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In answer to your question "Who is Hank Marvin?" he was the lead guitarist in a band called The Shadows", in terms of cockney Rhyming slang, Hank Marin means 'Staring'. Let me ask you a question, who or what is a 'McGarrett' ? I f you don't know, het back to me and I will give you the answer.
@@bimbakasturiratne2262 That's the firsttime I rrecvver heard that one I 'm no Bow Bells Cickney but it sounds a bit new to me. Hank Mrvin ewas never that hoi. Hannk Williams maybe. Brassic mint = skintt = no money Gave ny giorlfriend the Nellie,, (llie Melba, elba, thus elbow) so ttrans;ates to "I gave my girlfriend the bum's rush, the old heave-ho", the push : told herto packer stuff and get out (ended our relationshipas some might say) On shanks's' pony on foot, 'cos I'm Brassic for example all these i knpow but Hank Marvin : Staarvin - i don't buy it. If you do good for you of course: the man took his his name from the slang. A bit like someone calling themselves Seymour Butts. doh!
As a Brit it’s so funny to hear a non Brit not understanding phrases we know as second nature. Language is fascinating & very clever. On the whole you did pretty good. 🤛🏻👏🏻👍🏻
Hank Marvin is the iconic guitarist with British 1960s band The Shadows. They were an instrumental band but were also famous as the backing band for singer Cliff Richard who has had hits in 7 consecutive decades
Like many slang words or expressions can have multiple meanings, A Diamond Geezer is someone to trust, a bit of a Diamond Geezer is an Arthur Daly type character, not to be trusted further than you could throw him.
Geezer to me has always been a bit of a lad. Would fight you at the drop of a hat. Of course the famous Geezer was Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler, the cofounder of the absolutely seminal heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
Paul Whitehouse the comedian, when he appeared on one of the Fast show episodes, (back in the 1990's , but since repeated ) did some sketches about "Geezers" that you may find funny. They haven't dated at all.
@@miaschu8175 "I'm the Face" the 'B'-side of one of the then Mod Group 'The Who'. ( Then called 'The High Numbers' ) - with the 'A' side ''Zoot Suit''. I think they were going for a certain audience. ( The real Mod Group were 'The Small Faces' )
"Nick' = to steal...also means to arrest someone....also means the place someone goes to after they've been nicked for nicking stuff. Also known as the cop shop, which is run by the fuzz because they're busies and are lifting tea-leaves. Quids in though, they were straight up played what they were given.
Hank Marvin was the lead guitarist with a band called the Shadows, who were an instrumental rock band, very popular in the UK in early 1960's. Many subsequent guitarists were influenced by Hank Marvin including George Harrison, Pete Townsend, Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page. Their peak was before my time but I saw them with my parents in the 90's who are big fans. I think the phrase 'Hanks Marvin' means starving i.e hungry.
Hank Marvin now lives in Perth, Western Australia. Every so often he appears on the news asked questions by some reporter who clearly has no idea who he is or why he’s famous
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Another real person was Fanny Adams. Quite often you'll hear the phrase "You;'ll get sweet Fanny Adams" which means you get nothing. She met a gruesome end and I don't have the space here to give the full story of how her name came to be used this way, but you'd probably find her wikipedia entry quite interesting.
"Gutted" = having your entrails ripped out (eg I gutted the fish before I put it on the grill), so it is actually a powerful description cf "devastated"
These beans refer to Mexican jumping beans, which actually are a certain insect larva, in a bean like pod that jumps. Blowers are voice pipes on ships with whistles. Hank Marvin is a famous guitarist. Innit, same as American aint. The lurgy is like a sickness or cold. Its like a bug, used for an illness (rarely used for insects, which are more often refered to by name, i e beetle etc). Some of these are very recent & youth talk. Not many pea soupers in recent years. Public toilets used to cost a penny. Swot, study hard, or a nerd.
"Leg it" usually means to run away, not usually to hurry to some where. For example someone who has "nicked" something from a shop would "leg it". Or used to leave somewhere that is not pleasant in a hurry e.g. a fight developing in a pub. "I legged it out of there"
Most Brits would not be familiar with the slang words "Long" and "Par" because it's fairly recent urban street slang (said by the kind of people who would use the term "Peng Ting").
@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 Me neither. Kids are always inventing new words that us oldies don't understand. Hank Marvin was the lead guitarist with the pop group "The Shadows". He's still around but getting on a bit. "I'm "Hank Marvin" is cockney rhyming slang for "I'm Starving". It's obviously not ancient cockney slang since Hank Marvin has only been a well known person since the late 1950s. "Innit" is definitely fairly modern street slang.
Hank Marvin owner of first "Strat" in the UK (thanks to Cliff Richard) one of the all time great guitarist's of all time "Apache" "Wonderful Land" Gilmore and Knopfler and loads of young players got a guitar because of him
Lurgi originated as a fictitious disease in a radio comedy called The Goon Show and has become part of the British language and I believe the U.S. version of Sods Law is Murphys law
Lurgy, an illness invented for purposes of dubious gain, comes from the Goon Show. A crazy comedy show on BBC Radio in the 1950's. The cast were Harry Secombe, Peter Sellars and Spike Milligan. Much loved by those of us old enough to remember it.
