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I brought up the subject of regionalisms with a friend today. Brian is from London, and he's got a lovely cockney accent. Here's a few of the things I found out:
  • Skivvy: US = Underwear (NAVY thing...) UK = Slang term for someone working a lower class job probably in some hands-on work of some sort (or at least that's the gist I got from Brian) UNKNOWN = Casual plain t-shirt (read it in a story)
  • Whacked: US (West) = Crazy US (East) = Murdered UK = Tired


We had a good laugh about the last one. Brian decided he'd probably get himself into trouble one of these days from using a term that has more than one meaning. LOL!

Anyone else got some good ones that come to mind? I know they come up often in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Harry Potter fandoms...

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