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vhstown · 4 months

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super short london slang guide !!

i haven't got a scooby doo about cockney so this is mainly gonna be mle and like the way 14 year old secondary school boys talk oookay let's go (just so yk i am a londonder!!!!!)

direct things to call people (or avoid calling people)

bruv, blud, man, mate, fam (can use in replacement of a pronoun like he, she, you and i or for emphasis — "man's got a meeting, bruv!")

more on "man" it can be used in plural too — "us man" or "them man" or "you man"

my g, my guy (for referring someone you are friendly/friends with)

bossman (something you'd call a shop or business owner — "aye bossman get me the 3 wings and chips yeah")

big man (usually used in a sarcastic friendly but kind of demeaning way, the older cousin of "big guy" — "oi big man what you sayin' cuz?"

i wasnt going to put these here cause of personal preference but 😭 people are gonna use them anyway so i might as well tell you what they mean:

peng (adjective cute/pretty — "her? she's peng!")

leng (adjective hot/sexy — "rah, he's leng you know?)

nouns

ting (usually to refer to a girlfriend but can also just mean "thing"... or a knife? — "don't chat to my ting fam!")

grim (very outdated word for a promiscuous woman — "she's a grim bruv!")

skeng (gun)

shank, spinner (knife)

paper, Ps, pronounced "peas" (money)

ends (neighbourhood, area — "if i catch you in my ends yeah")

mandem (group of friends — "having a laugh at the pub with the mandem" aha)

gyaldem (group of women / female friends)

ganja (weed)

blem (cigarette)

pagan/paigon (snitch or untrustworthy person, not a super common you might wanna use "snake" or "snitch" instead)

wasteman (someone who's useless, a lowlife)

pussio/pussyo (pussy, coward)

other common words and phrases

wagwan, or "wag1" in text (what's up, what's going on)

bare (a lot — "i got bare problems with him!")

gassed (prideful, full of yourself — "im actually so gassed, man got promoted"

"and that" (instead of "and stuff" — "i got links and that")

"allow it" (let something slide — "i forgot my wallet allow it bossman")

safe (like "alright cool", or as a bye — "aight safe")

"pattern up" (fix up, get it together)

hard, tight (cool, good, though "hard" is also used in an offensive way — "bro thinks he's hard, pussio")

blam (to get shot, not actually very common to hear in my experience)

sheffed (up), shanked (to get stabbed)

ahlie (used as an interjection when in agreement with something, similar to phrase "am i lying?")

non-mle specific words i hear sometimes

thick (dumb, stupid)

clapped/tapped (ugly, weird, unattractive)

merk/murk (kill, beat up)

slag, sket (slut)

chav (used to refer to someone of the low social status, associated with violent or rude behaviour)

taking the mick, taking the piss (being annoying)

mad (means crazy obviously but people use it a lot, can have positive and negative connotations — "that's mad!")

nonce (literally means pedophile / sex offender, do what you will with it 😭)

dickhead, bellend (similar to douchebag)

wanker (used towards someone you dislike, or in a joking way)

geezer (usually to refer to an old man)

also!!!

depending on which communities are predominant in the area, words from other languages can come in / have come in

some words are common with US slang too because they share origins 😁 ain't that cool

there's a lot of influence from jamaican patois due to the history of british jamaicans in london for ex in words like "ting" or "mandem" or "wagwan" (hence why mle is sometimes referred to as "jafrican") and its not strange to hear "bomboclaat" or "bloodclaat" here either

in communities where there's muslims and arabs (especially in east london) you might hear arabic terms like "wallahi", "khalas" or "astagfirullah" (though people debate whether that's cultural appropriation or not)

south asians have also had an influence with words like "gora" or "ganja" though again this is largely area based and the impact of hinglish is also found a lot outside of london

some people have a mix of different dialects! i mainly alternate between mle and estuary (sometimes yorkshire don't ask it is very easy to pick up...)

you're not gonna hear every single word here all the time the usage varies throughout london. the way north and west londoners speak can be v different for example

uhhhh if you wanna learn properly just listen to some grime or sutn . listen to londoners speak!

for some more resources in-depth PLEASE check out these guides made by other british people ! (one and two)

ok that's it bye bye british ppl & londoners feel free to add on! it is midnight rn so ive probably missed stuff lol... dms are open in case you've got any questions or want any help :p

#vee rants #hobie brown x reader #spider punk #spider uk #hobart brown #hobie brown #hobie brown x gn!reader #british accent #london accent #potential to be edited

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basmathgirl · 5 months

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you ate brit, right? can you please help me out? is it me or donnas accent is a brummie with rp?? i’m not a native english speaker but some words like “noice” and “foine” for nice and fine respectively have confused me a bit, do you know if it was a choice on CTs part or is her accent slipping? I’m only now learning about the vast variety of uk accents and wanted to know which donna’s accent is as i find it easier to understand

Hello kind Anon!

