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[pisskop]

yea, but now you know we were all taking the piss!

[Grim Portent]

I think wee is something from the Scots and Ulster Scots dialects specifically, so it's mostly going to be found in North England, southern/east central Scotland and Northern Ireland. Same way you're unlikely to find someone using the word bairn elsewhere.



Scots, for those unfamiliar with it, is a sister language of English that owes it's roots to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria which had territory in Southeast Scotland, with a smidge of Gaelic words thrown in. It's influenced by a bunch of other European languages and spoken mostly in South Scotland and East Scotland. There's a branch of it spoken mostly in Ulster over in NI, brought over by Scottish colonists during the attempts by the UK to suppress the Catholic/Gaelic culture of the region in the 1600s, as well as an attempt to exploit land the UK thought was under utilised by the locals.

[Yoink]

I use both meanings of wee. I don't think I've confused anyone yet...   

Although there are a wealth of other diminutive words for urine. Wee, pee, piss, or you could just say "taking a leak" or "draining the lizard"...

[Eric Blank]

I have literally never heard "draining the lizard" before. That must be a strictly aussey thing.

[Kagus]

I have literally never heard "draining the lizard" before. That must be a strictly aussey thing.

Nope! Used to be/is quite popular in parts of the US as well!


Norway's got a couple odd ones, such as "Slå lens"... So, what does "Slå lens" mean? Well, "Slå" is the verb to hit/to strike something, or the noun for basic military tattoo like marching in time/turning/standing to attention. It's also the verb to pitch something, in the sense of pitching a tent/pitching camp.

"Lens" is an archaic word derived from feudal times, where "Len" was a lease of land from a fiefholder to someone who would manage the fief and its holdings more directly, so that the fief's actual owner could focus on more important aspects. A "Lensmann" was someone the fiefholder trusted enough to give administrative control of the fief over to. The phrase "Lensmann" has since been used to refer to various government employee positions, and has in modern times mostly been relegated to being yet another name for policemen.

So, is the phrase "Slå lens" related to staking one's claim to a property? Sticking it to "the man"?


Absolutely fucking not. It's a nautical term meaning to pump out the bilgewater from a boat.

[CABL]

"Lizard" also can be a slang for "penis", though I've never seen such usage of the word "lizard" outside Vinesauce streams.

[wierd]

It's used with the (ancient) euphemism- "Drain the lizard",  which is slang for taking a piss.

[Reelya]

There are a lot of similar euphemisms which only work in context. "Spank the monkey" for example. if you mention the monkey without mentioning the spanking then people won't get what you're talking about.

[scriver]

Was there a joke?

Oui.

Was there urine?

Wee.

Was there a lot of it?

A wee bit.

Did it end up in my nintendo?

Wii.

Are we having fun?

Whee!

Were there pigs?

OOUIIIIIEEEEE

I know what you meant, however I also knew you were a filthy Eurapeein

I think its most commonly ascribed to scots as a stereotype.

It’s not a stereotype though.

My colleagues at work take amusement whenever I use the word to describe something small.

Just because it's a stereotype doesn't mean it's not true, hector

Same way you're unlikely to find someone using the word bairn elsewhere.

I beg to differ!

I have literally never heard "draining the lizard" before. That must be a strictly aussey thing.

Nope! Used to be/is quite popular in parts of the US as well!


Norway's got a couple odd ones, such as "Slå lens"... So, what does "Slå lens" mean? Well, "Slå" is the verb to hit/to strike something, or the noun for basic military tattoo like marching in time/turning/standing to attention. It's also the verb to pitch something, in the sense of pitching a tent/pitching camp.

"Lens" is an archaic word derived from feudal times, where "Len" was a lease of land from a fiefholder to someone who would manage the fief and its holdings more directly, so that the fief's actual owner could focus on more important aspects. A "Lensmann" was someone the fiefholder trusted enough to give administrative control of the fief over to. The phrase "Lensmann" has since been used to refer to various government employee positions, and has in modern times mostly been relegated to being yet another name for policemen.

So, is the phrase "Slå lens" related to staking one's claim to a property? Sticking it to "the man"?


Absolutely fucking not. It's a nautical term meaning to pump out the bilgewater from a boat.

Kagus, those words are not related in any way -- lens as in "lensvann" (just supposing what the Norwegian word might be here)/bilgewater comes from Dutch via sailor trade lingo/pidgin. It's not related to the "len" that means land, as in "lensmann", at least not directly. The original Dutch might have some connection to their word for land for all I know (but if I were to hazard a guess I'd say it's connected to their word for "along" since lens-wind means wind that comes directly from behind, blowing along the sides of the ship) but it's usage in Norwegian sailor speak is separate.

We have it in Swedish too, as "läns(-vatten)". You can tell the difference just from how in the meaning of land, lens/läns is the possessive form of len/län, whereas in the meanig of bilgewater, the s at the end of lens/läns is not possessive, it's the base form of the noun.

[Iduno]

Was there a joke?

Oui.

Was there urine?

Wee.

Was there a lot of it?

A wee bit.

Did it end up in my nintendo?

Wii.

Are we having fun?

Whee!

No mention of a wee heavy?

[Loud Whispers]

There are a lot of similar euphemisms which only work in context. "Spank the monkey" for example. if you mention the monkey without mentioning the spanking then people won't get what you're talking about.

Or you do a bloodhoung gang and dress up as a slutty monkey

[pisskop]

kek

[hector13]

Yesterday was a pretty crappy day at work, for various reasons, the most significant of which is having no time to do part of my job which makes things easier to do in the future, but is ridiculously time-consuming.

Today was a good day at work, and I had to buy cookies to properly say thank you to the people what helped me, ‘cause even though they normally make my working life easier, they really went beyond what I expected today.

I only worry about the cookies staying fresh ‘til tomorrow, but I think the gesture will be appreciated, at least.

[Iduno]

Did you know this lady is Elvira? How either of those shows got sold as for children is beyond me.

Yesterday was a pretty crappy day at work, for various reasons, the most significant of which is having no time to do part of my job which makes things easier to do in the future, but is ridiculously time-consuming.

Today was a good day at work, and I had to buy cookies to properly say thank you to the people what helped me, ‘cause even though they normally make my working life easier, they really went beyond what I expected today.

I only worry about the cookies staying fresh ‘til tomorrow, but I think the gesture will be appreciated, at least.

It's awesome to have cool coworkers.

[Bumber]

It's awesome to have cool coworkers.

Coolworkers.