I've been watching some BBC stuff on Netflix. Some of the localized stuff they say on the shows requires urban dictionary referencing. For example, 1. Take the piss 2. Don't care a toss Obviously I can figure out the 2nd one. But the first one is outright baffling. Why would anybody want to take the piss?
The second one should be Don't give a toss, not don't care a toss. Taking the piss = taking the mickey "I just paid my energy bill today, it was £300! My neighbour only pays £130 for his. That's just taking the piss!" Occasionally you'll it's used when you're doing a piss-take, ie mimicking someone but exaggerating the retarded bits. I got called foreign by an american the other day because they couldn't understand me. My asking if english was their first language was met with a puzzled expression.
Taking the piss aka Taking the Mickey. Making fun of someone. Overstepping the mark. Generally going too far and taking liberties. For example if you offered someone a couple of Jaffacakes and they take 10, they're taking the piss.
i like how you used a british expression to explain a british expression. i don't think you really explained that to any american here.
I couldn't understand Phisix or Monsly back when we played MW2 together. Your accents are ridiculously heavy and I didn't understand some of the expressions. I'm sure Americans sound awful to brits too. A lot of American accents even annoy me. Southern accents make you sound like a retard, and people from Massachusetts and Maine also have very annoying accents.
It's a bit hard to explain when you guys have no idea what we're on about. Taking the piss is like making a mockery of something.
I also notice what I perceive as incorrect grammatical use of "isn't it?" Seems to tag onto ends of sentences where it doesn't fit right. Reminds me too much of Fox News when they insult someone and cover it up by posing it as a question. Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya, isn't it?
I cannot remember if you talked with us. Surely we weren't that hard to understand? You think we are bad, you should hear our youth these days.