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This one goes out to our recent influx of fans from the UK… Welcome berks and slags from merry olde England: land of smokey hallucinations and greed! (according to the stock photography sites, anyway)
My wind is worth more than you!
…in fact, currency-obsessed Britain couldn’t possibly be described in just one photo.
Proactive daydreams of ROI.
P.S. sorry if “berks” and “slags” is offensive … I’m American! I’m intrinsically offensive and have no idea what words mean!!
March 25th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
“Berks” and “slags” are fantastic words, I’m sure you’ll aree! Berk is supposed to be offensive, but isn’t, a bit like”twit”. Slag has lost its edge a bit too. It’s perfect if you say it in a Cockney-gangster-type way, as in “You slaaaaag!” (see the BBC1 series “Gavin and Stacey”). It can be almost affectionate (between male friends that is).
Incidentally, I found out about your fab website in The Guardian newspaper’s weekend Guide. Thought you’d like to know.
Cheers,
Danielle (from Britain)
March 26th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Legend has it that ‘berk’ originates from the Cockney rhyming slang ‘Berkeley Hunt’, so how it ended up being quite so inoffensive I don’t know! By the way, what is it with the American tendency to start chucking distinctively British yet essentially random words around (‘bugger’, ‘slag’ etc.) when communicating with British people? Does this work both ways? Can’t say I’ve ever been tempted to start a conversation with an American with ‘Gee whizz, dude! Popsicles!’
March 26th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
You may not know this, but Americans LOVE essentially random British words! We love ALL words spoken in that damned endearing British accent. We can’t help ourselves. You’re welcome to use any “American” vernacular all you like, it won’t bother us. We just have no clue of the context or level of offensiveness of your lexicon, which is (partially) why we chuck terms at random. And I’m glad I didn’t piss anyone off … but I love getting everyone pissed.