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Agnes · #11 06-Jan-2007, 20:44

By the way, is it correct english to say 'share them 'to' us'? Should it not be 'share them 'with' us'?

**BobK** · #12 06-Jan-2007, 20:45

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Originally Posted by teia_petrescu

Hi
Why don`t you share them to us ?
Cops and ..?

Current ones: 'the filth', 'the pigs', 'the [old] Bill', 'the fuzz', 'the boys in blue', 'noddy-men', 'the Plod'

Quite old ones (>50 yrs, at a guess): 'Rozzers', 'Peelers'

All informal; some abusive. There's also a phrase 'the thin blue line' (used as the title of a Rowan Atkinson show, but possibly older). It's a reference to a Kipling line: 'thin red line' (meaning soldiers).

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**curmudgeon** · #13 06-Jan-2007, 20:45

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Originally Posted by riverkid

Here are a bunch, Teia, and I haven't heard/hadn't heard a lot of them.

List of slang terms for police officers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Snap!

**curmudgeon** · #14 06-Jan-2007, 20:47

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Originally Posted by curmudgeon

Snap!

Do you know the expression 'Snap?'

Snap (game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Agnes · #15 06-Jan-2007, 20:52

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Originally Posted by teia_petrescu

Hi

Why don`t you share them to us ?

Cops and ..?

Just curious, is it correct to say 'share them 'to' us'? Shouldn't it be ' share them 'with' us' instead?

Teia · #16 06-Jan-2007, 20:58

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Originally Posted by Agnes

Just curious, is it correct to say 'share them 'to' us'? Shouldn't it be ' share them 'with' us' instead?

Hi

Right. Share with..

Regards

Teia · #17 06-Jan-2007, 21:11

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Originally Posted by curmudgeon

Do you know the expression 'Snap?'

Snap (game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Which is the most usual informal name given to policemen in England?

Thank you

**curmudgeon** · #18 06-Jan-2007, 21:24

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Originally Posted by teia_petrescu

Which is the most usual informal name given to policemen in England?

Thank you

I suppose 'the old bill', but 'pigs' and filth are used by some (normally recidivistic types)

Teia · #19 06-Jan-2007, 21:27

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Originally Posted by curmudgeon

I suppose 'the old bill', but 'pigs' and filth are used by some (normally recidivistic types)

Interesting ! Why "Bill" and not some other name? Is this name most common in England?

Thank you very much

**Tdol** · #20 07-Jan-2007, 07:44

There are a number of theories: Re: Old Bill