dave@feddit.uk to Funny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoNo!!! Not relationship talks...imagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down16
arrow-up189arrow-down1imageNo!!! Not relationship talks...dave@feddit.uk to Funny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year ago(For those not from the UK, “butty” is another word for a piece.)
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoPiece of …? Bread? Cake? Ass?
minus-squareKorval@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoThey didn’t say “a piece of,” just “a piece.” Since we’re talking about slang and since “a piece” is slang for “a gun,” we’re forced to conclude that the advertisement is for a gun shop.
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoBut guns are biceps, so clearly it’s a gym / fitness studio.
minus-squareKorval@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoOh, true. And it being a gym also supports the “ass” angle.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI like “butty” being slang for a piece of ass better.
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBecause “fanny” is vagina over there?
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year ago(For those not from the UK, “piece” is another word for a filled breadcake.)
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoClarifies a certain schoolyard nickname, apparently.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat’s a breadcake? Is it bread or cake? You have to pick one… Is this why British food sucks?
minus-squareWho knew?@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agowe call it a barm round these parts
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoBut this says sparnies, not sarnies. And does it include chips?
minus-squareserfraserlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoLooks like Sparnies is the shop name (it’s based in a place called Leamington Spa). No sign of chips sadly.
Sarnie is indeed slang for a butty
(For those not from the UK, “butty” is another word for a piece.)
Piece of …? Bread? Cake? Ass?
They didn’t say “a piece of,” just “a piece.” Since we’re talking about slang and since “a piece” is slang for “a gun,” we’re forced to conclude that the advertisement is for a gun shop.
But guns are biceps, so clearly it’s a gym / fitness studio.
Oh, true. And it being a gym also supports the “ass” angle.
I like “butty” being slang for a piece of ass better.
Because “fanny” is vagina over there?
(For those not from the UK, “piece” is another word for a filled breadcake.)
Clarifies a certain schoolyard nickname, apparently.
What’s a breadcake? Is it bread or cake? You have to pick one…
Is this why British food sucks?
Isn’t piece slang for cob?
we call it a barm round these parts
But this says sparnies, not sarnies. And does it include chips?
Looks like Sparnies is the shop name (it’s based in a place called Leamington Spa). No sign of chips sadly.