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07-30-2008 #1
Q for Brits on British vernacular
Just heard a line from a movie where a male character refers to a female character and says... "she thicks men's blood with coal."
Or, at least that's how I heard it. He was referring to a woman who was a ball buster. Is this a real saying in England or was this a screenwriter making shit up?
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07-30-2008 #2
I am no authority on the english language, but thats the first I have heard of that!
Though if it mentions coal, may be a more regional saying, perhaps one attahced to a region where coal mines were once located.
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07-30-2008 #3
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Im from ireland, definitely not british!, but close enough and know a lot of english and i never heard that before. also it appears to be illogical so you might have heard it wrong!
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07-30-2008 #4
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never heard that one before. maybe coal miners were supposed to be tougher- - coal in their blood or something, but i don't see how you can thicken their blood with coal - they're either already a miner or they're not - so it sounds all wrong to me
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07-30-2008 #5
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if you've seen the guy richie films and heard how they speak, dont be supprised at anything english people say. i dont think the even speak their own language anymore lol
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07-30-2008 #6
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Originally Posted by MerriCait
nope, never heard that expression before and I'm originally from Scotland.Must have misheard.
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07-30-2008 #7
first time I go out out with an English co-worker for some drinks he excuses himself by saying he's gotta go outside to blow a fag
that's how I found out we have some major language differences
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07-30-2008 #8
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Originally Posted by MerriCait
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07-30-2008 #9
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Yeah, thats probably made up northern. And I'm guessing the blow a fag thing was meant as a joke.
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07-30-2008 #10Originally Posted by Svejk
It's just different uses.Like in England if you heard a woman say kiss my fanny,she would mean her vagina.But in the U.S i think it means her ass.
I've never heard the quote in the OP 'tho.