Favourite Brit Speak?

Haha.. as Sean calls it, "LA Zed Boy"  

I have no idea why it's "zed" and not "zee".. but this did cause a sizeable misunderstanding one time between Sean and I.  He didn't realize we didn't say "zed" and I had absolutely NO IDEA what he was on about!  

Also, "haitch" sounds a bit funny as well.  Wonder when we changed to saying "zee" and "aitch"?

"what you on about then?" and "she has the hump" Love those but first time I heard hump I was like what hump,you calling me a camel now? LOL

Ok.. not familiar with "the hump"..

Well its what my Brit hubby always says about me,if Iam peed off at him about something,and just ignore him

Maybe its what older Brits say,not sure ???or maybe Iam spelling it wrong too!hehehehe

I say that one sometimes myself and my mum says it as well. A good phrase to keep alive even though it makes no sense whatsoever!

LOL,your right BritWife,and hope you dont think I meant anyone who said it was old,just my hubby is 54 years old,and I sure like in America,saying do out of style fast sometimes!

His other fave is strophy(spelling??) he is usually talking about our 12 year old daughter when he says that though,and he says it alot too

LOL,your right BritWife,and hope you dont think I meant anyone who said it was old,just my hubby is 54 years old,and I sure like in America,saying do out of style fast sometimes!

His other fave is strophy(spelling??) he is usually talking about our 12 year old daughter when he says that though,and he says it alot too

Oh no I didn't think that but hardly anyone does say it these days! And do you mean "stroppy"? - that's a good one too.

 Yes ,sorry I did mean stroppy,like I said I wasnt too sure of the spelling.Well good I cant wait to see the look on my hubby's face or what he has to say when I tell him his sayings are a bit out-dated   hehehehehehehehe.I will be called a cheeky devil though for sure

you could always call him a "cheeky ha'porth" (pronounced "AY-PUTH") in return! and no i don't know what it means (maybe one of our Northerners can enlighten us as I think it is from somewhere norht of Watford) but it just sounds funny!

Ta I sure will do,hehehehe.Well Iam sure he might know since he spent most of his life up North,and where we will be going to this time to live
 It does sound funny,and I hope that I say it right,or I will get   look!I think we could do with a voice translator thingy here,LOL

Can someone also tell me why Z is said as zed?  I've never understood why.  When its used in a word you don't say zed then the word.  I had to ask.

P.S. as I'm American I've only said aitch.  Never ever haitch.

No such word as haitch in British English, or at least so my Oxford Dictionary tells me. I think the 'h' may be being added by those who use Brit Eng dialects where the aitch tends to be dropped, as a kind of over-compensation.

As for Zed, I think it might derive from the Greek name for Z, Zeta.  The French also call it Zed, so we might have caught it off them, perhaps in Norman times. The American Zee seems to get its name by a sensible analogy with Bee, Cee, Dee etc.

"ha'porth"  - halfpenny's worth, as in 'May I have a ha'porth of bullseyes, please?". Now £00.002083333

My hubby just said another one "on your bike" like oh go on somewhere! hehehehehehe

... to be honest "haitch" drives me mad!!

"haitch" is stupid and wrong. My kids do it and it drives me up the wall. I think it must be a regional thing though becuase I have heard it pronounced "properly" here.

That is another problem though faced by expat parents. Your kids tell you you're pronouncing things incorrectly becuase " that's how they say it here". This used to work with me until my son told me NIKE was pronounce N'eye'K here. Of course it turned out it was only his idiot friends who pronounced it this way.  

The one I like is "Ta". By itself it's fine - it's short and to the point which must be how it originated. BUT... I've had people turn to me and say " Ta Very Much". What the hell is that about? If you're going to invest in a three word salutation you might as well go all the way and throw in a complete "Thanks".

As a Brit, may I ask you Americans why "ass" and not "ars*"?