Comments on: Billie Piper talks Who http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:59:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: affignfemia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/comment-page-1/#comment-206613 affignfemia Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:18:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/#comment-206613 y'r really nice guz y’r really nice guz

]]> By: Tobias http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/comment-page-1/#comment-185941 Tobias Sun, 24 May 2009 15:22:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/#comment-185941 There is no doubt whatsoever that chav is an abbreviation of the romani word for child or lad,ie,chavvie."Chaval"is a slightly different form of the same word originally used by spanish gipsies(and now by most spaniards)with exactly the same meaning.Personally i doubt a romany origin for "posh"as used to mean rich or stuck up,as in romany posh means half,as in "posh rat"meaning" half blood",ie half gipsy,rat being blood in romany.Sorry to be pedantic,but its really quite irritating to see the same old contrived false explanations blithely trotted out as fact by the spectacularly ill-informed Kimpatsu. There is no doubt whatsoever that chav is an abbreviation of the romani word for child or lad,ie,chavvie.”Chaval”is a slightly different form of the same word originally used by spanish gipsies(and now by most spaniards)with exactly the same meaning.Personally i doubt a romany origin for “posh”as used to mean rich or stuck up,as in romany posh means half,as in “posh rat”meaning” half blood”,ie half gipsy,rat being blood in romany.Sorry to be pedantic,but its really quite irritating to see the same old contrived false explanations blithely trotted out as fact by the spectacularly ill-informed Kimpatsu.

]]> By: Alan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/comment-page-1/#comment-93376 Alan Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:21:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/#comment-93376 "Alan, I doubt that the Recording Industry Association of America is too concerned about people downloading UK TV shows." Actually, the company (can't remember who it is at the moment) that distribute the US versions of the DVD sets is most likely a member of the RIAA. “Alan, I doubt that the Recording Industry Association of America is too concerned about people downloading UK TV shows.”

Actually, the company (can’t remember who it is at the moment) that distribute the US versions of the DVD sets is most likely a member of the RIAA.

]]> By: Dunc http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/comment-page-1/#comment-93375 Dunc Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:21:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/#comment-93375 "Ned" and "chav" are used more-or-less interchangeably. "Chav" carries stronger Burberry associations. “Ned” and “chav” are used more-or-less interchangeably. “Chav” carries stronger Burberry associations.

]]> By: JamesW http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/comment-page-1/#comment-93374 JamesW Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:09:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/#comment-93374 @Dunc I thought they were called Neds up in Scotland. Well in Glasgow at least. @Dunc
I thought they were called Neds up in Scotland. Well in Glasgow at least.

]]> By: Dunc http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/comment-page-1/#comment-93373 Dunc Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:33:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/#comment-93373 "Chav" is widely used in Scotland too... "Scallie" is regionally-specific. As to the origins, I believe it actually derives from the Romany word for "child" (chavi). It certainly tends to cluster with other Romany-derived slang, such as "bari" and "gadgi". As in "that chav's a bari gagdi". ;) “Chav” is widely used in Scotland too… “Scallie” is regionally-specific.

As to the origins, I believe it actually derives from the Romany word for “child” (chavi). It certainly tends to cluster with other Romany-derived slang, such as “bari” and “gadgi”. As in “that chav’s a bari gagdi”. ;)

]]> By: Alan K http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/comment-page-1/#comment-93372 Alan K Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:49:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/31/billie-piper-talks-who/#comment-93372 Re Chav. Chav is only really used "Down Sarf" (southern England), up here in the NWest of England/Liverpool area we refer to Chavs as Scallies http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scally ''i just got asked 'gizzz a fag' by that scall'' "ha ha, look at that bunch of scalls" And Posh bird would be pronounced "Posh Berd" Re Chav.

Chav is only really used “Down Sarf” (southern England), up here in the NWest of England/Liverpool area we refer to Chavs as Scallies

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scally

”i just got asked ‘gizzz a fag’ by that scall”

“ha ha, look at that bunch of scalls”

And Posh bird would be pronounced “Posh Berd”

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