Dialect/slang

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Fri 22 Aug, 2008 12:53 pm

Good friends been described as "like Dick n' Liddy"Vertically challenged - " 'E needed a little buffet"

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sun 24 Aug, 2008 1:07 pm

Or 'Somebody put him up to it'!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 24 Aug, 2008 2:50 pm

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

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sun 24 Aug, 2008 4:05 pm

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 · Post by **arry_awk** » Mon 25 Aug, 2008 3:55 pm

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 · Post by **Trojan** » Mon 25 Aug, 2008 5:03 pm

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!

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Mon 25 Aug, 2008 8:01 pm

When we had an outside LooQuick Quick lavatory keysToo late it's down me knees

Si · Post by Si » Tue 26 Aug, 2008 8:40 am

[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 · Post by **FLOJO** » Tue 26 Aug, 2008 10:53 am

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.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 26 Aug, 2008 10:57 am

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."