slang, missing stuff, and booze

[Melissa T]

Hey y'all, a few questions from an American but for all:

1)What is some of the slang used at St.A? (for example at my school we abrev. everything totally=totes, whatever=whatevs, dev ten=developmental tennis etc)

2)What do you miss the most from home?

3)Is booze expensive? (ie should I budget for drinks etc or just bring mass amounts from the States and set up a grey market?)

[eagle]

The slang will change from year to year.

No need to bring booze - you can buy it here. It's probably more expensive than back at home, so you'd better budget for it (fairly decent bottle of wine = £4, pint of beer=£2.50)

[Midget]

1) Bad chat -(obvious), bop -verb/noun Friday night in Venue One, pull -(obvious), hack -Students'union-political, bevvy -v. n. drink, playpen -main area of library, cabbage patch -Hope park, Atholl, Chattan, Gatty, Sallies, St Regs, AMH, Uni, The Halls: John Burnet, McIntosh, Albany, St Salvadors, St Regulus, Andrew Melville, University, respectively.

2)Buying a pint in a pub for less than £2.

3) Cheap: Frosty Jack, Boxes of wine, DIY Homebrew wine.

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[Jono]

Forget number one

2) the hills.

3) After the first few pints you really won't care. If you desperatly want to budget, get out 10/20 quid and leave your cards at home. that way you can only drink until your wallet's empty!

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[Fenella]

Quoting Midget from 13:32, 9th May 2006
pull -(obvious),

That was not obvious to me when I came over from the US! When I first heard "John pulled Sally" (or whatever the names were) I had an image of John pulling Sally's hair.

[cberry]

Quoting Melissa T from 23:14, 8th May 2006
3)Is booze expensive? (ie should I budget for drinks etc or just bring mass amounts from the States and set up a grey market?)

Bloody hell its expensive! Raid the duty-free on your way over.... best advice I ever got.

Chris

[Malcolm]

Quoting dunqn from 11:14, 14th May 2006
Tennents/Velvet are still only £1.60, I believe. That said, they're still an abomination.

Yeah, Tennent's ain't all that great, and you might as well save your pennies and get a pint of water (free, actually by law and not by Union regulations), because that's what the Velvet tastes like anyway.

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[Guest]

1) You'll learn the slang. Pull = hook up with
2) You'll probably miss good food the most as the food is crap at all the restaurants and pubs, and overpriced. If you're a fan of peanut butter, you should probably bring your own (though I think Butler & Co sells it...?)
3) Just go to duty free at your airport. I never had a problem when I was under 21 and wanted to buy booze there, just act confident like you're supposed to be able to buy it and if anyone says anything (which I never had happen), say you're going somewhere where it's legal. You can get a handle (1.5 liters) of Absolut at the Newark airport for $19 or $25 at the Philadelphia airport (I hate the price difference). Also, if you smoke, buy cigarettes at duty free as well.

[papercutheart]

Quoting from 16:38, 3rd Aug 2006
If you're a fan of peanut butter, you should probably bring your own (though I think Butler & Co sells it...?)

What ARE you talking about?

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[ONeill]

10-15 minutes down the road and the beer is as cheap as you'll get it. But seeing as most poor students are stuck in St Andrews they'll quite happily rob you every time you go to the bar.

[RJ Covino]

Quoting from 16:38, 3rd Aug 2006If you're a fan of peanut butter, you should probably bring your own (though I think Butler & Co sells it...?)

They do; however, if you're after Concord grape jelly, you're best advised to do your own importing.

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[Guest]

Quoting papercutheart from 19:00, 3rd Aug 2006

Quoting from 16:38, 3rd Aug 2006
If you're a fan of peanut butter, you should probably bring your own (though I think Butler & Co sells it...?)

What ARE you talking about?

British peanut butter and American are different.

[Lodestone]

We're all missing one vitally important point here:

What the hell is developmental tennis?

[Fozzy Bear]

Quoting Lodestone from 12:58, 7th Aug 2006
We're all missing one vitally important point here:

What the hell is developmental tennis?

tennis of some sort is my guess. but bas on the fact it's american, it could be anything.
but yeah, good question.

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[OP]

Quoting Lodestone from 12:58, 7th Aug 2006
We're all missing one vitally important point here:

What the hell is developmental tennis?

tennis for developing tennis players

[Guest]

You may hear people being referred to as 'yahs'- basically a term (often derogatory) for someone considered as posh/rich/or a wannabe...
As for booze, if you have pre drinks before heading out you shouldn’t incur too much damage.

[groovy]

I'm sorry, but if you're an american coming to study HERE of all places, then you can afford to drink here.

'nuff said.

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[Al]

Quoting from 15:14, 7th Aug 2006
You may hear people being referred to as 'yahs'- basically a term (often derogatory) for someone considered as posh/rich/or a wannabe...

Being called a 'yah' is always derogatory, and it is not a term for someone who is rich or 'posh'. It is a term for someone who thinks being rich or 'posh' makes them better than people who are not. Yahs may be rich, but they're more 'nouveau riche' than 'old money'.

[unregistered user]

Quoting groovy from 00:51, 8th Aug 2006
I'm sorry, but if you're an american coming to study HERE of all places, then you can afford to drink here.

'nuff said.

Actually, for many of us, studying at st. andrews is less expensive than anywhere worthwhile in the states. And not all of us are filthy rich, we live on budgets as well.

[novium]

hey, I object to that. If your standard of "worthwhile" are places in the states that are more expensive than st andrews (which by my count clocks in at about 30,000 dollars)...well, you've ruled out MOST of them, including places like UC Berkeley. Hell, I'm fairly sure stanford is not more expensive than st andrews.

But as to groovy's comment, there are many americans who go to st andrews only by means of massive loans. So actually, they are more broke than most people.

Quoting unregistered user from 09:23, 8th Aug 2006

Quoting groovy from 00:51, 8th Aug 2006
I'm sorry, but if you're an american coming to study HERE of all places, then you can afford to drink here.

'nuff said.

Actually, for many of us, studying at st. andrews is less expensive than anywhere worthwhile in the states. And not all of us are filthy rich, we live on budgets as well.

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