I enjoyed the encounter

**TimC** · 26th April 07, 07:50 AM

Awesome Derek. With you approval, I'd like to use that response next time.

-Tim

**GMan** · 26th April 07, 08:26 AM

My new favorite word, plonker, thanks Derek, you are the man.

**Richland** · 26th April 07, 08:51 AM

Can i use that? Plonker
Did you ever see the film Euro road trip?
there is a certain conversation that ends with "you guys bring Swearing to a whole new level" funny! the differences in our vocabulary.

**BEEDEE** · 26th April 07, 09:22 AM

Derek - thank you for "plonker". It reminded me both of the time I lived in the UK and the fact that the UK and USA truly are two countries "separated by a common language".

Brian

**IEScotsman** · 26th April 07, 10:29 AM

Hopefully he uses this moment to educate himself on English history and its Celtic origins.

**staticsan** · 26th April 07, 09:19 PM

I would have been more likely to look down at my kilt as if checking it was what I though it was before saying "Funny, I thought I put a kilt on this morning..." :-D

**David Dalglish** · 26th April 07, 11:16 PM

How do you say that in Welch Derek

**McClef** · 27th April 07, 02:04 AM

Originally Posted by David Dalglish

How do you say that in Welch Derek

Welch is an obsolescent Anglicised variant of 'Welsh' David

Basically this spelling is only used to refer to old regiments such as the Royal Welch Fusiliers, as a surname or reneging on a bet.

Couldn't find "plonker" in my Welsh dictionary and that's not surprising as Welsh can't come up with a word to cover every bit of English slang and doesn't constantly evolve the way English does.

But when it doesn't have an equivalent it uses the English word and gives it a Welsh spelling such as tacsi or ambwlans. So I guess the Welsh spelling would be ploncr