Hank Marvin was the lead guitarist with The Shadows, and his daughter went the same school as my sister, and my mum used to natter with him while waiting for the kids to come out. Never heard "Long" or "Par" used the way you described them (and I've been English all my life, so far. I'm also married to an American lady - a New Yorker in fact).
In 1960 my father took me to the London Palladium to see Cliff Richard and the Shadows. I was 8.1/2 years old it was my first contact with pop music I just loved the sound of Hank Marvin's guitar.
Such a good point that British people say less intense things even when they feel really intense. In other words: The British understate and Americans overstate. In responding to the question "how are you today?" an American might answer "fantastic" while a British person will say "not too bad".
I love the way your expression goes when you've worked out a reasonable response based on your experience and find out you've barked up the wrong tree, it's just totally honest x
Hank Marvin, lead guitarist in The Shadows who were a backing group for Cliff Richard. A good thing to have would be a list of 'Cockney Rhyming Slang' unless you already have one and that will give you the meaning of a lot of phrases you hear particularly in London but has now spread to other parts of UK, for instance 'Apples and Pears' ...stairs, Daisy Roots...Boots, Ruby Murray...Curry. This list is quite big.
Wonderful effort (and Part 1 also)! I think you did very well, and considering I have lived in Britain for 47 years I was a bit disappointed there were a few I didn't know. Some may claim that some of that slang is more likely to be spoken by the young, hence my lack of knowledge, but I pride myself on still being in the first flush of youth (my wife and children are sceptical) so that can't be the reason. BTW, as well as being rhyming slang for starving, Hank Marvin was also a very successful guitarist with The Shadows, who were originally Cliff Richard's backing group, and then became a huge success on their own.
"Shambles". Today it's something messy or disorganised, but originally "the shambles" was the part of a town or city where all the slaughterhouses or abbatoirs were located...i.e the very 'messy' and smelly part of town.
@@jillhobson6128 I thought she did pretty well....I don't suppose it's that straightforward absorbing all the nuances when you have a living to make and a life to lead...
"Wind Up" was originally pronounced like a gust of wind (rather than winding a clock) and came into common usage during World War 1 when the British soldiers in the trenches were required at dawn every day to fire shots at the German trenches. The knew it as "Putting the wind up them" and eventually shortened it to wind up. It eventually became Wind as in wind a watch.
Are you certain about that mate. I think winding someone up is and has always been different to putting the wind up someone. Now I could be wrong so if you can offer some form of evidence then I'd be grateful and will gladly admit my error 😉😊
In football, ( U.S. - Soccer & pronounced Sakker ) when the defender of the visiting Club was under extreme pressure from the opposing (home) attackers , and had to make a quick hefted clearance, the common 'shout' from the home crowd to that defender was - "WINDY !" - meaning that the defender was considered to be having the "Wind put up him" - meaning that he was a bit panicked/ scared.
I know a few people who've moved here from abroad, got confused and started saying 'isn't it,' and then use it in every other sentence, because they don't realise it's slang and genuinely think that's how you finish a sentence in english
@@charlielouise2428 That would pass unnoticed in South Wales, where it's very common to finish a sentence with "isn't it", in the same way the French use "n'est pas".
Depends how old you are. It didn't really hit the non urban speech until about 1980s. 'Innit' took the place of isn't it ot ain't it, much earlier use.
in the early days of the telephone, they had a small horn like microphone, and blowing into it would sound like a whistle to indicate "call coming in" hence "on the blower".
I feel that quids in does specifically refer to being financially better off because of a specific circumstance. So your Amazon example could qualify, but only because you were financially better off, having still kept the item...however if you really didn't want the item, it might be a little extreme to say you're quids in, you havn't gained anything but an unwanted item! Usually though it's used when someone gets an unexpected windfall, like a bonus at work, or a tax rebate, or typically a gambling payout.
Hank Marvin was a guitarist with the shadows. Cliff Richards backing band. They had a small appearance in the cliff Richards movie summer holiday. Hank Marvin.has also become slang for being hungry. Used in a sentence.." I'm hank Marvin me" meaning starving...hope this helps
par - comes from "faux pas" in French, because "faux pas" is pronounced like "foe par". I only know it because me kids started using it. Same as "lit" - which means good. And you were correct about "mint" someone "can be minted" - or meaning they are rich, or you can say "they are proper wedged".
'HANK MARVIN' coming soon to Marvel Studios as Iron Man's rather Hungary Side~Kick, with a slight Cockney Accent and his own Cutlery in hand. Ive already booked my tickets. Genius.
Just finnished watching the first, and now watching this one, and as someone who is Welsh, this is interesting, as although i have heard of alot of these, most of the ones in the videos are ones ive not heard people say much. But some i have, and that might speak to my social circle but meh, love your content btw
Started off with a lot of Estuary English sayings which are peculiar to the South East of London. One most people will not have heard of is "Not to Bungle" a form of "Not to Worry" from Bedfordshire around the 1980s
Hank Marvin was a guitarist, with Cliff Richards band The Shadows, who helped introduce Rock & Roll to the UK in the late 50s & 60s. He has influenced many guitarists like George Harrison (Beatles), Brian May (Queen), Eric Clapton & Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd) to name a few. Now his style seems a bit twee, but very important roll in UK Rock & Roll history.
