I enjoy watching British Television and especially trying to figure out some of the local idioms spoken in the programs. Last night on "Keeping Up Appearances", Onslow asked for a "Bacon Sardi"...is this a sandwich or ???

Anyone have any other idioms they care to share?

I forgot to mention that I'm also interested in hearing about non-Americans and their encounters with American idioms.
Mahalo!

That's a bacon sarni, and yes, it is a sandwich.

Actually it's a sarny, not a sardi and, yes, it is a sandwich. Another word for sandwich, more popular in the north of England, is butty.

Ooops, crossed with Carolyn

Kaneohe, forgive the tangent, but what a coincidence to see your name here today since I just talked to my new next-door neighbor yesterday and found out that he's from Kaneohe.

Carolyn and Xenos, thanks for the correction...sarni, sarny and sardi are pretty close.

Capo, it's a small world! Do you know where in Kaneohe your neighbor is from? I live there part time, bouncing back and forth between KBay and Southern California.

YOu can always get a bacon sardy in a "caf".

SARNY SARNY SARNY!!!

Yes, Kaneohe, a small world indeed. I don't know but next time I see him I'll ask. I'll post it here, so check on this thread in a few days. (Back in the mid-80s, I also briefly dated a woman from Kaneohe.)

Speaking of BritSpeak, I really enjoy Cockney rhyming slang and have a good book on it, though the title escapes me at the moment.

yes, the more usual expression is "Bacon Sarny" (sandwich)properly made with English 'back' bacon (salted) between two thick slabs of cheap white bread, and smothered in tomato sauce, ketchup to you !!

Oh don't, please, I'm starving.

I prefer mine with a smearing of HP brown sauce.

Is English back bacon the same as Canadian Peameal bacon?

Keith