To scupper is to deliberately sink a ship in order to prevent its capture. Sometimes ships are also scuppered to block a navigation channel at the entrance to a harbour to prevent invasion. In the vernacular it means to ruin one's chances through one's own actions.
@@paddy864 Technically you are right (and wrong). According to the OED, 'to scupper' means "to sink (as in a ship or crew) deliberately". However, this meaning only dates from the 1970s. Prior to this the term was to 'scuttle' and 'scupper' meant to "kill in an ambush", which better fits its current vernacular meaning. This meaning of 'scupper' dates from 19th century military slang, although its origin is unknown. This is a case of mistaken usage, in the 1970s, that became so wide-spread that it changed the meaning of the original word. 'Scuttle' is, of course, still acceptable usage.
@@mikecollins8936 Barratry? Scuppering or scuttling a vessel might be the result of barratry but is not the act itself. Barratry is late Middle English from Old French 'barater' meaning to 'deceive' and perhaps influenced by Old Norse 'barrata' meaning to 'contest'. Barratry has three meanings in English, all of which are considered archaic: First, it is fraud or gross negligence by a master or crew of a ship to the detriment of the vessels owner. This might include scuttling, stealing or secreting the vessel as an act of privateering or mutiny the cargo having been sold on by the crew for their own profit, but it is not the act of scuttling itself. Second, it is the act of bringing vexatious litigation before a court of law, or of inciting such litigation. This is what Sidney Powell and Rudi Guilliani have been doing in the US. Third, it is the act of trading in the offices of church or state for personal profit.
Scuppered is the term used when you deliberately sink your own ship. For example, in WW2 the German battleship Graf Spee scuppered itself in the River Plate estuary when they thought a much bigger British force was waiting for them.
'Scuppered' is originally a nautical term for someone fucking up/destroying their own boat/ship to stop it falling in to enemy hands. Nice reaction by the way! continue doing a fantastic job! :))))))))
Knackered might be considered a bit vulgar as it refers to the knackers yard, the final destination of worn out horses when they were commonly used as work animals.
I think a lot of people are getting scuppered and scuttled mixed up, The scuppers are the drainage channels that run around the deck of a ship, To scuttle a ship is to deliberately sink her. If one's chances have been scuppered they have gone down the drain, if they have been scuttled they have been well and truly sunk. It's a fine degree of separation from being recoverable with some work to completely no chance of getting things up and running again.
OED definition of scupper. To sink one's ship deliberately. OED definition of scuttle 1 bucket for coal 2 the space between the bottom of a car windscreen and top of bonnet 3. To sink ones ship deliberately. Both words have many different meanings.
I think "give me a buzz' is fairly old slang and am fairly sure I first heard it when all telephones had a bell, and certainly before mobiles vibrated! And certainly I have heard it as 'give me a bell' but not recently.
Scuppered has its roots in a nautical terminology. Scuppers are drains on boats to let water off the deck. Thus if something is scuppered it has gone down the drain.
Lots of everyday British expressions have their roots in naval terminology. 'To reach the bitter end' is one and 'Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey' is a mythical naval expression which pales into obscurity against POSH=Port Out Starboard Home.
Literally never heard 'rah' ever. This has got to be a thing of the really elite right, because I have absolutely never heard that in my life. I'm not sure how I'd react if someone said that to me? I'd probably think they were imitating a shit lion or something.
Great and entertaining vid. Scuppered- (scuppers hole in ship side) is from crew and/or captain self-sinking of a ship. dodgy-no problem with it , definitely not casual. Never heard of rah! must be a southern thing. Best Wishes.
Yes, I wouldn't call scuppered "slang" as such, its just using an established word with a specific meaning in a more general way. We do it all the time.
Well, I am old and from the north-east and have never watched Love Island, so I am as bemused as most British people in the comment section, it seems. Hey ho!
If you listen carefully you'll notice that very few Londoners or Brits say "You Alright". It's just "Alright". So maybe try "Y'Alright" without the "you" - it's much more authentic.
To scupper something or scupper something up means to ruin something and dodgy does sound very casual haha. It's not formal language at all lol. Chuffed is more of a Northern thing I think...
I have never used or heard most of these. Perhaps incomers think anything they hear is typical However quaint or amusing, many things you hear won´t occur again at all, or very rarely. Also, it seems common for people to assume they understand something fully when they only have a partial grasp of it
I think "Rah" falls under MLE (Just like Peng). I'm from South London so I've heard that word a lot. Exp 1: "Rah, Ronaldo rejoined Man United." Exp 2: "She died!? Rah..." The way pronounce it like "raaaahhh". Also, I think Peng is a bit out dated. I hear more people say "Leng" these days.
