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And then there's "dropping the weight". Ooooohhhh.....There it goes........Oh, well, too heavy to pick up....

Shifting, Shoveling , Dropping. or. JCB eeing
Don't care how the weight goes coz when it's gone this time
its gone for good. Deffo

wendyjane 2 more in there for you ? Sue

I married a "Yankee" as a former Brummie!

I am his Dictionary on all things British

Ok, I'm stumped on JCBing and Brummie.

You all realize this could go on forever? Well, I'm having fun, anyway

I know the end result is what counts here, @Sue.Q, but can we at least agree that the backhoe/excavating imagery is just a bit scary!

A brummie is a person from Birmingham
And I was thinking of pushing the JCB I'm getting desperate now !!
Just another form of exercise well maybe Sue.

thought the deffo may have caught you out

Just guessed that deffo=definitely..

My first culture shock (there were many more!) on emigrating to Australia - 53 years ago, now! - came on the voyage out.

The ship was the Oriana, on its maiden voyage, and, a few days out from Southampton, we were chatting with a group of young Aussie girls, when one of them excused herself for a minute or two - "I'll be back in a second," she said, "I'm just going to get some Durex."

It was only when she returned that we discovered that Durex was a brand name for sticky tape in Australia - in England it's a brand name for a condom!

Re: shifting the weight, losing weight, shedding weight, etc.

I read somewhere (can't even remember where) that you should instead call it releasing the weight because you are letting it go as in forever and haven't lost it because that implies you would be looking for it again.

I've had some interesting comments about my weight loss, or should I say weight release, working at a very international place. A French person said I had melted, which to me implies that I was hot and sweating a lot (which happens in Okinawa). I wish I could remember what one of my Japanese colleagues said... something like you became fitter... I wasn't sure if he was struggling to find the English or if it was a direct translation from Japanese.

I've had some interesting comments about my weight loss, or should I say weight release, working at a very international place. A French person said I had melted, which to me implies that I was hot and sweating a lot (which happens in Okinawa). I wish I could remember what one of my Japanese colleagues said... something like you became fitter... I wasn't sure if he was struggling to find the English or if it was a direct translation from Japanese.

I know the term "fit" to mean attractive. To the youth of the 1990s if someone is getting fitter it means they are getting better looking! Perhaps you have an admirer?! ❤

[janeg]

Read a lovely book set in Rwanda and the main character refers to weight loss as reducing- love that.
Also love 'traditionally built' ...
neither British so slightly off topic

I used to work in an international environment and this was our go to translator. Some of the translations are rather colourful to say the least but you can probably find most words here. http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Read a lovely book set in Rwanda and the main character refers to weight loss as reducing- love that.
Also love 'traditionally built' ...
neither British so slightly off topic

Well, let's see...in this thread we've covered food, accents of all types, reality TV, the history of crop harvesting as it relates to our educational systems, and shedding/dropping/shifting weight. How could you possibly be off topic, Jane?

I love "traditionally built" too! I need to remember that one. Many of us are Renoir-style women.

What is the title of your Rwanda book?

I know the term "fit" to mean attractive. To the youth of the 1990s if someone is getting fitter it means they are getting better looking! Perhaps you have an admirer?! ❤

haha. his wife was stood right next to him when he said it, so I hope not!

Actually, it came back to me. He said 'fitted' instead of 'fitter'.

I should say something British to get us back to topic. Bob's your uncle!