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« Reply #45 on: April 04, 2016, 05:43:02 PM »
Yeah, in America it's a very inoffensive term for "bottom," one that you can use around little kids with no shame, just as you'd say "bum" in the UK.
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« Reply #46 on: April 08, 2016, 11:23:37 PM »
Berk, I learned relatively recently, is not quite as innocent as one might assume. I'd used it since primary school myself without ever encountering serious objection, but it's taken from rhyming slang - that is, it's a diminution of Berkshire Hunt...

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« Reply #47 on: April 08, 2016, 11:25:20 PM »
If I understand correctly how rhyming slang works...oh dear.
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« Reply #48 on: April 09, 2016, 02:52:38 AM »
Quote from: James Casey on April 08, 2016, 11:23:37 PM
Berk, I learned relatively recently, is not quite as innocent as one might assume. I'd used it since primary school myself without ever encountering serious objection, but it's taken from rhyming slang - that is, it's a diminution of Berkshire Hunt...

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really? I never knrw that. You learn something nrw every day! I wonder how many english people are aware of that? As someone like James who grew up using that word i am shoxked. And a little titilated by the amount of times i have used that word! Lol
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« Reply #49 on: April 09, 2016, 04:10:57 PM »
Quote from: Darth Justicar on April 04, 2016, 03:59:39 PM
Wait, they named the place "Berk"?  Weaving back on topic here, isn't "berk" a British insult?

Considering the Author of the "How to Train Your Dragon" book series is British it was probably on purpose.
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« Reply #50 on: April 15, 2016, 07:10:09 PM »
Quote from: Darth Tepes on April 09, 2016, 04:10:57 PM
Considering the Author of the "How to Train Your Dragon" book series is British it was probably on purpose.

I think it was an intentional slight double entendre. According to Hiccup's intro, names in that culture were supposed to be offensive, and Berk is close to "berg".
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