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

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Tony Halstead

Tony Halstead I'm somewhat surprised & dismayed at seeing James May in your favourite pages section. I find him, his filthy 1970's hairdo, his incomprehensible Brummie accent, his jeans and virtually everything else about him abhorrent. Sorry.

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The Septic's Companion 500th fan joined up today, so I am attempting to send them a free book. If I fail in my endeavours after a week or so, I shall head for the 501st. There's still a chance it could be you! Or your dad, or your wife, or some account you created just for this.

November 2 at 10:49am
J Joshua Diltz
J Joshua Diltz
Are you up for some major VW promotion? Or do you fear it?
8 hours ago
Tony Rae

Tony Rae

Lorna Boyle

Lorna Boyle Hey Chris... can you remind me how the name "Septic's Companion" came about. I've been looking and I can't find the original explanation. Something about Yanks in London? I've FINALLY gotten around to ordering the book from Amazon tonight, but I'm too flippin' impatient to see if it's mentioned in it.

October 10 at 9:24pm · Report
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First off, thank you for ordering the book. I can guarantee that your life will be inexorably changed for the finer.

The name really just comes from the fact that "Septic" is a term used by the Brits to denote Americans. More info at http://septicscompanion.com/word.php?w=septic but suffice to say it's Cocnkey Rhyming Slang, much like anything else that seems completely unintelligible.
October 11 at 1:14pm
Rosamond Haupt

Rosamond Haupt Rosamond Haupt: Your book is on my 'Extremely Important Research' bookshelf right next to my desk. As a novel writer who has several characters hailing from the UK, "The Septic's Companion" is invaluable. BTW I owe you a pint somewhere, sometime.

October 10 at 3:51pm · Report
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Why, thank you! Although somehow the idea if this being anything near labelled "important" makes me somewhat nervous. Can travel for pints...
October 11 at 1:12pm
Maggie Steele Soluski

Maggie Steele Soluski LOVE your book. I hope you are going to write another one. I am sure there are many words you "missed"!!

Stephen M. Shepard

Stephen M. Shepard I recently watched a movie entittled "Poppy Shakespeare". In it, the word "dribbler" was used quite frequently as it's related to mental health. Is it a general term, meaning "mad" or "nutter" or is it slang for a particular ilk?

September 30 at 9:38am · Report
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Interesting - I could see how that one would come about but I haven't heard it. Can anyone else corroborate/deny?
October 1 at 8:37am
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“Same again, please”. A poem I wrote. Yes, really
This is a poem I wrote in 1997, when I was twenty two. Yes, a poem. Do not adjust your set. I found it in a Word document on my hard disk on Friday with no comments or anything in it. I have, quite honestly, no recollection of writing it. I don’t even like poetry. ...
September 27 at 10:06pm
Connie Herdman
Connie Herdman
Still apt, Chris. Some things never change...
September 28 at 3:39am
Curt
Curt
Your poem shows that you thought (back then, in the hoary past of 1997!) that the world situation was hopeless. Today, you've learned that humor is one of our best defenses in any situation. You've also learned that the world situation is hopeless but not serious.
September 28 at 4:41am
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The Septic's Companion As the great "500 fans" mark approaches, I have decided to send a free signed book to the 500th fan. We're at 451 at the time of writing - tell your friends!

September 24 at 1:12pm
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Danny Khen
Danny Khen
You've revealed the inner workings of an up and coming successful enterpreneur's mind. Now I know why I'll always be on someone else's payroll:-).
Also, we should all take note: the friends count, unlike the time dimension ("Be the 10th caller and win!!!"), is bidirectional. Who'd a thunk.
September 26 at 8:12pm
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After some deliberation, I think I'm fine with people un-fanning and re-fanning themselves just to try and take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime offer. Although... hmm.... if they miss the magic 500 mark, they may not re-fan themselves in disgust. This marketing lark is harder than you'd think.
September 26 at 10:03pm
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Discussion forum added to the Septics site
I got a good reception last week when I proposed the idea of creating a forum on septicscompanion.com where people could discuss all things British with like-minded souls. Well, instead of stripping wallpaper from the bathroom yesterday, I went ahead and created this forum...
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The Septic's Companion I got a forum up and running! There currently aren't any links to it from anywhere apart from here, so here's your opportunity to go and grab all the nice usernames before I make it public - of course, "chris" is already gone...

If you spot any whoopsies (missing categories, permissions that seem wonky, etc) then let me know.

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September 19 at 5:48pm
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In the interests of honesty - there forum seems to work okay so I've added a couple of links to the main dictionary page. Should still be time to get some of the neat usernames though!
September 19 at 9:42pm
Louise Kennedy West

Louise Kennedy West For anyone interested in the British Language. Or just understanding me!

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The Septic's Companion thinking of adding a forum to the site, where people can discuss all things British. Is this entirely pointless?

September 17 at 7:25pm
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Jesse Fisher
Jesse Fisher
brilliant idea, mate. bring on the sheep jokes!
September 17 at 10:30pm
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Okay, it seems like this is a generally popular idea so I'm going to do it. I need to think up topic categories for the forum, so I'll continue this on the FB discussion board. Discussion started at http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=10633&uid=22294815253
September 18 at 11:02am
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