Today's BWOTD is used alot to describe many things:
"She's looking a bit ropey since she married him" "I'm feeling decidedly ropey today" "I need to replace it, it's looking very ropey" 'Ropey' = not in as good a state as it could be This is a bit of a slang term but you'll hear it regularly in everyday conversation back home. It can literally be used to describe any person, place or thing!
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I always love reading your word of the day. Although I live in London I work in an office with a good few people whose first language isn't English and some Scottish people... the use of idiomatic English can confuse the whole lot!
Ropey ... equivilant to 'Dodgy'?
I'm glad you're doing this as we are going to be in London in June. May help a lot!
SweetPea - no not quite, dodgy could be used to describe someone who can't quite be trusted, or something that's not quite kosher, or slightly suspect.
Daylight Savings Time has made us ALL a bit ropey
Yes, "ropey" sounds more like it's going to fall apart - a bit like me today actually. (See post.)
oh yes.. this is a great, great word!!
Keep the words coming, Brit Gal!!
I use the word "Blimey" a lot and when I have used it around a few people who do not know me or have never heard me say it before, I have seen a confused look on their faces. Someone once told me they thought I was insulting myself as a Limey. B-Limey. It threw me, but I suppose I see their point.
I think I'm a bit ropey today. Should exercise, but it is only 20 degrees outside. Bleh
I love this - I feel like I should do this with my students. I am from the desert but now live "back east"; the words have different means not to mention pronunications!
i love brit slang...most of what i learned is from http://marmitetoasty.blogspot.com i've never heard ropey before.
I worked for an Australian Physician many years ago & he delighted in trying to stump me with his phrases. This brought back wonderful memories-Thanks!
I'm just getting started, but wondering...
Do you do Brit Word of the Day regularly? like weekly? Because that would be ducky.
I talk nonstop, never drawing breath, and I'm afraid I'm one day gonna run out of Common Americanized English.
Sometimes I get jiggy with a bit 'o rapper slang, but my peeps give me crap, saying it's unnatural 'n all.
Gimme Brit, and I'll use the heck out of it.
I lived in Ireland for 2 months during the summer of 1997...and to this day I still throw out some Irish slang, without even realizing it. I have to do a lot of explaining when I'm with a friend and I point out a stranger: "Look at your man over there in the orange jumper."
I love it!
And I love your word of the day. So fun!
Ropey? Interesting. I think this shall be added to daily conversation.
I love to try & figure out what the words mean when I read British Chick Lit!
I am loving these BWOTD posts!
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