It’s the opposite of Reputable or Respectable; so you should of said “You don’t want to work for a non-reputable company”, so in this case Dodgy would be very casual….
Nobody EVER says "you allright" sometimes it's "yallright" (same pronunciation as ) but normally it's just "allright". Why does everybody get that wrong?
- Scuppered is a nautical term. The scuppers are the holes at the edge of the deck on a ship which allow water to drain over the side. If you scupper a ship it means you made holes in the bottom to deliberately sink it. So if someones says "My plans have been scuppered" it means they've been sunk/torpedoed/ruined. - 'Rah' a very Hoorah Henry thing to say. Only used by expensive public school types with a rich mummy and daddy, completely out of touch with the real world and the sort of people who look down on the poor. Everyone else considers such people twats. - 'Alright?' is a greeting but not really 'Hi'. It's more like 'How's life?' or 'How's things?'. A typical response might be 'Yeah, you?' or 'Not bad. You?'. Sometimes people reply 'Not really' to a close friend in which case you may inquire further or simply say'sorry to hear that' and move on. - I'm not sure about saying it, but Boris IS dodgy! His actions just in the last week are a good example and there are plenty more. - I haven't heard 'Gassing someone up' since the 70s in the school playground. - A lot of the Love Island ones are very London, although most people are aware of what they mean. - Gutted, knackered and chuffed have been around for years and are common nationwide. N.B. Chuffed comes from the pleased sound you make when you blow your cheeks out, like a chuffing steam train. However chuff is also another name for a vagina or anal passage, especially in northern England. 'Tight as a gnat's chuff' is a common phrase meaning either someone who's a scrouge or a very tight passage.
Certain expressions are used by certain types of people. So unless you identify as one of those people, it’s better not to use the expression because it will sound false, and as if you are trying to be someone you are not.
Never heard of Gassing me up,or It's a bit of me, My type , yes but never My type on paper. I would never recommend using Love Island as a way of learning English
@@jillhobson6128 Anyone can speak English properly if they make the effort. Understanding regional slangs is one thing, speaking them accordingly is another... Yvette being a prime example ;)
3:51 sounded very natural to me. Also, baccy isn't cigarettes, it's tobacco which is loose for rolling your own cigarettes
To scupper is to deliberately sink a ship in order to prevent its capture. Sometimes ships are also scuppered to block a navigation channel at the entrance to a harbour to prevent invasion. In the vernacular it means to ruin one's chances through one's own actions.
Actually the word for sinking your own ship, usually by opening the sea-cocks, is “scuttle’, not scupper.
@@paddy864 Technically you are right (and wrong).
According to the OED, 'to scupper' means "to sink (as in a ship or crew) deliberately". However, this meaning only dates from the 1970s. Prior to this the term was to 'scuttle' and 'scupper' meant to "kill in an ambush", which better fits its current vernacular meaning. This meaning of 'scupper' dates from 19th century military slang, although its origin is unknown.
This is a case of mistaken usage, in the 1970s, that became so wide-spread that it changed the meaning of the original word. 'Scuttle' is, of course, still acceptable usage.
@@paddy864 Or Barratry.
@@mikecollins8936 Barratry? Scuppering or scuttling a vessel might be the result of barratry but is not the act itself.
Barratry is late Middle English from Old French 'barater' meaning to 'deceive' and perhaps influenced by Old Norse 'barrata' meaning to 'contest'.
Barratry has three meanings in English, all of which are considered archaic:
First, it is fraud or gross negligence by a master or crew of a ship to the detriment of the vessels owner. This might include scuttling, stealing or secreting the vessel as an act of privateering or mutiny the cargo having been sold on by the crew for their own profit, but it is not the act of scuttling itself.
Second, it is the act of bringing vexatious litigation before a court of law, or of inciting such litigation. This is what Sidney Powell and Rudi Guilliani have been doing in the US.
Third, it is the act of trading in the offices of church or state for personal profit.
Scuppered is the term used when you deliberately sink your own ship. For example, in WW2 the German battleship Graf Spee scuppered itself in the River Plate estuary when they thought a much bigger British force was waiting for them.
No, “scuttled” is the correct word for that.
@@paddy864 oops, you are right, I have to stop drinking 😁
They are both correct according to the OED
'Scuppered' is originally a nautical term for someone fucking up/destroying their own boat/ship to stop it falling in to enemy hands. Nice reaction by the way! continue doing a fantastic job! :))))))))
Dad joke:
Have you heard about the fella who fell under a steam train?
