Is this a British expression? Please translate

15 years ago

Doesn't mean a thing to me and I'm British Through-and-through.

Just a made up expression to ask why you are hanging around e.g.

What on earth are you hanging around for ?
What in the name of xxxxx are you hanging around for ?

etc etc etc

Certainly not an expression used by everyday Brits. More of a copywriting cock-up one feels.

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sezerb

15 years ago

That's an odd way of saying it.

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Gregg Montgomery 15 years ago

No idea why they would use it there but did find a link to an album.

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- Liam Hamer 15 years ago
  
  I'm born and bred British and have never heard that one :confused: I like it though :p
  
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  Intrepreneur 15 years ago
  
  Yes it's a British expression.
  
  It means something like..
  
  What in the world are you doing hanging around here!
  
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pjlyons1uk

15 years ago

Originally Posted by marciayudkin

Saw this on a sales page and I have NO idea what it refers to.

Does this mean anything to any of you?

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Marcia Yudkin

Not an expression I have ever heard of though it can be translated.

I was born and raised in the uk only moved away last year but the above translations are correct.

Not forgetting English sayings can be very regional so it is possible to never hear a saying like that even if you live in the next county.

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Dawn Martin

15 years ago

It is British but more in the terms of "never in the reign of pigs pudding", and it may well be a Brummie sorry Birmingham saying as I've just found it linked on a Birmingham History forum site. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm sure they could have found a better saying to get you to sign up..:rolleyes:

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Dawn Martin 15 years ago

Sorry just been doing a bit more digging on this..

"Never in the reign of pigs pudding" most effectively means "never in a million years".

And of what I have found now, I would put money on it being a Birmingham saying as everything I'm finding is linked to several people in the Birmingham area.

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gerardS 15 years ago

Well, if they wanted to really call your attention, they did it well.
See the result.
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fypnlp

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Dawn Martin

It is British but more in the terms of "never in the reign of pigs pudding", and it may well be a Brummie sorry Birmingham saying as I've just found it linked on a Birmingham History forum site. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm sure they could have found a better saying to get you to sign up..:rolleyes:

I'm a brummie and believe me it isn't a brummie saying!

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andybeveridge

15 years ago

I have never come across that one, it must be as rare as hens teeth.

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marciayudkin

15 years ago

Well, if they wanted to really call your attention, they did it well.

I strongly disagree.

Any time people are questioning - or admiring - the words you used in your marketing message, they are not "getting" it. They are thinking about the way the message was delivered, and they are not taking action on it.

If you've written a marketing message, you never want people to marvel, "How well written!" or "How poorly stated!" You want them to take the action the message was designed to elicit.

Marcia Yudkin

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MarkAndrews IMCopywriting

15 years ago

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Frank Donovan

15 years ago

Hi Mark

Originally Posted by MarkAndrews IMCopywriting

It wasn't originally a marketing message at all, it
was a play.

I think what you are referencing, with the marketing
angle is probably a company known as BZ9 - here...

Marcia was referencing a sales page in her OP, probably the one you mention.

The point is, obscure expressions may make for interesting forum threads, but unless such a seldom used term or colloquialism is going to make your target market feel more disposed to sign up for your offer, it's probably best not to use it in a sales message.

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Scott Ames

15 years ago

And I thought "gobsmacked" was strange.

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zcx 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Scott Ames

And I thought "gobsmacked" was strange.

I think "gobsmacked" is brilliant. The only place I've ever heard it used is on British comedies on TV (I'm a PA hillbilly) but I think it really sounds exactly like what it means. :-)
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- Dawn Martin 15 years ago
  
  I must admit I think it is a shame that some of the old sayings are disappearing, as some of them are hillarious.
  
  Just a shame I'd be banned from saying some of the Kent and Sussex one's on here
  
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Glenn Leader 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Scott Ames

And I thought "gobsmacked" was strange.

I love that phrase, it's used to express surprise.

