h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Thanks for sharing Caer...'specially after the 'pasty' fish explana~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The 1st time I heard: car park I thought of a wonderful place where cars loll about swingsets, etc.
carpark = parking lot

I would just like to point out that I don't have manky feet!

I'm not sure if the spelling is different, but the word sounds the same: homely. Here it means comfortable and warm and used in relation to houses. In the US it means plain and applies to women, or a least I haven't heard it used when referring to men.

A plain girl is called a minger (to rhyme with singer) although I tell the sons off when I hear them use it because it sounds very sexist in my opinion and sounds horrid.

Good for you Caer!

I forgot what I was gonna' post...

...sometimes, I'm such a dingleberry.

Minger, and the phrase (like in sports, I suppose), "She mings for England" which is a particularly barbed phrase.

I like manky. I shall attempt to put it into at least four conversations tomorrow.

We have one patron who fairly begs to be called manky.

Actually, I've heard men referred to as homely, but not as often as women. Homely is a step above butt ugly.

Beauty will fade, but stupid is forever.

Oh and when you're referring to a nice warm home-like atmosphere it's homey.. which could also be short for homeboy if it's spelled homie..

You may have to explain homeboy too, Batty.
Most H2G2 researchers have never been
to the big house.

Word.

I thought homeboy was like a Mummy's boy?

Presumably not.

Homies or homeboys are terms usually associated with African American males who live in the same neighborhood or belong to the same gang as each other. I suppose it is used by other nationalities as well by now. Young white males are notorious for borrowing black street talk since it is supposedly soooooooooooooo .

*Considers whether to post a link to a cartoon, which has links on the page to other, more offensive cartoons*

*nods rapidly in agreement*

Okay, then. But only look at that one, I say as my disclaimer. There's some really SICK cartoons on that site.

http://elftor.com/elftor.php?number=159

That was phat! I'm down with that. Thanks for the 411.

Pukka stuff innit? Dya ken anywhere else i can scav some more?

...*knocks on RK's head...*You been to Scotland or sumthin'?

Not for a while.

I suppose you've been to Scotland, Pandora. All those kilts to peek under. I think a shriek pretty much translates into any dialect.