Good morning from Oxbridge english its Ali today we have a sepcial
guest called Jeff who comes from Nottingham in the United Kingdom
so Jeff what four slang terms would you like to share with us ?
One off - A one off is a special or a one time event that is never to be repeated.
Like writing this book!
Owt - This is Yorkshire for anything.Similarly nowt is Yorkshire for nothing.
Hence the expression "you don't get owt for nowt". Roughly translated
as"you never get anything for nothing"or"there's no such thing as a free
lunch". Pants - This is quite a new expression - I have no idea where it
came from.Anyway, it is now quite trendy to say that something which
is total crap is"pants". For instance you could say the last episode of a
television show was "total pants".
Pardon me - This is very amusing for Brits in America.Most kids are taught
to say"pardon me" if they fart in public or at the table etc.In America it has
other meanings which take us Brits a while to figure out. I thought I was
surrounded by people with flatulence problems!
Ok thank you for listing and remember to just speak !
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