Typical British words and phrases

Hi,

I'm English through and through. My family were all cockneys. Not me though, I was born in Camebridge because my family were running a pub/resturant there.

Just so you know..

a tenner is actually £10...(the clue is in the question) as in a fiver is £5. BTW we don't say twentyer :D

other monetry terms are

a pony... £25

a monkey... £500

dough

dosh

smackers

bread and honey

bangers and mash

penny pincher...tight with their money.

oh and spend a penny ??.... nope! it's not that! ....it's to have a wee.

I Love England... we're so weird lol... waves imaginary patriotic flag

It was good ideas thank you so much your are helping .

Here is some cockney slang words that is still used today. There is loads more.

Up the apple and pears = stairs

Ruby Murray = curry

Tom and dick = sick

Rosy lea = tea

Jack Jones = alone

Dog and bone = phone

Can you Adam and Eve it = Believe it

Trouble and strife = The wife

Kettle and Hob = Watch

Barnet = Hair

Please do! We will add them to the list.

Too funny!

And yes Mandy being a POM I too could add a few.....maybe we should!

This made me laugh, being a POM i could add so many differant ones to this, especailly as we have so many dialects. That has given me an idea :)

This really made me giggle!

Just to clarify,

Gobsmacked (not godsmacked..maybe a typo) is what we say when something happens that is unbelievable and your lost for words/amazed by something.

A quid is actually a pound coin!

Loving the site by the way!