"I was gob smacked when I got the final bill!"
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Goatboy

15 years ago

You gotta love it.

Last year I spent a day searching the web over a Yahoo News article about a dispute between a customer and Lloyd's bank. Apparently the bank didn't like him using "Lloyds is pants," for his PIN number. It took me most of the day to find out what "pants" means and in the process I found the video for "I Fought the Lloyd's and the Lloyd's won." I'm still laughing.

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andybeveridge

15 years ago

Now I'm really intrigued to know more about the sayings from Kent and Sussex.

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Dawn Martin 15 years ago

I'm trying to think of a polite way to say this

{it/you/they is/are} as cunning as a truck load of monkeys facing ********* outwards

Will leave it to you to work out which way is which

mind you it may well be a saying from other places too!

Dawn
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- green1 15 years ago
  
  Well, with swine flu in the news, it would probably be best to omit references to pigs ruling, flying, sneezing, being included in one's pudding recipe, etc.
  
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TristanPerry

15 years ago

Have lived in Yorkshire, London, Merthyr (South Wales), Swansea and Cardiff.

Never heard the saying before

It may be a Brummie or similar saying though, but certainly it's not one that I've heard.

It could just be a silly very old saying to try and catch the reader's attention.

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Randy Meirndorf

15 years ago

What the hell does "bluty ell" mean? always wondered that. I alway hear it on shows with england or brittain, france maybe?

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TristanPerry 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Randy Meirndorf

What the hell does "bluty ell" mean? always wondered that. I alway hear it on shows with england or brittain, france maybe?

It's "Bloody hell" in a very strong Western (?) English accent.

Well, in a very strong accent. Not exactly sure from which part of the UK though.
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- Glenn Leader 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by TristanPerry
  
  It's "Bloody hell" in a very strong Western (?) English accent.
  
  Well, in a very strong accent. Not exactly sure from which part of the UK though.
  
  Spelled Bloody Hell, but I pronounce it Bloody Yell (or is it Bloody 'ell?)
  
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  TristanPerry 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Glenn Leader
  
  Spelled Bloody Hell, but I pronounce it Bloody Yell (or is it Bloody 'ell?)
  
  Hehe yep, I'm much the same It's a good word to merge: Blood-y-ell!
  
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olympus

15 years ago

I think the message the author want to tell you is that, "stop jerking around and make some money"..

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PaulLynch

15 years ago

Originally Posted by marciayudkin

Saw this on a sales page and I have NO idea what it refers to.

Does this mean anything to any of you?

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Ha i am British through and through also and i think it's simply saying don't hang around

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marciayudkin 15 years ago

Ha i am British through and through also and i think it's simply saying don't hang around

Thanks - I did understand the meaning from the context. I did not understand what the expression referred to, however.

It's been tracked down in this thread, so no need to speculate further about that.

The lesson is, if your intention is to persuade, don't use unknown regional expressions as they distract the reader from the action you want them to take.

Marcia Yudkin
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scattermouse

15 years ago

Just goes to show, there's nowt as queer as folk.

Yorkshire's lesson for all internet marketers is:

If tha ivver does owt for nowt, allus do it for thissen.

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Tomwood

15 years ago

I have lived all over England on several busy holiday resorts drawing customers and staff from all over |Britain and this is the first time I have come across this. A much more common bovine expression used in the U.K. that apparently means something similar is "when pigs fly"

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Dawn Martin

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Tomwood

I have lived all over England on several busy holiday resorts drawing customers and staff from all over |Britain and this is the first time I have come across this. A much more common bovine expression used in the U.K. that apparently means something similar is "when pigs fly"

And when you see that happen, it will be the same day that you see ducks flying a*** backwards!

I think a book of sayings would be a cracking idea, there used to be one for London sayings but can't say I've seen one for any others. We are still chuckling about this thread and coming up with more of them

Might even think of putting some of these in my site, that'll confuse things...

Oh well, must go off for another five hours of sheer torture, sorry work