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Originally Posted by DanaC
Nah. It'll be reet, Clod. Job's a good'un.
[northern to English translation service: Nah. Go ahead, Clod, it'll be fine, you'll see.]
[eta] that's actually a phrase a I use a lot. Often it gets cut down to: Be reet. Job's a goodun.
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Well, now I understand Brass in Pocket by the Pretenders. I found a site where everybody was speculating what different parts of it mean, and finally someone who knew what they were talking about chimed in:
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Originally Posted by some poster on some site
Brass is northern English slang for money.
Bottle again is English slang for courage, she has moxie. She has balls.
Reet is again northern slang. It's so reet. She's alright. It's all good.
Skank is a dance, a way of moving.
I'm from the north of England. These are pretty common terms where I come from.
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Thanks Dana! I always wondered but never thought to look it up before.