Translation of Common Items

[howtobrew]

Hello,
While working on my latest brewing book, I realized it would be nice to include the common name for (picnic Coolers/ ice chests) in Australia and the UK.
In Oz, I believe they are referred to as "Eskys". Is this correct?
What is the common name for them in the UK?

Thanks,
HtB

And yes, feel free to turn this into an inane but entertaining thread... they're the best kind after all...

[The Mormegil]

maybe we should ask what they call a huggie also? (foam insulating sleeve that keeps your beer cold longer)

[keith]

stubby holder

[Larrison]

Originally Posted by The Mormegil

maybe we should ask what they call a huggie also? (foam insulating sleeve that keeps your beer cold longer)

Here I've heard them referred to as a "beer rubber", or "beer condom", and also as "highway camo" so it doesn't look like you're chugging on the freeways.

[ThatReallyHurt]

You know those hooded sweaters with the pockets in front? Where I come from, those are called "bunny hugs".

[Zelda]

Originally Posted by howtobrew

Hello,
While working on my latest brewing book, I realized it would be nice to include the common name for (picnic Coolers/ ice chests) in Australia and the UK.
In Oz, I believe they are referred to as "Eskys". Is this correct?
What is the common name for them in the UK?

Thanks,
HtB

And yes, feel free to turn this into an inane but entertaining thread... they're the best kind after all...

Ice Chests are Eskies in Australia, In South Africa I THINK its Cool box, and the UK is also Esky I THINK, but dont quote me on that one.

[JackSparrow]

The worst thing for that in the UK is TV remote controls, which I have heard people refer to as the splodger, dinker, zapper or just the buttons. When someone asks me to pass them the splodger I tend to just look at them like they're crazy until they either go away or decide to get up and fetch it themselves.

[Have At You]

'cause of course everybody knows the correct word is "clicker"

[Larrison]

Here it (the TV remote control) is called "the Box"...

Senior Lopez -- mexican sweatshirt (from a brand the surfers bring up from Baja)

Scoots -- Money (as in "Got any scoots?")

Foam -- cheap styrofoam cooler used for beer.

Brewski -- beer
(as in "grab a brewski out of the foam, dude...")

[cornflower]

Originally Posted by ThatReallyHurt

You know those hooded sweaters with the pockets in front? Where I come from, those are called "bunny hugs".

Me, kangaroo hoodies.

[Louweasel]

Howtobrew, it's called a cool box in the UK.

TRH, those tops are called "hoodies" here. And they are famously banned in a certain large shopping mall in south east England, due to gangs of youths causing trouble/shoplifting etc whilst wearing them and then being unidentifiable on CCTV...

I know what those foam beer thingies are, but we don't have them here.

I call teh TV remote control just "the remote" although I have known it called the zapper or the oofer-doofer. "Doofer" is just a generic word for thingy or whatjamacallit. Larrison, "the box" here is the telly itself. The tube is the london underground train service (never worked out why the tube is the tv in the US - it's not a tube; it's cuboid-ish...) and the subway is merely an underground walkway e.g. under a busy junction. A junction is an intersection. I could go on for hours... A slag is a tramp, a tramp is a bum, a bum is a butt....

[cornflower]

I call the TV remote a 'clicker'.

[Zilverzmurfen]

Originally Posted by Louweasel

(never worked out why the tube is the tv in the US - it's not a tube; it's cuboid-ish...)

Lou, it's probably because the TV screen (the older, regular ones) is a CRT -- ie. 'Cathod Ray Tube'.



(And I'm a non-native english speaker, so please forgive if I didn't spell that right or didn't explain it well. )

[ThatReallyHurt]

Originally Posted by Louweasel

TRH, those tops are called "hoodies" here. And they are famously banned in a certain large shopping mall in south east England, due to gangs of youths causing trouble/shoplifting etc whilst wearing them and then being unidentifiable on CCTV...

Ah yes... I did read something about that - didn't your PM get involved or something like that?

Originally Posted by Louweasel

"Doofer" is just a generic word for thingy or whatjamacallit.

Heh... I often use the word "chummey" or "chummy" (not sure, I've never had to spell it before) for generic things like that. I got it from my Dad who got it from his time in the Navy - they had "chummey trays" that were near their bunks that they could put things like alarm clocks or lamps on... that sort of thing.

[Louweasel]

Thanks ZZ - makes sense now! *has flashback to school physics lessons*


TRH - here, "chummy" is an adjective meaning friendly, but in a sort of temporary sense. i.e. a person's character would be said to be friendly, but you might say "those two seem very chummy today" A chum is an old fashioned word for a friend. Rather Jeeves and Wooster.

For thingy also we have whatsit and oojah.

Ooh, speaking of those tray things though - have noticed that in the US it's a nightstand, not bedside table or bedside cabinet like it is here.

[ThatReallyHurt]

Oh, that's cool... from this point on, I am dedicating a significant portion of my life to spreading the words "doofer" and "oojah" in Canada - neat words!

[Larrison]

Hmm.. "Chum" means "dead" here, in a social sense.. like "oh man, that dude is so chum"

Doofer is means a joint (MJ cig)

A "dofus" on the other hand, is someone who is clumsy and stupid

[swordwench]

In fishermen's circles around here, CHUM is bait. Chopped up old fish that you use to bait your lobster and fish traps. I hear that unwanted boyfriends and spouses also work.

[Fencergrl]

Yes... or if you throw-up over board... you're chumming the water.