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last semester i was studying (if you can call it that) in london... i frequented the victoria casino about five times a week and was pretty chummy with most of the regulars there...

then one day they were discussing some random guy and one of the younger guys at the table said "ah, i hate that bloke, he's a wanker..." being the sophisticated american i am, i couldn't make sense of his slang, and i asked, innocently, hesitantly: what's a wanker?

a loooooong silence ensued... "uuuuh, mate.. it's someone who wanks"

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You went to London but had never heard "wanker" before? Talk about not doing any preliminary research!

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yeah, this is by far my most embarassing experience... the people at the table looked at me like i was some sort of alien...

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Calling someone a wanker is like calling someone a jerk-off.

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last semester i was studying (if you can call it that) in london... i frequented the victoria casino about five times a week and was pretty chummy with most of the regulars there...

then one day they were discussing some random guy and one of the younger guys at the table said "ah, i hate that bloke, he's a wanker..." being the sophisticated american i am, i couldn't make sense of his slang, and i asked, innocently, hesitantly: what's a wanker?

a loooooong silence ensued... "uuuuh, mate.. it's someone who wanks"

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You have to take into account the fact that this comes from the culture that refuses to pronounce "aluminum" correctly.

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You went to London but had never heard "wanker" before?

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This is what occured to me as well.

I went to England for 2 weeks in 1989 and every other sentence was "What a wanker!" "Did he seem like a bit of a wanker to you?" etc etc.


Maybe the phrase was more common at that time but I can't imagine being there for very long without hearing this term or picking up on what it means.

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You appear slightly confused, it's pronounced alumunium because that's how it's correctly spelt.

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forgetting what your hole cards are or misreading the board.

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Mid-2004, I played live for the first time in almost a year. First pot I won, I blanked out and just grabbed the chips (sitting directly across from the dealer, so they were right there). The dealer practically slapped my hands before pushing it to me. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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I actually did have a dealer slap my hand once. It was at a Pai-Gow Poker table.

I had really never gambled too much live so I didn't know all the rules of the casino. I did know how to play Pai-Gow Poker, however, so when my wife wanted to try it, she sat down next to me and I helped her out.

Once, when she showed me her cards so she could verify with me what her best move was, I turned the cards towards me so I could see them better. At that point, the dealer informed me that I wasn't allowed to touch her cards.

Well, a while later, I forgot about that rule and touched her cards again when she showed me her hand. As soon as I did that, the dealer reached out and slapped my hand! I was a little embarassed, but it was pretty funny. Both the dealer and the pit boss were laughing, since they knew I wasn't trying to cheat or anything. It had been a very friendly table, so it was more a light-hearted slap than anything.