So I tested this BWOTD on the Hubster for understanding:
"I've been feeling dicky for a few days now"
Dicky = unwell
Not that I have literally been feeling anyone called Dicky. Don't rush to a mirror if a Brit ever asks you if you feel okay, because they think "you look a bit dicky"!
So get out there today and accost a friend or two that looks under the weather, with this BWOTD. It may rise a smile!
12 comments:
hmmm, Sarah, I don't think so! Dick is a male organ!
Ahem ... not sure this is going to get a lot of smiles so much as odd looks ..m
Gigi lol! That would be 'a' dick, I think most Brit men would be insulted if you called their apendage a dicky!!
I've noticed a lot of kids in the UK now use the Aussie word "crook" to describe feeling unwell. I love how language evolves.......
One big difference between the US and UK is that Americans say "sick" for everything from a headache to a fever whereas Brits are "ill" or "poorly" and "sick" is just when your stomach's a bit off-colour - "gippy" or "dicky".
Good post :o)
I was talking to an Aussie on the phone the other day and she asked me if I was "boogering." I was totally startled not sure if she was asking me about some deviant sexual practice. Turns out, whe wanted to know if I was dicky... I guess.
OMG, thi is hilarious. Forgive me if I don't test it out, but Swiss people already think I'm weird enough :-)
Interesting, perhaps I'll give it a try...carefully.
Oh, I'm sure if I used this phrase, it would arouse more than just a smile, perhaps a few laughs or odd looks as Daryl mentioned. LOL
I like it! I have some British friends here I'll try it on!!!
I love it but I won't be using it on an Okie anytime soon.
Boyfriend is from Northern Ireland and constantly comes up with new words that I just guess at. Over Christmas holiday he was back home and called me to say he had a dicky tummy. I didn't even bother asking, but figured it wasn't a good thing. :)
The only time we would have used it was regarding your heart or some other organ.
I once saw a band play called Dicky Heart and the Pacemakers. Tee hee.
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