special market trader\u2019s code to baffle the police while still making sense to each other. Words are swapped for rhyming alternatives, so that in the above examples, \u201cAdam and Eve\u201d means \u2018believe\u2019, and \u201cbutchers\u201d (\u2018butcher\u2019s hook\u2019) stands for \u2018look\u2019. Britain didn\u2019t need to invent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/learn\/moma_learning\/themes\/dada\">Dada<\/a> \u2013 everyday life was already pretty close!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7976\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/born-in-a-barn.jpg\" alt=\"born-in-a-barn\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/born-in-a-barn.jpg 620w, https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/born-in-a-barn-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But if you\u2019ve never ventured up into the wild beauty of rural Scotland, there\u2019s plenty of British strangeness you might be missing out on. Cosy up in a fire-lit tavern and you\u2019ll receive a warm welcome, albeit one that you may not understand too well. The accent aside, Scottish English is replete with <strong>regional words and phrases that even those south of the border would struggle to make sense of<\/strong>. If you\u2019re told that you\u2019re \u201call bum and parsley\u201d, for example, you may want to make your excuses and head for the \u201ccludgie\u201d (bathroom). It means you\u2019re all talk; you\u2019re too full of yourself but you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about. (You might instead be told you\u2019re \u201ctalking mince\u201d). On the other hand should you be asked \u201cFits yer name and far yi fae?\u201d then you\u2019re probably making a better first impression \u2013 they just want to know more about you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7977\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Happy-as-a-pig-in-muck.jpg\" alt=\"happy-as-a-pig-in-muck\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Happy-as-a-pig-in-muck.jpg 620w, https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Happy-as-a-pig-in-muck-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In England, Yorkshire has some unmissable cities \u2013 York itself is particularly historic \u2013 but much of the <strong>local slang remains firmly rooted in the countryside<\/strong>. If the people of Yorkshire are known for being no-nonsense, it\u2019s a stereotype that can be traced through to their way of speaking. For example, at first glance, \u201cyou\u2019re a pig in muck\u201d might seem random and even offensive \u2013 but there is sense behind it. It just means that you\u2019re happy, in your element \u2013 much as a pig might be, lolling about in the mud. (If \u2018muck\u2019 is swapped out for something ruder, though, it\u2019s possible you\u2019re being mocked for being happy while others are not so well-off). When leaving a room, you might be asked if you \u201cwere born in a barn\u201d. Again, it makes sense when you think that, um, some barns don\u2019t have doors \u2013 your Yorkshire friend is complaining that you\u2019ve left the door open.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7980\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/it-looks-a-bit-black-over-bills-mothers.jpg\" alt=\"it-looks-a-bit-black-over-bills-mothers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/it-looks-a-bit-black-over-bills-mothers.jpg 620w, https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/it-looks-a-bit-black-over-bills-mothers-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Complaining about the cold and the rain is a national pastime in Britain, so along with the barn comment, you\u2019d do well to familiarize yourself with the idea of it looking \u201ca bit black over Bill\u2019s mother\u2019s\u201d. You\u2019re likely to hear this one in the Midlands, and it just means that there\u2019s rain on the way (there usually is). When you\u2019re preparing to go out in the morning, your host may tell you it\u2019s \u201cbrass monkeys\u201d outside. They are not recommending a local installation you should check out. Rather, it\u2019s the polite way of saying that it\u2019s \u201ccold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey\u201d \u2013 which is a natural enough thing to say, as the nearest indigenous living monkeys are thousands of miles away, meaning only their sculpted replicas have to suffer the indignity of a British winter. A more local critter is to be found in west country slang, where to exclaim \u201cthat\u2019s the badger!\u201d is to say, \u201cyou\u2019ve got it! That\u2019s the one!\u201d Something that hits the spot, such as a great cup of tea or an afternoon nap, could be described as \u201cjust the badger\u201d. But the verb \u201cto badger\u201d is not so positive: it means hassling someone for attention. A distant cousin, perhaps, of \u201cpecking my head\u201d \u2013 a northern phrase for being bothered by incessant nagging!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7978\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/not-give-a-monkeys.jpg\" alt=\"not-give-a-monkeys\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/not-give-a-monkeys.jpg 620w, https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/not-give-a-monkeys-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not sure where you\u2019re going to visit in Britain, <strong>there are a few phrases that will serve you well, more or less anywhere<\/strong>. To \u201cnot give a monkey\u2019s\u201d, for example, means that you don\u2019t care (i.e. to not give a damn). Nobody seems quite sure what part of the monkey it is that you\u2019re not giving (although we\u2019ve already highlighted the Brit\u2019s concern for the welfare of monkey genitalia), but possibly it\u2019s an old bit of rhyming slang that lost its roots. Likewise, nobody is totally certain who \u2018Bob\u2019 is, but \u201cBob\u2019s your uncle\u201d is a common phrase you\u2019ll hear all over \u2013 it\u2019s an upbeat phrase, meaning \u201cthere you have it!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7975\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bobs-your-uncle.jpg\" alt=\"bobs-your-uncle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bobs-your-uncle.jpg 620w, https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bobs-your-uncle-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So if you want to delve into <strong>the diversity of British culture<\/strong> without \u201cmaking a pig\u2019s ear of it\u201d, be sure to \u201clearn yerself\u201d a few key phrases. Getting first-hand experience of Britain\u2019s strange English is an joy beyond endless episodes of silly sitcoms!<\/p>\n<p>All the illustrations are taken from\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sykescottages.co.uk\/blog\/travel-tips\/an-illustrated-guide-to-weird-british-expressions-23148\">http:\/\/www.sykescottages.co.uk\/blog\/travel-tips\/an-illustrated-guide-to-weird-british-expressions-23148<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does anyone know the real Britain? It\u2019s a small group of islands, but even us locals are asking ourselves this question with more frequency these days, in view of recent political events. But politics aside, it\u2019s a fair question: British or not, few people have seen the true range of British culture, landscape and everyday [&#038;hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An Illustrated Guide to Weird British Expressions - Traveleurope Blog | Travel tips, advices and useful info<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/illustrated-guide-weird-british-expressions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Illustrated Guide to Weird British Expressions - Traveleurope Blog | Travel tips, advices and useful info\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Does anyone know the real Britain? 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