SE Session 5: Bits and bobs
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Spoken EnglishA few bits and pieces
Common English slang words
Slang words are not universally used, but they are commonly heard in informal conversation.Bob’s Your Uncle – There you go, you’ve got it!Gobsmacked – Amazed, awed by something
Give You A Bell – Call youBlimey! – My GoodnessGutted – DevastatedChuffed – ProudFancy – Like
Lost the Plot – Gone CrazyFortnight – Two WeeksSorted – ArrangedBee’s Knees – Awesome
Dodgy – SuspiciousWicked – Cool!Whinge – complain, moanTad – Little bitTenner – £10Fiver – £5Quid – £1Skive – to avoid doing something
Cockney rhyming slangCockney rhyming slang originated in the East End of London.This is a different world to “normal” English - but sometimes on tv shows etc. you hear these phrases:Butchers’ – look, from butcher’s hook - “Would you like to have a butchers?”
Adam and Eve – believe - “Would you Adam and Eve it…?”Apples and pears – stairs - “I’m off up the apples and pears to bed.”Barney Rubble – trouble - “You’re going to be late home again, you’re in for some Barney Rubble from the wife.”
Plates of meat – feet – “Sit down and take the weight off your plates?”Ruby Murray – curry – “Do you fancy having a ruby murray tonight?”Trouble and strife – wife - “Time to go and pick up the trouble and strife…”Skin and Blister – sister – “That’s my skin and blister over there…”
A few websites that might be helpful in Learning English
Excellent general sites:http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/
More general sites:http://www.okey-dokey.co.uk/index.phphttp://www.learnbritishenglish.co.uk/
Specifically for speaking with a British accent:http://www.wikihow.com/Speak-in-a-British-Accent
These videos looking at English language are on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-I_jNXdVbRIAGDl27NPLKAhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwk6ifONlkvqnoMF2uyA05g
This one focusses on culture:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAm0yDpqqVEvBbqwlTAJNfg
If you like football this is a fun site to learn English:http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/
An online pronunciation dictionary:http://www.howjsay.com/
Different wordsEnglish and American people speak the same language but use different words:A film becomes a movie, a wardrobe is a closet, a toilet / lavatory becomes a restroom
TrousersNappy
RubberHoliday
PetrolFlat
Biscuit
PantsDiaperEraser
VacationGas / Gasoline
ApartmentCookie
BonnetWindscreen
BootReversing lights
Exhaust
HoodWindshield
TrunkBack-up lights
Tail pipe / Muffler
British English words that end in -re often end in -er in American English:centre centerfibre fiberlitre litertheatre theater
British English words ending in -our usually end in -or in American English:colour colorflavour flavorhumour humorlabour laborneighbour neighbor
Other examples include: Words ending in -yse are always spelled -yze in American English:analyse analyzebreathalyse breathalyzeparalyse paralyze
Other examples include: Words that include two (or more) vowels together are spelled without one of the vowels in American English:leukaemia leukemiamanoeuvre maneuveroestrogen estrogenpaediatric pediatric
And so on…defence defenselicence licenseoffence offenseanalogue analogcatalogue catalogdialogue dialog