He was chuffed to bits.
Brilliant
Excuse me. Please Don`t include all dads in that put down on dads.
@@legend9335
What if I said,
"He was well chuffed", instead?
Knackered might be considered a bit vulgar as it refers to the knackers yard, the final destination of worn out horses when they were commonly used as work animals.
I think a lot of people are getting scuppered and scuttled mixed up, The scuppers are the drainage channels that run around the deck of a ship, To scuttle a ship is to deliberately sink her. If one's chances have been scuppered they have gone down the drain, if they have been scuttled they have been well and truly sunk.
It's a fine degree of separation from being recoverable with some work to completely no chance of getting things up and running again.
OED definition of scupper. To sink one's ship deliberately.
OED definition of scuttle
1 bucket for coal
2 the space between the bottom of a car windscreen and top of bonnet
3. To sink ones ship deliberately.
Both words have many different meanings.
“Rah”? Never heard it, “Yah” though, as in “Ok Yah” is classic Sloane Ranger from the 80’s.
"Y'alright?" best reply is perhaps "Fine thanks, you?" or simply "yeah you?"
Most common reply is "Not too bad"
'muggy' can be 'taking the piss' :))))
Don't take Love Island to be representative of Britain for God's sake.
My thoughts exactly, I’m pretty sure they have a language all of their own! 😂
a lot of English phrases are based on our maritime history. Skuppered literally means a hole in a boat below the waterline
I think "give me a buzz' is fairly old slang and am fairly sure I first heard it when all telephones had a bell, and certainly before mobiles vibrated! And certainly I have heard it as 'give me a bell' but not recently.
Scuppered has its roots in a nautical terminology. Scuppers are drains on boats to let water off the deck. Thus if something is scuppered it has gone down the drain.
Lots of everyday British expressions have their roots in naval terminology.
'To reach the bitter end' is one
and
'Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey' is a mythical naval expression
which pales into obscurity against
POSH=Port Out Starboard Home.
I’m glad after a while you’re back making some videos 😊
Literally never heard 'rah' ever. This has got to be a thing of the really elite right, because I have absolutely never heard that in my life. I'm not sure how I'd react if someone said that to me? I'd probably think they were imitating a shit lion or something.
I’m wondering whether she misheard and it was ‘yah’? As in oh yah?
I've only ever heard people use it ironically haha
It's actually part of multicultural London english so her accent doesn't really do it justice.
Use to be the "OK YAs" were posh nobs. never heard of rah either.
Great and entertaining vid. Scuppered- (scuppers hole in ship side) is from crew and/or captain self-sinking of a ship. dodgy-no problem with it , definitely not casual. Never heard of rah! must be a southern thing. Best Wishes.
Yes, I wouldn't call scuppered "slang" as such, its just using an established word with a specific meaning in a more general way. We do it all the time.
Well, I am old and from the north-east and have never watched Love Island, so I am as bemused as most British people in the comment section, it seems.
Hey ho!
@@nathaliazelince9360 ffs stop spamming people we're not that gullible that we'd click on it
The show gets about 4 million views so that leaves 63 million Brits without a clue on it.
(Trar a bit ) used by brummies to say goodbye
Dodgy is used in all classes but probably more by us lower class as we are more likely to do dodgy things 😊
If you listen carefully you'll notice that very few Londoners or Brits say "You Alright". It's just "Alright". So maybe try "Y'Alright" without the "you" - it's much more authentic.
I'm chuffed to bits
Scuppered. If you sink your ship you've scuppered it. I've heard it in naval movies. It's a word I have heard from time to time.
Hi! You know scuppered means to make your ship sink instead of falling into enemy hands?
Scupper, Scuppered isn't slang. It means to sink a ship deliberately.
Also means to thwart something
Hey you said British correctly!!
To scupper something or scupper something up means to ruin something and dodgy does sound very casual haha. It's not formal language at all lol. Chuffed is more of a Northern thing I think...
when a horse gets too old to work, we sent them to the knackers yard to be boiled into glue. hence I am knackered.
Scuppered is nautical in origin refers to sinking ships on purpose
No, that is scuttling. Scuppers are deck drains.
@@LiamE69 thank you, tempted to delete my comment but would make yours look very silly and I got there first
Very interesting.
I have never used or heard most of these. Perhaps incomers think anything they hear is typical However quaint or amusing, many things you hear won´t occur again at all, or very rarely. Also, it seems common for people to assume they understand something fully when they only have a partial grasp of it
I think "Rah" falls under MLE (Just like Peng). I'm from South London so I've heard that word a lot.
