Elizabeth, a fellow Graduate Resident found this small "stop cock" grate as she walked to the dining hall at Trinity College. Definitely camera-worthy and loaded with jokes! "Stop Cock" is not what you might think it is; it is a valve used to restrict or isolate the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe. This is
just one of the many British idioms that m
akes an American go, "huh?"Here are a few others:
Geezer: old man or mate
Peckish: hungry
Cheeky bugger: smarty pants
I've got to see a man about a dog: I've got better things to do.
Sod off/Faff off: Screw off!
Bollocks!: Nonsense, oh crap!
Photos: Humps for 50 yards (speed bumps), Pig & Whistle (a college staircase--hall--at Oxford), Fcuk (French Connection of U.K.--clothing store), Please mind the step (watch the step).
2 comments:
Interesting!!!!!!! They probably laugh at some of our usuage of words, also. I bet you will learn some of them very quickly. If nothing else use sign language.
I love travel blogs liek yours, especially when they're so phot o rich! Just one thing: 'I've got to see a man about a dog' is what people say when they don't want you to know what they're doing, usually in the sense of them getting you a birthday present. It's not 'I've got better things to do'.
Home come you travel so much?
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