Bloody Americans

[Dr Jekyll]

An American guy on the phone this afternoon used the word 'bloody' in the Australian rather than biological sense, he said "the bloody files been deleted" or something very similar. He is in the New York office and is definitely American not Canadian.

Do Americans now use 'bloody' the way we do? Has he been watching too much BBC? Or is he taking the piss?

Edited by Dr Jekyll on Wednesday 24th March 19:35

[ErnestM]

A few use it. Hasn't quite replace "damned" yet.

[Blue Meanie]

Some use it. It still sounds weird to hear it, like when they say wker... Just sounds wrong.

[Justayellowbadge]

It's when they say 'mate' or 'quid' that they sound a bit silly.

A bit like wiggers here with their 'straight outa putney' stylings.

[Marquis_Rex]

They use it because they're often tickled by English terms- especially slang.
It seems to be a favourite topic of conversation for many around here.
They were creasing up at terms like 'Dog and bone' and 'Gary glitter' this morning.

It's very odd. Then they'll start to pick it up and say 'cheers' all the time.
I even saw a T shirt for sale here with the Union jack and "cheers" written after it!

[sleep envy]

get them to start using the term 'bks' when things don't go right

[Blue Meanie]

For some reason a girl I know finds "constable" really funny, as well as "fish and chips"

[ErnestM]

sleep envy said:

get them to start using the term 'bks' when things don't go right

"What? No dog involved?"

[Blue Meanie]

ErnestM said:

sleep envy said:

get them to start using the term 'bks' when things don't go right

"What? No dog involved?"

That was a ste film!

[uuf361]

wker and tosser (shouldn't this be caught by the swear filter?) don't mean much to them yet either

[Mobile Chicane]

Try getting Americans to say w a n k e r if you want a laugh. They just can't.

[Blue Meanie]

Or tt.. They was twot for some reason.

[Gargamel]

Ask them if you an bum a fag.

[chevy-stu]

The sceptics love a bit o' rhyming slang..

[Justayellowbadge]

chevy-stu said:

The sceptics love a bit o' rhyming slang..

Not so sure..

[ErnestM]

Justayellowbadge said:

chevy-stu said:

The sceptics love a bit o' rhyming slang..

Not so sure..

I saw what you did there...