The British sure do talk funnily (gobsmacked barmy)

[Solon Levin]

"Alan Hinkes, the only Briton to have climbed all 14 mountains higher than 26,246ft (8,000m) and who reached the top of K2 a few weeks before Alison's death, said: 'I was gobsmacked when I heard. You can never say something's impossible in mountaineering - good luck to him. But this is barmy."

[rbowman]

I usually check

every morning. It's primarily a techie site but I sometimes have to click on the headlines to figure out what the hell they're talking about. Combine techspeak with Brit and you really have something.

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per Solon Levin:

"The USA and Britain: two great countries separated by a common language."

My personal favorite BritSpeak phrase is "Barking Mad".

[BenDarrenBach]

I am NOT fond of "spot on"...which some American's have adopted! *L* Have you notice when we catch on to a pronunciation, that the Brit's will change it back to the way we used to say it? ex. kilometer!

[Solon Levin]

Apparently, just as in dumbstuck, gob is mouth and smacked is hit. It means you can't talk because it hit your mouth.

Barmy is from the crazy froth of beer fermentation, so it means crazy.

[Stormin Mormon]

"I said yes of course, I'm through and the silly girl disconnected me!"