When a British person says, "Oh, rather..."

arcadian

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Mon Aug-17-09 12:35 PM
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When a British person says, "Oh, rather..."

What does that mean?

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MorningGlow

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Mon Aug-17-09 12:36 PM
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1. Eh?

Context?

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arcadian

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Mon Aug-17-09 12:42 PM
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2. I guess it means "affirmative"

Lady Glossop: Are you a theater lover, Mr. Wooster?
Bertie Wooster: Oh, rather!
Lady Glossop: One of my fondest memories is of Irving playing Hamlet at the Lyceum.
Bertie Wooster: Really? Who won?

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MorningGlow

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Mon Aug-17-09 01:05 PM
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8. Oh! I get it!

Yes, that's exactly what it means. :hi:

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Orsino

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Mon Aug-17-09 12:45 PM
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3. It means "very much so."

Edited on Mon Aug-17-09 12:45 PM by Orsino

"If I untie you, will you scream?"

"Oh, raw-ther."

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Bucky

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Mon Aug-17-09 12:58 PM
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7. "Pah-don me, my good chap, but you see to've stuffed your brolly up my arse. Would you mind?"

Good show, wot?

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A HERETIC I AM

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Mon Aug-17-09 12:48 PM
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4. "Do you know Camilla Parker Bowles?"

"I didn't even know she played Cricket!"

"Oh, Rather!"

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Oeditpus Rex

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Mon Aug-17-09 12:51 PM
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5. It's their version of 'Fuckin' A'

:headbang:

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Bucky

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Mon Aug-17-09 12:57 PM
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6. It's their charming colloquial way of saying "Quite so, old bean."

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Deja Q

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Mon Aug-17-09 02:18 PM
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11. Right back at you, old spice!

:evilgrin:

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Enrique

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Mon Aug-17-09 01:13 PM
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9. a British guy came into my gas station looking for butter

we only had margarine, and he asked me, "do you have any proper butter?" I said no, just improper butter. :-)

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arcadian

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Mon Aug-17-09 02:02 PM
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10. I say that when I tell people that I live in Virginia.

And they say, "West Virginia?"

And I say, "No, Virginia proper"

And then they look at me with their head tilted like a dog that's just heard a high pitched noise because they are dumbasses who didn't know that Virginia and West Virginia are two different states to begin with and certainly have no idea what the word "proper" means.

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