Brittspeak (was Re: Wotcher)

[mstattersall]

Iggy:
> Personally, the only "Britspeak" words I tend to use (and have for 
a LONG
> time) are "bloody", "bloomin'" and "git."  (Usually when describing 
someone
> as a bloody git, or a bloomin' git.)  Dunno where I picked it up, 
since I
> grew up in central California... probably from a book somewhere.

I say "budge up" (as do many of the others) and have been known to 
substitute "Bob's your uncle" for "there ya go." Mostly I substitute 
naughty yet somehow more polite-sounding Britslang for more explicit 
anglo-saxonisms when I'm thoroughly brassed off: "smeg!" (Thanx, Red 
Dwarf) or "bugger!" 

Ms. Tattersall, 
apologizing for cussin' in polite company