Word Meanings - Page 2

Steve:
 
                  I understood what you were talking about, The only thing that has me puzzeled is once you and I had a conversation where you said you were born under the bells and bows that I,ve never figured out my friend! 

A real Cockney is supposedly a person born within the sound of Bow's bells. I believe it's referring to a cathedral in London. Steve will have to fill in the details...that's all this Canuck can tell you.

Our culture is closer to Britain's, so I, too, never knew 'cracker' could be used in a perjorative sense. Learn something every day!

Edit: Google is your friend!  Bow's bells are in St. Mary-le-Bow Church in London, and are very famous:

http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/?Bow_Bells

Yes,by birth i am a Cockney, being born within the sound of the Bow Bells, I was born in Rendle road just off the Mile End Road which is no longer there nor Rendle road, A Bomb took it out and all the houses in October 1940 i was just 4 months old then,
My Aunt did not go to the shelter so she too went with the house, So i am a fairly old Guy  now as you can see 
Dad was serving in the RAF at the time and off course would not know Mother was evacuated down to a town 70 miles from London with Four kids she was carrying me the three others hanging on her coat tails
She was put off the train in a strange town with no where to go or live, but found some one to help her, in the end the local council took her two young daughters and sent them off to foster homes, she never got them back for another three and a half years, Dad not being in the country did not know what had happened until six months afterwards
tough times for everone but we made it okay and we were bought up the right way so it was all worth it
Steve

Steve, my uncle flew for the RAF! He was the navigator on a Wellington bomber. His plane was shot down on one of their first missions, and he was the only member of his crew to survive. He was released from POW camp in time to stand up for my Dad as his best man at my parent's wedding.

I can't recall what squadron he was with, but he would have been stationed in England as this was pre-D Day.

[Lifts a glass to the brave fliers of the R.A.F....]

I don't know a lot of "English" expressions, most  the ones I know are from Austin Powers.   I was at my wife's company Christmas party when one of her  co workers approached me and asked "Do you want to shag?" 

I immediately thought of Austin Powers " are we going to shag now or shag later, baby?"  

I replied to my wife's co worker: "That's an intriguing offer but I'm married, thank you though."

The woman replies: "Your wife won't mind, I won't keep you away from her for too long."

I had just met this woman and now was feeling a little awkward.  Then my wife walked over and  the woman said; "I just asked your husband if he wanted to shag with me and he said he's married, he's funny."   My wife replies; "go ahead, I don't mind." 

Now this is completely out of character for my wife, I mean completely out of character.  So, I am really confused now.  

There is a band playing and the woman says; "I love this song won't you shag with me?"  My wife says go dance with her.

Now, I look stupid and I reply "Do you want to dance, I thought you said you wanted to Shag?"  

She says "yea, you know shag -  dance. I want someone to dance with".  I said, "Ohhh, I thought you meant a different kind of shag.

They all got a good laugh at my expense.

Jim

 LOL

So you can well imagine the looks I got, when I moved from the Deep South to Canada... and I happened to mention that they taught us to shag in junior high school gym class!

When i moved to Shropshire in England, a pigeon fancier was waiting with us for our pigeons to arrive from a long race it was a cold evening, He said to me 'I am Starved'  me thinking he was Hungary, went into the house and made him a quick sandwich, Giving it to him he said what is this for i told him you said you were staving, He said No, Starved means that i am feeling the  Cold
Clever me went back in doors and bought him out a coat
Steve

 Wow, I never woulda guessed starved could mean cold!