British/American slang dictionary

by **hazel** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:28 pm

http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/
A good and funny resource for anyone needing to know about slang on both sides of the Atlantic.

by **zero-x** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:45 am

You've just got to love that picture of the two tomatoes haven't you? :lol:

by **chrisbishop** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:31 pm

Nice one, Hazel!

Here's another one I browsed through a few days ago with two other members of the Mag7.

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

It might be useful in order to find the odd little word of line we may need to render a dialogue more... 'believable' :wink:

by **Marion** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:35 pm

Thanks, Chris and Hazel, for those. I am sure they'll be useful.
Now can anyone find a site that lists decent plot lines or even better, one that writes the story and just lets you put the names of your choice in? :wink:

There just aren't enough hours in the day to do it all..... :angel)

by **Mary** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:22 pm

I seem to remember a shareware program out there that would randomly create character names for you, but I haven't seen it lately... then again we could always recycle the names in the "from" header of all the spams... :wink:

by **Scarlet Lady** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:40 am

I showed Pete the way I come up with names (I just can't do it all by myself!).

I get a pad, and devide a page into three sections - male names, female names, and surnames - and I then add any names I think of, hear or otherwise come across. I often look at the books I own, and add the not-so-well-known authors' names to my list.

I hope you find that helpful - I always do until I forget where I've left my pad! :wink:

Website · by **Sage** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:22 am

Those sites are great.

Shall use the American one for myself, and point others in the direction of the British one.

As for names, I'm obsessive about them. So keep a running list, and am not adverse to spending hours researching to find a name of appropriate ethnic origin and/or meaning.

by **shaqui** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:33 pm

Sage wrote:Those sites are great.
As for names, I'm obsessive about them. So keep a running list, and am not adverse to spending hours researching to find a name of appropriate ethnic origin and/or meaning.

Me too. When I used to write fiction, I'd actually try and find a name which had a kind of meaning for the character. Or occasionally, just because I liked the sound of it. Online name meaning sites were great - saved sifting through the several dictionaries for names I had...

by **TRK** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:00 am

I want to write a story sometime that involves Captain Blue or Ochre remarking that his "fanny is sore", and then wondering what Captain Scarlet and Colonel White find so funny.

by **shaqui** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:54 am

Rabid_Kookaburra wrote:I want to write a story sometime that involves Captain Blue or Ochre remarking that his "fanny is sore", and then wondering what Captain Scarlet and Colonel White find so funny.

Oh sure, I can see that working... :roll:

by **TRK** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:49 am

shaqui wrote:
Rabid_Kookaburra wrote:I want to write a story sometime that involves Captain Blue or Ochre remarking that his "fanny is sore", and then wondering what Captain Scarlet and Colonel White find so funny.

Oh sure, I can see that working...

Yeah, that's pretty much why I won't write it.