I am indeed British rather than someone who ate one (but I don't think you meant that last bit at all). Like Donna, I come from a part of London, although I sound a lot more Cockney then she does. She is west London, so slightly posher than the east of London or anyone speaking Estuarine (the accent that people along the course of the Rive Thames have, which is a watered-down version of Cockney), but not quite as cut-glass as the way the royal family speak.

Donna's accent doesn't sound Brummie-ish in the slightest to me. I know that CT stresses certain words for comedic reasons, but nothing is slipping, to my ears anyway. I hope that makes you feel better.

Oh yes, there is a vast array of accents in the UK. You can travel only 20 minutes and the people can sound completely different. It is the usage of words that is more telling where regional accents are concerned, to be honest. Although a lot more people speak RP these days; particularly here in the south of England.

Oh dear. I'm not sure I explained that at all well. Sorry. If you have any additional questions, by all means ask me, and I'll do my best to help.

#kind Anon #Donna Noble #London accent #if you've ever seen Pymalion #you'll find out that within London #there were loads of accents #the dregs of which still exist #anyway....#come ask me anything else

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dhampiravidi · 9 months

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wHY are Londoner accents so *calming* for me? Especially when they’re talking softly & so low…♥️

I’m not naming names but if you talk to me for like 3 days you probably know the—nvm.

JCB, Ben Barnes, Florence Pugh. Ugh.

#admin #I’m gonna have to delete my Tumblr if I ever become famous. I’ve accepted that.#jcb #jamie campbell bower #ben barnes #florence pugh #Florence Pugh is just really good at accents tbh #celebrities #accents #london accent

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poetrybyonur · 16 days

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I want the real you. The you no one else has seen. The raw, real, and gorgeous you.

A brand new spoken word. Click on image to hear me speak.

Background music by Vancouver Sleep Clinic.

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eightdoctor · 7 months

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since they’re bringing back beep the meep for the 60th, i think they should also bring in other obscure eu characters. it could be really cool and refreshing to see them acknowledge a piece of the franchise that is so rarely mentioned. like, idk, i think this one guy could really fit in with the nuwho vibe, but idk if anyone’s heard of him his name is fitz kr

#OLEASE THEY DIDNT EVEV LET STEVE COLE ADD FITZ INTO HIS CHRISTMAS STORIES!!!#HES HIS FATHER HIS CREATOR AND THEY FORBID THIS!#(i know this because i asked him)#(he said him and 10 would have a competition over who could do the best london accent)#i just need to see him. in modern content #dear god please #doctor who #eighth doctor #fitz kreiner #edas

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melit0n · 4 months

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As someone who grew up primarily in Britian, seeing non-British people (especially Americans) say 'Sleep Token is so British' always makes me giggle because Vessel has one of the lightest British accents, at least when he sings.

If he had a hard Cockney accent or a general Northern accent, I could understand you guys, but seeing people say they sometimes struggle to understand what he says because of his accent flabbergast me a bit. I guess it's just because I'm completely use to the accent, as any person who grew up anywhere is, but it's still funny.

#III has a diabolical British accent though #like I sat down with my American friend and watched a clip of him shouting his shit and she couldn't understand a bloody word he said #she caught the word 'fuck' and that was it #when IV screams (although it's a bit harder to catch) I can pick up a slight Northern London lilt but nothing else #cannot account for II whatsoever considering he's as silent as a corpse #st #sleep token #vessel #vessel sleep token #mel's rambles

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xodahafez · 4 months

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roadman! tom riddle finally learns harry is a time traveller (part 5)

part 4: here

harry: i’m from the future.

tom: say swear.

harry: … swear what?

tom: yea like wallahi cuz? you know??

harry: what?

tom: like an oath innit?

harry: what oath?

tom, sighing: tsk never you mind. so you’re actuals from the future? you’re taking the piss, yeah?

harry: i’m not. you grow up to become lord voldemort and will start the first wizarding war in your 50s, in which you are responsible for killing my parents and attempting to kill me. and then you die.

tom, looking gobsmacked: no way fam, show me.

harry: how???

tom: tsk let me into your mind. legillimency and that.

harry: no! you’re going to have to take my word for it.

tom: come on now, don’t be like that, just a lil peek n i’ll dash.

harry: …

tom: *smiling charmingly*

harry: fine.

