[HPFGU-OTChatter] UK colloquial terms

[Glenda and Danny Millgate]

>I'm assuming that the "stoned raisins" in the Spotted Dick recipe 
have had the pits removed, rather than having participated in a night 
of debauchery where they drank too much. <g>  And one does have to 
wonder why the kids aren't making off-color jokes about the name...

Like anuything you grow up with, they probably dont even notice it anymore. 
There are lots of words like this in any language...in the UK, there is also the small bird called a 'Blue Tit', and the front bib of a suit called a 'dicky'.

Most likely every first grader in the UK had a great time saying these words with emphasis on the significant words...but by 12 years old have just got over it.

We only think its funny because its new to us. I tell you what, there are plenty of words in American colloquial English that fit here. The one that springs to mind is the word 'fanny'. In the USA, this refers to the buttocks, but in Australia it refers to female genitalia. I will never forget the day that an American friend and I were shopping and she slipped on the stairs. A nice young man helped her up, saying 'are you alright?'. She replied, 'yeah, I just fell on my fanny'. After he rushed off looking embarrassed, I had to explain....

Aint this great...read Harry Potter, see the world...

Glenda


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