This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Red Shoe: Was it a The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode where they showed a plaque on the door of Scotland Yard reading "Our Motto: What's All This Then?"?
Gus: Yup. "Treehouse of Horror XV" (FABF 23)
//Go on, then. Pile 'em on. I know they're out there.
//"Crikey" is more Australian-sounding to Americans.
//No, it isn't.
//It is to this American. -- Adonic Meki
Dark Sasami: Crikey is quite old-fashioned in British slang, more up-to-date if stereotypical in Australian.
Ununnilium: I have to put in a vote for "Crikey = Steve Irwin", or at least the stereotype.
Mister Six: Crikey is definitely British slang.
Chandagnac: Well yes it was, but nowadays it tends to be used only in parody (it's often used in impressions of Boris Johnson, for example. And Steve Irwin, although for obvious reasons that's not as common as it was.)
Seth: I say we remove the "Chum" part from your knicked. "Your Knicked" is something bobbys say all the time (See fitting extra slang in for you), "My son" or "Me laddie" is far more common a follow up than "Chum" which is a word i've never actualy heard before off TV. "Whats all this then" is also fairly common, i supose all this is more common for a british council estate than anywhere else in england though.
Seth: Would this be the place to put in other things that writers do to make a character sound more british? A line that rings to mind is "Congratulations, you found me out. I'm a mod jogger" something Giles said in an episode of buffy that i know most americans wouldn't get but everyone in my family burst into tears of laghter for.
jjmcgaffey: Isn't the "pip, pip, cheerio" line really a subversion? I mean, 'and all that rot' sounds like the person speaking is consciously using an outdated line. That's the impression I've gotten of it (though I've seen it more often in books than on TV).
Mister Six: Yep, it's a subversion, or at least an awareness that the phrases are outdated. Ironically "all that rot" is fairly outdated too.
Seth: I always used it as a shorthand for "etcetera etcetera" that's the (Still common) usage in my area anyway. Substitute rot for anything else and it still works, jazz is the second common but that's where the person is trying to be funny.
Mister Six: Took out the line about "bloody Hell" being offensive because, well, it's not.
Seth: My grandma might find it offensive i guess.
Drow Lord: Since I don't want it nuked, I'll just say it here. I thought Bjorn Stronginthearm was my uncle...
