Odd sayings

Ian R P · Post by **Ian R P** » Wed 03 Dec, 2008 11:25 pm

jan8 wrote: Well, I'll go to are 'ouseYou're like the wild man of Borneo ?By the skin of mi teethIts been great reading all these, a lot of which I must admit to still using nowadays as the kids will testify xx Ears like chapel hat pegs?Living over the brushor a classic I think,Arkwright thought he'd learnt his horse to not eat, then it died.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Thu 04 Dec, 2008 8:59 am

I don't think that's ears Ian.

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Thu 04 Dec, 2008 9:10 am

"Like a taxi wi t' doors open" big ears

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Thu 04 Dec, 2008 10:37 pm

something beyond repair- it wants mending with new un..A nose like a blind cobblers thumb.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 8:44 am

"Face like a roof-tiler's nail bag." -ugly person.

Catweazle · Post by **Catweazle** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 11:23 am

Quite interesting are those sayings that are basically the same throughout England but i've noticed on my travels change one word according to the region:eg "You'll drive me to High Royds" (as said by an exasperated mother to her naughty kid") I've heard this in other parts of the country too but with the local county mental hospital used in place of "High Royds". This will obviously gradually die out now theyve all been shut down for sometime.Another one is "It's like Briggate out there" - this is quite unusual here as I've heard "It's like Piccadilly circus out there" used all over England eg my partner's family in Lancashire use "Piccadilly Circus" and the Leeds/West Yorkshire area seems quite unique AFAIK in changing it to a more local place... Further to the early post "like s**t off a stick" I've always heard it as "like s**t off a shovel" which I suppose makes more sense when you're shovelling a load of muck on a building site or maybe on a farm.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 11:27 am

Can we post rude ones?

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 2:32 pm

Further to the mention of Netherton,Overton etc earlier and a bit OT. I was delighted a few years back to discover looking at old maps,that the original names of these 3 villages were Nether, Over & Middle Sh*tlington!These later became Sitlington and eventually the present forms around the end of the Victorian era.

simong · Post by **simong** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 5:37 pm

Steve Jones wrote: Further to the mention of Netherton,Overton etc earlier and a bit OT. I was delighted a few years back to discover looking at old maps,that the original names of these 3 villages were Nether, Over & Middle Sh*tlington!These later became Sitlington and eventually the present forms around the end of the Victorian era. There is of course the village of Shitterton in Dorset as immortalised on the back of Paul Young's No Parlez, and some terrible things regularily happen to the signs around Shilbottle in Northumberland.

Catweazle · Post by **Catweazle** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 7:20 pm

There's also the village of Pishill (pronounced as in 'p*ss') about 30 miles west of London.