onewilyfool Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 To our British friends......PLEASE TRANSLATE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninety1vee Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 probably means "smokin' crack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 probably means "smokin' crack" my guess is "pretty cold". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcorner Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 It means: Fu@#ing Cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston004681 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 HA! HA! It means: Fu@#ing Cold. =P~ #-o =P~ #-o [-X [-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 BC's probably the closest. Chuffin' is slang from Northern England and is used in an exclamatory fashion. It is often used with the female name Nora i.e. "Chuffin' Nora" which means OMG, Bloody Hell or other terms meaning "Good Lord" etc. Parky is a London slang for cold. I can't find an explanation for it's origin. Cockney Rhyming slang usually has a rhyming element. So, Chuffin' Parky is a combination of London and Northern slang. Brass Monkeys is quite popular as in "It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinNoName Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Ooooh, sorry guys!!!! it means its freezing! Although, compared to a Canadian or Northern US winter, is paltry in comparison.... SORRY AGAIN, my bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Please - parky is NOT Cockney..... Parky is an English Midlands to North-country term to the best of my knowledge. The origin of the word parky or parki is open to debate. A common root is found in the word parka (a type of anorak, a thick jacket with fur lined hood) which is Aleut (indigenous Alaskan living in the Aleutian Islands). The reasoning is 'cold enough for a parka'. Another oft quoted etymology is related to Parkinson's Disease - who's tremor and the shiver induced by cold led to the abbreviation parky for shiver-inducing weather. The Scots suggest that since [1] Scotland is often cold during the footie season and [2] most football in Scotland is played at grounds called Something-or-Other Park, the word parky perfectly describes a level of coldness achieved by standing in an open field for ninety minutes during a Scottish winter. The good old Oxford chappies suggest it has been around in this form (crisp, frosty, nippy cold) since the 1890's, but are remarkably coy on the root of the expression. But Cockney - I don't think so..... Cold is usually 'taters (from 'taters in the mould) which occasionally gets twisted to spuds. Chilly I have heard as Uncle Billy, but usually only when people are being a bit 'arry. (Harry and Billy = silly). People will say it's like being in a Bacardi (Bacardi Breezer = Freezer) or in a Stamford (Stamford Bridge = fridge). They'll take a bit of Vincent in their Philharmonic, but parky, or rather Parky, to a Cockney is that Yorkshireman off the telly with the chat show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I've found this site helpful when translating the common language what seperates us. http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/ According to this site, Chuffin' means... Friggin', break wind, (and bodily parts used there of), pleasure, delight, contemtible, a steam engine. I suspect it could be argued that it is a multipurpose swear word. In this context, I'd have to say means friggin... or other "R" rated form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Neat site TommyK - bookmarked it, since even us Limeys get confused by our fellow countrymen..... When we first moved up to Lincoln County, a local looked at our old dying apple tree and said we needed a bonnet because no ammount of wetter would do it, and we should put it down to gress. He meant we should burn it, watering it would not help, and we should grass over the area. Out of interest - we didn't, and it produced enormous crops of apples for 14 years until it keeled over in the wind one day a few years back..... and now a new apple tree is growing strong from the stump's remains..... Here's one for ksd:- Is apple a tone-wood ? And if not, why not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Chuffin Nora! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 albertjohn - you are a very naughty boy. You gave up smoking..... .....so how come YOU are chuffing. ;) (Its a steam-train thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Wily, see what you started. Now we have to listen to these Chuffin Brits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Here's one for ksd:- Is apple a tone-wood ? And if not, why not ? Not a clue! My uncle once told me the wood of an apple tree is so twisted and gnarly it's not practical to cut into lumber. Maybe it's just the way it's shaped, where there's not a well defined trunk like on other trees and there's not enough wood there for any length? Really stabbin' in the dark on that one. And chuffin' parky, it was 13 below with the wind chill this morning. I haven't been outside so I don't know if it's gotten worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Neat site TommyK - bookmarked it' date=' since even us Limeys get confused by our fellow countrymen..... When we first moved up to Lincoln County, a local looked at our old dying apple tree and said we needed a [i']bonnet[/i] because no ammount of wetter would do it, and we should put it down to gress. He meant we should burn it, watering it would not help, and we should grass over the area. Out of interest - we didn't, and it produced enormous crops of apples for 14 years until it keeled over in the wind one day a few years back..... and now a new apple tree is growing strong from the stump's remains..... Here's one for ksd:- Is apple a tone-wood ? And if not, why not ? Apples are very tenacious and don't die gracefully. No wonder Johnny Appleseed was so partial to them. Gnarly, because, left to it's own devices ( no trimming ) An apple tree would have a branch every 6 inches. I try to keep my dwarf apple trees trimmed every year. And.. every year I have a pile of limbs that would keep you warm for a good week. If I miss a year's trimming, there's the devil to pay next year as the ones that need to come out are half the size of my arm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 And chuffin' parky' date=' it was 13 below with the wind chill this morning. I haven't been outside so I don't know if it's gotten worse. [/quote'] Chuffin Ada! It can get cold in the Highlands of Scotland but in England, the whole country would collapse. The last time we had snow of any quantity - about 4 years ago, my village was cut off. I couldn't get around the abandoned cars even in the Land Rover. Had a good lunch in the pub though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Hey TommyK - that sig of yours..... Let us assume that Guitar is the common denominator. dividing by Guitar gives:- 1 = Chick Magnet Hero = Guy Magnet Now we can divide by Magnet to give us:- 1 = Chick Hero = Guy Which proves that whilst ladies are 'the one', guys are the heroes. Not politically correct, but that's maths for you..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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