Cool for Brits to speak American - How about the reverse?

[Mr Herbert]

two americanisms im proud to incorporate into my dialect; fuckin-a and a-hole.

preferably together, fuckin-a-hole

 

[romafan]

I've always liked 'legless'

 

[Cool The Kid]

Originally Posted by Casey

No, but it seems like girls love British accents in general.
Yep

I can't recall specifics but I remember a few bands of Jersey fame "turning English"

 

[JustinW]

I just learned that 'chook' is not universal/understood by Americans.

 

[Teacher]

Originally Posted by JustinW

I just learned that 'chook' is not universal/understood by Americans.

I've never heard that before. What does it mean?

 

[onix]

Originally Posted by Teacher

I've never heard that before. What does it mean?

chicken, often referred to human as in "oh you silly chicken"

 

[origenesprit]

Originally Posted by onix

Bloody hell

More like bloody 'ell, really.

Also arsed sounds dumb with an American accent.

 

[JustinW]

Originally Posted by onix

chicken, often referred to human as in "oh you silly chicken"

Or: "he was running around the office like a headless chook", to which I received some very quizzical looks this morning.

 

[Britalian]

Originally Posted by JustinW

I just learned that 'chook' is not universal/understood by Americans.

Antipodean if I am not mistaken. Never heard a native Brit use this.

 

[blue squares]

Obviously using a fake accent would be bollocks, but using unusual slang sparingly is good. A big vocabularly is a good thing when not shoved in your face with an "I'm so smart" attitude.

 

[Britalian]

Never heard a Statian say "Well, bugger me!"

 

[Teacher]

Originally Posted by Britalian

Never heard a Statian say "Well, bugger me!"

No. While we know what the original meaning of bugger is, it's taken on a completely different meaning for us most of the time. We use it, if you can believe it, with difficult but harmless things, like small problems or children. We'll say "Come here, you little bugger!" or "Boy, that car sure was tough to fix. I'm glad the bugger's done."

Imagine our Scottish doctor's surprise when my mom referred to my brother as a little bugger.

 

[Britalian]

Originally Posted by Teacher

No. While we know what the original meaning of bugger is, it's taken on a completely different meaning for us most of the time. We use it, if you can believe it, with difficult but harmless things, like small problems or children. We'll say "Come here, you little bugger!" or "Boy, that car sure was tough to fix. I'm glad the bugger's done."

Imagine our Scottish doctor's surprise when my mom referred to my brother as a little bugger.

My parents often called me 'a little bugger'. for my uncle, however, it had a completely different meaning.

 

[JustinW]

Originally Posted by Teacher

No. While we know what the original meaning of bugger is, it's taken on a completely different meaning for us most of the time. We use it, if you can believe it, with difficult but harmless things, like small problems or children. We'll say "Come here, you little bugger!" or "Boy, that car sure was tough to fix. I'm glad the bugger's done."

Imagine our Scottish doctor's surprise when my mom referred to my brother as a little bugger.

My aunt will often say "bugger me" or "it hurt like buggery" without a clue of the term's original meaning.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Matt

ya think?

Mostly people find my accent non-descript...guessing Australian and occasionally southern British at a stretch. It is very rounded out, since I have lived like two thirds of my adult life out of the country.

Anyhow, ok, cool...I still sound Australian. This is a good thing. Kinda.

Either you still sound Australian, or I don't know **** about accents. Probably both.