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British translation
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:06 am
by Ralitsa
so if I understand correctly, what we Americans call "panties" the British call "knickers". And the British use the verb "nick" to mean stealing, or what we would call "swiping".
So if ones panties were stolen, one might say "that bloke nicked my knickers." So then the bloke who nicked the knickers would be called a knicker nicker?
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:14 am
by Theresa_W
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:19 am
by Michelle Miller
ROFL
I'm totally going to nick your nick knickers joke, and put it on my friend Nick's site, Nicksnicktopia.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:24 am
by Theresa_W
And if the thief where drunk at the time (and our UK sisters can correct me if I'm wrong) ..... He would be a knackered knicker nicker!
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:50 am
by Susan
Those terms are all interchangeable here
no translation dictionary needed
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:55 pm
by Anthony Simon
On the faintly useless information front, "Don't get you knickers in a twist" means don't get wound up; "Knickers!" is a rather mild expletive. I don't think there are equivalent Brit expressions using panties. Knackered can mean drunk (I think) but has more to do with exhausted. Horses are said to be ready for the knacker's yard. So a knackered knicker nicker might be thought of as someone tired out by his various exertions, possibly with the knickers...
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:47 pm
by Joan
It even goes further, if a guy steals panties and he is found out and arrested then the term in the UK becomes:
knicker nicker nicked.
In the nick means in jail! Well maybe for some but not for all!
Joan
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:38 pm
by Julie Dawn
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:10 pm
by Davita
If only I got a nickel every time some one mentioned nickers. Or maybe a pence for panties?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:51 am
by Theresa_W
He could also be called "Arnold Lane".
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:23 pm
by April Rose
So, If I disapprove of stealing underwear, it would make me a"knicker nicker knocker"?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:58 pm
by Kyra
Kyra snickers at knicker nickers.
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:06 am
by Paula G
I think it was Benny Hill (or maybe Ronnie Barker) who came up with the "Phantom Knicker Nicker" anyone else remember that one?
As a general rule I think we tend to use the term Panties for something tight and alluring, Pants for practical undies, knickers for something looser as in "French Knickers" but of course not as big as Bloomers.
But then Bloomers are also a type of loaf........I'm getting over heated so now it's time for a Knickerboker Glory
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:20 pm
by Robyn Katie
Knick knack panty whack, give a dog a bone?
Sorry, couldn't resist. (snicker)
Love, Robyn Katie
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:41 pm
by Carolynn
It's a knick knack Patty Black, give the frog a loan.
