"Feeling Peaky" for A Little Drabble Do Ya!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Slate eyed Kuryakin and Solo as they stumbled their way into the safe house in the English countryside.

“Illya you look a bit peaky but sorry, dinner will have to wait; April’s not here with the supplies. Why don’t you nip upstairs for a bit of a kip.”

“Excellent suggestion,” Illya dropped his briefcase and trudged upstairs.

“First door to the right, loo’s at the end of the hall.”

“I know,” Illya called back. “I have been here before.”

“Remember Mark, he was here in the U.K for three years before transferring to New York.”

“Forgot about that mate.”

Comments

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a completely foreign language to me. At least I know what a "loo" is. ;D

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

British colloquialisms will do that. Peaky means 'Pale from illness or fatigue; sickly.' Nip upstairs for a bit of a kip' means to go get sleep. I actually heart David McC say that during an English interview once.

Thanks for reading and commenting.

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

That was a reet belter, I divvint mind tellin' ya!

(Translation :- "That was really good, I don't mind telling you". That is the dialect of my local area in the North-East of England.)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Though you really didn't need to translate. But nice to know a specific dialect as all the slang dictionaries don't give those sort of specifics, or pronunciations for that matter.

The word I used in the story, I already knew though...

I had you in mind when I was writing this cuz. "D