Doing good girl. There were a few I didn't know. A couple that's outdated and probably of my parents generation,... The toxic fog one. Loving your contents.
Lurgy was a fictional disease invented for an episode of “The goon show” - a very popular radio comedy show from the 1950s. Also “Berk” - which nowadays is a mild insult for a stupid or silly person, is from the ordinal rhyming slang - “Berkshire Hunt”
Lurgy (your pronunciation was spot on :) ) was first coined by a Comedian, Spike Milligan in the 1950s when he was part of a BBC radio play series called "The Goon Show", which also had Sir Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers (who later went onto films like Doctor Strangelove and the original Pink Panther films). In the series background "Lurgy" was a made up disease, with varying symptoms depending on the story. It comes from "Allergy", but pronounced how you said it :) It went on to be a word describing a general feeling of illness "Oh man, I think I have the Lurgy". Its use is probably similar enough to the US "Cooties".
@@timothyp8947 That sounds like "Mate!" Wiggum, played by Peter Sellars, as he's the only character in the show that I know who's mentioned "Plinge" (to rhyme with hinge) xD. I forgot which episode that was though :(
"Mortal" is mainly used in Scotland and the North East of England. It's a regional term. I grew up in the North East of England and there are so many regional words. It's like its own dialect.
@@AutomaticDuck300 I think the use of the word ‘mortal’, meaning very drunk has become more widespread throughout Britain in recent times it being used often in the reality TV programme , ‘ Geordie Shore’. That’s just my guess though.
Homely when used for property does mean nice, pleasant, comfortable When used for a person it means plain looking at best. I think originally a woman you would rather leave at home than take on a night out. The opposite would be a comely woman
Here's 3 for you and they're all related to printing: Cliche - Was the repetitive sound the printing press made (it's French) Stereotype - when they accidentally printed twice causing a slight shadow or repeat Sabotage - A Sabo was a type of wooden clog worn by French peasants, during the industrial revolution, the French Luddite movement would destroy the machinery by throwing their shoes (Sabo's) into the mechanisms. This first started when they were automating the printing process.
You should try some regional slang, I'm 'knocking on a bit' now but have never heard anyone using par or mortal. Up here in Liverpool we almost have an entire dialect. Males are referred to as lad (larr) females are known as Judies. Dads are, me darrr, mums are, me marr. Siblings are, our (are) kid, or kidda. Something good is sound Something bad is mince. We don't say nicked, we say robbed, where's are kid? eeze on der rob at de asda. And so it goes on and on and on.
Here's probably another UK word thats very local you might not hear anywhere else and its 'pitching' Bristol area may use this word if the snow melts upon hitting the ground, we would say it isnt "pitching". If the snow settles, we would say its "pitching" cos its not melted and landed where it pitched, just like when putting up a tent. Cos you put up a tent on a pitch. And tents dont stay on that holiday camp pitch for long do they, just how snow in the UK doesnt last long.
As you live in the UK you are bound to have heard of the Eurovision. This was when The Shadows represented the UK in the Eurovision. Hank Marvin is the one with the glasses: ruclips.net/video/D_iUVKVkCP0/видео.html
Murphy's law in the US and elsewhere is, if anything can go wrong it will go wrong. It has an origin in the early days of aviation, possibly at Lockheed.
Many years ago I was a copper and we were doing an obbo (observation). The subject of our obbo came out of his house and began to walk away. I informed my colleagues, by radio, that "he's out of his drum and on his plates heading your way". Everybody understood exactly what I was saying and that mode of speech was how we spoke.
Some phrases for going to the toilet (from a male perspective) I'm off to point percy at the porcelain, or I'm off to pebbledash the porcelain (depending on what you're going for)
Barry Humphries invented the phrase "Point Percy at the porcelain*. Barry Mackensie would use it in the Private Eye cartoon strip of that name and it was popularised by the two Barry Mackensie films. So you could claim it was Australian, but it was first used in the UK.
I've just thought of an old insult, this could be directed by most of the UK to Prince Harry. You sir are a Bounder. His lightly disguised displeasure directed towards Her Majesty also warrant the ultimate insult of, that damn Cad.
Is 'mortal' meaning 'drunk' quite recent? As an adjective it means 'very' e.g. 'it's mortal cold out there' - i.e. so cold it could be fatal - and that may be a regional use as well.
Where I’m from we often say we’re “Hank Marvin, with the Shadows with a guest appearance by Cliff (Richard)”, which basically means that you’ve gone beyond ‘starving’.
In Dundee we have a saying All said with vowels e( pronounced as eh) a( pronounced as ay) I( pronounced It without the t) a( as in a short for all). E A I A ,means I ate it all.i hope this makes sense.
There's a couple more "On it like car bonnet" style of sayings I use... All over it like cheese on a pizza All over it like a tramp* at chips "When they came to hang them window blinds up, they were all over it like cheese on a pizza" *For our US cousins, if you dont know it, in the UK a "tramp" is a homeless person, I think your equivalent is "bum", so your equivalent for the saying will be "All over it like a bum at fries" ;) hehehe Another good saying, not sure if its used anywhere else but up here in the North-East is "Monk on", as in quietly annoyed... Like, picture a monk, who's taken a vow of silence, and has a stern face... "What's the matter with Bob, he doesnt seem happy?" "Oh, he got bollocked off the boss and now he's got a monk on!" :D
I used to live in Blackpool (from Newcastle) and I used the term "mortal" and clearly that term has never reached Lancashire because I may as have been using a different language.
