UK episode 13/09/96 - Did Chandler say he was a wank??

[d***@gmail.com]

Hi,
Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
what it means in UK colloquial language (for US readers unfamiliar
with our [UK] usage, it refers to one who, shall we say, is a "spanker
of his monkey").
Grateful of all replies, 'specially others who thought they heard what
I heard!!
Steve.

Hi,
I saw the episode and yes he did say wank. Hope I could help.

[Vidcapper]

Post by d***@gmail.com

Hi,
Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
what it means in UK colloquial language (for US readers unfamiliar
with our [UK] usage, it refers to one who, shall we say, is a "spanker
of his monkey").
Grateful of all replies, 'specially others who thought they heard what
I heard!!
Steve.

Hi,
I saw the episode and yes he did say wank. Hope I could help.

Yes Chandler did say 'wank', but in America it means a joker.

[Calum]

Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
what it means in UK colloquial language

Given the era, it could well do... I remember starting to hear "wanker"
on visits to America in the 90's, as they thought (or had been told by
some visiting wag) that it was just a cute British term of endearment.

[Rob Chambers]

Post by Calum

Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
what it means in UK colloquial language

Given the era, it could well do... I remember starting to hear "wanker"
on visits to America in the 90's, as they thought (or had been told by
some visiting wag) that it was just a cute British term of endearment.

Peggy's maiden name in "Married with Children" was 'Wanker" (and she was
from Wanker County), which must have been deliberately chosen, in a
"getting crap past the radar" sense.

Checking TV Tropes, it was also the name of Mindy's landlord in "Mork &
Mindy":
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Radar/LiveActionTV

[Col]

Post by Calum

Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
what it means in UK colloquial language

Given the era, it could well do... I remember starting to hear "wanker"
on visits to America in the 90's,

Or perhaps they just didn't like you?

[Gabriel Sassoon]

Just here to reinvigorate this 1996 thread by saying I was wondering the same thing recently. Great to see this still hasn't been fully resolved. Perhaps in a century, historians and linguists will be perplexed by this episode of Friends and turn to this thread as a primary source.

Post by Col

Post by Calum

Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
what it means in UK colloquial language

Given the era, it could well do... I remember starting to hear "wanker"
on visits to America in the 90's,

Or perhaps they just didn't like you?
--
Col