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Hey, Brits! Explain this to me.

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    Explain to me, so I can explain to Mrs. George.

    She's watching the Oprah Prince Harry interview on Apple TV called "Say It Out Loud."

    I told her that the Brits don't use the word "asshole" too much, am I right @Doctor-Phibes ? Instead they use the word "twat," which has a different meaning from what we use that word for in the US.

    What's a simple definition that I can give to Mrs. George, so when I say "He's a twat!", she'll understand?

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Aren't you a bit old for this kind of naivete? 😆

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • MikM Mik

        Aren't you a bit old for this kind of naivete? 😆

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        @mik said in Hey, Brits! Explain this to me.:

        Aren't you a bit old

        Of course.

        for this kind of naivete? 😆

        But I detect a subtle difference between the usage of "twat" in the Brit sense and the US sense.

        I've seen at least one Brit mystery show that used the word. That would never pass muster here in the US.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          Loki
          wrote on last edited by Loki
          #4

          In the UK they pronounce it tw at.

          And it can denote any of the body parts below the waist, but generally ass.

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            Think Twit with an A.

            The Brad

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            • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              #6

              'Twat' has the same meaning in the UK as the US, but when it's used as an insult, it's kind of a step-down from calling somebody the c-word. It's a fairly common insult.

              We also call people arseholes, rather than assholes. It sounds so much more sophisticated.

              I was only joking

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                Link to video

                I was only joking

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                  Link to video

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                  George K
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                  @doctor-phibes that was probably most informative.

                  Now, is there one in which I can actually understand what the actual hell they're saying without subtitles?

                  I only understood "shithouse" "favor" "scabies" "sumo wrestler," and a couple of other words.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    George K
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                    Thanks for the link though. It redirected me to this:

                    Link to video

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      That, my friend, is John Cooper Clarke. He has a very strong Salford accent. Salford is Manchester's rather rough step-brother. And it has to be said, Manchester's not exactly hoity-toity.

                      I'd completely forgotten about it being used as verb. There was a kid at our school who was always threatening to twat people, as in beat them up.

                      I was only joking

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