Comments by "Kathy Bramley" (@kathybramley5609) on "Emma Stone Learns British Slang From Rachel Weisz | Vanity Fair" video.

  1. There are regional and sometimes idiosyncratic variations in the use of idiom. I've heard lackadaisical used to mean disorganised headless-chicken moods rather than Shakespearean-level sadness, and more than once. Dibbs is kind of related to Tig and Tag and tick variants of the children's cat-and-mouse game. As well as to alternative names for a remote control that are also horticultural tools: dibber, dobber. Dobber also means to tell someone off. And both those words could be along with dribs and drabs sometimes be used to describe painting. All in all a short/light touch or almost percussive application. Hey presto, Bob's your uncle, just like that, as if by magic the shop keeper appeared. I love it when a plan comes together.
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  2. But British actors probably use it with a degree of irony and then quite naturally translate simply for Americans.
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  3.  @AdamMorley  see above.
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  4. Cheap as chips. That gets non Ian McShane irl use by mahogany antiques experts. Eg on Bargain Hunt!
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  5. I'll correct myself - dobber means to tell on someone more than tell someone off.
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  6.  @clearmelody6252  Alack the day. Ye Americans!!!
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