This letter is from Mossmoon! XD.
Hey, England, I screwed up in this mock trail thing. I ended up confusing everyone in the room...:( It seemed to make sense with me, but no one else got it...not I somewhat depressed...do you ever feel that way England? And if so, how do you help yourself get over it?
On a brighter note, I'm an American, so could please tell me what each of these words mean to you guys? I'm going to have to read some British literature soon, so I need to know what they mean: bangs, chav, Old Bean, git, and wanker. Thank you! :D
Also, if you see Alfred run by with a bunch of chocolate pudding, you should hide. I'm serious...I got him drunk...don't tell the prez, OK? Oh, yeah, and tell France that his box of...you know...stuff...come to my house again...I don't want them...
Sincerely,
One of the Hero's Citizens :D (America rules!) XD
A-Ah… I understand how you feel… I feel like this several times a year… it's worse around the 4th July, though… I generally go out with my brothers and get drunk… Or talk to Tinkerbell about it… Maybe you could try talking to someone? Or just go out to a party and blow off some steam – that's what most of the students at my place are doing…
Ah! Learning more about the fine English culture!
Lets see…
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Um… I'm not sure if I'm comfortable as a gentleman to describe some of these to a young lady…
Well, let's start with the less offensive terms…
Chav is a fairly recently used word, although it's even in the Collins dictionary now. It's mainly used by teenagers at my place to refer to the sort of kids you find doing class A drugs and spraying badly drawn graffiti on a nursery school. It's unlikely you'll find it in many books, and definitely not the older works.
No-one at my place actually use old bean, it's just an American stereotype, but it's basically a reference to someone, generally male, not necessarily old.
Without going into too much detail, git and Wanker are both derogatory references to someone, but they aren't seen as bad as, say, bastard.
As for Bangs… it really depends on what context you're using it; I'm pretty sure my version of the use of 'Bangs' is rather similar to America's.
… You… got America drunk? W- Why would you do that to the rest of the world? Do you realise how much danger we're all in now?
And yes, I'll tell the frog next time I see him – it shouldn't take long for him to try to sneak back into my place. Again.
Sincerely,
England.
Cheer up, Mossmoon! I'm sure you didn't do as bad as you think you did!
But yeah, really the only word out of the ones you asked about that we use regularly is Chav, and occasionally Git and Wanker. But git and wanker are basically friendly cuss's – you'd use them when joking around with a mate, for instance.