[tom performs legilimency and is watching with keen interest until he comes across the graveyard resurrection scene]

tom, abruptly pulling away: mate who the fuck is that ugly mug?????

harry, smirking: thats you.

tom, holding his head in his hands with despair: you’re actuals serious. no way that clapped ting is me.

harry: it is…

tom: the mans got no hair! i lost my hair and my nose?

harry, unimpressed: thats your main concern???

tom, ignoring him and still muttering to himself: nah bruv best believe you lot will not catch me lacking.

#ITS BACK!!#cockney #multicultural london accent #jamaican patois #tomarry #crackfic #tomarrymort #this is just jokes fam #allow it uno #if you’re not British this will most likely sound confusing and horrendous #unless you’re familiar with the slang and accent #just listen to like idk central cee #or watch chunkz or fily speaking #you gotta feel the inner londoner in you okay?

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loptrcoptr · 4 months

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Mizu, after six months of learning English from Fowler in the hold of a ship, taking her first step into London proper: excuse me, sir, where might I find the House of Lords?

The north Londoner she unfortunately picked for directions: oww righ’, youwull be wan’in’ thee houses ‘a parlermen’. We-uhll, take a leff up there pas’ the bridge, see, an then head norf fer a ways an—

Mizu: this… is not… the same language? Is it???

#I for one kind of hope the boat doesn’t make it past that thunderstorm in the last shot #if only because I think splitting the party for a whole season would be a tough dynamic to pull off #but if they do get all the way to London I will die laughing at Mizu the out of place foreigner with a fuckin Irish accent 😂😂😂#blue eye samurai #blue eye samurai spoilers #everyone she talks to will be like ‘is this what people mean when they talk about the black Irish??? what??’

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p-redux · 6 months

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I just sent you 3 pics of SE. They were posted This past Thurs or Fri, right after Sam’s Jimmy Fallon appearance. I find it interesting she’s “home” now & so “deliriously” happy. Sam was MIA from the time after the NYC whiskey event until Fallon appearance and appeared tanned. Her friend mentions (in car pic) about seeing her in “London”. Sam will be there in early Nov. for the CND Q&A, & Clanlands events. Coincidences??? What do you think?

Hi! I'm back from my weekend away and trying to sort through my Asks and DMs. This seems verra interesting. I thought things were over between Sam and Susie Evans aka blue bikini boat lady, and they very well could be, but it is interesting that she posted she will be in London soon. And so will Sam. 👇

Sam is still in New York, but he has to be in London early November. It will be interesting if Susie is there at the same time.

As for where is Sam now? My New York sources are keeping me informed. I'll know more in a couple of days. He's definitely laying low, though. My contacts are saying the usual pic hounds haven't gotten pics with him. And he hasn't been seen at Paul Donnelly's restaurants. BUT, I'm waiting for more info from a separate source sometime this week when she's back in the city.

On a side note, I think it's très amusant, that Mademoiselle Chloé posted this to her IG stories. 👇

Scotland is one of her favorite countries and her Achilles' heel aka her weakness is blue eyes and accents. Ye ken? 😉

Happy Monday, darlings! 😘

#samheughan #sam heughan #newyork #new york #susie nicole evans #susie evans #samusie #london #chloe montana #chloe montana rash #samtana #scotland #accents #blue eyes #achilles heel #ye ken #sources #source #blue bikini boat lady

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subtle-as-an-earthquake · 5 months

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i also popped into the grapes in sheffield yesterday (where the monkeys played their very first gig back in 2003 🥹) for a quick pint and it literally had the loveliest atmosphere, even the bouncer was super sweet. cash only, live music happening in a back room, exclusively locals (and me, sorry), and an arctic monkeys banner above the bar 🥰 (and i spotted baby alex at the leadmill too 🫶🏼)

#had to do a little arctic monkeys pilgrimage of course ❤️#it was so lovely hearing the accent everywhere #and everyone was so friendly and helpful #like extremely so #my train to london was cancelled this morning so i asked someone for help #and they went out of their way to make sure i could go on another one and helped me find everything #and then informed his colleagues of what was going on and they later came to check on me to see if i was all sorted now 🥺#northern hospitality 💯#love it here #anyways sorry for all the rambling lol #i am just feeling emotional about everything apparently #alex turner #arctic monkeys #minnie talks

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dudethatsmyundeaduncle · 9 days

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Tim Drake's Mom is actually Lara Croft! AU

After getting pregnant Lara Croft disappears off the face of the earth, takes up a shell company in Gotham left to her by her father, and assumes the identity Janet Drake.

