LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agoThoughts on this list?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1imageThoughts on this list?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRusty@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 hours agoTIL that wazzock is a British word. I’ve only heard it as a Dwarfish word in Warhammer universe.
minus-squareCorporal_Punishment@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-214 hours agoWarhammer is made by a British company headquartered in Nottingham, where wazzock is a common local phrase that is believed to have originated a bit further north
minus-squareRusty@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoNow I’m Im curious if any other words from this list https://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Khazalid_lexicon are actually British English words?
minus-squareCorporal_Punishment@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoSkree or scree is a real word for loose rocks on the side of a hill. Also grim to describe harsh, we would say “its grim up north”. The rest are quite possibly a mix of old english/norse and also seems like there might be some asiatic in there like “kuri”
minus-squareWALLACE@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoOn that list i’d say chuff, git and skruff
minus-squareLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours agoIt’s an excellent word, a favourite of mine
TIL that wazzock is a British word. I’ve only heard it as a Dwarfish word in Warhammer universe.
Warhammer is made by a British company headquartered in Nottingham, where wazzock is a common local phrase that is believed to have originated a bit further north
Now I’m Im curious if any other words from this list https://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Khazalid_lexicon are actually British English words?
Skree or scree is a real word for loose rocks on the side of a hill.
Also grim to describe harsh, we would say “its grim up north”.
The rest are quite possibly a mix of old english/norse and also seems like there might be some asiatic in there like “kuri”
On that list i’d say chuff, git and skruff
It’s an excellent word, a favourite of mine