JTR Museum

[Observer]

Maybe someone else with a crackpot theory to peddle.

mthe first name that sprang to mind.

He seems determined to make a buck out of Jack.

Regarding Mr Edwards, isn't that somewhat contradictory ?

[MrBarnett]

Apparently knob does not mean the same thing to a Brit as it does an American. I also tease him about wanting to eat Bangers & Mash and drinking warm Guinness.

Last time we visited one another we spent most of the time drinking Scotch and jokingly arguing about whether it should have an E or not in it.

Dane,

What's so funny about bangers and mash?

Oh, I've just remembered:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aGFpVN2xwXU

[GUT]

I used the term 'butchers' without thinking. Sorry if it caused any confusion.

The fire extinguishers on the London Underground used to carry the instructions:

'Remove cap, strike nob and point at fire.'

After a few pints it seemed very amusing to act that out.

I like.

[MrBarnett]

I used the term 'butchers' without thinking. Sorry if it caused any confusion.

The fire extinguishers on the London Underground used to carry the instructions:

'Remove cap, strike nob and point at fire.'

After a few pints it seemed very amusing to act that out.

[GUT]

Apparently knob does not mean the same thing to a Brit as it does an American. I also tease him about wanting to eat Bangers & Mash and drinking warm Guinness.

Last time we visited one another we spent most of the time drinking Scotch and jokingly arguing about whether it should have an E or not in it.

Funny isn't it that we all claim to use English but Yanks Poms and Skippy's all talk different version, and really not sure what the Kiwi's talk.

[Dane_F]

How does that cause him problems?

Apparently knob does not mean the same thing to a Brit as it does an American. I also tease him about wanting to eat Bangers & Mash and drinking warm Guinness.

Last time we visited one another we spent most of the time drinking Scotch and jokingly arguing about whether it should have an E or not in it.

[GUT]

I have a good friend who is British and will speak Cockney to mess with me. I get him back by pointing at the door and asking him to turn the knob for me.

How does that cause him problems?

[GUT]

Cockney rhyming slang, also very common in Australia



Trouble and Strife = wife
Dog and Bone - Phone
Steak and Kidney = Sydney
Oxford scholar = Dollar
Noah's Ark = shark
Frog and Toad = Road

all are pretty common.

http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/

http://alldownunder.com/australian-slang/dictionary-rhyming.htm

To be honest when Mr B said he's have a butcher's didn't even notice. To me he may as well have written I'll have a look.

[Dane_F]

I have a good friend who is British and will speak Cockney to mess with me. I get him back by pointing at the door and asking him to turn the knob for me.

[Pcdunn]

The language is Cockney English, Rosemary, and a mystery all to its own. Interesting stuff, but not something I'm conversant in.

[Rosemary]

American

Not to be confused with

"I am feeling butchers"

Butcher's = Butcher's hook = Crook = Sick

Gotta love this language.

I'm lost, darlin, and American, and Southern, and New Orleanian. Decoder ring??

[GUT]

Hello GUT,

"I'll have a butcher's." Not familiar with that expression. What does it mean?

c.d.

"Butcher's hook" = Look.
Rhyming slang.

Not to be confused with

"I am feeling butchers"

Butcher's = Butcher's hook = Crook = Sick

Gotta love this language.

[drstrange169]

"Butcher's hook" = Look.
Rhyming slang.

[c.d.]

Hello GUT,

"I'll have a butcher's." Not familiar with that expression. What does it mean?

c.d.

[GUT]

Hi Gut,

My first thoughts too, but if you look on the website there is no reference to Kos. Their guided walk seems to focus more on Chapman.

I'm hoping to get along to Cable Street next week. If the museum's open, I'll have a butcher's.

Gary

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