American Slang Compared To English Slang

[Strike For The South]

English slang is second to none, In fact it's probably there greatest cultural achievement other than plum pudding and Simon Cowell.

American slang, in comparisson, is severly lacking we mostly just curse to get out point across.

So I suggest we start here to create better American slang.

Ill start,

Dude

[Hooahguy]

confused of what were supposed to do.

[johnhughthom]

Let the rest of the world hear some awesome American slang. I think.

[Veho Nex]

What up G?

[Lemur]

Strike, you took the long way 'round the barn on this one.

[Megas Methuselah]

Guess he never heard our reserve dialect...

[Lemur]

We've howdied, but we ain't shook.

[Veho Nex]

Wait are we going for suthrin' speak or all around slang?

That dudu is to legit to quit... I think I've only heard that twice though.

[Owen Glyndwr]

Here at UCSC we get into a lot of discussions of NorCal vs SoCal dialects. Usually it just boils down to SoCal kids having no idea what we NorCal people are talking about.

Some terms:
Hyphy: generally get crazy: Yo we gon' get hyphy tonite
Krunk: Crazy drunk: Dude we got so krunk last night.
Hella: Generally refers to a characteristic in abundance in a person (not a contraction of hell of): He bro, that *FEMALE* is hella bangin'!
Hecka: Like hella, but for quantifiable values, generally: I got hecka beer in my car

More once I consult my more "with it" East Bay friend...

[Subotan]

So Owen is basically a Valley Girl

[Crazed Rabbit]

So Owen is basically a Valley Girl

? ?

Anyways, I can't really think of slang off the top of my head - it's something that comes in the moment.

I've heard and used "too legit to quit" though.

CR

[Louis VI the Fat]

Hyphy: generally get crazy: Yo we gon' get hyphy tonite
Krunk: Crazy drunk: Dude we got so krunk last night.

These two are fun. They are crossing over from hick to hip.


American has lots of slang, but perhaps not all of it immediately recognised as such: take a hike, it's hip to be square, that's nuts, no sweat. All of these - there must be countless others - strike me as peculiarly American. It is a rich language.

[Subotan]

? ?
CR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnVE3UTIgEM
This is what California means to the rest of the world.

[pevergreen]

Talk to a true Aussie, one whos language isn't corrupted, or one who actually uses Australian words and you won't understand what they say.

Its awesome.

Also, no one but an Aussie can do an Aussie accent (apart from Lemur [I remember your story :P])

[Subotan]

Do you mean the Aussies who have been abandoned by civilisation for about 60 years?

[pevergreen]

I meant one who has managed to escape the death of culture that is called America.

[Subotan]

Oh, right. Are there many of them?

[miotas]

I knew quite a lot back home, but there's not many here in the city.

[Subotan]

That's unfortunate.

[Crazed Rabbit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnVE3UTIgEM
This is what California means to the rest of the world.

My point is that sounds nothing like what Owen was talking about.

CR

[Samurai Waki]

I know I was rather put off by some Californian's excessive use of slang. I suppose I use slang too, but for the most part people in the Rockies just pronounce regular American English words with a drawl of varying length (and use words/phrases like Yep, howdy, and what can I do ya for?) most people don't expect me to sound like your average cowboy, but it's an inescapable dialect.

[Owen Glyndwr]

So Owen is basically a Valley Girl

Wait, what? No, this is the NorCal dialect, particularly Bay Area. Valley Girl is something completely different.

Valley Girl is more like

"Like Oh my gawd!"
"So CUTE!"
"Gag me with a spoon!"

Everything that was on that Frank Zappa video, pretty much

Oh, and make sure you use like, every other word.
The word is like, a filler or something. It like, doesn't like, mean anything y'know?

[Subotan]

So what's NorCal?

[A Very Super Market]

North California....

Basically, everything above LA.

[Subotan]

I know what North California is, I was asking for clarification on the differences.

[Hax]

Pirate slang would be better, I think.

[Rhyfelwyr]

'Gnarly' popped into my head for some reason.

[Centurion1]

Im lived in socal (san diege about as south as you get) so i can confirm what hes saying though krunk is known most everywhere.

I actually use the term gnarly when i snowboard or surf though.

and dude i probably overuse dude.

[Centurion1]

I almost forgot though!!!!!! dont forget stuff from like video games that becomes like common slang.

Gears of War
Call of Duty
Halo

dude this stuff spreads all over the place.

and as a result of this site i now use gah! all the time.

[Beskar]

I don't wanna go nuc-u-la on ya