Twelfth Post!

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POST NAMER TBC-- work harder, meme!

Welcome back, anyway! Chat fandom, media, creative things, weirdness from around the net, funny stuff, anything! Meme awaits!

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Re: Ask Meme - Britpicking Resources?

[(Anonymous)]

Talking to them or about them?
Talking to: never heard "sis" used; bro and bruv seem to be used exclusively between men who are not siblings. (Muslims call other guys brother so if the characters are muslim they might say bro or bruv to their friends, and I think that use has spread a bit in areas with a big muslim population; I guess london guys occasionally call women "sis" but I don't think women call each other "sis". White working class guys might use bro but never heard them use bruv, again, not to their brothers.)

Talking about: always just brother or sister, ime.

Re: Ask Meme - Britpicking Resources?

[(Anonymous)]

SD

Brits copy a lot of US slang, though, so you might get younger characters exclaiming "bruhhh!!" or something. But I think only wannabe-rappers would say bro or sis for their brother or sister.

Re: Ask Meme - Britpicking Resources?

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks, dan! This is super helpful.

Friend said Google Search AI told her a 'bender' is a term for a person who drinks a lot, so as you can see things are going great on the independent research front.

Re: Ask Meme - Britpicking Resources?

[(Anonymous)]

=D

Guess it got it confused with 'going on a bender'.

Re: Ask Meme - Britpicking Resources?

[(Anonymous)]

sd

searched 'british word for drunk' and one suggestion was 'tosspot'. Uh, no.