flyday58 Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 So a little help from my friends across the sea. What is the difference between: knackered bodged gubbed Explain: WOT MOT VAT Define: gudgeon gaiters What are collywobbles and codswallop, and which would be the better gift for my wife? Help a fellow blue smoker out. 1
nayruf Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Knackered = broken, also can mean a person is ‘Dog tired’ Bodged = repaired using unconventional methods such as gaffer tape on a fairing Gubbed = for me means plaster or filler daubed on a component, WOT = ??? depends on context, but probably slang phonetic spelling of 'What' MOT = Ministry of Transport = now outdated (DoT) Department of Transport. Annual Vehicle road worthy inspection carried out by licensed garages VAT = Value added tax, government con to get more money on goods or services supplied to the customer for money, Gudgeon = Piston wrist pin (gudgeon pin) Gaiters = Rubber sleeves used to protect items such as the exposed fork legs from the weather 'Collywobbles' = feeling frightened, trepidation, Codswallop = talking rubbish or a description of something or an act that is rubbish, Politicians talk a load of ‘codswallop’ 1
Moderator Airhead Posted June 27, 2013 Moderator Posted June 27, 2013 like nayruf put so well, all except WOT 'Wide Open Throttle' isn't gubbed 'FUBARD' ?
wild foamy Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Hop-up - an upgraded part Elevator - lift Fag - homosexual (not cigarette!)
nayruf Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 isn't gubbed 'FUBARD' ? You are probably correct 'Gubbed' is not a term I have ever really used, 'Fubard' to me = knackered. I wonder if 'Gubbins' translates?
Ttaskmaster Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Gubbins - Stuff, thingumies, technical knick-knack, random bits, etc. Term used to describe a mass of stuff that, typically, the speaker is not too familiar with... eg, "the fans, CPU, GPU and all that gubbins inside my computer". Gubbed is more a Scottish word, meaning knackered or completely busted, but also means to be punched in the mouth (ie, your gob). Gaiters - Usually spats, or similar cover for the lower legs. US Marines and soldiers wore them in WW2, although they call them Leggings. Same thing. Consequently, anything similar (such as fork covers) are also called gaiters or skirts (as in the platic/leather cover on a car handbrake lever).
nayruf Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Gaiters - Usually spats, or similar cover for the lower legs. US Marines and soldiers wore them in WW2, although they call them Leggings. Same thing. Consequently, anything similar (such as fork covers) are also called gaiters or skirts (as in the platic/leather cover on a car handbrake lever). We called them 'Putties' I still have some somewhere, a right pain to put on, 1
Mallory1 Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Well, there's English and then there's Northern Ireland (Norn ' iron) english. I shall explain...... "Mucker" - Friend "Bout ye" - Hello, How are you? "Whats the score?" - What is happening? "Them 'un's" - Those people "Yous 'un's" - You people "Aye" - Yes "Here's me" - This is what I did/said "The Brew" - Job Seekers Allowance "A Swally" - A drink "Saunter" - Walk on "Ye What?" - What did you do/say "Bake" - Someones face "Bap" - Head/Hair "You Slabbering?" - You making fun of me? "Dander" A short walk "Stroked" - Stolen / ripped off "Baltic" - Cold "Houl On" - Please wait "Oxters" - Armpits "Bate" - Beat "Meat Wagon" - Police Landrovers "Suckin' Diesel" - Having a good time "Scundered" - Embarrassed "Stickin out" - That's really good "Get my head showered" - Take a much needed break "Dead on" - ok (can be used as sarcasm) "Taig" - someone of the Roman catholic religion "Orangy" - someone of the Protestant religion (NB: In N Ireland you must fall into one of these 2 religions - we recognise no other!! Lol) "Wise up" - Be serious "Your head's cut" - You are talking nonsense That's for starters ... 1
Mallory1 Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Oh, and how can I forget ... "Craic" - a good time
Ttaskmaster Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Well, there's English and then there's Northern Ireland (Norn ' iron) english. I shall explain...... Half of that is now generic UK English anyway, though. Terms migrate. We called them 'Putties' I still have some somewhere, a right pain to put on, Ah, no - Puttees are slightly different, but do the same job. Puttees are long strips of cloth that wrap around the top of the ankle boot and then up to tie just below the knee. British used them in WW1, although we were still issuing them into the late 80s!
flyday58 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Posted June 27, 2013 Brilliant, all of this. I knew y'all could enlighten me, us, U.S. OGOAB, yes, FUBAR over here is knackered beyond repair. How about miles? I see signs on the M4 saying how many miles to somewhere. Are yours and mine the same? Why miles when your clocks read kilometers? OOH! Another one! Clocks that don't tell time, wassup with that?? You guys are great for indulging me...
Ttaskmaster Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Our speedos are in miles. Most have kilometers along the inside, in case we hop over to Europe for a trip or something. As for variation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile Clocks do tell the time, analogue and digital. However, a clock has a face and so do you, so to 'clean someone's clock' is usually to punch their face in, heh heh!!
nayruf Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Clock! This can be used as a verb: IE, to clock something can mean to take a measurement, perhaps with a micrometer or a depth gauge or even to take a good look at, perhaps a person would say, ' did you 'clock' the wheels on that, meaning did you see those wheels, so the word clock can mean you have caught a glimpse of something
Moderator DirtyDT Posted June 27, 2013 Moderator Posted June 27, 2013 Clocks are speedos and rev counters Clock (as in clocking someone/something) is seeing someone/something As mentioned before, miles are miles however, we have had to adopt a lot of metric measurements so, apart from road distances, almost everything else is in metres etc. That said loads of people still use the imperial measurements when talking about things like wood.sizes. 4 by 2 as apposed to 100 by 50. We use Litres for everything liquid (although I think that it is a measurement of volume) but most people still convert it to Gallons (about 4.6 L to a gallon). Our Gallons were always a different measurement to yours even though we called them the same. Lots of different names for the same thing depending on what part of the country you are from. A roll (as in a small, round bread thing) can be a; roll; cob, balm cake; bap or something else A person you know can be a: hen, duck, mate, chic(ken) or lots of other things. I am from London and live in the midlands and they talk weird around here. They even call a roundabout an island. Mind you I have never seen a roundabout in the US.
Moderator mervin Posted June 27, 2013 Moderator Posted June 27, 2013 D ya ken waht these girls are singin aboot 1
neversaydie Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Gubbed = chucked awayVAT = value added tax. Never existed before we joined the European Union, its the tax raised by the Union to pay for the Union across the member states. When we leave, there should be no further requirement for it in the UKIs that a cuckoo?
KirriePete Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Want anything translated? I'm a Cockney, lived in East Anglia for a few years, moved to Scotland (Teuchter country), married a lass from the Wirral who had parents from Dundee and Banff, so I've got most of it covered. Also fluent in Civil Service speak, got an aunt from Southern Ireland, had long conversations with various gentlemen from Norn Iron, went to a school populated mostly by pupils of a Yiddish background and my first job was at a petrol station run by Islamic persons. Multi-culturalism, I am your natural end product! (This post fuelled by OVD rum) 1
blackhat250 Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 Bloody ell me china " your a real Diamond geezer pete,
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