A public Service announcement for Americans.

[britspin]

Do not wear Burberry on your visit to Britain. It is not, as may think, an expensive fasion brand. It is worn exclusively by chavs, pikeys, mingers and tarts. If you wear it, British people will snigger as you pass by. Also, they will stone you.

Please see below examples showing why Burberry is as unacceptable in Britain as popped collars in your homeland.

This Public service announcement was brought to you by the British fashion police.

http://www.wayoftherodent.com/wilbur/clip_image008_0012.jpg


Burberry flash cartoon (http://www.flashplayer.com/music/ChavhemianRhapsody.html)

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It is worn exclusively by chavs, pikeys, mingers and tarts.

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Please explain your foreign terminology...

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chavs, pikeys, mingers and tarts

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I know a tart is a "woman of a loose persuasion" (My wife made me watch Bridget Jones). What do the rest mean?

[mason55]

Chavs are like New Jerseyites

I'm not from the northeast, either. Why do NYCers hate on the Jersey guys? As a corrolary, do people from the Bronx hate people from Manhattan who hate people from Brooklyn etc? Enlighten me.

[mason55]

I'm not from NYC although I did live with someone from Jersey for awhile.

Most of the stereotypes of people from jersey are generally true. I don't know, I guess most people would say that it's like rednecks of New England?

[bdmcgraw]

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chavs, pikeys, mingers and tarts

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I know a tart is a "woman of a loose persuasion" (My wife made me watch Bridget Jones). What do the rest mean?

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I thought a tart was a derogatory term for homosexuals?

[surfinillini]

Pikeys...

as in gypsies from Snatch?

[britspin]

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It is worn exclusively by chavs, pikeys, mingers and tarts.

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Please explain your foreign terminology...

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It's hard to know where to start. I'll see if I can help.

A minger is basically the same as a munter or a swamp donkey. A proper ten-pinter, if you get my drift.

A chav is usually a minger, but they'd prefer to shag Wayne Rooney, so don't worry about it. In the north of england they're called charvers. Imagine an english version of a ned, like they have in Scotland and you're prety much there.

A pikey is just a no-mark. You know, like you get on Council estates. It's also related to being a gypsy, but the not the ones in caravans, the ones that burn mattresses.

Tarts all have a heart of gold. If they don't then they're just slags. Men can be slags too though, but only in the accussative For example "Don't screw me arround, You Slag!"

I hope that cleared it up for you.

[lu_hawk]

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I'm not from NYC although I did live with someone from Jersey for awhile.

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lol, thanks for the expert opinion.

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

http://www.bustedtees.com/images/jerseygirls.224.gallery_normal.jpg

[mason55]

WTF? He asked what people on the East Coast have against people from NJ. Just because I wasn't in NYC, I spent a lot of time there, knew lots of people from NJ, lived in New York state, and lived on the east coast for quite awhile. I think I'm more than qualified to answer a question about what people have against people from NJ in general.

[Blarg]

I can't make heads or tails out of almost any of this, but I've been entertained.

[Unoriginalname]

Wait, those aren't pajamas? People actually voluntarily wear that in public?

[Senor Cardgage]

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It is worn exclusively by chavs, pikeys, mingers and tarts.

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Please explain your foreign terminology...

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It's hard to know where to start. I'll see if I can help.

A minger is basically the same as a munter or a swamp donkey. A proper ten-pinter, if you get my drift.

A chav is usually a minger, but they'd prefer to shag Wayne Rooney, so don't worry about it. In the north of england they're called charvers. Imagine an english version of a ned, like they have in Scotland and you're prety much there.

A pikey is just a no-mark. You know, like you get on Council estates. It's also related to being a gypsy, but the not the ones in caravans, the ones that burn mattresses.

Tarts all have a heart of gold. If they don't then they're just slags. Men can be slags too though, but only in the accussative For example "Don't screw me arround, You Slag!"

I hope that cleared it up for you.

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I laughed, but I'm really curious. WTF.

It's very simple really - the OP did a decent job. A minger/ munter is hanging, rough, wouldn't touch her with yours mate. Often fat, not necessarily so. Will definately sleep with you, provided the ten pints necessary to do so have not caused brewers droop and saved you from yourself.
Chavs are common and [censored] and often have babies that they push around supermarkets while smoking. They like Burberry, spangly things, Malibu (the drink, not the beach), football, tracksuits, zooped up but still crappy cars and the people that drive them (other chavs). They go on holiday to Greece and get their breasts out in bars. They wear pink tops on Saturday nights that ride up over the course of the evening as they drink more Malibu and reveal a slightly overhanging stomachs. Most of them do in fact ming, but may or may not shag you. They tend to stick to their own species. They also like having loud arguments with their chav boyfriends in shopping malls.
Pikeys nick stuff, like Scousers.
Tarts are like nice versions of slags. Usually older. Not necessarily pejorative to call someone a 'dozy tart'. Can be a term of endearment in some circles. Unlike 'slag'. Calling someone a slag is not good, especially if they are one. Depending on how much of a chav they are, they might kick you or throw Malibu at you. Both slags and tarts have probably made a few trips to the GUM clinic, but tarts have a sense of humour about it. Slags are just, well, slags.
Easy.