(DC made Timmy's parents archeologists! so Sis it was between Indiana Jones or the Tomb Raider and well here we are!)

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Lara Croft has a daring archeological adventure/world saving mission with a dashing man she only knows as N. Drake (if u know u know) and finds out she's pregnant weeks after.

Lara Croft did not expect to be Pregnant. Lara knows that she shouldn't have a baby. She knows this intellectually and emotionally, she doesn't have any family left and after nearly 10 years of traveling the globe and putting herself in life or death situations she knows her life can't accommodate children. Lara knows the responsible thing to do, she makes an appointment with NHS/MSI and focuses on her next project. (TW: Discussion of Abortion)

Lara never gets her appointment. She misses her abortion date in London when she gets caught up in another mad expedition that takes her half way across the world.

On this mission she nearly looses everything, her friends, her own life, what's left of her father's legacy, all for a semi cursed magical artifact that nearly blows up the South American Coast.

Lara's tired, scared, she's been running from Trinity (evil org) for nearly a decade now . She's 29, she's 5 months pregnant, and she's stuck floating on her back in the middle of the South Atlantic sea watching the sky burn.

Lara's rich she could always get the abortion, legally or otherwise, her father left her a billionaire and the souvenirs she'd collected from her travels do nothing but add to that wealth.

Trinity wants Lara Croft dead, they'll never stop chasing, and Lara just wants respite. She wants her quaint childhood in the English countryside with her father, she wants to curl up and sleep for a thousand years. She wants to be someone else, just for a moment.

Her heart beats wildly in her chest and she can almost feel another heart beating alongside it.

Lara Croft makes a decision. She sinks into the sea and doesn't come back up for air even when it burns.

On the shore a nameless woman washes up, water logged and looking for passage to America.

The Croft's have had shell companies for years, one can't be a billionaire these days without at least a few, Medi-industries is an unassuming medical supplier located in Gotham, New Jersey the crime capital of North America. It's the perfect place to disappear.

Janet Drake Lands in Gotham on a gloomy morning in March, she's got enough money to throw around that people forget to ask what family she's from, this is Gotham new money is nearly unheard of.

By mid April Janet has reestablished control of Medi-Industries, Now Drake Industries, and purchased an old English style mansion in Bristol, which the real-estate agent has assured her is a great neighborhood.

Timothy Jackson Drake is born July 19th at nearly 3 in the morning squalling high into the night like a banshee. He is perfectly healthy and perfectly safe in Janet's arms.

It is only in the safety of their home, in the house Janet picked, because it was high on a hill for tactical advantage and had bullet proof glass nestled between quaint wood paneled windows, It is only in the heart of Drake Manor that Lara dares to Whisper her son's name

"Timothy Jackson Croft"

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AU ALSO INCLUDES!

Badass Lara Croft being the cool mom TM

A family portrait of the Drakes, Including Janet, baby Tim, and a mysterious Jack Drake (who was a very discreet and well paid member of Gotham's theatre society, and who was also more then happy to pose as a rich ladies dead husband for a day)

A Socttish Nanny/Housekeeper with a very keen eye and discreet mouth who will not tell a soul that she is fairly sure she's employed by Lord Richard Croft's, eccentric billionares, missing daughter.

precocious and slightly British accented baby Tim who gets to have his Mom with him for 10 whole years! before she inevitably runs back off to save the world

Tim being unaware of his mother's past life beyond her name until the age of 13 when he becomes Robin and is able to actually find out what his mom's been protecting him from his whole life.

I imagine in this AU that eventually Trinity finally catches wind of where Lara is hiding and she has a big confrontation with them in New Jersey. It's way too close to Gotham and Tim for her comfort, she knows this is the only chance she'll get to control the chaos.

So she packs Tim up to move him into the dorms at Gotham Academy and promises she'll write and be home for his birthday in the summer. After she's finished her "company" business first of course.

