Povodny Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 The dogs have dinner, we have tea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutsibe Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Am gan yam Off down't lonnin Go'in for a scop Marra Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner Now THIS one could bear some translation! I'm going _______ Off down to London Going for a __________ (Marra = "tomorrow"?) Love how so much of old dialects have been preserved! By the way, here in the US, a "muffin" is a type of sweet bread/roll - almost like cake. It often has fruit in it, and a sugary mix sprinkled on top (see Kayak with his blueberry muffin!)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian brown Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Its most definitely Breakfast Lunch & Dinner! No, it's breakfast, dinner, tea & supper (snack before bed) I stop for a break at dinnertime, I don't have a lunchbreak, that's for posh people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erinc Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 No, it's breakfast, dinner, tea & supper (snack before bed) I stop for a break at dinnertime, I don't have a lunchbreak, that's for posh people How can you justify EATING TEA? It makes no sense! LOL - If supper is a snack, then I have supper all day Lets not complicate things and just stick to Lunch & Dinner - what is lunch to you? Because, it is a word, and it has a meaning! LUNCH noun a meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal. You can't just pretend the word doesn't exist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loops Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 A muffin's an oover sized fairy cake without the fairy bit lol i agree. i have the muffin tops and they are deffo oversized, and i'm being a bit of fairy tonight cos i been for a walk around carr mill dam and me foot hurts lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian brown Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 How can you justify EATING TEA? It makes no sense! LOL - If supper is a snack, then I have supper all day Lets not complicate things and just stick to Lunch & Dinner - what is lunch to you? Because, it is a word, and it has a meaning! LUNCH noun a meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal. You can't just pretend the word doesn't exist! I drink coffee, not tea Dinner - "Dinner is usually the name of the main meal of the day. Depending upon culture, dinner may be the second, third or fourth meal of the day.[1][2] Originally, though, it referred to the first meal of the day, eaten around noon, and is still occasionally used for a noontime meal, if it is a large or main meal." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner See, dinner at dinnertime - 12-1pm (noon) • DINNER (noun) The noun DINNER has 2 senses: 1. the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday 2. a party of people assembled to have dinner together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian brown Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 How can you justify EATING TEA? It makes no sense! LOL Origin of tea time - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_%28meal%29 In many parts of the British Isles,[14] tea is used to mean the main evening meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Povodny Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 i agree. i have the muffin tops and they are deffo oversized, and i'm being a bit of fairy tonight cos i been for a walk around carr mill dam and me foot hurts lol Its never going to get better if you make it worse lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephona Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 This is really confusing - in school, we were always taught that dinner was typically an evening meal. I also found it confusing when we were taught the word supper which was supposed to be an evening meal too - could never quite tell the difference between them. It does feel a bit better to know that nobody really agrees on which is which lol. As for dinner being referred to as tea, the first time I heard that was when I was in Britain. They never bothered to mention that one in school lol. But strangely, I do think that it makes sense to talk about "tea" as a meal, it is quite similar to some of the wordings we use, so it's not weird to associate it with a meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 noooo it's not a barm cake! lol it's a muffin - eg you go tot he chippy and ask for a chip muffin, not a chip barm lol no you go to the chippy and ask for a chip butty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutsibe Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 This is really confusing - in school, we were always taught that dinner was typically an evening meal. I also found it confusing when we were taught the word supper which was supposed to be an evening meal too - could never quite tell the difference between them. We may disagree when to have dinner - early or late, but generally, lunch is served around noon, supper generally late in the day sometime, and dinner is whichever is the main/larger meal, and is used in place of the word that indicates the time of day the meal is consumed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Idiot / Moron = "Dumb as a bucket of spanners" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutsibe Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Idiot / Moron = "Dumb as a bucket of spanners" We have a similar saying - "Dumb as a box of rocks!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 LOL rob came home and said just gonna go "drop the kids off at the pool" I thought about it for ages and i thought of something completely different to what it actually is.... (poo lol) that made me giggle. . . thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Maya Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner - Tea ... That's the order of my food sittings here! Oh and in Ireland a kiss is called a "shift"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherrie-Nanook-Indy Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Now THIS one could bear some translation! I'm going _______ Off down to London Going for a __________ (Marra = "tomorrow"?) Love how so much of old dialects have been preserved! By the way, here in the US, a "muffin" is a type of sweet bread/roll - almost like cake. It often has fruit in it, and a sugary mix sprinkled on top (see Kayak with his blueberry muffin!)... its old cumbrian diatect Am gan yam = I am going home Off down't lonnin = I am going down the road / street / lane Go'in for a scop = going to the pub for a drink Marra = friend ie - how are you marra lol theres more - just google it - cumbrian also have different numbers yan, tan, tethera, methera etc (not sure I got the spelling of those right) not sure where they all come from and why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 wondering if this works for American/British English as well? In Indo if you say "he's playing ball" it means "he's playing soccer". If you say "I'm watching ball" it means "I'm watching a soccer match" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutsibe Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 (edited) wondering if this works for American/British English as well? In Indo if you say "he's playing ball" it means "he's playing soccer". If you say "I'm watching ball" it means "I'm watching a soccer match" Soccer/football isn't nearly as popular as a sport in the US as it is elsewhere in the world, although it has become immensely popular as a sport for children, in the last some years! If a person is playing or watching "ball", I think it would depend on the season as to what they were playing or watching... In summer, baseball, during the autumn it would almost certainly be American football, and during the winter months into spring, basketball. More often, we'd say what kind of ball a person was playing or watching... "She's watching baseball" or "He's playing football (American - it's implied, since we call what most of the rest of the world calls "football" soccer). Edited July 30, 2012 by sutsibe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strackfam Posted August 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 [MENTION=4807]loops[/MENTION] "fookins" is quickly becoming our favorite word in my house and with my neighbors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 [MENTION=4807]loops[/MENTION] "fookins" is quickly becoming our favorite word in my house and with my neighbors! Lol its a fave of mine too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loops Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 yay! its going global! there are pockets around wherever i have worked people use it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Povodny Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 (edited) Cabbaged is used in our house a lot. You're cabbaging on the couch watching television or you're Cabbaged (tired) or Cabbaged (Brain not working) simple Oh an going to have a day where you just cabbage. (do nothing) Edited August 9, 2012 by Povodny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid_Ian Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 heres a bit of Liverpudlian translation for you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julieanne Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'm sure a large percentage of you have probably heard this one, But a popular phrase in Australia is 'going A over T' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love4Luna Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 After reading all of this, my head is spinning and I'm more confused now than I was before! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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