Nobby's Easy Translator - Page 2

U-15 · 01-18-15, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhornchen

Sorry, Chum: don't think colloquialisms can be counted, charming as they are...

You wait till the Black Country gets its independence from the UK, and then it will have to be considered as a national tongue

Eichhörnchen · 01-18-15, 11:07 AM

Sailor Steve · 01-18-15, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by U-15

As a verb or adverb (my English aye that good), it means an immediate urge for; as in "Bostin for a pint"

I'm not up on current slang, but when I was younger the oft-used word was "jones" - "I've got a jones for some pizza."

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As an adjective it means great etc; as in "That was a bostin pint"

Again, back in the sixties the surfer culture used two words for the same meaning - "boss" and "bitchin'"

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