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Do you all say "tally ho"? Or is that just something I made up?
Nah it's something posh people used to say years ago when hunting. Nor do we say "spiffing" or "what what", or "what ho" unless we're in a PG Wodehouse book.
You can imagine my confusion when I told my friend that I needed to get some money. She responded "Well, just go the "hole in the wall" around the corner". I left her flat, went around the corner and looked for something that looked like a hole in the wall. I figured she meant the convenience store (which are not particularly posh) in our area. No cash machine... but there was one on the outside of the bank a few doors down. Flustered, I told her that I did not think this bank was a hole in the wall and asked her what she expected a bank to look like! Talk about a language barrier!!
BTW, when you are an expat in the UK and you move back to America, you are considered bilingual. I was told this when we left for the UK, and now I see why!
My guess is American/Canadian in UK since American entertainment media has familiarized pretty much the entire English-speaking world with American idioms and colloquialisms.
Nah it's something posh people used to say years ago when hunting. Nor do we say "spiffing" or "what what", or "what ho" unless we're in a PG Wodehouse book.
Ok, I'm taking notes so I don't say anything stupid over there. I'm scratching "tally ho" off my list.
You can imagine my confusion when I told my friend that I needed to get some money. She responded "Well, just go the "hole in the wall" around the corner". I left her flat, went around the corner and looked for something that looked like a hole in the wall. I figured she meant the convenience store (which are not particularly posh) in our area. No cash machine... but there was one on the outside of the bank a few doors down. Flustered, I told her that I did not think this bank was a hole in the wall and asked her what she expected a bank to look like! Talk about a language barrier!!
BTW, when you are an expat in the UK and you move back to America, you are considered bilingual. I was told this when we left for the UK, and now I see why!
Wow that really made me think! It's such a common phrase that I can't get my head around the idea that it's no universal! Wow! Hole in the wall = cash point... weird. Do you say cash point or is it something else there?
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Wow that really made me think! It's such a common phrase that I can't get my head around the idea that it's no universal! Wow! Hole in the wall = cash point... weird. Do you say cash point or is it something else there?
Something else: ATM or "Cash Machine" A "hole in the wall" here is a small establishment of some type, retail or food/beverage, that is very small and/or hard to find. Often used with a positive assessment, i.e. "it's just a hole-in-the-wall, but surprisingly good."
Something else: ATM or "Cash Machine" A "hole in the wall" here is a small establishment of some type, retail or food/beverage, that is very small and/or hard to find. Often used with a positive assessment, i.e. "it's just a hole-in-the-wall, but surprisingly good."
Thanks - thinking about it, I've heard food places referred to like that here as well actually, but you don't see them all that often. There used to be a great little pizza slice place in Leicester that sold them through a little window but then they closed. Pity.
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