Shambles originally was "a butcher's slaughterhouse". Which would be located in the same part of town. Which tended to be the worst run down part of town. So a "total shambles".
Cockney "back slang / rhyming slang" is a language on it's own . Used by 'Cockney traders" in the"OLD Market Areas of the East End of London, Notably in the Smithfield/
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In answer to your question "Who is Hank Marvin?" he was the lead guitarist in a band called The Shadows", in terms of cockney Rhyming slang, Hank Marin means 'Staring'.
Let me ask you a question, who or what is a 'McGarrett' ?
I f you don't know, het back to me and I will give you the answer.
He's been Hank Marvin for so long he's a shadow of his former self.
No! Hillary Trump, Hank Marvin is Cockney slang for starving! Nothing to do with him being in The Shadows.
@@bimbakasturiratne2262 That's the firsttime I rrecvver heard that one I 'm no Bow Bells Cickney but it sounds a bit new to me.
Hank Mrvin ewas never that hoi. Hannk Williams maybe.
Brassic mint = skintt = no money
Gave ny giorlfriend the Nellie,, (llie Melba, elba, thus elbow) so ttrans;ates to "I gave my girlfriend the bum's rush, the old heave-ho", the push : told herto packer stuff and get out (ended our relationshipas some might say)
On shanks's' pony on foot, 'cos I'm Brassic for example
all these i knpow but Hank Marvin : Staarvin - i don't buy it. If you do good for you
of course: the man took his his name from the slang. A bit like someone calling themselves Seymour Butts.
doh!
@@bimbakasturiratne2262 r/woooooosh
Ha, ha!
@@bimbakasturiratne2262 Sorry, that's wrong. The rhyming slang is named after the guitarist
As a Brit it’s so funny to hear a non Brit not understanding phrases we know as second nature. Language is fascinating & very clever. On the whole you did pretty good. 🤛🏻👏🏻👍🏻
I'm feeling the same way... didn't realise how weird some of our phrases that we take for granted actually are haha
Hank Marvin is the iconic guitarist with British 1960s band The Shadows. They were an instrumental band but were also famous as the backing band for singer Cliff Richard who has had hits in 7 consecutive decades
I wouldn’t have said a Geezer was suave or dapper, more a bit of a wheeler dealer, up on trend, pushing boundaries in a cheeky, confident way.
Like many slang words or expressions can have multiple meanings, A Diamond Geezer is someone to trust, a bit of a Diamond Geezer is an Arthur Daly type character, not to be trusted further than you could throw him.
I think this meaning of the word is a bit like how "a face" was used back in the '60s. (Hence the name of the band.)
Geezer to me has always been a bit of a lad. Would fight you at the drop of a hat. Of course the famous Geezer was Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler, the cofounder of the absolutely seminal heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
Paul Whitehouse the comedian, when he appeared on one of the Fast show episodes, (back in the 1990's , but since repeated ) did some sketches about "Geezers" that you may find funny. They haven't dated at all.
@@miaschu8175 "I'm the Face" the 'B'-side of one of the then Mod Group 'The Who'. ( Then called 'The High Numbers' ) - with the 'A' side ''Zoot Suit''. I think they were going for a certain audience.
( The real Mod Group were 'The Small Faces' )
"Nick' = to steal...also means to arrest someone....also means the place someone goes to after they've been nicked for nicking stuff. Also known as the cop shop, which is run by the fuzz because they're busies and are lifting tea-leaves. Quids in though, they were straight up played what they were given.
Hank Marvin was the lead guitarist with a band called the Shadows, who were an instrumental rock band, very popular in the UK in early 1960's. Many subsequent guitarists were influenced by Hank Marvin including George Harrison, Pete Townsend, Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page. Their peak was before my time but I saw them with my parents in the 90's who are big fans. I think the phrase 'Hanks Marvin' means starving i.e hungry.
Ah ha, didn't know Hank Marvin was a real person! Thanks for sharing!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial ....yeah it’s like cod Cockney , ......Hank Marvin = Starving = Hungry
“C’mon Trevor hurry up , let’s get going I’m Hank”
The Shadows were also Cliff Richard’s backing band.
Hank Marvin now lives in Perth, Western Australia. Every so often he appears on the news asked questions by some reporter who clearly has no idea who he is or why he’s famous
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Another real person was Fanny Adams. Quite often you'll hear the phrase "You;'ll get sweet Fanny Adams" which means you get nothing. She met a gruesome end and I don't have the space here to give the full story of how her name came to be used this way, but you'd probably find her wikipedia entry quite interesting.
Gaff can mean home when used with a possessive (eg Let's go to your gaff) but 'to make a gaff' is to make a mistake
Actually, it's 'gaffe' in your second meaning, from the French.
"Gutted" = having your entrails ripped out (eg I gutted the fish before I put it on the grill), so it is actually a powerful description cf "devastated"
These beans refer to Mexican jumping beans, which actually are a certain insect larva, in a bean like pod that jumps.