[RunDownHouse]

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On a sidenote, a while back in HUSH one of our Pommie/Aussie friends used "trackies" as a pejorative, saying that another member was shuffling about the house in his "trackies." Us Yanks got together, puzzled it out, and decided that obviously "trackies" meant underwear with skidmarks.

So has it been ever since.

[PoBoy321]

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I'm not from NYC although I did live with someone from Jersey for awhile.

Most of the stereotypes of people from jersey are generally true. I don't know, I guess most people would say that it's like rednecks of New England?

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I'm kind of curious about what, exactly, the stereotypes of people from New Jersey are. I've lived in New Jersey my entire life and just about everyone I've ever known was well-educated, upper-middle class, and I don't get how that could be a negative stereotype.

[dblgutshot]

So OP, are you saying Burberry is cheap-priced or that it is unfashionable?

[Los Feliz Slim]

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I'm not from NYC although I did live with someone from Jersey for awhile.

Most of the stereotypes of people from jersey are generally true. I don't know, I guess most people would say that it's like rednecks of New England?

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I'm kind of curious about what, exactly, the stereotypes of people from New Jersey are. I've lived in New Jersey my entire life and just about everyone I've ever known was well-educated, upper-middle class, and I don't get how that could be a negative stereotype.

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I could be wrong, but aren't different areas of Jersey drastically different? I think the stereotype of Jersey goombahs is more northern, yes? Anyway, the stereotype involves flashy clothes, gold chains, and too much cologne. But I know plenty of people from places like Cherry Hill, etc, that aren't like that at all.

It's like the difference between people from the western suburbs of Boston and places like Revere.

[jkkkk]

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So OP, are you saying Burberry is cheap-priced or that it is unfashionable?

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Both.

I quite seriously take an instant dislike to anyone who looks like a chav and Burberry is there trademark choice of clothing. My stereo-typing might sound wrong, but I think anyone on this board who lives in any remotely chavvy part of England will agree with me.

[RunDownHouse]

What's the difference between Burberry and plaid? It just looks like a plaid pattern to me.

http://www.transbuddha.com/images/uploads/brawny.jpg

[britspin]

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It's very simple really - the OP did a decent job. A minger/ munter is hanging, rough, wouldn't touch her with yours mate. Often fat, not necessarily so. Will definately sleep with you, provided the ten pints necessary to do so have not caused brewers droop and saved you from yourself.
Chavs are common and [censored] and often have babies that they push around supermarkets while smoking. They like Burberry, spangly things, Malibu (the drink, not the beach), football, tracksuits, zooped up but still crappy cars and the people that drive them (other chavs). They go on holiday to Greece and get their breasts out in bars. They wear pink tops on Saturday nights that ride up over the course of the evening as they drink more Malibu and reveal a slightly overhanging stomachs. Most of them do in fact ming, but may or may not shag you. They tend to stick to their own species. They also like having loud arguments with their chav boyfriends in shopping malls.
Pikeys nick stuff, like Scousers.
Tarts are like nice versions of slags. Usually older. Not necessarily pejorative to call someone a 'dozy tart'. Can be a term of endearment in some circles. Unlike 'slag'. Calling someone a slag is not good, especially if they are one. Depending on how much of a chav they are, they might kick you or throw Malibu at you. Both slags and tarts have probably made a few trips to the GUM clinic, but tarts have a sense of humour about it. Slags are just, well, slags.
Easy.

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All the above is corect, except it can occassionally be correct for one man to call another man a slag as a term of approbation.. but only if you know him well enough.

Test your vocab on the following.

Bloke 1: Ricky, you slag! how's it going, wanker? I saw you trying to cop off with that bird last week

Bloke 2: Yeah, proper swamp donkey she was, still i had the beer goggles on so any hole's a goal!

bloke 1: You *c_unt*, that's my sister you're talking about...

bloke 2 *gulps*

bloke 1: Ahhhh you tart, had you shitting your kecks then, Wanker!

[beenben]

your explanation contains additional terms we yanks don't understand:

munter or a swamp donkey. A proper ten-pinter- huh??

ned- huh??


no-mark; Council estates - huh???

If you don't know what "munted" means, you need to watch the Shaun of the Dead commentary.

