[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: June's OT Board Dictionary Launched (was Brittspeak)

[Iggy McSnurd]

Iggy here:

*grin* Let's go one better...

Here's some web-sites that specialize in relating the difference between
"Brittspeak" and "Amer-isms" (we'll coin that last one from here on... ok?
*grins and bows as his supposed cleverness.*)  I've checked these sites to
make sure that they have at least a moderate number of definitions, and
aren't just trying to sell you a book.  (Note that one or two are based to
sell books, but also provide enough definitions for free to make them worth
visiting. And at least one is a good resource page to springboard off to a
lot of slang based sites.)  Please also note that a number of these
glossaries, while mainly focusing on the English slang, often include some
Scott, Irish, or Welsh slang in their definitions.

http://www.effingpot.com/        (a book sales based main page, but has a
lot of definitions available from their sidebar.)

http://www.lexscripta.com/desktop/dictionaries/slang.html        (a good
springboard site to slang sites for a number of different languages.
Assembled by an Aussie... in case you're interested.)

http://www.hps.com/~tpg/ukdict/        (Hasn't been updated since the 1983,
6th ed., but still a good site for a lot of definitions that have stood the
test of time.)

http://www.bg-map.com/us-uk.html   (A site with a decent list of terms.
Also has some commentary about differences of definition even in some parts
of the US.)

http://www.aldertons.com/        (A neat site that's mostly a Cockney
Rhyming Slang dictionary... but can definately be useful.)

http://www.londonslang.com/        (A great site from the pages I've checked
out.  Includes a decent amount of Cockney rhyming slang, and has a number of
explanations of the more sexually oriented definitions you won't find on the
other sites.. but they're still done rather appropriately...)

http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/usgbglos.html        (A quick little
reference to British slang...)

http://www.english2american.com/dictionary/wholelot.html        (A decent
British slang dictionary that includes commentary and possible origins from
the site owner.)



Now, here are a few American based slang dictionaries:  (Please note that a
lot of the terms in thses slang dictionaries are, unfortunately, either very
regional, or only really used by select "sub-cultures" in the US, and is far
from being comprehensive about everyday terms for most Americans.  The
British to American glossaries seem to do a better job of covering those
points.)

http://www.manythings.org/slang/        (A decent site, from what I checked
out, although the interface is a bit annoying and some of the terms seem to
be very regional.)

http://members.tripod.com/~jaguarpage/slang.htm        (Contains a lot of
slang from the US, Canada, and the UK... Unfortunately, it also has a LOT of
sexually explicit slang terms.  Do not visit if you are easily offended.)

http://eslcafe.com/slang/list.html        (A decent site, overall...)

http://eslcafe.com/slang/list.html        (a pretty good glossary of
"ghetto" slang.  Not the way most Americans tend to talk... mostly the black
ghetto culture, and "white boy wannabee's")

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang/  (a pretty extensive listing of
slang terms, although it is... again... pretty regional and ghetto in some
cases...)

http://members.aol.com/ciaranskye/slang2.html        (Has a decent listing
of sites where you can find slang from a lot of different areas of the world
and, more importantly for being listed here, has a good variety of links to
regional sites in the US...)



Hope this provides a decent start to understanding.  *grin*  Feel free to
list a review of any or all of these sites once you've checked them out.


Iggy McSnurd