Blowers are voice pipes on ships with whistles. Hank Marvin is a famous guitarist.
Innit, same as American aint. The lurgy is like a sickness or cold. Its like a bug, used for an illness (rarely used for insects, which are more often refered to by name, i e beetle etc).
Some of these are very recent & youth talk. Not many pea soupers in recent years.
Public toilets used to cost a penny. Swot, study hard, or a nerd.
Hank Marvin is a legendary guitarist with a distinct style, loved in the UK
Poppycock is from the Dutch "pappekak" which means "soft shit". Shambles is a medieval term for the area around a slaughter house, hence a mess.
A synonym for 'pear shaped' could be 'Pete Tong'
Brilliant mate!!!
Another bit of modern rhyming slang, "it's all gone wrong." Rhyming slang "It's gone Pete Tong!"
Pete tong : 90’s dj
"Leg it" usually means to run away, not usually to hurry to some where. For example someone who has "nicked" something from a shop would "leg it". Or used to leave somewhere that is not pleasant in a hurry e.g. a fight developing in a pub. "I legged it out of there"
"Popping your clogs" might also be referred to as "kicking the bucket"
Most Brits would not be familiar with the slang words "Long" and "Par" because it's fairly recent urban street slang (said by the kind of people who would use the term "Peng Ting").
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial I have heard neither of these.
@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 Me neither. Kids are always inventing new words that us oldies don't understand.
Hank Marvin was the lead guitarist with the pop group "The Shadows". He's still around but getting on a bit. "I'm "Hank Marvin" is cockney rhyming slang for "I'm Starving". It's obviously not ancient cockney slang since Hank Marvin has only been a well known person since the late 1950s.
"Innit" is definitely fairly modern street slang.
@@EricIrl hence the saying he’s been Hank Marvin so long he’s a shadow of his former self.
I’ve never heard of long or par either.
I thought par might mean faux pas, meaning an embarrassing social blunder. Because pas is pronounced par.
Hank Marvin owner of first "Strat" in the UK (thanks to Cliff Richard) one of the all time great guitarist's of all time "Apache" "Wonderful Land" Gilmore and Knopfler and loads of young players got a guitar because of him
The term "Spend a penny" gave rise to the following vulgar little ditty: "Here I sit - Brokenhearted - Paid a penny - But only farted!
Spending a penny comes from the days when you had to pay a penny to use a public toilet.
I've never heard anyone use "par" like that, however the definition you gave sounds like it's a truncated phonetic version of "faux pas"
Interesting, yeah that does make sense!
That one threw me, too.
You’ve got ‘quids in’ spot on, better than their definition in fact.
Your camera cutting out.... A fine example of Sods law 🤣
Hank Marvin was in the 60’s rock band 🎸 “The Shadows” they were the backing group for the singer Cliff Richard.
Lurgi originated as a fictitious disease in a radio comedy called The Goon Show and has become part of the British language and I believe the U.S. version of Sods Law is Murphys law
Lurgy, an illness invented for purposes of dubious gain, comes from the Goon Show. A crazy comedy show on BBC Radio in the 1950's. The cast were Harry Secombe, Peter Sellars and Spike Milligan. Much loved by those of us old enough to remember it.
The Goons got it from their military service. It's originally a Hindi word, lurgee, meaning a fictitious illness.
You forgot Michael bentine
I have just one question....."what time is it, Eccles?"
The Lurgy was - Dreaded 😮 .
How would you like to join the River Police ?
Hank Marvin was the first person in Britain to own a Fender Stratocaster.
I saw Bruce Welch on tv not so long ago, and he now owns the red strat.
Bought for him by Cliff
@@manfredwilliams9762 yeah, was gunna say - I think that must've made Hank seem like a superhero in the 1950s
@@elbecko7969 Quite sure he didn't get until 1960, and he and Cliff wanted a sunburst like Buddy Holly, as on the cover of The Chirping Crickets
@@tallthinkev Wow, that late?! No wonder the US was seen as the land of milk and honey.
Hank Marvin was the lead guitarist with The Shadows, and his daughter went the same school as my sister, and my mum used to natter with him while waiting for the kids to come out.
Never heard "Long" or "Par" used the way you described them (and I've been English all my life, so far. I'm also married to an American lady - a New Yorker in fact).
In 1960 my father took me to the London Palladium to see Cliff Richard and the Shadows. I was 8.1/2 years old it was my first contact with pop music I just loved the sound of Hank Marvin's guitar.
Such a good point that British people say less intense things even when they feel really intense. In other words: The British understate and Americans overstate.
In responding to the question "how are you today?" an American might answer "fantastic" while a British person will say "not too bad".
You’ve picked up quite a lot I’d say, well done 👏 fun to see
I love the way your expression goes when you've worked out a reasonable response based on your experience and find out you've barked up the wrong tree, it's just totally honest x
Hank Marvin, lead guitarist in The Shadows who were a backing group for Cliff Richard. A good thing to have would be a list of 'Cockney Rhyming Slang' unless you already have one and that will give you the meaning of a lot of phrases you hear particularly in London but has now spread to other parts of UK, for instance 'Apples and Pears' ...stairs, Daisy Roots...Boots, Ruby Murray...Curry. This list is quite big.
