The Septic's Companion
A moderately entertaining guide to British culture and slang.

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The Septic's Companion

The Septic's Companion Okay, updated the home page a bit again. I think it looks a bit better (it has most-viewed words, and most-recently-updated words on it) but I just looked at it on my slightly larger screen and I'm not convinced that it looks nice at all. Bah.

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British slang dictionary with translations into American English and audio pronunciations.
Lorna
Lorna
Yes, I like the most-viewed words feature... but I agree with Ryan about the box. Might be cleaner without it.
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The Septic's Companion I've updated the homepage. The sharp-eyed amongst you will notice that there's a brown box around the main bit of the site which is supposed to be connected to a line under a section on the left, to show you where you are. I think it's a bit easier to navigate but the wife tells me it looks horrible. Your thoughts much appreciated...

Source: septicscompanion.com
British slang dictionary with translations into American English and audio pronunciations.
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I am sure it's because of this, but I just got yet another dragon request. These things take ages. I am quite definitely going to change the site to specify no more dragons. However, before I do that I shall upload the picture here so we can see if I got any better.
Jeff
Jeff
I dunno, If I saw the Red Welsh Dragon. IM Jealous, Perhaps I should get another copy just for the Dragon! Hmmm.
Rachel Hovenden

Rachel Hovenden hilarious! i laught out loud like a lunatic american. you have become a contributor to the problem, you know. but you are saving me some blank stares while i'm missing double meanings that are not common to my English language.

Emily Rapport

Emily Rapport Chuffed to receive your brilliant pastiche of brit slang (aka. this book). Your link is safe. Thanks for the entertainment.

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I went to the Paramount Theatre, here in Seattle, the other day to watch Flight of the Conchords perform. Don’t get me wrong, I think Flight of the Conchords are great. In fact, that’s the main reason why I went to see them...
Lucinda Larson Callaway

Lucinda Larson Callaway Oh, and because of your dictionary I am using "taking the piss" with my co-wokers, all of them American and British. I am intent on introducing more British words & expressions to my fellow Americans.

Lorna
Lorna
I love "taking the piss" out of my Canadian friends :)
Lucinda Larson Callaway

Lucinda Larson Callaway do you have plaster (band aids) in your dictionary?

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I do indeed! Had to check, though...
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The Septic's Companion OK, so I admit it. When Facebook changed the way that Pages work, I never edited this to look a bit nicer. I think I've brought back the wall and the discussion boards - let me know if there's anything else nice I ought to be doing.

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Okay, I admit it. This is almost definitely not an American phenomenon. I suspect it’s a worldwide thing that happened since I got to America. However, my friend Ryan tells me that blogs are supposed to have themes and stick to them, and America is my theme, ergo this is a problem with America...
Marcelle Leonard
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The accused So I’m something of a Car Guy, but let it be said that I like motorcycles as much as the next man. They look nice, they’re fun and they’re fast. My, they’re fast...
Marko Dachev
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Land of not a lot One pet peeve I have concerns the fact that most governments insist upon paying people to reproduce. When I am president of a country, the first law I enact will be to remove child benefits...
Sarah
Sarah
Wouldn't it just be easier for you to just remove children altogether?
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A typical British street It’s well known in Britain that the entire country is a great big rubbish dump into which you may cast your cigarette ends, crisp wrappers, used condoms and half-burnt mattresses...
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A typical UK storefront Let me illustrate this with the transcript of a telephone call I had in London whilst trying to arrange the servicing of my car. Garage: Yes, Mr Rae, we can certainly do all that. If you drop the car off we’ll be happy to get started. Me: Splendid...
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Typical American traffic It’s the small things in life, they say, that make a difference. I drive to work most days, across the lovely Evergreen Point Floating Bridge. I really mean lovely - you usually get a great view of Mount Rainier...
Raymond Larrett

Raymond Larrett Thank you for your fine website. With it's help, I was emboldened to use the word "chuffed" with a British friend!

March 16 at 11:02am · Report
Barb Schnarr Vahlstedt

Barb Schnarr Vahlstedt Hey Chris, got the book today. Thanks! Sorry about the postage. :)

March 12 at 2:26pm · Report
Beth Cornell

Beth Cornell Chris Got your book in the mail. I want you to hook up with you here. Saw a Chris Rae but the pict was wrestling. Please request a friendship with me on here.

March 4 at 11:09am · Report
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The typical R&B songwriting process Before I get started on this, let me say two things. First off, I am complaining about what Wikipedia calls “Contemporary R&B”, not real R&B. Mariah Carey, not Marvin Gaye...
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Free stuff I’ve so far spent a lot of time on this blog moaning away about things I don’t like, whilst providing no real suggestions for how to improve matters. Well, things are going to change...
James K. Rivera

James K. Rivera How about this as a caption (posted here because I'm a Septic in the US, not the UK): "Smile! Hey, guess where my hands were just a minute ago!"

January 30 at 12:04am · Report
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The Septic's Companion Hrhum... I see what you mean. It's the picture that looks a bit like Leah's signature. I'll see if it can be enlarged.

The "reply" button appears to the bottom right of the post beside "notify", "mark unread" and "print". It's entirely possible that you're not seeing it because you're not registered on that site, which I'm afraid you probably have to do to post.

January 17 at 10:10am · Report
Claus Murmann

Claus Murmann about your photo caption competition - there's um no photo to caption... i think thats why we're all confused

January 17 at 7:56am · Report
Christina Seifert

Christina Seifert I am trying to enter the caption contest to win your book, but can't find the button to reply to the lady's post! Maybe I'm just blind, but can you help me out? Lol, thank you!

January 17 at 12:02am · Report
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Once you get to the age of thirty or so, you’re pretty much done with truly new taste sensations. You’ve experienced the strange dryness of buffalo meat. You’ve savoured the odd nuttiness of a brussell sprout. You’ve gasped at the awkward sharpness of cilantro...
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Hello! Can we have your liver? One thing the Americans are very proud of is the ease and effectiveness with which they can remove body parts that were causing their owners no trouble whatsoever. One thing I am very proud of is my foreskin...
Paul
Paul
As a soon to be new dad of a boy, and someone with a 6 month old temporary cap in his molar that no one will touch until *both* my lower wisdom teeth are pulled, I can totally relate to this.
Baseema
Baseema
My sister and brother-in-law decided NOT to let the docs give my nephew a circumcision. My brother-in-law didn't have one, either.
Daphna Khen

Daphna Khen My grandfather wants to buy it now

December 31, 2008 at 7:23pm · Report
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