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> hold my fag > American talk about being "bummed" (in the UK bummed=anally penetrated) But isn’t “bum a fag” still acceptable Brit phrasing? Also reminded t
by bch 5y ago
> hold my fag
> American talk about being "bummed" (in the UK bummed=anally penetrated)
But isn’t “bum a fag” still acceptable Brit phrasing?
Also reminded the Cannondale bicycle company (American) used to have a child trailer called “Little Bugger”, where in Britain bugger is principally associated with buggery, but in America, could be swapped with “ankle biter” or some such nickname for “child”.
- hermitcrab 5y ago>But isn’t “bum a fag” still acceptable Brit phrasing? Yes. To 'bum' something is quite different 'bum' someone! English is weird.
- Lio 5y ago> But isn’t “bum a fag” still acceptable Brit phrasing? Well, er, I guess it depends on if you went to Eton or not… Certain very old “public” schools[1] have a tradition of using the younger boys as a sort of personal servant for the older boys. The system is known as “fagging” and the servants/slaves are known as “fags”. 1. Where a public school in the UK is a very posh private school. It’s a public school vs a private tutor don’t ‘cha know.
- bch 5y ago> Well, er, I guess it depends on if you went to Eton or not… This is going in a direction I wasn’t anticipating - I thought “bum a fag” would realistically mean “ask for a cigarette”.
- Lio 5y agoThat would be a good assumption in general to be fair. Those going to that kind of public school would be a tiny percentage of the population. Roald Dahl wrote extensively about "fagging" and all that went with it: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/biographyandmemoirreviews/7932061/Roald-Dahls-schooldays.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/biographyandmemoir...