The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
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- Logrin Parr
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The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang From the South Canton
Feel free ((and encouraged)) to adopt these or add your own, because sometimes a Gynk just needs to sound like a Gynk
Junkyard - A Gynkeesh Settlement of any kind.
"Welcome to the junkyard berk!"
Rag Picker - A beggar or vagrant
"Go somewhere else if yer' lookin' for handouts rag picker!"
Weed Eater - A sibinac addict
"Blow yer' smoke somewhere else weed eater!"
Cutter - A term of endearment, suggests a certain amount of daring or resourcefulness.
"See you around cutter."
Berk - A fool
"You're a right berk if you think we're just gonna let you walk out of here!"
Spiv - Anyone who gets by mainly on cunning, wit or guile
"That ruttin' spiv knew I was desperate for coal, so he charged me double!"
Bone-Box - Mouth
"Sssh! Quit rattlin' yer bone-box!"
Law Dog - Any member of the city guard or town watch
"I told that law dog what he could do with his fine!"
Barmy - Crazy, mad, insane
"That monk's as barmy as a hatter."
Bar That - Almost a polite way to say shut up--often a warning.
"Bar that, I'm in no mood for your guff."
Cept' and Cides' - A combination of except and besides--though usually only used in place of the latter.
"I don't have a copper to lend till next month cutter, cept' and cides' you still owe me half a silver."
Afeared - Afraid
"I ain't afeared a' nothin'!"
Peery - suspicious, on one's guard
"Ol' Ranic always get a bit peery round the law."
Ruttin' - A common prefix used to express everything from eagerness to displeasure.
"Well of all the ruttin' luck, my sword broke!"
"Show some respect berk, that's the ruttin' king!"
"Abso-ruttin'-lutely! I would love some ruttin' pie!"
Pike It - an all purpose phrase
"Pike that talk!"
"Take a short stick an' pike it law dog!"
"Pike this!"
etc
Wiggly pokers - Fingers, especially when not being kept to oneself.
"Oi! Keep yer' wiggly pokers off a' my stuff!"
Scragged - arrested or caught
"Rowan went an' got herself scragged again."
Out-of-touch - Dead
"Sam? He's been out-of-touch since he slipped an' broke his neck."
Peel - To swindle, con or trick
"You bought that at Eliza's? You got peeled!"
Feel free ((and encouraged)) to adopt these or add your own, because sometimes a Gynk just needs to sound like a Gynk
Junkyard - A Gynkeesh Settlement of any kind.
"Welcome to the junkyard berk!"
Rag Picker - A beggar or vagrant
"Go somewhere else if yer' lookin' for handouts rag picker!"
Weed Eater - A sibinac addict
"Blow yer' smoke somewhere else weed eater!"
Cutter - A term of endearment, suggests a certain amount of daring or resourcefulness.
"See you around cutter."
Berk - A fool
"You're a right berk if you think we're just gonna let you walk out of here!"
Spiv - Anyone who gets by mainly on cunning, wit or guile
"That ruttin' spiv knew I was desperate for coal, so he charged me double!"
Bone-Box - Mouth
"Sssh! Quit rattlin' yer bone-box!"
Law Dog - Any member of the city guard or town watch
"I told that law dog what he could do with his fine!"
Barmy - Crazy, mad, insane
"That monk's as barmy as a hatter."
Bar That - Almost a polite way to say shut up--often a warning.
"Bar that, I'm in no mood for your guff."
Cept' and Cides' - A combination of except and besides--though usually only used in place of the latter.
"I don't have a copper to lend till next month cutter, cept' and cides' you still owe me half a silver."
Afeared - Afraid
"I ain't afeared a' nothin'!"
Peery - suspicious, on one's guard
"Ol' Ranic always get a bit peery round the law."
Ruttin' - A common prefix used to express everything from eagerness to displeasure.
"Well of all the ruttin' luck, my sword broke!"
"Show some respect berk, that's the ruttin' king!"
"Abso-ruttin'-lutely! I would love some ruttin' pie!"
Pike It - an all purpose phrase
"Pike that talk!"
"Take a short stick an' pike it law dog!"
"Pike this!"
etc
Wiggly pokers - Fingers, especially when not being kept to oneself.
"Oi! Keep yer' wiggly pokers off a' my stuff!"
Scragged - arrested or caught
"Rowan went an' got herself scragged again."
Out-of-touch - Dead
"Sam? He's been out-of-touch since he slipped an' broke his neck."
Peel - To swindle, con or trick
"You bought that at Eliza's? You got peeled!"
Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
I like this. As far as no one goes as far as writing stuff IG like "yo" instead of a proper greeting, or "cya" instead of a proper farewell, like people might do as themselves online or in real life, but don't reallly suit the environment we have in game imo.
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Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
"Yo'" is perfectly appropriate, being 15th century middle-english...
Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
Well seeing I don't argue with people not capable of understanding simple things, I'll put what I mean nicely through a picture.Logrin Parr wrote:"Yo'" is perfectly appropriate, being 15th century middle-english...
And there is no point replying to this, I am not going to reply to this topic any more.
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Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
Qeewee - A know it all
"Yer heads too far up yer backside, ya Qeewee"
"Yer heads too far up yer backside, ya Qeewee"
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Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
that burn was so slick it lit a candle!
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Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
Please don't waste the time of a moderator and delete any inappropriate posts yourself.
Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
"The interjection yo was first used in Middle English, specifically in the 15th century.[3] In addition to yo, it was also sometimes written io.[4] It is often used as an affirmation, or to get the attention of another person."
Copied from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo
Why argue? Let Wikipedia do the work.
Copied from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo
Why argue? Let Wikipedia do the work.
Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
I could never really make myself forget that that is Sigil slang.
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Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
I can confirm the existence of the term 'io' as an Ancient Latin word that essential means 'rejoice' or 'joyous occasion'. For example, "Io Satunalia". Or, "Joyous Day of Saturn".
However, I suspect most modern uses ig of 'yo' are simply the modern slang used as a greeting, and I fully disapprove of that use.
But I love the list you compiled, Logrin.
Edit: My source stems from several classes in Latin, primarily involving the book "Ecce Romani" by Addison-Wesley and Longman.
However, I suspect most modern uses ig of 'yo' are simply the modern slang used as a greeting, and I fully disapprove of that use.
But I love the list you compiled, Logrin.
Edit: My source stems from several classes in Latin, primarily involving the book "Ecce Romani" by Addison-Wesley and Longman.
Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
Anon of D'Athen wrote:However, I suspect most modern uses ig of 'yo' are simply the modern slang used as a greeting, and I fully disapprove of that use.
Not overly fond of it myself, just pointing out that it was not an irrelevant opinion, but a fact. Back on topic though. It is a pretty awesome list, might even try a few myself.
Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
I find it interesting that half of those words sound like something an uneducated moron would say and the other half sound like something a really middle class Englishman would say.
Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
Knowing the character who probably inspired this topic, that's incredibly accurate and funny.Flux wrote:I find it interesting that half of those words sound like something an uneducated moron would say and the other half sound like something a really middle class Englishman would say.
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Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
That would imply that they're different things.Flux wrote:I find it interesting that half of those words sound like something an uneducated moron would say and the other half sound like something a really middle class Englishman would say.
Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
Boom.rakust dorenstkzul wrote:That would imply that they're different things.Flux wrote:I find it interesting that half of those words sound like something an uneducated moron would say and the other half sound like something a really middle class Englishman would say.
Re: The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton
thanks for this post...