Favourite Brit Speak?

Favs:

beaute
chazzer
nob
brolly

i can't say i have any dislikes, Bu throws new words at me everyday and I do my best to pick up the slang

Ok -- how about some translations for us benighted ones? What is chazzer? And what about parson's egg   and do laly :-/ Boy, do I need help!   Katelyn

Hope this helps:

Chazzer: can be an affectionate nick-name for someone called Charles.

Doolally: crazy.  So called because during the Indian Raj there was a large military mental hospital at a place called Deolali.  There was also in India a bird called the doolally bird, which was reputed to send British soldiers mad, so monotonous and repetitious was its call.

Parson's egg: I think you may be thinking of the Curate's egg here.  Goes back to a cartoon in Punch in Victorian times, and refers to something that is good in parts, bad in parts.  A description of the cartoon is given at

http://www.word-detective.com/back-b2.html#curate

or are you by chance thinking of the parson's nose?

I like muppet.  What an endearing way to call someone a fool.

I absolutely detest referring to the bathroom/WC as a toilet; I find that so horrendously common.  The only time you will hear me say toilet is when referring to the item itself (ie, the toilet needs to be cleaned).

Being a Brit myself I have no hang up with it. Someone complained about seeing it in even fancy restaurants.
But think about this. In public places, it ISN'T a bathroom - when did you last take a bath in a posh bar or restaurant.
And it isn't really a restroom either, so both of those names are unsuitable. WC (short for Water Closet as you know) describes it perfectly.

Scots, Welsh and Irish all roll their 'R's.

Let's rejoice in all the accents of English worlwide,
Lots of love,

Howard[/quote]

A good post.

Being a Brit myself I have no hang up with it.

I wouldn't expect you would.  You were most likely raised with it, thus consider it the norm.

But think about this. In public places, it ISN'T a bathroom - when did you last take a bath in a posh bar or restaurant.

Bathroom, to us, is a general description, much like many Brits use the word hoover to describe all vacuum cleaners.

And it isn't really a restroom either, so both of those names are unsuitable.

That depends entirely upon someone's point of view.  I solve the problem by referring to it as a loo which to my American ears sounds significantly less common than toilet.