British Sparkler FrankiiDoodle1 had a lot of interesting stuff to say in the comments section about this post, so we asked her to write the official SparkNotes glossary of Northern British slang! Enjoy! —SparkNotes Editors
Disclaimer: Much of the slang featured in this post is used solely in the north of England. If you visit London and use these expressions, chances are good no will know what you are going on about.
One very witty British Sparkler has to get something off her chest. And no, it's not a tunic. bellacally writes about the differences between being a teen in the US and the UK, and some oh-so-annoying habits us Americans never knew we had! —SparkNotes Editors
“Does anyone here speak Amglish? Bramerican?”
As a teenager in England, it’s hard to escape Americanisms. We watch American TV programmes (that’s TV "shows"). We watch American films at the cinema (that’s "movies" at the…well, "movies"). And from time to time we read American books (I’m assuming that’s still "books," right?) As such, American lingo is inescapable for us Brits.