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Matroskin Kot Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Anybody want to try translating this banter into English? ;)

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00What-ho, Squiffy. 02br
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00How was it? 02br
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00Top hole. Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Hairy blighter dicky-birded, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie. 02br
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0 Monty Python spoof of RAF behaviour. com/ytcsyl

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0 Monty Python spoof of RAF behaviour. Make up your own translations!02br
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0It's part of a Monty Python sketch. It's not all meant to be understandable. It's all made up once it gets to 'dicky-birded'. . It's essentially making fun of the upper-class slang/war movies stereotypes of the era. The first part makes sense.02br
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00What-ho, Squiffy - hello 'silly nickname'. Top hole - excellent! Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your fat
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0And I was so sure that I was "feathering back on my Sammy" once before breakfast, and once with afternoon tea, everyday for years! It turns out to be bally nonsense, hairy blighter! If that isn't a kick in the how's your father...02br
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00I like RAF talk. I don't care, I'm going to talk in RAF banter whether people understand me or not!0-
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Monkeys on the Ceiling. Grab your egg and fours and lets get the bacon deliverd !
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it's british UC banter based on playing badminton, along with inclusions of
slang from the raj, the RAF and cockney rhyming slang.
e.g. egg-and-four (sausage)s rhymes with drawers.
just give eric idle a ring and you'll see what I mean.  bit late to be calling chapman,
as I daresay he won't be coming back unless there's a very thick percentage involved.
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Bally = intensifier
Jerry = German
Pranged his kite = crashed his plane
How's your father = Casual ***
Hairy blighter = Reference to caveman like hair translating to stupid person
Dicky birdied = Dicky = injured, so reference to aerial manoeuvre that looks like an injured bird; probably a corkscrew
Feathered back on his sammy = slowed down his engine
Took a waspy
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"Dicky Birdied" might actually be "**** E Byrd-ed". Richard E Byrd was an American pilot/explorer/etc.
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Bally = Spotted
Jerry = German
Pranged his kite = shot at German pilot's plane
How's your father = in the tail section from the target's 6 o'clock
Hairy blighter = The German was a very good pilot - a real challenge to shoot down
Dicky birdied = Dicky = injured, so reference to aerial manoeuvre that looks like an injured bird; probably a corkscrew
Feathered back on his

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None of this banter is nonsense, it is all actual vernacular that was in use.

"Ten penny ones dropping in the custard."

Ten penny ones = ten penny nails, the largest size nails available in those days; my Dad thinks this is a reference to V1 rockets running out of fuel and landing in the ocean (custard) before reaching Dover.

"Cabbage crates coming over the bri

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Bally gerry pranged his kite | Watched a german crash his plane

Right in the how's-your-father | straight into the ground/sea/unmentionable

Harry/hairy blighter dickie birdied/birded | British idiot/dastardly troublemaker German ratatat tated/ fired a blank

Feathered back on his sammie | throttled back/made a quick turn

Took a waspie | got hit

Flipped.... | flippe

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