Wonderful effort (and Part 1 also)!
I think you did very well, and considering I have lived in Britain for 47 years I was a bit disappointed there were a few I didn't know. Some may claim that some of that slang is more likely to be spoken by the young, hence my lack of knowledge, but I pride myself on still being in the first flush of youth (my wife and children are sceptical) so that can't be the reason.
BTW, as well as being rhyming slang for starving, Hank Marvin was also a very successful guitarist with The Shadows, who were originally Cliff Richard's backing group, and then became a huge success on their own.
Thanks for watching! Definitely getting even more of an education on things I feel I should know by now, but happy with the ones I did!
Geezer doesn’t necessarily imply old, but you can have an “old geezer”.
ah, got it!
Geezer came to the fore in the late 80's & 90's in the rave scene: "Alright geezer" or "He's a top geezer"
It's Romany for man.
"Shambles". Today it's something messy or disorganised, but originally "the shambles" was the part of a town or city where all the slaughterhouses or abbatoirs were located...i.e the very 'messy' and smelly part of town.
Thank you so much for sharing, love learning the history of these phrases!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial the shambles is a preserved medieval street in York and it was where butchers generally hung meat outside their shops.
@@jillhobson6128 I thought she did pretty well....I don't suppose it's that straightforward absorbing all the nuances when you have a living to make and a life to lead...
If you're Hank Marvin - then go get a Ruby Murray (curry). Hank was a brilliant guitarist with The Shadows - Ruby was a jazz singer.
He still is a brilliant guitarist
Ruby was a crooning pop singer, no jazz.
Not a jazz singer, but a popular singer
Love, I've subscribed! You had me at a tinkle on the blower! lol xx
Loved this! Thank you. There are some great words and expressions in there.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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I laughed at how you spoke the words
I really need to binge watch more of your videos 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Hank Marvin, guitar player in The Shadows.
"Wind Up" was originally pronounced like a gust of wind (rather than winding a clock) and came into common usage during World War 1 when the British soldiers in the trenches were required at dawn every day to fire shots at the German trenches. The knew it as "Putting the wind up them" and eventually shortened it to wind up. It eventually became Wind as in wind a watch.
Are you certain about that mate. I think winding someone up is and has always been different to putting the wind up someone. Now I could be wrong so if you can offer some form of evidence then I'd be grateful and will gladly admit my error 😉😊
In football, ( U.S. - Soccer & pronounced Sakker ) when the defender of the visiting Club was under extreme pressure from the opposing (home) attackers , and had to make a quick hefted clearance, the common 'shout' from the home crowd to that defender was - "WINDY !" - meaning that the defender was considered to be having the "Wind put up him" - meaning that he was a bit panicked/ scared.
innit is used by a wide range of people. In Yorkshire,
intit is used too
I know a few people who've moved here from abroad, got confused and started saying 'isn't it,' and then use it in every other sentence, because they don't realise it's slang and genuinely think that's how you finish a sentence in english
@@charlielouise2428 That would pass unnoticed in South Wales, where it's very common to finish a sentence with "isn't it", in the same way the French use "n'est pas".
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Depends how old you are. It didn't really hit the non urban speech until about 1980s. 'Innit' took the place of isn't it ot ain't it, much earlier use.
Innit bruv
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That was fun! I got into it to the point where I was shouting yes when you got it right... and then felt like a prat. Oh, you didn't have that one.
Not too bad girl, well done, you got more than half so far!
in the early days of the telephone, they had a small horn like microphone, and blowing into it would sound like a whistle to indicate "call coming in" hence "on the blower".
Use your loaf is my fave saying , it means use your head , think before you do xx
Will have to start incorporating this into my vocab, my British husband will wonder where I learned it from! ;) thanks!
Rhyming slang, loaf of bread, head.
My dad would say “Base Over Apex” as an ex sailor this was a polite way of saying “Arse over Tit“ for falling over.
Haha, love this! Thanks for sharing!
I feel like "arse over tea kettle" is also fairly common as a more polite version (but obviously not that polite)
@@J75Pootle or "I went full length"
Never heard of PAR
I feel that quids in does specifically refer to being financially better off because of a specific circumstance. So your Amazon example could qualify, but only because you were financially better off, having still kept the item...however if you really didn't want the item, it might be a little extreme to say you're quids in, you havn't gained anything but an unwanted item!
Usually though it's used when someone gets an unexpected windfall, like a bonus at work, or a tax rebate, or typically a gambling payout.
Hank Marvin was a guitarist with the shadows. Cliff Richards backing band. They had a small appearance in the cliff Richards movie summer holiday. Hank Marvin.has also become slang for being hungry. Used in a sentence.." I'm hank Marvin me" meaning starving...hope this helps
Thanks so much!! It does!!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial your very welcome
7:30 or so would most commonly be said as half 7. Half past 7 is the long version for those who are better spoken or not lazy!
in other languages, they might say half to rather than half past, I worked with someone who was Dutch
@@ianprince1698 Indeed, you need to be careful with this - in Germany they say "halb elf" (half eleven) meaning half way *to* eleven, or 10:30.
