I talk to people from the UK pretty regularly, I watch a lot of BBC programming, I read a lot of books by authors from the UK, but sometimes they will suddenly use a word I've never heard in my life, and I'm beginning to think they are pranking us, and every other person from the UK is in on the joke, and just validates whatever the other person says!
Some are easy to guess though, like, for example, 'wazzock' (can be spelled as desired!)... I mean, if someone's described as one of those... well... it's not going to be a compliment is it 😂
@RolloTreadway Oh wow, that is fascinating! I understand it enough to get by, but I have to really focus, also the guy with the green eyes looks like an elf.
@RolloTreadway@RickiTarr shepherds in Cumbria, north west England, count sheep using numbers derived from a form of Welsh- Brythonic& that's so ancient, it isn't even used in Wales any more. This isn't English at all (Brythonic is a Celtic language which dates back long before the Anglo Saxons crossed the North Sea), but it's fun to hear something that descends from the language the Romans encountered in Britain https://youtu.be/uZTEvdf3KP4?feature=shared
When I first took my wife to Lancashire (Bolton, pronounced Bouɂn; ɂ = glottal stop), I had to translate my nana's Lanky to Canadian, though she mostly understood my parents.