Separated by a Common Language? - Page 3

Undertoad · 04-10-2010, 03:00 PM

All three of "spigot", "hose bibb", and "sillcock" sound like terrible insults.

That hose bibb at the deli rung up my order wrong!

squirell nutkin · 04-10-2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

All three of "spigot", "hose bibb", and "sillcock" sound like terrible insults.

That hose bibb at the deli rung up my order wrong!

Well, it is plumbers we're talking about...

glatt · 04-10-2010, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Well, it is plumbers we're talking about...

"I need a 6 inch nipple."

monster · 04-10-2010, 08:23 PM

Ineed a new ballcock.

I read "washing-up-machine" in books but I've never heard it called anything other than a dishwasher.

I was wondering whether or not to write about Hector's birthday party -if there was much material in that. I decided not, but then one of the parents must've known because he brought us a bag of zucchini (courgettes)

monster · 04-10-2010, 08:46 PM

Here's the cake, btw

(It's a nerf birthday party)

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HungLikeJesus · 04-11-2010, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

Here's the cake, btw

(It's a nerf birthday party)

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monster, for someone who doesn't like to shop, you sure have fine domestic skills.

I think the whole purpose of this thread was to make us want cake.

In Colorado the "oven" is just called the hot box, or sometimes tandoor.

And in the kitchen, the water comes out of the dingus. In the bathroom it's called a dongus if it's in the washbasin and a dong if it's in the keeler.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-11-2010, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

In Colorado the "oven" is just called the hot box, or sometimes tandoor.

And in the kitchen, the water comes out of the dingus. In the bathroom it's called a dongus if it's in the washbasin and a dong if it's in the keeler.

You've got to get out more.

squirell nutkin · 04-12-2010, 09:38 AM

You could rinse them in cold water.

Pete Zicato · 04-12-2010, 03:40 PM

Do Brits refer to all redheads as ginger - even the dark red kind?

Spexxvet · 04-12-2010, 03:58 PM

No, the dark red ones are called Maryanne.

squirell nutkin · 04-12-2010, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Do Brits refer to all redheads as ginger - even the dark red kind?

And do they have the expression beat like a red-headed step child? And why is ginger a pejorative?

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

No, the dark red ones are called Maryanne.

hahah

Cloud · 04-12-2010, 05:38 PM

in the new Sherlock Holmes movie (which I bought and watched several times yesterday) they keep referring to the "ginger dwarf" with some glee. Also, Robert Downey Jr. is completely awesome . . . but doesn't sound too British.

ETA: I note that The Red-Headed League by Conan Doyle is available online for free in the public domain. Bet there are a bunch of spigots and ballcocks in it. Don't know about the ginger midgets.

monster · 04-12-2010, 05:49 PM

yes, although it's a little derogatory and it may be more the English than all the Brits. I think it stems from the Irish/celtic thing -the Irish were looked down upon. But they're all ginger and it's not as "sought-after" as a look as it is here. Although that's a little outdated now. But certainly when i was at school, they were all ginger. Your hair colors were blonde, ginger, mouse and dark. Shove me in the mouse category and color me purple.

squirell nutkin · 04-12-2010, 09:43 PM

and Bob's your uncle?

monster · 04-12-2010, 09:52 PM

actually, Colin's my uncle, but I always liked to be a little different.

04-10-2010, 08:23 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Ineed a new ballcock. I read "washing-up-machine" in books but I've never heard it called anything other than a dishwasher. I was wondering whether or not to write about Hector's birthday party -if there was much material in that. I decided not, but then one of the parents must've known because he brought us a bag of zucchini (courgettes) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-10-2010, 08:46 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Here's the cake, btw (It's a nerf birthday party) . Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Do Brits refer to all redheads as ginger - even the dark red kind? __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

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Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	No, the dark red ones are called Maryanne. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

04-10-2010, 03:00 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	All three of "spigot", "hose bibb", and "sillcock" sound like terrible insults. That hose bibb at the deli rung up my order wrong!

04-12-2010, 05:38 PM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	in the new Sherlock Holmes movie (which I bought and watched several times yesterday) they keep referring to the "ginger dwarf" with some glee. Also, Robert Downey Jr. is completely awesome . . . but doesn't sound too British. ETA: I note that The Red-Headed League by Conan Doyle is available online for free in the public domain. Bet there are a bunch of spigots and ballcocks in it. Don't know about the ginger midgets. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-12-2010, 05:49 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yes, although it's a little derogatory and it may be more the English than all the Brits. I think it stems from the Irish/celtic thing -the Irish were looked down upon. But they're all ginger and it's not as "sought-after" as a look as it is here. Although that's a little outdated now. But certainly when i was at school, they were all ginger. Your hair colors were blonde, ginger, mouse and dark. Shove me in the mouse category and color me purple. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-12-2010, 09:43 PM	#14
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	and Bob's your uncle? __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-12-2010, 09:52 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	actually, Colin's my uncle, but I always liked to be a little different. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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