Wood

[Orgoner]

As distinct from a "Total Spanner" - someone not entirely unlike Boris Johnson.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

I think she is looking for an open-ended wrench set (didn't specify whether metric or imperial) to fix her squirty water feature.

Or something like that.

(It took me a long time to understand that no one knows what a "spanner" refers to here in the US!)

Thought your were calling MT an open ended wench for a moment - I need a bigger screen on my phone clearly - and was about to say steady on old boy 😆😆🙈🕍🙉👀

[Monaco_Totty]

[QUOTE=spaldy;39949376]

If you can get a set of 'socket spanners' for any trade-in then my 'sis Mischka & me sure need our water pump personally attending to.



[Our garden fountain kaput & requires new nozzle Mrs B] !

As you know I'm across the pond. Have some exposure to UK English through work (Lloyds) as well as football. I also understand proper Grammar and the "queens English". I also understand that if we talking the sandy beach on Kentucky Lake I'd have to translate some of the conversation from "Southern Redneck" to UK English.

However, I really don't understand the above! The pic is blocked by our virus filter so that might have added some context.

Well, my English grammar is blighted with my London early years accent & Sarf London expressions. Throw in some Yorkshire & Breton French even my own Mother nowadays gets lost in translation with me, especially when I text message her.

A socket wrench/socket spanner is a type of spanner/wrench in English that uses a 'enclosed' socket format rather than a typical 'open' wrench/spanner to turn a fastener, typically in the form of a nut/bolt, Spaldy.

I posted a pic of me stood by my garden broken/kaput fountain in response to Andy posting a pic of his partner stood next to Chris Wood. He ended his post with a cheeky/funny & soundbite/comment regarding trade-in/swap availabilities.

Nuffink/Nothing to it, Spaldy - Funny thing is I associate the word Spaldy with that American sportswear & equipment company Spalding, that's my weird mind 'tho.
Funny things global words & differing meanings, I'm still trying to quickly translate VIP breakfast orders at 6.45am at work & hopefully not getting folks the wrong breakfasts.

NO virus blocker blocking thread banter content on my phone so not sure what contents you've been missing, maybe pic in post 11, Spaldy..

[BelfastAndy]

You make my nuts tighten.

Sorry, it (the spanner) makes my nuts tight.

'You are awful, but I like you'. Name him in one.... Prize for 1st.

[alfinyalcabo]

Spanner ...

Britain, Ireland, mildly derogatory) A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language. You spanner, Rodney!

[Ozwhites]

You make my nuts tighten.

Sorry, it (the spanner) makes my nuts tight.

'You are awful, but I like you'. Name him in one.... Prize for 1st.

Dick Emery ???

[WTF11]

dick emery ???

dammit!

[Billyni]

You make my nuts tighten.

Sorry, it (the spanner) makes my nuts tight.

'You are awful, but I like you'. Name him in one.... Prize for 1st.

Bit too plural for you Andrew

[Orgoner]

[QUOTE=Monaco_Totty;39949620]

Well, my English grammar is blighted with my London early years accent & Sarf London expressions. Throw in some Yorkshire & Breton French even my own Mother nowadays gets lost in translation with me, especially when I text message her.

A socket wrench/socket spanner is a type of spanner/wrench in English that uses a 'enclosed' socket format rather than a typical 'open' wrench/spanner to turn a fastener, typically in the form of a nut/bolt, Spaldy.

I posted a pic of me stood by my garden broken/kaput fountain in response to Andy posting a pic of his partner stood next to Chris Wood. He ended his post with a cheeky/funny & soundbite/comment regarding trade-in/swap availabilities.

Nuffink/Nothing to it, Spaldy - Funny thing is I associate the word Spaldy with that American sportswear & equipment company Spalding, that's my weird mind 'tho.
Funny things global words & differing meanings, I'm still trying to quickly translate VIP breakfast orders at 6.45am at work & hopefully not getting folks the wrong breakfasts.

NO virus blocker blocking thread banter content on my phone so not sure what contents you've been missing, maybe pic in post 11, Spaldy..

So, even then I got it wrong!

You might even need one of those fancier (i.e. expensive) sets where the stud/bolt fully passes through the socket.

A case of socket and see?

I never did confirm this, but supposedly a relative (sister, cousin, niece?) of Dick Emery was one of my infant/junior school teachers back in the late sixties or early seventies.

How about that, Honkytonks?

(Trips exiting thread)

[Monaco_Totty]

You make my nuts tighten.

Sorry, it (the spanner) makes my nuts tight.

'You are awful, but I like you'. Name him in one.... Prize for 1st.

Frankie Howerd - the bloke off old Tv who dressed as a Roman servant wearing a dodgy syrup of fig [ wig Spaldy].