Keep Calm and Carry On....

Keep Calm And Carry On - This is on posters, magnets, pictures, doors, all over the place and it means just what it says. - "Keep Calm and Carry On".. It was designed to help calm jangled nerves in England.

Okay, so I havent really done a blog to tell you about the little things I am learning and seeing here in everyday life of the UK...Ive kept a notepad of these words and then researched the meaning/or my own understanding, they are listed below for you!

All right? - This is, "Hello, how are you"
Blast - An exclamation of surprise. You may also hear someone shout "blast it"
Blimey - Another exclamation of surprise.
Bloody - One of the most useful swear words in English. Mostly used as an exclamation of surprise i.e. "bloody hell"
Buggy - Baby carriage
Bugger - This is another fairly unique word with no real American equivalent, close to the F word.
Cheers - For example when saying goodbye you could say "cheers", or "cheers then". It also means thank you.
Dodgy - If someone or something is a bit dodgy, it is not to be trusted.
Duck - people might call you "duck" in the same way that they might call you "love" or "dear".
Fit - Fit is a word that I have heard a lot recently - someone who is pretty good looking 
Gutted - If someone is really upset by something they might say that they were gutted. 
Honking - Honking is being sick or throwing up
Jolly - You hear people use this in all sorts of ways, but basically it means very.
Mate - Most chaps like to go to the pub with their mates.
Naff - If something is naff, it is basically uncool.
Noob - a Dork.
Narked - someone looked narked if you thought they were in a bad mood.
Pissed - This is a great one for misunderstanding. It means DRUNK.
Posh - Roughly translates as high class
Pussy - This is what we call our cat, as in "pussy cat"
Quid - A pound in money is called a quid, like BUCKS.
Quite - When used alone, this word means the same as absolutely!
Ring - You would ring someone on the phone not call them.
Shag - Same as bonk but slightly less polite, SEX.
Snog - Kissing.
Shite - This is just another way of saying shit.
Slag - To slag someone off, is to bad mouth them in a nasty way
Sloshed - Yet another way to describe being drunk.
Slapper - A slapper is a female who is a bit loose.
Smashing - If something is smashing, it means it is terrific.
Sorted - When you have fixed a problem.
Tidy - Apart from the obvious meaning of neat, tidy also means that a woman is a looker.
Uni - Short for university, we would say we went to uni like you would say you went to school. 
Wanker - This is a derogatory term used to describe someone who is a jerk.

• I  hate to say it, but we are fat americans. I have yet to see one obese person here, and if I have it was rightfully a senior citizen without much choice.
• There is no such thing as super size anything, Soda is only one size (compared to our smallish/medium), portions are  just right and everyone either walks, rides a bike or does some sort of exercising.
• A big thing is being ECO friendly, all power outlets have on/off switches in order to save power.
• Everyone is expected to recyle. 
• All homes are made out of Brick, why? Because they are built to last.
• Ive seen hardly ANY litter, as there are trash barrels all over the place.
• There are NO commercials advertising medication allowed, they find it un-necessary to sell such things on tele.
• The bus systems is un-real, each bus stop has a computer screen that tells you when the next bus is arriving, 8 minutes, 7 minutes, 6 minutes, and sure enough its always on time!
• People are just JOLLY here, Ive yet to meet a mean or un-kind person, even the cab drivers are overly nice. When I was asked "how did you find London?" - I thought he meant, how did I find it? So I answered "we took a 3 hour bus to Victoria Station and got there!"... to his laughing reply, he said, that means.."how did you like London".  hah.
• Everyone is stylish, even men wear the most fashionable of things. Gay and Lesbian people seem to be fully acceptable here, as well as marriage.. I mean, when you had Elton John, Boy George and George Michael, not to mention all the other mo's in the past, you'd have to get used to it!
• Every pack of cigarettes has a big sticker on it that says "Smoking Kills", some of them even show a smokers lungs.
• There are a TON of thrift shops, each of them is to benefit an organization, such as elderly, cancer, red cross,  homeless and so forth = super good idea.
• Overall, Id love a green card to move here one day, all I need is a husband.
• God Save The Queen.