English

[silver]

An ad on TV has an English girl who says "Get off my face" ..is this the way they talk now days in UK..what does it mean

[Beachcomber]

The mind boggles ...but having heard the expression in context I would assume that it means something like 'leave me alone' or 'stop harassing me'

[nevada smith]

google up "get off my face"
and buckle up for the ride...

[redsoxbrit]

Is it "get off" or "get out" as they have two different meanings? To "get off your face" is to be blind drunk whereas "get out of my face" means leave me alone. Which advert are you referring to by the way?

[silver]

redsoxbrit I think it must have been

"get out of my face"

its a spanish ad for a "tinto de verano" drink and this Spanish guy is chatting up this English girl..who says.. get out of my face.. then the Spanish guy says to his friend something about learning English... I gathered that it did mean

means leave me alone

but its new to me...

[MiriamO]

Silver, last time I was in the presence of a bunch of English youngsters (last week in a local bar/restaurant) it took me a good twenty minutes to realise they were actually communicating in a strange alien version of English. It wasn't until one of them brayed at the top her voice "lessave a par ee" that I realised they were planning a party and that they were from the UK!
I always knew that my son communicated at two levels, one with his friends from various hobbies which I struggled with as it was very much a local accent and the other his middle of the road small public school voice but I'm not sure these kids were able to do anything but yodel without discernable consonants but plenty of glottal stops. At least you managed to undertand the one on the advert! I think that expression has been around for ages, didn't a strange Italian sing about it back in the eighties?

[silver]

a strange alien version of English

I myself feel a bit alien...sometimes when the kids here chat together.

I think that expression has been around for ages, didn't a strange Italian sing about it back in the eighties?

Could be..but I was living here then...so again..no idea.

At least you managed to undertand the one on the advert!

only because it was visual as well...but can´t see myself ever using this expresion

[redsoxbrit]

I think that expression has been around for ages, didn't a strange Italian sing about it back in the eighties?

Joe Dolce - Shaddap you face! 1981

Meaning "be quiet"

[mhic]

Have two grandkids here at the moment aged 11 and 8. The 11 year old spends a lot of time on msn chatting to her friends in the uk. At first I thought their spelling was atrocious then I realised they were trying to type in some weird Jamaican patois. Apparently they pick it up from the retards who claim to be musicians and record crap sorry rap.

At least the younger one appreciates Presley Queen and a few other's.

Mhic.

[safeashouses]

Snap. I've got my 11 year old Godson staying with me for the summer and he keeps in touch chatting (if you can call it that) with his sister and friends on MSN.

He will never be able to spell properly.

Or even more worrying still, be able to write a letter.

[costakid]

the crazy thing wiv this txt tlk is they use it wen they are sendin normal letrs. gr8 init.

I can't imagine wot sum of the job applications look like.

[mhic]

My grandkids even do the the hand gestures and facial expressions, odd but they remind me of the Chimps tea party at London Zoo years ago. Fortunatly I know they are not illiterate, they both brought their school reports to show us and they were very good.

Mhic

[mhic]

My grandson has just asked if he can use the computer at 10.30am, apparently his bitch will be calling him on msn. He's 8 years old and his bitch will be unlucky.

Mhic.

[Beachcomber]

Who on earth can be calling an 8 year old that has to be *beeped*?

Please put us out of our misery Mhic!

[mhic]

Beach, his "female dog" B...H. She's in his class at school.

Mhic.

[Beachcomber]

I'm not sure whether to be relieved or concerned!

[mhic]

Well, I'm concerned. Although he was putting on a bit of a show for my benefit. The grandkids are very bright live in a fairly good part of London and speak decent English (when not in yardie mode) and their school has a good reputation.
Just a phase I expect after all the were the Teds, Mods and Rockers etc and most of us grow out of these fads.

Mhic.

[peteroldracer]

Anyone else grind their teeth when some half-educated numb-skull says "could of" - as in "I could of passed my GCSE ...." ?
It took me a while to work out that this particular display of non-English comes from the mispronunciation of " could have" when shortened to "could've".
It ranks high on my list of grumpy old man pet hates, along with "sepErate".
Does anyone have any more?

[redsoxbrit]

"Somethink" instead of something and calling the letter "aitch" haitch

[peteroldracer]

I can't help but wonder why the Spanish have a letter 'H' when it is never pronounced...............and in Andalucia (or our part at least) the same almost applies to the letter 'S'