To the Brits...

[chippy]

Mark just Google :

Lyrics, Perry Como, 'What did Delaware Boys'.


It's a famous old song that puns and plays on words.

Paul.

Oh Please sir me sir I know the answer .
Oh what did Del-a-ware boy, what did Delaware
What did Del-a-ware boy, what did Delaware
She wore a brand New Jersey,
She wore a brand New Jersey,
She wore a brand New Jersey,
That's what she did wear

One, two, three, four
Oh, why did Cali-fon-ia
Why did Cali-fon
why did Cali-fon-ia
Was she all alone
She called to say Ha-wa-ya
She called to say Ha-wa-ya
She called to say Ha-wa-ya
That's why she did call

Uno, deis, tre, quatro
Oh what did Missi sip boy
What did Missi sip
What did missi sip
Through her pretty lips
She sipped a Minne sota
She sipped a Minne sota
She sipped a Minne sota
That's what she did sip
Where has Oregon boy
Where has Oregon
If you wan Al-ask-a
Go ahead and ask her
She went to pay her Texas
She went to pay her Texas
She went to pay her Texas
That's where she has gone

Well how did Wis-con-sin boy
She stole a New-brass-key
Too bad that Arkan saw boy
And so did Tenne-see
It made poor Flori-di boy
It made poor Flori-di, you see
She died in Miss-our-I boy
She died in Miss-our-I
Oh what did Del-a-ware boy, what did Delaware

FADE

See that Fade at the end , that's me fading away very slowly .

Us chaps have to be very careful when going down to the West Country When ladies say to you " Hello my lover." followed by a dig in the ribs from OSWMBO because she who thinks she knows every thing has never come across that terminology before.
mick

mick I live in the West Country and in my innocent youth I took those words quite literally . I was arrested a few times , I got smacked in the face countless times but every so often I got lucky
chippy

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Hi Joe

Butt or butty means mate in South Wales. In the north of England a butty is a sandwich... It doesn't mean arse.

Arse means butt in colonial English. Arse can also mean different things such as "he's an arse" (insult), "arsing about" (fooling around) or "you arse" which can be a term of endearment to a mate or start of a fight to anyone else. Arse can also be used as a term of disbelief as in "my arse!". There are probably more uses for arse and you'll need to listen carefully.

Blessings

Huw

How about pain in the arse. but the real insult is when you add on hole at the end of it

 

[valiant]

Round here in the North Midlands calling someone "duck" is a term of endearment and is not gender specific! You get called it by males or females, usually in shops when exchanging money. "Ta, duck" is thank you, "Ay up duck" is hello, "'ow at, duck?" is how are you and "up 'anley duck" is where you do your shopping!! Clear?!!

Apparently the term "duck" derives from Anglo-Saxon, "duc", which is a term of respect and the root of "duke". The difference in where the North Staffs accent and the South Staffs accent changes also corresponds to the historic Saxon tribal boundaries between two different groups.

 

[Huw63]

How about pain in the arse. but the real insult is when you add on hole at the end of it

Bloody hell missed that one!!!!

 

[DEL]

How about pain in the arse. but the real insult is when you add on hole at the end of it

......ithole????????......keep it secret .......shhhh

 

[Joe55]

Joe you have joined the tailend of a conversation....
You must be confused.
just sing that old song quietly to yourself and you'll understand
What did Delaware boys?, What did Delaware?.

Paul

Now why did you have to bring my mother into this?

No really, mom's name was actually Adela, but friends and acquaintances called her Della, or Del.

No worries Paul. Had you a might concerned I'll bet. He, He, !

Joe

 

[Joe55]

Hi Joe

Butt or butty means mate in South Wales. In the north of England a butty is a sandwich... It doesn't mean arse.

Arse means butt in colonial English. Arse can also mean different things such as "he's an arse" (insult), "arsing about" (fooling around) or "you arse" which can be a term of endearment to a mate or start of a fight to anyone else. Arse can also be used as a term of disbelief as in "my arse!". There are probably more uses for arse and you'll need to listen carefully.

