Adrianna TanApr 9

Just realized that here in London, I can say ‘I took the lift up to my flat after removing the items from the boot’ and people are going to understand me

I also look forward to standing in a queue, and throwing away my rubbish

In the afternoon, I shall have some biscuits

#English #Languages

Show threadPaco HopeApr 9

@skinnylatte You will master British English when you can use “piss” in all its many forms.

“Taking a piss” means the same to US and UK speakers. “Taking the piss” is something else entirely. And that’s the sense involved in a “piss take.”

But if someone in the US is “pissed” they are angry. In the UK, they’re drunk. A party with a lot of alcohol is a “piss up,” from which we get the fantastic insult “he’s so dumb he couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery”

Two countries separated by a common language. 😜

Show threadAdrianna Tan
@paco I grew up in a British colony and did most of my schoolin in British English. :)
Apr 9 at 8:35amWeb
Show threadPaco HopeApr 9
@skinnylatte ah. I misunderstood. I did not, so I don’t call myself a master of British English because I can’t, in fact, use “piss” in all its many forms. I lived in London for a decade. So I’m fluent, but not native. 😜
Show threadMike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺Apr 9
@paco @skinnylatte
Oh piss off!
Is yet another use
Show threadHeatherApr 9
@MikeFromLFE @paco @skinnylatte Plus oh PISS when you do something silly.