@@ianprince1698 Yes the same in Swedish. For twenty-five to eight . They would say (Translated) it is five over half eight.
par - comes from "faux pas" in French, because "faux pas" is pronounced like "foe par". I only know it because me kids started using it. Same as "lit" - which means good. And you were correct about "mint" someone "can be minted" - or meaning they are rich, or you can say "they are proper wedged".
homely is a homemaker, you are doing a good job
You are officially British 😊you did absolutely brilliantly.
'HANK MARVIN' coming soon to Marvel Studios as Iron Man's rather Hungary Side~Kick, with a slight Cockney Accent and his own Cutlery in hand. Ive already booked my tickets. Genius.
Just finnished watching the first, and now watching this one, and as someone who is Welsh, this is interesting, as although i have heard of alot of these, most of the ones in the videos are ones ive not heard people say much. But some i have, and that might speak to my social circle but meh, love your content btw
Started off with a lot of Estuary English sayings which are peculiar to the South East of London. One most people will not have heard of is "Not to Bungle" a form of "Not to Worry" from Bedfordshire around the 1980s
Hank Marvin was a guitarist, with Cliff Richards band The Shadows, who helped introduce Rock & Roll to the UK in the late 50s & 60s. He has influenced many guitarists like George Harrison (Beatles), Brian May (Queen), Eric Clapton & Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd) to name a few. Now his style seems a bit twee, but very important roll in UK Rock & Roll history.
Hank Marvin was a superhero - a brilliant guitarist.
I am in my 60's and clearly need to get out more as a few of these had me stumped too.
We use galavanting. During my job I’m always galavanting all over Boston, which is part of my job.
You need to watch more Guy Richie movies.
Doing good girl. There were a few I didn't know. A couple that's outdated and probably of my parents generation,... The toxic fog one. Loving your contents.
That’s the first time I’ve heard ‘Par’ used like that!
Being Welsh some of those were new to me too, some of them were English specific, Welsh, Scottish and Irish have unique slang also LMAO 🤣
Lurgy was a fictional disease invented for an episode of “The goon show” - a very popular radio comedy show from the 1950s.
Also “Berk” - which nowadays is a mild insult for a stupid or silly person, is from the ordinal rhyming slang - “Berkshire Hunt”
LOL! I didn't know that.
That's doubly interesting because of the Berk/Bark aspect.
But Cockney rhyming slang usually centres around the second word. In this case, Hunt, rhyming with the 'C' word, as in "see you next Tuesday".
Lurgy (your pronunciation was spot on :) ) was first coined by a Comedian, Spike Milligan in the 1950s when he was part of a BBC radio play series called "The Goon Show", which also had Sir Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers (who later went onto films like Doctor Strangelove and the original Pink Panther films). In the series background "Lurgy" was a made up disease, with varying symptoms depending on the story. It comes from "Allergy", but pronounced how you said it :) It went on to be a word describing a general feeling of illness "Oh man, I think I have the Lurgy". Its use is probably similar enough to the US "Cooties".
Ah, interesting! Thank you so much for the info, I'm learning so much in the comments section alone!
Have a recording of an episode of the Goon Show somewhere with a character talking about the lurghi, the nadgers and the pling in one sentence.
@@timothyp8947 That sounds like "Mate!" Wiggum, played by Peter Sellars, as he's the only character in the show that I know who's mentioned "Plinge" (to rhyme with hinge) xD. I forgot which episode that was though :(
sods law in the UK is
murphy's law in the US
I didn't know some of them, par, mortal spring to mind. Murphey's law is the American equivalent of Sod's
Ah, yes, Murphys Law finally came to me, couldn't remember it. Thanks for watching!
"Mortal" is mainly used in Scotland and the North East of England. It's a regional term.
I grew up in the North East of England and there are so many regional words. It's like its own dialect.
@@AutomaticDuck300 I think the use of the word ‘mortal’, meaning very drunk has become more widespread throughout Britain in recent times it being used often in the reality TV programme , ‘ Geordie Shore’. That’s just my guess though.
I'm uk and I got most right but few I didn't know and some I thought of different meanings lol, depends what part of uk to what words are used
Homely when used for property does mean nice, pleasant, comfortable
When used for a person it means plain looking at best. I think originally a woman you would rather leave at home than take on a night out.
The opposite would be a comely woman
Right but Hank Marvin was one of the Shadows ,backing band for Cliff Richards
"Pop your clogs" means to die. To pop something is to pawn it.
Here's 3 for you and they're all related to printing:
Cliche - Was the repetitive sound the printing press made (it's French)
Stereotype - when they accidentally printed twice causing a slight shadow or repeat
Sabotage - A Sabo was a type of wooden clog worn by French peasants, during the industrial revolution, the French Luddite movement would destroy the machinery by throwing their shoes (Sabo's) into the mechanisms. This first started when they were automating the printing process.
You should try some regional slang, I'm 'knocking on a bit' now but have never heard anyone using par or mortal. Up here in Liverpool we almost have an entire dialect. Males are referred to as lad (larr) females are known as Judies. Dads are, me darrr, mums are, me marr.
Siblings are, our (are) kid, or kidda.
Something good is sound
Something bad is mince.
We don't say nicked, we say robbed, where's are kid? eeze on der rob at de asda.
And so it goes on and on and on.
Great! Thanks!
I think you did really well.
