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Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on April 06, 2007, 10:25 PM:

Hi all,

As you may have know that English is not my mother language. So I have to carefully understand if someone using slank in his email.

Yesterday I received an email from someone who lives nearby my brother in Sunderland, UK. Regarding some 8mm films he has, he tells me this:

quote:
...you can have it 4 a tenna, if you come in and see me i will tell you what i have on 8mm ...

So what does he want to say when he weites "have it 4 a tenna".

Thank you guys,

Posted by Dan Lail (Member # 18) on April 06, 2007, 11:47 PM:

Hi, Winbert. I am in the US. British "slang" can be quite different than US slang. This person is refering to the cost. The cost is for(4) ten(tenna or tenner) what ever the currency is(pounds? Maybe). Possible translation is; "You can buy it for ten pounds" or "the price is ten pounds".

Posted by David Pannell (Member # 300) on April 07, 2007, 01:36 AM:

Absolutely correct, Dan! ('Tenner' is the correct spelling).

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on April 07, 2007, 01:37 AM:

Dan

Spot on, consider yourself an honory Brit! [Big Grin]

Mike

(edit) looks like David and I chose the same moment to reply [Smile]

Posted by John Clancy (Member # 49) on April 07, 2007, 03:04 AM:

Don't you refer to us as 'Brits' Mr. Peckham, that's racist! Not that I care at all really but you have to be careful nowadays.

I wonder what this chap was offering for a tenner. A GS1200 perhaps?

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on April 07, 2007, 07:06 PM:

No the GS1200 was going for ten quid...sorry I meant 10 notes [Big Grin]

Kev

Posted by Keith Ashfield (Member # 741) on April 08, 2007, 02:54 AM:

He could have offered it "4 a Mario Lanza" - shouldn't be that confusing - he was a tenor! [Big Grin]

Or the GS1200 went "4 a poorly octopus" - "sick squid" with four pounds change [Big Grin]

Posted by Dan Lail (Member # 18) on April 08, 2007, 08:34 PM:

An honerary Brit eh! Garsh, Sir Dan! [Big Grin]

My roots are showing. [Big Grin]

Posted by Paul Spinks (Member # 573) on April 08, 2007, 11:04 PM:

"Gawd bless ya Guvnor!"

Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on April 09, 2007, 12:21 AM:

John,

Please explain to this one "Yank,"
why the term "Brit" is racist?

I just don't get it. [Confused]

If it is too much trouble or
if it crosses the line of
politics on the Forum, please
just then post to me off line.

Number One Son wants to know.

Michael

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on April 09, 2007, 04:44 AM:

Brit, [Roll Eyes]

I would assume is short for being a British subject, "Britain" being the proper name, not UK, or is it now known that you are a UK subject not British, now I am [Confused]

of course I am Scottish [Big Grin]

not British, or is everyone who is English, Welsh, Scottish, or Irish are also known as British or Brit [Wink]

Graham.

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on April 09, 2007, 04:48 AM:

John,

now look what you've started [Roll Eyes]

.

Mike

Posted by Keith Ashfield (Member # 741) on April 09, 2007, 05:30 AM:

So what nationality is Brit Ekland? [Confused]

Posted by Barry Johnson (Member # 84) on April 09, 2007, 08:45 AM:

............or even Ten Sheets as we say here. [Confused]

Posted by Alan Paterson (Member # 661) on April 09, 2007, 08:51 AM:

Just continuing from Graham's post, I too am a Scot living in a foreign land - an ethnic minority if you like.
Our American friends should be able to understand cockney slang - after all, it was their very own Dick Van Dyke who tortured the Queen's Engish e.g. , "Caw Blimey Mary Poppins - on da rooftaps av Landan, yool see a soight!"
If we Scots were to slip into the vernacular e.g "Erraperrapersoanacherovererr", we'd get blank looks.
So we slow down our speech and talk posh so people can understand us.
Just thought I'd confuse the issue even more.
I'll get me coat.
Alan

Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on April 09, 2007, 12:33 PM:

Thanks for the insight.

Alan, when I was in
London nine years ago
the tour bus brought
us around to the district
that inspired Mr. Bank's home
used on the Hollywood set
of Mary Poppins.

The tour guides gripe was
how Dick Van Dyke
slaughtered her name:
Maare-reeee Pop'inz.
[Eek!]

Posted by Keith Ashfield (Member # 741) on April 09, 2007, 01:15 PM:

This is all getting very ambiguous. How did we get from "tenners" to "Mary Poppins" via "Mario Lanza","Brit Ekland thru Scotland? What next? [Confused]

Posted by Alan Paterson (Member # 661) on April 09, 2007, 06:07 PM:

Chim Chiminee, chim chiminee, chim chim cheree.....

Posted by Alan Paterson (Member # 661) on April 22, 2007, 10:52 AM:

The creativity's gone from this conversation.

Posted by Stewart McSporran (Member # 128) on April 24, 2007, 11:22 AM:

Just to be pedantic - Britain, or more properly, Great Britain, refers to Scotland, Wales and England. The UK is used because it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

If that doesn't qualify us for the longest named country in the world I don't know what does!

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