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The British Connection (use of "wanker")
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:41 pm    Post subject: The British Connection (use of "wanker") Reply with quote

You guy's really need to speak to someone in England before you try to use our slang terms.

How the f--- is P. Monkey a wanker? Where did that come from?
You've really lost the plot here. That comment was soooo out of context that it's laughable.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Explain how calling someone a wanker is so laughable? I don't understand how it was used incorrectly? Besides...there's talk of it being a hint, etc...
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:56 pm    Post subject: The British Connection Reply with quote

If you intend to use British slang in your vlogs I suggest you speak to someone in Britain, like me for example, to make sure they are appropriate.
The use of the word Wanker was out of context. Here are some reasons...

1) In the UK, the word Wanker is a much more impacting insult. You might use the term Motherf**ker in a similar context.
2) It means someone who Masterbates lots.
3) Gemma just didn't say it right.


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kasdeja wrote:
Explain how calling someone a wanker is so laughable? I don't understand how it was used incorrectly? Besides...there's talk of it being a hint, etc...


I'm English... trust me, it's not right.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

O.K... then...
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kasdeja wrote:
O.K... then...



OK, You need more info....

In the UK a Wanker is someone who masterbates excessively.
It does not mean silly and its quite a harsh insult.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

um.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

alright thats enough of that. i really dont wanna hear about what it means. u already have one post about it.

(not to sound mean, but i feel sick from the meaning.)
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You know, PushedButton, LG15 is made in the US. So maybe I don't realize how much offensive that insult is in England, but "wanker" is actually used a lot. Look at the word "f**k". It's so overused, it doesn't mean a thing anymore. Even Bree used it. Shocked I'm sorry proper english is somehow a dead language, but YOU made it the universal language. So we killed it! Laughing Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know what it means.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree...I mean, I see it used ALL the time the way that Gemma used it...hence why I didn't understand why it was brought up. But..meh...I don't think it's what we were supposed to be looking at in the video.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Please no foul language on the forum.

It is a public forum and little kids do or maybe get on here.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Iris2009 wrote:
Please no foul language on the forum.

It is a public forum and little kids do or maybe get on here.


I do agree, but the thing is I hear these words mostly from kids! Shocked Grandma never used it.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DontHaveAClue wrote:
You know, PushedButton, LG15 is made in the US. So maybe I don't realize how much offensive that insult is in England, but "wanker" is actually used a lot. Look at the word "f**k". It's so overused, it doesn't mean a thing anymore. Even Bree used it. Shocked I'm sorry proper english is somehow a dead language, but YOU made it the universal language. So we killed it! Laughing Wink


I just wanted to point out that an English character would not use the word Wanker in that context. If it was an American character I woudn't have flinched, but as Gemma is supposed to be speaking British English, the term wanker has been misinterpreted.
I'm not about to get into an argument about who spells things correctly and things like that, but as Gemma is supposed to be English. I am English. I'm not arguing that All Americans talk a funny version of English, I am saying an English character said something odd enough to terminate my suspension of disbelief.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is she supposed to be English? I didn't know we clarified that...
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