http://hailbritannia.com/2010/02/02/my-favorite-brit-words/ An Anglophile's Blog From the Wrong Side of the Pond Sun, 13 May 2012 06:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://hailbritannia.com/2010/02/02/my-favorite-brit-words/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Struggler Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:39:20 +0000 http://hailbritannia.com/?p=213#comment-683 Well, how about <i>Miffed</i> - to be somewhat ticked off <i>Plonker</i> - rather like "wally". Come to think of it, more or less anything said by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Boy" rel="nofollow">Del Boy</a> is a good bet. But rather than words, phrases like <i>Storm in a Teacup, Wading through Treacle, </i>or<i> Spending a Penny</i> can always be relied upon to elicit a strange look across the pond. Well, how about
Miffed – to be somewhat ticked off
Plonker – rather like “wally”.
Come to think of it, more or less anything said by Del Boy is a good bet.
But rather than words, phrases like Storm in a Teacup, Wading through Treacle, or Spending a Penny can always be relied upon to elicit a strange look across the pond.

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