Re: Chatters/Chatties (was Re: introduction

romilly@EGL.NET writes:

> Elliott Lash wrote:
>
> >romilly@EGL.NET writes:
> >> That brings up another Brit thing-- addition of -er(s).  I've heard (TV
> >> shows, upper class context) "brekker" for breakfast, "champers" for
> >> Champagne. This, like the William > Wills thing, is
> >> entirely lacking in US
> >> speech AFAIK, except among those who aspire to upper-class
> >> Anglophilia.......;-))
> >
> >Hmm, My friends and I back in Georgetown University frequently do this, and
> not one of us is British:
> >
> >we have:
> >Mikers for Mike
> >Crunkers for Crunked (which means "Drunk")
> >although those are the two most used forms, any word could theoretically
> take the suffix.
>
> Are you now, or have you ever been, a reader of Evelyn Waugh, P.G.Wodehouse,
> Dorothy Sayers? Or been a fan of "Brideshead Revisited" or the Lord Peter
> Wimsey series on TV?  I suspect that's where I've heard it most recently...

Hmm..no...and I've never heard of it either! :-)  I perhaps should look this up.. :-)


> >Another suffix that is used sometimes is -ies:
> >
> >Dumpies for Dump(ed)
> >Lashies for Lash (my last Name)
> >Crunkies for Crunked (occasionally)
>
>
> LOL> Those are good! ;-)
> They bring to mind that odd (British) lady who used to have a dog training
> show on PBS---
> "All right, everyone--- walkies!!"  It was quite a
> catch-phrase for a while.

Lol, another one I missed...we dont get much British programming here.

Elliott Lash