Words Brits use that Americans don't?

Cheap as chips.
Although not so cheap these days.
Might do a thread on that.

 

I understand Rs at the end are pronounced in Cornwall.

 

Listen to the Scottish Byrr or the Geordie (North East England) accent !!!

 

I know some are on Youtube Vlad.

 

Yes Vladimirey,having a lot of variants it is best to stick to the standard language. That happens with many languages.You don't want to know the immense number of variants that Spanish has. But using a standard language we all understand each other without problem.

I don't understand this part. Sorry

 

He is teasing you. lol xxxx

 

No exactly what you suggested, but I think it clarificate a bit

 

I love the Spanish accent. I do speak a little. I lived in Spain for a year.

 

I'm understanding the problem. What for you is an R, is not the same sound as for us (Hispanic people) it is.
I was looking to listen Spanish R's. Now I know I will never hear them from your mouths.

 

Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran

 

What's that got to do with the price of bread. Lol

 

Try it: Rápido ruedan los carros al ferrocarril.

 

Provunciation of the letter 'R' !!!

 

In the UK we used to roll out the barrel.

 

What do you mean 'used to' ??? - some of us still do !!!

 

Afternoonified
A society word meaning “smart.” Forrester demonstrates the usage: "The goods are not 'afternoonified' enough for me.”

Arfarfan'arf
A figure of speech used to describe drunken men. “He’s very arf’arf’an’arf," Forrester writes, "meaning he has had many ‘arfs,’” or half-pints of booze.

Back slang it
Thieves used this term to indicate that they wanted “to go out the back way.”

1850 term for sausages, “because no man but the maker knows what is in them. ... The 'bag' refers to the gut which contained the chopped meat.”

5. Bang up to the elephant
This phrase originated in London in 1882, and means “perfect, complete, unapproachable.”

6. Batty-fang
Low London phrase meaning “to thrash thoroughly,” possibly from the French battre a fin.

 

I make up my own sayings
As true as I am riding this donkey
Have a word with yourself
Winegy face