Here's probably another UK word thats very local you might not hear anywhere else and its 'pitching'
Bristol area may use this word if the snow melts upon hitting the ground, we would say it isnt "pitching". If the snow settles, we would say its "pitching" cos its not melted and landed where it pitched, just like when putting up a tent. Cos you put up a tent on a pitch. And tents dont stay on that holiday camp pitch for long do they, just how snow in the UK doesnt last long.
As you live in the UK you are bound to have heard of the Eurovision. This was when The Shadows represented the UK in the Eurovision. Hank Marvin is the one with the glasses: ruclips.net/video/D_iUVKVkCP0/видео.html
Great video (as always). Loved it. Thank you.
Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks for this. You are so funny. As you said mint means ...those shoes are mint (great). You are minted means you have money. 👍😁
Murphy's law in the US and elsewhere is, if anything can go wrong it will go wrong. It has an origin in the early days of aviation, possibly at Lockheed.
if you revise for your exam you are said to be swotting up "I'm gonna have to swot up on my highway code before my driving test"
Many years ago I was a copper and we were doing an obbo (observation). The subject of our obbo came out of his house and began to walk away. I informed my colleagues, by radio, that "he's out of his drum and on his plates heading your way". Everybody understood exactly what I was saying and that mode of speech was how we spoke.
Plates - Cockney rhyming slang for feet, ie plates of meat.
Some phrases for going to the toilet (from a male perspective)
I'm off to point percy at the porcelain, or I'm off to pebbledash the porcelain (depending on what you're going for)
Barry Humphries invented the phrase "Point Percy at the porcelain*. Barry Mackensie would use it in the Private Eye cartoon strip of that name and it was popularised by the two Barry Mackensie films. So you could claim it was Australian, but it was first used in the UK.
I've just thought of an old insult, this could be directed by most of the UK to Prince Harry. You sir are a Bounder. His lightly disguised displeasure directed towards Her Majesty also warrant the ultimate insult of, that damn Cad.
Harry has long gone past being merely a 'wally'… most Brits now consider him a complete berk (Cockney rhyming from Berkshire Hunt)!
"Poppycock". Very old but still survives. "Cobblers" is similar. "Murphy's Law" = anything that can go wrong, will. "Sod's Law" = anything can happen.
Cole's Law.......thinly sliced cabbage or similar, usually served with salad. 😆😆
Balderdash and piffle.
Cobblers is cockney. Cobbler's awls.
Is 'mortal' meaning 'drunk' quite recent? As an adjective it means 'very' e.g. 'it's mortal cold out there' - i.e. so cold it could be fatal - and that may be a regional use as well.
Mortal means drunk been around ever since geordie shore came on TV. "I am so mortal".
Hi, you are getting the hang of this Brit life! My parents used to say “Five and Twenty To” for 35 minutes past the hour, They were from S. Wales.
Oh interesting!! I'm definitely doing my best! Love Wales by the way, we met the most friendly people and would love to spend more time there...
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial The Welsh count in twenties in their language, although my mum says five and twenty and she's from Cornwall.
I used this phrase to a younger friend. She said 'you sound like my grandma' who was about 90! I certainly wasn't that age.
Used to be pretty common throughout the South of England too, like "five and twenty past", or "quarter to"...
it is an old form. there is a nursery rhyme "four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie"
Where I’m from we often say we’re “Hank Marvin, with the Shadows with a guest appearance by Cliff (Richard)”, which basically means that you’ve gone beyond ‘starving’.
Interesting!! Thanks for sharing!
Gaff can also mean to make a mistake but that’s more of a meaning/use in working class Londoners.
Quite a few of the examples are London centric and not necessarily used in other parts of England.
It was from an article in the Evening Standard so I guess that makes sense!
never heard "Long" being used like that before
Lads in the pub: "that bird you pulled last night was proper minging" 🤣
In Dundee we have a saying All said with vowels e( pronounced as eh) a( pronounced as ay) I( pronounced It without the t) a( as in a short for all). E A I A ,means I ate it all.i hope this makes sense.
Full of beans = jumping beans / full of energy.
There's a couple more "On it like car bonnet" style of sayings I use...
All over it like cheese on a pizza
All over it like a tramp* at chips
"When they came to hang them window blinds up, they were all over it like cheese on a pizza"
*For our US cousins, if you dont know it, in the UK a "tramp" is a homeless person, I think your equivalent is "bum", so your equivalent for the saying will be "All over it like a bum at fries" ;) hehehe
Another good saying, not sure if its used anywhere else but up here in the North-East is "Monk on", as in quietly annoyed... Like, picture a monk, who's taken a vow of silence, and has a stern face...
"What's the matter with Bob, he doesnt seem happy?"
"Oh, he got bollocked off the boss and now he's got a monk on!"
:D
I used to live in Blackpool (from Newcastle) and I used the term "mortal" and clearly that term has never reached Lancashire because I may as have been using a different language.
See also 1st edition (pub 2008) Watching the English by English social anthropologist Kate Fox
Shambles originally was "a butcher's slaughterhouse". Which would be located in the same part of town. Which tended to be the worst run down part of town. So a "total shambles".
Cockney "back slang / rhyming slang" is a language on it's own . Used by 'Cockney traders" in the"OLD Market Areas of the East End of London, Notably in the Smithfield/