Exp 1: "Rah, Ronaldo rejoined Man United."
Exp 2: "She died!? Rah..."
The way pronounce it like "raaaahhh".
Also, I think Peng is a bit out dated. I hear more people say "Leng" these days.
Scupper means to deliberately sink a ship. Scuppered means your sunk.
A painting, look at Picasso's.
You're a good egg, a real brick.
Baccy is indeed hand rolling tobacco. If you haven't 'the makings' to offer, but have cigarettes you could say "sorry, I only have tailored made"
Love your vids. Been watching since beginning and great to hear your love of the UK. Can I say though you say 'like' an awful lot. Just saying. X.
Of course ‘dodgy’ is casual. It’s well dodge!
It’s the opposite of Reputable or Respectable; so you should of said “You don’t want to work for a non-reputable company”, so in this case Dodgy would be very casual….
@@jno5 ‘you should have said’ .
“ you should of said” is serious dodge! 🥴
@@davidcook7887 - Damn, I wouldn’t of got the job either…..😂🤔😉
Knackered , just say cream crackered or creamed , either will do
I would love to know what areas of the UK are the highest watchers of Love Island. I bet most rural people don't watch it. I can't stand it
Nobody EVER says "you allright" sometimes it's "yallright" (same pronunciation as ) but normally it's just "allright". Why does everybody get that wrong?
- Scuppered is a nautical term.
The scuppers are the holes at the edge of the deck on a ship which allow water to drain over the side. If you scupper a ship it means you made holes in the bottom to deliberately sink it. So if someones says "My plans have been scuppered" it means they've been sunk/torpedoed/ruined.
- 'Rah' a very Hoorah Henry thing to say. Only used by expensive public school types with a rich mummy and daddy, completely out of touch with the real world and the sort of people who look down on the poor. Everyone else considers such people twats.
- 'Alright?' is a greeting but not really 'Hi'. It's more like 'How's life?' or 'How's things?'. A typical response might be 'Yeah, you?' or 'Not bad. You?'. Sometimes people reply 'Not really' to a close friend in which case you may inquire further or simply say'sorry to hear that' and move on.
- I'm not sure about saying it, but Boris IS dodgy! His actions just in the last week are a good example and there are plenty more.
- I haven't heard 'Gassing someone up' since the 70s in the school playground.
- A lot of the Love Island ones are very London, although most people are aware of what they mean.
- Gutted, knackered and chuffed have been around for years and are common nationwide.
N.B. Chuffed comes from the pleased sound you make when you blow your cheeks out, like a chuffing steam train. However chuff is also another name for a vagina or anal passage, especially in northern England. 'Tight as a gnat's chuff' is a common phrase meaning either someone who's a scrouge or a very tight passage.
Ok yah (Sloane ranger probably.......)
Certain expressions are used by certain types of people. So unless you identify as one of those people, it’s better not to use the expression because it will sound false, and as if you are trying to be someone you are not.
Never heard of Gassing me up,or It's a bit of me, My type , yes but never My type on paper. I would never recommend using Love Island as a way of learning English
Your not allowed to say rah unless your officially posh.haha
Is "ra" short for rather? Don't the English say rather, rather a lot?
We don't.
اشتي اخرج كلام حلو
hahah "Bri'ish" .... the girl's come home :-)
Sound as a pound....no love island ...please...E
Sound as a pound has been around for many decades. Around Birmingham at least commonly pronounced as: saaand as a paaand.
Rah might be short for rather
🙉
Yvette, if you wanna say “dodgy” it’s cool with me…I’d give you a job tomorrow. What time can you start ..?
Peng.. Fam... Harsh... Suss.. Marra..
Painting, probably comes from the saying he/she is no oil painting, meaning not very attractive.
Peng is apparently a Caribbean word although I have never heard it.
Not getting the job because you used the word “dodgy”? If that’s honestly what got them then it seems like a bit too uptight of a company anyway.
Dodgy is a slang negative word...........................so never use it in an interview!
Who watches that love island crap
Not me thank F❤❤K
Utter crap if you ask me
You speak like a southern British person, you say larf, larst etc.
Please don't say "like" so often!
It don't bother me. I occasionally do that, I just try not to say it a lot.
Similar for people who constantly say "emm" every few words.
@@TomGB-81 At least I can speak English properly.
@@jillhobson6128 Anyone can speak English properly if they make the effort. Understanding regional slangs is one thing, speaking them accordingly is another... Yvette being a prime example ;)