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Cockney Rhyming Slang | Learn British English

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Weekly articles about British English. Rhyming slang can be encountered across the world and has existed for centuries. The principle is simple, substituting a specific word with a well-known rhyming alternative is a fast way of confusing listeners and creating your own language and community. Maybe you even did the same when you were a child in school? To anyone not in-the-know. The basics are very easy, you simply choose a pair of related words and create a rhyme for the second word. An example of this...

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Cooking (British English) | Learn British English

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Weekly articles about British English. Have you noticed how obsessed the English-speaking world is with cooking? These days, turn on the TV and you’ll be greeted with cooking reality TV show competitions (yes, really) such as ‘The Great British Bake Off’ and a host of smiling TV chefs across every channel. This craze has created a new word: ‘foodie. 8217; for someone who really cares about good food. Ordinary people can easily become foodies! Another new invention is ‘ gastropub. No meal could be complet...

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Bob’s Your Uncle - Great British Idiom! | Learn British English

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Weekly articles about British English. Bob’s Your Uncle - Great British Idiom! Bob’s Your Uncle. Your British friend is helping you with a few friendly instructions on getting to Liverpool while you’re on holiday in the UK. Everything is going well, he is warning you about the terrible traffic and bad weather (of course! And then he gives you a series of directions to your destination. 8216;Go left from the main road and right at the roundabout, pass by the church and then Bob’s your uncle! Driving syste...

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Differences Between US and UK English: Cars and Driving | Learn British English

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Weekly articles about British English. Differences Between US and UK English: Cars and Driving. Driving systems across the world vary greatly, and that’s just one reason for differences in this area of vocabulary. Especially different traffic control devices and markings on the road. Did you know that people in the UK drive on the left-hand side of the road? It might seem dangerous to you, but I highly recommend it, if you visit! Back there you’ll also find a pair of ‘reversing lights’ ...Walking around ...

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Useful British Slang Expressions | Learn British English

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Weekly articles about British English. Useful British Slang Expressions. In British English we have a strange expression -. 8216;going to see a man about a dog’. This has nothing to do with going to buy an animal! A very common, but rather rude expression is ‘taking the piss’. Which means teasing or making fun of someone- it’s a very informal version of ‘mocking’. Another favourite expression amongst Brits. British people) who like to go out and socialise is ‘to be on the pull’. If during your social nig...

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Differences Between US and UK English: In the Kitchen | Learn British English

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Weekly articles about British English. Differences Between US and UK English: In the Kitchen. Even at home there are many changes in English and some of the most basic daily objects can have very different names. Let’s widen our search a bit a bit around a kitchen. If you like to have a cup of coffee in the morning there’s a good chance you have your own machine for making fresh coffee, involving a plunger that can be pushed from the top of the pot to the bottom while refining the grounds. All electrical...

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British Slang Expressions | Learn British English

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Weekly articles about British English. When was the last time you listened to native English speakers talking and felt completely confused about what they were saying? Probably quite a lot right? The confusion you feel is probably about slang. And it’s no surprise because slang is built around people who share a communal culture and experience- that’s why it often springs up in schools, camps or other places where small communities form. He's a top bloke. But could you lend her some ‘dosh’. That money is...

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Differences between US and UK Food Terms | Learn British English

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Weekly articles about British English. Differences between US and UK Food Terms. Time to cross the Atlantic again for that most important of topics- satisfying our hunger! Many of the differences in different types of English came about because words go through fashionable stages almost like clothes, people move with different trends. The good news is that if you have some knowledge of French you’ll be ahead of the field. In the below list, US equivalents appear in italics). In the middle of the day it&#...