Tim's confused but he trusts his mom, he gets unsigned postcards from all over the world and pins them above his bed in the dorm and goes to sleep trying to guess what country she's in every night.

The move to the dorm is kind of cool to Tim as well because it means he can start his plan to follow Batman and Robin in the city! (in this AU there's no way Lara wouldn't have noticed him sneaking out at 9, but Gotham academy security? totally oblivious)

Tim celebrates his 10th birthday with his mom at home, he has so many freaking questions about where she was! and she tells him outlandish stories about daring fights and cursed artifacts that he rolls his eyes at but enjoys none the less.

it isn't till he's 15 that his Robin work and his mom's adventures cross paths.

After so many years of close calls, of hiding bruises from his mom with same concealer she uses to hide her own wounds, of wondering if it was selfish to wish his Mom cared a little bit less about the world and would stay with him for more then a few weeks at a time. Finally it all comes to a head in the worst way. Lara Croft's latest adventure puts her right in the middle of a Bat Level investigation. It has Tim near loosing his mind with worry hoping his mom is alive and Lara having the worst freakout/Blow up of her life realizing her son has been putting himself in Danger every night she thought he was safe.

The Drake/Crofts are messy! Bad at communicating! And unfortunately the exact same kind of reckless and self sacrificing!

Fun food for thought:

Lara canonically is a killer, if you've played any of the reboot Tomb Raider series she can be pretty gruesome and efficient! Very cool! Jason would stan! Tim is kind of appalled! Lara is glad Tim's never killed, that he's never had to.

Lara still dies in this AU but it's in a big Trinity X Obeah Man X Captain Boomerang Cluster fuck where Lara finishes off Trinity and Obeah Man for good but looses her own life in the process. Tim is devastated, he feels like they were just starting to really be 100% transparent with each other before her death. Que Tim's not good very bad year!

if you've made it this far in my rambles here's a treat! I actually wrote a lil fuckin blurb for this!

preface: This the first time Robin and Lara Croft have ever met/are on the same mission.

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" mom!" Tim shouts, running before Bruce can even properly land the BatJet.

The old temple is ablaze, the ancient structure already half crumbled in on itself with what's left of it is spewing out clouds of jet black smoke.

Tim's mother limps out what was once the front entrance clutching at her ribs.

She's filthy, covered in a thick layer of dirt and grime. but she's got on a triumphant smile like the cat who got the cream.

" Mom!" Tim yells again watching as she does a double take at his choice of moniker.

Her mouth twists in a grimace as she stumbles and Tim dives under her arm quickly moving to support her left side.

Lara Croft meets the white lenses of Red Robin's eyes in confusion

" What'd you call me?" She slurs trying to blink away the smoke inhalation that makes it hard to focus and leaves her lightheaded.

Lara's right ankle which took the brunt of a very nasty dive from a very high perch, not 20 minutes earlier as she raced out of the Dead Kings Tomb, finally gives up the ghost and she pitches forward taking Red Robin with her.

He's young, she thinks, he's very young.

Before either of them can hit the ground Batman intercepts their fall hefting Lara into a secure hold.

Red Robin catches himself and latches onto Lara's hand.

He yanks off one of his gloves and tries to wipe some of the grime out of her eyes.

" Mum" he croaks this time, voice breaking nearly in half on the last syllable.

Lara furrows her brow, the cowl covers so much of this young man's face, from his nose too his brow bone, but his chin is startlingly familiar as is his absolutely atrocious British accent.

He reminds her terribly of Timothy.

" Tim" she says deliriously, Lara tries to smile but her eyes start to droop and her head lolls slack against Bruce's arm. She's clean out.

Tim makes an odd lunge and jerk movement pressing his fingers into her carotid artery to feel her pulse.

He's shaking, more wrong footed and anxious then Bruce has ever seen him.

Batman is extremely grateful when Nightwing comes up behind him and gently pulls his younger brother's hands away from his mother's comatose body.

" She's fine Red. We need to get her on board so we can get her some oxygen though, the smoke inhalation is getting to her. "

" Right" Tim says, still frozen in place. He shakes it off quickly " Right." he repeats pivoting in place and leading their small party through the remains of the ruins and back to the jet.

" I'll prep the med bay."

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pics or it didn't happen! (ps, if u wanna write, draw, or HC anything for this AU feel free my lads)

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jessieren · 25 days

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If you can get past the annoying DJ who talks over Shaun all the time (and tells him he has a northern irish accent 🙄) there’s some really nice bits in this