Benedict Townsend
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laura :
is picky bits just British for girl dinner?
2023-10-30 16:25:10
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Grunkert :
from personal experience, referring to loose change as shrapnel causes severe cognitive distress
2023-10-30 16:36:11
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Aravelle :
Who says “picky bits”? I’ve never heard this in Manchester.
2023-10-31 08:53:04
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ALS :
Yonks is another good one. “I haven’t seen that in yonks”
2023-10-31 07:44:01
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laura :
I’m American and will be saying “pop to the loo” from now on thanks
2023-10-30 17:23:06
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polly :
region specific phrases always surprise me - i said ‘i was on the drag’ in a lecture once and no one knew what i was on about
2023-10-30 16:14:40
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theritualkitchen :
My fave is a brummy specific one - “bit dark over Bill’s mother’s” = it’s going to rain
2023-10-30 17:29:43
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Louise Bullock :
did an exchange trip with students from Prague, their English was excellent, when I said "that's not my cup of tea" they literally looked around for
2023-10-30 18:31:03
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Eirlys :
Is boxing day not really a thing in other countries?!
2023-10-30 18:28:05
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Kate W 🏴🇬🇧💙💛 :
Most of our family ones come from Fawlty Towers and Blackadder 😬
2023-10-30 17:57:25
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.𖥔 ݁ ˖𓅓‧₊˚ miarosagay ꩜ ִ☾. :
tudor pickings 😭
2023-10-30 17:13:49
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Holly Philo :
Yorkshire ones (specifically east) are the best - having a skeg, giz a croggy, absolutely maftin
2023-10-30 17:29:17
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Laura :
"down the cut" and "around the Wrekin" are some of my regional favourites 😂
2023-10-30 18:21:57
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Basketcase1989 :
Doofer - for when you can’t remember what that little thing is called even if it’s the tv remote. “Pass us the doofer.”
2023-10-31 10:08:09
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Jake Holding :
does "month of Sundays" count?
2023-10-30 16:29:05
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Serenity In Turmoil :
in the UK. what the heck are picky bits?
2023-10-30 22:21:36
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Ezra’s minion 🇬🇧 :
And because we love to shorten everything … Donkeys years is just ‘I haven’t seen them in donkeys’
2023-10-30 19:56:54
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BeingTheHunt :
I've always known picky bits as nibbles for tea
2023-10-31 08:39:39
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Whitetiger1932 :
My fave that I was told why trying to dry my hands in a pub toilet. "Tighter than a knife fight in a phonebooth."
2023-10-30 20:05:15
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Joel Hewitt :
“That’s the badger” when agreeing with someone
2023-10-30 23:46:58
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Poppy 🪩✨ :
Found out from an American friend that ‘cheeky’ and ‘stroppy’ are only british and it blew my mind
2023-10-30 16:14:21
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leonie 🌿✨🌷 :
I had to train someone at work whose first language isn’t English and quickly realised the amount of idioms I use habitually is ridiculous 😅
2023-10-30 20:40:55
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Ailis Steele :
My dad’s English but lived in aus for 40 years. Referred to the “off license” recently and surprised everyone including himself
2023-10-31 10:10:45
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Iden (Remus’s version) :
am i the only one to have bubble and squeak for Boxing Day?
2023-11-06 12:37:09
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