Blessings

Huw

Ok, Bud is used here as short for buddy, ( seems to be the same word just spelled differently), which means friend or mate as in you all's case. Wow, or a sandwich! I'll save that one.

Arse is used here very, very rarely. Now ass is used in speech a lot especially with hole added, its a crude insult. To me the word arse seems......well......more refined !

Joe

 

[billyturnip]

On my last ship I always greeted my Polish friend with "Ey up cock!"
The reply was always the same, "My cock is none of your business".

He also liked to use the expression I'd told him "Wank you hairy crutch" instead of "Thank you very much". So often so that he mistakenly used it in normal conversation in a shop in Aberdeen.

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Ok, Bud is used here as short for buddy, ( seems to be the same word just spelled differently), which means friend or mate as in you all's case. Wow, or a sandwich! I'll save that one.

Arse is used here very, very rarely. Now ass is used in speech a lot especially with hole added, its a crude insult. To me the word arse seems......well......more refined !

Joe

I allways thought that an Ass was a cross between a donkey and a horse

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

On my last ship I always greeted my Polish friend with "Ey up cock!"
The reply was always the same, "My cock is none of your business".

He also liked to use the expression I'd told him "Wank you hairy crutch" instead of "Thank you very much". So often so that he mistakenly used it in normal conversation in a shop in Aberdeen.

Roger how on earth has this innocent thread stooped to this level

 

[peedee]

Now why did you have to bring my mother into this?Joe

.

Joe my only real concern is I cannot think of a line from the song to reply with that's appropriate Bugger!

Which is the most expressive single word in the
BRITISH language.

BTW I opened a discussion the other day at the model show.
It is my long held belief that the world would be better
served if we all used the same way of expressing our displeasure with each other.
This would mean that only the language of the 1950's
Cowboy movies was spoken.
So.....the worst I could call anyone might be a
low down cotton picking varmint, or similar, and I bet you are smiling at the thought

Paul

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

.

Joe my only real concern is I cannot think of a line from the song to reply with that's appropriate Bugger!

Which is the most expressive single word in the
BRITISH language.

BTW I opened a discussion the other day at the model show.
It is my long held belief that the world would be better
served if we all used the same way of expressing our displeasure with each other.
This would mean that only the language of the 1950's
Cowboy movies was spoken.
So.....the worst I could call anyone might be a
low down cotton picking varmint, or similar, and I bet you are smiling at the thought

Paul

Cotton picking varmint, That is racist Paul

 

[peedee]

Cotton picking varmint, That is racist Paul

Ron !
Dagnabbit ya ornery cornswaggler, why I oughta.....

See it works!

Paul

 

[billyturnip]

Roger how on earth has this innocent thread stooped to this level

I can go a lot lower than that Ron.

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

I can go a lot lower than that Ron.

Well in times gone by you would have probably been Kiel hauled

 

[Mark S]

G'day Larry, what a bunch of bloody Galahs.....Geez mate you've got Buckley's of following this lot of dogs breakfast.
A lot of the humour here is as dry as a nun's nasty but it's usually a piece of piss to work it out.
Anyway mate you'd have a pisser of a time down here because one of our sayings is "Happy as Larry".......Cheers Mate!

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Whats a Galah

 

[billyturnip]

Well in times gone by you would have probably been Kiel hauled

Keel Ron... Kiel is a place in Germany and I could tell you a few stories about that place!

 

[Huw63]

G'day Larry, what a bunch of bloody Galahs.....Geez mate you've got Buckley's of following this lot of dogs breakfast.
A lot of the humour here is as dry as a nun's nasty but it's usually a piece of piss to work it out.
Anyway mate you'd have a pisser of a time down here because one of our sayings is "Happy as Larry".......Cheers Mate!

I once had a friend called Larry, Larry the Lamb. I ate him.
He was nice with mint sauce and roast potatoes.

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Keel Ron... Kiel is a place in Germany and I could tell you a few stories about that place!

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