Dialect/slang

The origins and history of placenames, nicknames, local slang, etc.
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Uno Hoo
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Post by Uno Hoo »

Good friends been described as "like Dick n' Liddy"Vertically challenged - " 'E needed a little buffet"
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on; nor all thy Piety nor all thy Wit can call it back to cancel half a Line, nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

arry_awk
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Or 'Somebody put him up to it'!

Trojan
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Post by Trojan »

MY mam would describe someone of short and portly stature (a bit like me really ) as "a little stiff fella"    
Industria Omnia Vincit

arry_awk
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An ungainly chap;'E's got two left feet and walks with a squint!'Thin chap;'E's like a drink o'watter dressed up'Lass with large 'Upper Deck';'Yer doan't get many of them to <h> pound!'Ther' wer' a feight on h 'bus last neet,Conductor punched a ticket!

arry_awk
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Daft quotes from schooldays.(say 'em quickly!)'I chased a bugaround a treeI'll 'ave his blood,he knows I will!'Polish it in the backyard!'Didn't take much to amuse us young oafs!

Trojan
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arry awk wrote: Daft quotes from schooldays.(say 'em quickly!)'I chased a bugaround a treeI'll 'ave his blood,he knows I will!'Polish it in the backyard!'Didn't take much to amuse us young oafs! orPolish itBehind the doorOr Hark oh hark!Do I hear thunderMust be them peas I 'ed last SundaQuick, quick to the doorOh! too late it's on the floor.Oh dear!
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Leeds-lad
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Post by Leeds-lad »

When we had an outside LooQuick Quick lavatory keysToo late it's down me knees
"always expect the unexpected"

Si
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Post by Si »

[quotenick="arry awk"]Thin chap;'E's like a drink o'watter dressed up'Or..."I've seen more meat on a butcher's pencil!"

FLOJO
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Post by FLOJO »

Trojan wrote: arry awk wrote: Daft quotes from schooldays.(say 'em quickly!)'I chased a bugaround a treeI'll 'ave his blood,he knows I will!'Polish it in the backyard!'Didn't take much to amuse us young oafs! orPolish itBehind the doorOr Hark oh hark!Do I hear thunderMust be them peas I 'ed last SundaQuick, quick to the doorOh! too late it's on the floor.Oh dear! Trojan,this is one we used to say if someone belched,Pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food ,it just popped up to say hello and now its gone back down below. I often wonder where I heard it.
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Si
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Post by Si »

Here's a rhyme we used to say when kids,"One fine day in the middle of the night,Two dead men got up to fight,Back to back, they faced each other,Drew their swords and shot each other."

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