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[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

On 25/06/2024 at 17:56, cosmicway said:

I used to scoff at him

See, where I am from, scoff means food, so all I see here is "I used to food at him"

[cosmicway 1,333]

2 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

See, where I am from, scoff means food, so all I see here is "I used to food at him"

"speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way" says google

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

12 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

"speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way" says google

Regardless what Google says, no one here uses scoff in that context, or certainly no one up north, speaking to someone in a mocking way is called taking the piss, in 36 years I've never heard anybody say I scoff at him, but I hear daily people say are we going for some scoff, or scoff time? 

Edited June 26, 2024 by YorkshireBlue

[cosmicway 1,333]

4 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Regardless what Google says, no one here uses scoff in that context, or certainly no one up north, speaking to someone in a mocking way is called taking the piss, in 36 years I've never heard anybody say I scoff at him, but I hear daily people say are we going for some scoff, or scoff time? 

I don't know. Never been that far up. Places I have visited in the old Albion are London, Brighton, L'pool for one hour, Oxford, Cambridge, Nottingham. Also the Brecon Beacons. I want to visit Loch Ness.

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

12 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

I don't know. Never been that far up. Places I have visited in the old Albion are London, Brighton, L'pool for one hour, Oxford, Cambridge, Nottingham. Also the Brecon Beacons. I want to visit Loch Ness.

With the UK you have then English language in a dictionary, then you have the proper English language that differs between all different places, easy example is what we call a T cake, it's basically bread but in a circle, used for bacon sandwich, other places in the UK, call it a balm, bap, roll, toilet is another example, very rare some one says I'm going to the toilet, it's either bog, crapper, shitter, piss pot or loo, here in Yorkshire we don't use the word "the" so instead of, I am off to the park, we would say, am off t park, we use stuff like, si thi, or ta'ra for bye, many other places in the UK have there own slang as well of course.

Edited June 26, 2024 by YorkshireBlue

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 minute ago, YorkshireBlue said:

With the UK you have then English language in a dictionary, then you have the proper English language that differs between all different places, easy example is what we call a T cake, it's basically bread but in a circle, used for bacon sandwich, other places in the UK, call it a balm, bap, roll, toilet is another example, very rare some one says I'm going to the toilet, it's either bog, crapper, shitter, piss pot or loo, here in Yorkshire we don't use the word "the" so instead of, I am off to the park, we would say, am off t park, we use stuff like, si this, or ta'ra for bye, many other places in the UK have there own slang as well of course.

I used to live in the heart of cockney country, Limehouse. They speak rhyming slang there.

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

3 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

I used to live in the heart of cockney country, Limehouse. They speak rhyming slang there.

Exactly, forgot English when you come here 🤣

[Vesper 30,231]

scoff has multiple meanings, and they are all used in the UK

both of you two are using correct defintions

scoff means to show scorn, to mock, and is absolutely used in the UK in that way

it also means food in slang usage, same as scousers, etc use 'scran' or geordies use 'scrawn'

it also means to eat food quickly, the same as how yanks say 'scarf' (he scarfed down the food they would say)

Edited June 26, 2024 by Vesper

[cosmicway 1,333]

Tory bets, are the bookies going to pay ?

We read horror stories about bookies here and everywhere.
One placed a 2000 pound bet on FC Barcelona to win away in a Spanish league match and they were not paying him, he was saying.
Now with Torygate what is going to happen ?
Will they pay or will their famous securities limit the Tory mps ?

I am in two minds.
As a punter I support the Tory mps.
Why not ? That time I was in the ring and I heard one of the trainers whispering to the jock "we 're going out for a country walk today" should I have been arrested for bookie misdemeanour ?
Then as a Tory non sympathiser I must be against the people who made the bets.
What is your opinion ?

Edited June 27, 2024 by cosmicway

[Vesper 30,231]

[NikkiCFC 8,337]

Entertainment starts soon 

[Vesper 30,231]

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[Vesper 30,231]

Trump is destroying Biden, Biden looks old and confused, weak and senile, and has made so many errors, BIG errors

Trump is lying through his teeth on everything and yet he is clear, forceful (and shockingly is behaving himself) and Biden is fucking up every rebuttal

a disaster atm

this, so far, I repeat, so far, is the type of thing that can destroy Biden's chances

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[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

Trump will get another term on the evidence of this comedy

If you just have the audio it sounds like two old drunk hobos in a bar ranting at each other trying to understand politics

The ad hominem attacks on each other, the insults, the people on Talk Chelsea are a lot more grown up. They'd both be banned on this forum -and could learn from attacking the argument not the person.

Americans deserve better.

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

Oh dear Now theyre arguing about who could hit a golf ball the furthest.....

 

[Vesper 30,231]

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

Not saying the British two are better, but they at least have some cognitive ability

[NikkiCFC 8,337]

14 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Not saying the British two are better, but they at least have some cognitive ability

Trump was bragging that he aced cognitive test. Got doctor's name wrong tho...

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

26 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Trump was bragging that he aced cognitive test. Got doctor's name wrong tho...

Biden made Trump seem plausible, missing countless open goals.

The Democrats are missing a trick not having someone young, quick, that could destroy the amoral Trumps lies and bluster. 

[Vesper 30,231]

7 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Biden made Trump seem plausible, missing countless open goals.

The Democrats are missing a trick not having someone young, quick, that could destroy the amoral Trumps lies and bluster. 

Pete Buttigeig

 

 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2024 by Vesper