[diebitter]

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your explanation contains additional terms we yanks don't understand:

munter or a swamp donkey. A proper ten-pinter- huh??

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Ugly woman. (need to drink ten pints before you'd do it).


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ned- huh??

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ned=chav


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no-mark; Council estates - huh???

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no-mark - someone with no worth at all, and will never have any.

council estate - er, something like 'project' I think

[diebitter]

Advice from the UK on conducting a threesome with your GF+one (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=4195986) - seems in keeping with the spirit of this thread.

Public Service Announcement For Europeans:

While making a public service announcement for Americans, please use language that we might be able to understand.

Thank you.

[diebitter]

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Public Service Announcement For Europeans:

While making a public service announcement for Americans, please use language that we might be able to understand.

Thank you.

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Monosyllabic?

EDIT: Oh, my bad. "Small words", I meant.

[shant]

Are you guys really missing the joke where he explains his foreign slang in even more foreign slang?

[dblgutshot]

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Are you guys really missing the joke where he explains his foreign slang in even more foreign slang?

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The slang in the OP annoyed me but this 'explaination' was great.

Anyways I don't know much about designers however I always thought Burberry was an expensive brand in North America. Since it is apparently garbage in the UK I will now open an ebay store.

Uh oh, looks like someone got bit by the jealousy bug.

[diebitter]

To be fair to burberry, they are expensive and well-made, but so many chavs wear 'knock-offs' (cheap imitations), or save specifically to get real burberry, I don't think people actually like burberry any more in the UK (cos you don't look good, you look chav).

[tonypaladino]

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I'm not from NYC although I did live with someone from Jersey for awhile.

Most of the stereotypes of people from jersey are generally true. I don't know, I guess most people would say that it's like rednecks of New England?

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I'm kind of curious about what, exactly, the stereotypes of people from New Jersey are. I've lived in New Jersey my entire life and just about everyone I've ever known was well-educated, upper-middle class, and I don't get how that could be a negative stereotype.

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1. You're state smells bad.
2. Legalized gambling but put it in the least convenient place possible.
3. You're governor was a closet queer.
4. Whitney Houston.

[ChipWrecked]

I dated two girls from NJ while living in Atlanta. Second one broke my heart. Different story. First one fits the stereotype:

We are having a drink before dinner. She doesn't like her OJ. Yells across the restaurant at the waiter: Yo! Can I have some orange juice that doesn't taste like [censored]' dishwater?

I don't really remember the rest of the evening. I think she talked about how much money she made. I was hoping for a quick death.

[Blarg]

LOL I love dating stories. They're almost all nightmares, and funny.

Monkey Island is the greatest thing ever created, next to sex and drugs

[CrazyEyez]

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Public Service Announcement For Europeans:

While making a public service announcement for Americans, please use language that we might be able to understand.

Thank you.

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Wrong.
This thread (and all other brit vocab threads) are hilarious.

[CrazyEyez]

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Calling someone a slag is not good, especially if they are one. Depending on how much of a chav they are, they might kick you or throw Malibu at you.

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Awesome. I love you guys.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I'm not from NYC although I did live with someone from Jersey for awhile.

Most of the stereotypes of people from jersey are generally true. I don't know, I guess most people would say that it's like rednecks of New England?

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I'm kind of curious about what, exactly, the stereotypes of people from New Jersey are. I've lived in New Jersey my entire life and just about everyone I've ever known was well-educated, upper-middle class, and I don't get how that could be a negative stereotype.

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1. You're state smells bad.
2. Legalized gambling but put it in the least convenient place possible.
3. You're governor was a closet queer.
4. Whitney Houston.

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Let me see if this makes sense...

1. You are state smells bad.
3. You are governor was a closet queer.

What state are you from?

[samjjones]

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I'm not from NYC although I did live with someone from Jersey for awhile.

Most of the stereotypes of people from jersey are generally true. I don't know, I guess most people would say that it's like rednecks of New England?

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I'm kind of curious about what, exactly, the stereotypes of people from New Jersey are. I've lived in New Jersey my entire life and just about everyone I've ever known was well-educated, upper-middle class, and I don't get how that could be a negative stereotype.

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1. You're state smells bad.
2. Legalized gambling but put it in the least convenient place possible.
3. You're governor was a closet queer.
4. Whitney Houston.

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Due to geographical proximity, most NY'ers think NJ people are like the North Jersey Italian-Americans they run into most frequently. Also, most NY'ers haven't ventured very far off of the NJ Turnpike (which runs through the most industrial areas of the state), so they think all of NJ looks/smells like that. Obviously, the western, central, and southern parts of the state feature none of these qualities (except the beaches, which attract the people from North Jersey and NYC described above). Unfortunately, its usually only the people who live there who travel around the state and appreciate the geographical diversity.