Bodie's English(U.K.) to English(U.S.) Dictionary

[bodie]

yes a pikey could mean a gypsy

["couldbecousin"]

What is a pikey? I heard them reference it on Top Gear.

A pikey is someone who travels around in caravans and trashes places up and steals.

*sigh*  You Brits have taken the beautiful English language and just RUINED it!   

England > English

clues in the name dear weeble , your american teaching of reading musn't be very good. 

 Everyone knows that we have owned the English language ever since we won the Revolution. 

[Squidusa]

What is a pikey? I heard them reference it on Top Gear.

A pikey is someone who travels around in caravans and trashes places up and steals.

*sigh*  You Brits have taken the beautiful English language and just RUINED it!   

England > English

clues in the name dear weeble , your american teaching of reading musn't be very good. 

 Everyone knows that we have owned the English language ever since we won the Revolution. 

I forgot , "american history" only goes back 500 or so years. 

["couldbecousin"]

What is a pikey? I heard them reference it on Top Gear.

A pikey is someone who travels around in caravans and trashes places up and steals.

*sigh*  You Brits have taken the beautiful English language and just RUINED it!   

England > English

clues in the name dear weeble , your american teaching of reading musn't be very good. 

 Everyone knows that we have owned the English language ever since we won the Revolution. 

I forgot , "american history" only goes back 500 or so years. 

 Don't hate us for making good use of our time. 

['Butterflies']

chips = french fries

Chips and French fries aren't really the same thing.

We get fries in McDonalds, and some other fast food places. Fries are sometimes referred to as chips by some people, but chips are usually fatter and taste different. Someone who can cook might be better able to explain the difference.

Every chip shop, and most reseraunts I've ever been in have sold chips, but not fries. Most American fast food chains sell fries.

I think that good chips beat fries, but chips are inconsistant and you are as likely to get a bad bag of chips as a good bag. Fries tend to be consistantly quite good.

[bodie]

London is lovingly thought of as like
the 'bum hole' of the UK

Oi

It is in the correct place though!  but it means,  if you look further up, that
Adam's home is on a booby!  how apt.   and i don't know but i think squiddy is south somewhere (sweaty feet)   

[bodie]

Chips are usually yummy with salt and vinegar.

Do you put salt and vinegar on fries?   

["couldbecousin"]

London is lovingly thought of as like
the 'bum hole' of the UK

Oi

It is in the correct place though!  but it means,  if you look further up, that
Adam's home is on a booby!  how apt.   and i don't know but i think squiddy is south somewhere (sweaty feet)   

 Appropriate in both cases!     Now, where on the "body" would Ripon be?

[bodie]

crisps = chips

No, no, no,  crisps are cold and come in a sealed plastic bag (or maybe even foil)   you septics are really funny

[bodie]

London is lovingly thought of as like
the 'bum hole' of the UK

Oi

It is in the correct place though!  but it means,  if you look further up, that
Adam's home is on a booby!  how apt.   and i don't know but i think squiddy is south somewhere (sweaty feet)   

 Appropriate in both cases!     Now, where on the "body" would Ripon be?

  the other booby

[earthboundmisfit]

Chips are usually yummy with salt and vinegar.

Do you put salt and vinegar on fries?   

I suppose you could, though it's not common. I've had salt and vinegar crisps, they are quite good.


Canadians put mozzarella cheese and brown gravy on fries.   

['Butterflies']

I always out salt on fries, never vinegar.

In Scotland, if you live on the east of the county, around Edinburgh, you traditionally have brown sauce with your chip shop chips.
If you live in the west of the country, it is fairly uncommon to put sauce on the chips from the chippie.
I always try and sneak a look at the chips before I make my decision. If they look good, then I just have salt and vinegar. If they don't look so good, I get sauce on them to hide the taste.

[bodie]

Yeah we have cheesy chips!  they are yummy.

Gravy on chips is ok too, as long as it is bisto.

Our chip shop serves chips with gravy, curry sauce or mushy peas!

[Binty]

Sometimes I like Worcester sauce on my chips.

["couldbecousin"]

London is lovingly thought of as like
the 'bum hole' of the UK

Oi

It is in the correct place though!  but it means,  if you look further up, that
Adam's home is on a booby!  how apt.   and i don't know but i think squiddy is south somewhere (sweaty feet)   

 Appropriate in both cases!     Now, where on the "body" would Ripon be?

  the other booby

 Cool!  So when I make it over to my ancestral hometown I shall be on prime real estate!